#btw i did learn non silly things from the book but i’m gonna sit on those thoughts for a while

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i grew up in an entirely secular household raised by atheists. the extent of my familiarity with biblical canon is first twelve-ish pages (generous estimate) of the bible i got through before getting bored when i was nine, the section of paradise lost i read in sophomore english class, and whatever i’ve picked up through osmosis. i have been baffling people with my lack of cultural context for years.

should i have taken the initiative to do some self study? probably, but the way teachers often reacted to me not knowing what they considered common knowledge in a culturally christian society made me not want to. idk i’m a fundamentally spiteful creature. but up until very recently everything i’ve learned about adam and eve et al has been against my will.

anyway. i’ve been listening to the jewish literacy audiobook and it’s been very enlightening. for example, “canaan” as in canaan house from the locked tomb series is actually a biblical reference and not just an instance of tamsyn muir making up scifi words.