Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.
Interpretation
Religion can provide hope and companionship during difficult times.
In this quote, Octavia Butler reflects on the profound impact of religion on her relatives, indicating that their faith was a crucial source of hope and companionship in their otherwise unbearable lives. She suggests that without this spiritual support, many might have succumbed to despair, illustrating the powerful role that belief can play in sustaining individuals through trauma and hardship.
In practice
This quote could be used in a discussion about the role of religion in providing comfort during crises.
What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way.
Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.
Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.
There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.
You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
Better to stay alive," I said. "At least while there's a chance to get free." I thought of the sleeping pills in my bag and wondered just how great a hypocrite I was. It was so easy to advise other people to live with their pain.
Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness, a Christian feast.
Dearest Jesus, holy child, make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, within my heart, that it may be a quiet chamber kept for thee.
The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.
The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life.
The Catholic Church is not dead, it is not even tired!
My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth.
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