Whoever has once been truly unsettled by a work of the imagination will never give loyalty to a single idea, belief system, religious faith or party.

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her.

If we believed in the blessed Saviour, we shall be saved.

it seemed as if hell were put into His cup; He seized it, and at one tremendous draught of love, He drank damnation dry.

Any thought sequence that minimizes anxiety would get reinforced over time. The sequence would be maintained during the person’s development and would be provoked in contexts where refutation of the belief might occur. So, any kind of refutation of a person’s religious beliefs makes the beliefs only stronger.

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.