I was only eight years old...

my kind, gentle, patient, understanding, saintly, wise sage of a grandfather took me under his protective wing and handed me the Bible.

He asked me to turn to the book of Ruth. He asked me to read it aloud, then to extrapolate.

No, my wise PATRIARCH  was not content with  merely sounding out words. I had to read between the lines. I had to draw inferences, come to conclusions.

No, granddaddy NEVER spoke one word against my "mother", his horrid daughter. But, he did give me the tools to discover who and what s/he was, would always be.

If you are a lazy dullard, depend on your pastor for your salvation, your dumb ass is in deep trouble. "Study to show yourself approved" is a commandment, a must or "succubi" like Martha J. Walters and .rump shall devour your ignorant "Christian" deaf, dumb, blind sheep ass.

BEAMING!