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 “I can’t BELIEVE how many of you in this class forgot to bring your bibles to chapel last Friday!” Our balding bible teacher’s forehead and ears burned bright red with rage. “How could you FORGET? Is God NOT NUMBER ONE in your life? The first commandment says to ‘have no other gods before me’, RAISE YOUR HAND if you think you’re ‘good enough’ to get into heaven if you couldn’t even remember to bring your own bible to chapel?!” 

     The silence in that 8th grade classroom was so thick, you could slice it with a butter knife… My waify wrist lifted, and my bent fingertips were the only ones visible across a room of solemn classmates. 

     “Explain yourself!” His eyes bulged out of his head, huffing and puffing so hard I could feel the fire and brimstone from 4 desks away. All eyes were on me for probably the first time ever… I was rather “uncool” at school and had been teased for being obsessed with cats all throughout junior high. I couldn’t dress hip for the life of me. Having this amount of attention in the opposition of “Jesus” seemed sacrilegious, but I kinda like the fire feeling of rebellion… 

     I stuttered “Well, I think if you have good intentions in your heart, and you treat others with love, that should be good enough to get into heaven….?” I honestly don’t remember what happened next… but I am sure I was somehow proved wrong in front of the classroom… well... by their orthodox standards I suppose… 

*Kristy, part of my "Rebellion Origin Story" 

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