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Submitted to Contest #207
My catechism class was constantly threatened with hellfire. Like quicksand from third grade science class, or peer pressure from the drug unit in the fifth, hell was one of those things proclaimed inevitable, unavoidable and, the worst of all, of nobody’s fault but your own. And that was not the best thing to tell children, and momentarily, I liked the idea of at least having a choice in such a matter; unfortunately, that indifference I had was not shared, nor well received, especially by my religion teachers. Yet, despite their prev...
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