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Words From my Aunt Else

22/11/2019

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​A few things you should know before reading this email from my aunt:
  • I have shared a number of posts from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster site. My 95 year old aunt in Denmark has enjoyed them and passed on this story to me.
  • Denmark has a state church, supported by taxes. Citizens can opt out of this tax by ticking a box on their tax return. Very civilized.
  • And putting pickled herring on white bread is constitutionally illegal in Denmark (and an inside family joke).
 I have cleaned up my aunt’s slightly broken English, but otherwise changed nothing.
Enjoy...
 
Hi Lee
 
​This is the story of me becoming an atheist.
 
In the evening our mother told us stories written by H.C. Andersen.
Among them was the story (The Tinderbox) about the soldier, a tinderbox and three big dogs. And on Sundays, I went to the Sunday school and heard stories about Jesus and his disciples.
 
Stories.
 
And then, in school one day, the teacher rolled down a big map of Palestine and he said: This is where Jesus was walking with his disciples.
 
I was shocked.
Like I would be, if the teacher had taken us to a tree with a big hole in it and declared that:
Here was the tree, where soldier killed the witch, and got the tinderbox.
 
Stories.
 
But I was living in the 1930’s, and opposite to now, people went to church, so I kept my opinion to myself, until one day I openly declared myself as a nonbeliever, no longer a member of the church (I saved taxes), and none of my children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are members.
 
Churches in Denmark are empty mostly – only a few old people mostly women are sitting there, and some churches are used for other kinds of social events.
 
Else
Age 95
And I need no medicine
 
And remember: No herring on white bread! (no white food at all).
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