The Cleansing of the Temple
Some of you might know that that religious attitudes that I encountered at my Church of England Primary School caused me to go through a distinct period of Atheism that lasted for many years. Indeed, at that time, I was probably the world’s youngest militant Dawkinsite Atheist. I have a now vague memory that those with power over myself and my fellow children at that school were very keen on us singing the Christmas carol ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ and were especially keen on emphasising the lines