Word: heathenism
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...even be so enlightened as Mr. Heard, Bishop of Bampopo. Bampopo's in South Africa and Mr. Heard is in Norman Douglas' attractively iconoclastic novel, "South Wind." Now he had a most yielding view of south strange sects as Baptists. Classed them with the natives of M'tezo. Incurable heathen, the M'tezo. They filed their teeth, ate their superfluous female relations, swapped wives every new moon, and never wore a stitch of clothes. But they despised lying. One could not help liking them. But Baptists...
...That's why this conference is here." Y. T. Wu, a Chinese delegate, charged that the mission movement is a growth forced on China at the point of the sword; and a Commission on Foreign Missions brought in other indictments-exploitation of "the heathen," Americanization of proselytes, military protection of missionaries and indemnities for those molested by "the heathen...
...festival of gayety, rejoicing, blurs in the minds of U. S. children reared in Jewish faith because it occurs so close to Christmas. Christmas comes Dec. 25, Channukah the 25th of Kislew (Jewish calendar). At both, children are coddled, given presents. And both, curiously, merged centuries ago with heathen celebrations of the winter solstice, the turning of the year...
...poor benighted heathen...
...Straton attacked the scientists who believe and teach the theory of Evolution, as "pagan and heathen minds trying to eliminate God from the Universe," and Mr. H. G. Wells' "Outline of History" as the "most humorous of all the humorous books published this century...