Quote

Although the mass of the people accepted the white man's God, either under physical duress or because he seemed more powerful than their own Gods, they never assimilated the ideas of Christianity.

Penny Lernoux

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Penny Lernoux
Age: 49 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 6
Died: 1989
Died: October 9
Journalist
Writer
Mass
Duress
Either
Assimilated
Powerful
Gods
White
Accepted
Ideas
Seemed
Never
Although
Men
Physical
People
Christianity

More quotes by Penny Lernoux

Image
You can look at a slum or a peasant village, but it is only by entering into the world - by living in it -that you begin to understand what it is like to be powerless, to be like Christ.
Penny Lernoux
Image
Opus Dei is an efficient machine run to achieve world power.
Penny Lernoux
Image
In contrast, traditional Catholic churches serve vast numbers of people who have little or nothing in common, and they are often impersonal supermarkets for the sacraments.
Penny Lernoux
Image
And many of the people who buy or found banks have had no experience in banking at all. If they can learn it, so can we.
Penny Lernoux
Image
At stake are two different visions of faith, the Church of Caesar, powerful and rich and the Church of Christ - loving, poor and spiritually rich.
Penny Lernoux