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Atheists & Agnostics

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8. Yep. So ironic!..."The Holy Land"

Reply to spike jones (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 15, 2023, 05:22 AM

Oct 2023

Some decades ago, my hyper-religious mother traveled throughout the area and came back disappointed because of her unrealistic expectations that the buildings would look similar to but more ancient than, Roman cathedrals.
Dumb? Yes, she was, but as I said, she was religious.

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