[Elsie]

Being the good little Catholic boy that I was, I doubt if I would have read it if I was told not to.

Then you'd not make a very normal human; whose tendancy is to do EXACTLY what they are told NOT to do!

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Romans 7:7-8 For I would not have been aware of coveting if the Law had not said, “Do not covet.”
But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire.

[Mark17]

Then you'd not make a very normal human; whose tendancy is to do EXACTLY what they are told NOT to do!

Other Catholics were probably told not to read the Bible. I was not told not to read the Bible. I was told I could not read it, without a priest to interpret it for me. Guess what I did? I read the Bible, and interpreted it for myself. That's how I became my own pope. I am glad it worked out this way. 😀😆😄🇵🇭

[metmom]

Then you'd not make a very normal human; whose tendancy is to do EXACTLY what they are told NOT to do!

Well, that's me all over.

Except that I really don't consider myself very *normal*.