fetch russell's teapot; we'll have a cup and discuss this.

i was told this morning in my History-based class that i am very
'different' to listen to and learn from, and occasionally 'a little
upsetting'. this is because the person was (per them) raised catholic.
and i 'pick on' catholics. i do this by, in general terms, discussing
history, including numerous epistemological paradigms, some of which
are contrary to, well, dogma. we cover the dogmatists, too. :-) but i
'pick on' catholics...as if i could make up the dark ages, or tetzel.
snort. no, i told them, all confirmation biases aside, listen
carefully and you'll hear that i have a throughline that is impartial
to any religion or belief system -- i 'pick on' them all, equally.

'you mean i am listening for the catholic ones?'
'a-yup'

i do not know if this means i can notch one up for freethought or not.
it may be too early to call.

i probably should not have first asked if the blame was on me, them,
or the catholic church...at least not in such a deadpan way. hee.

oh, i crack me up.