Religion Flashcards
Main ideas about religion:
1) Being miserly is a sin that will be punished in the afterlife.
2) In order to be a good Christian you must be philanthropic and altruistic.
3) If you redeem yourself, your sins will be forgiven.
“God…
bless Us, everyone”
‘covetous…
old sinner’
‘the ancient tower of a…
church became invisible’
‘winking their eyes before the…
blaze in rapture’
“Are there no ______/______?”
workhouses/ prisons
“If they would rather die…
they had better do it and decrease the surplus population”
“I wear the chain…
I forged in life”
“From the crown of its head…
there sprung a bright clear jet of light”
“Another idol has…
displaced me”
“He hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was cripple and it may be pleasant for them to remember on Christmas day…
who made lame beggars walk and blind men see”
“Will you decide what men shall live…
what men shall die?”
‘Pinched and twisted them and pulled them into shreds…
Where angels might have sat enthroned devils lurked’
‘Yellow, meagre…
ragged, scowling wolfish but prostate’
