Religion and Philosophy

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Religion and Philosophy

This page provides extracts from authentic, unconsciously humorous answers to school exam questions and essays, gathered from a compilation by Viking Press published under the pseudonym of Alexander Abingdon in 1952. The selected extracts, edited and rearranged, are reproduced for readers in countries where the book is in the public domain, which, to the best of our knowledge, includes Australia (because more than 50 years have passed since the book's publication and because the so-called anonymous rule applies). For other countries, please check your local copyright laws.

We study religion to know more about the sins we are not supposed to commit

In the days of Joseph the Egyptians gave refuse to the Israelites

Jacob, son of Isaac, stole his brother's birthmark

Joseph was so straight that Pharaoh made a ruler of him

The Israelites were led through the wilderness by a pillow of fire

The greatest miracle in the Bible is when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him

Solomon's temple was one half for him and the other half for his many wives. In the middle was the sanctuary.

Q. How long did Solomon reign? A. 40 days and 40 nights.

Lazarus used to eat the food out of the rich man's stable

Philosophy is the science of accepting what no sensible man can understand

The Greeks, not having a Bible to guide them, formed their ideas of religion in a very natural way

Socrates thought that the doing of evil was worse than the person to whom it was done

Freedom of will means you can leave your estate to anybody

Evolution can't be a fact, for if man had come from monkey he would have written down something about it like he did everything else in history

Freud may have been a little too sexy, but I think he was full of beans. Before his day people did not have any complexes, but we know much better today.

The theory of evolution was greatly objected to because it made men think

Hegel had lots of ideas. One of these was that he didn't have any ideas but that these had him. He thought so because he thought that these ideas came of themselves, without his having to do anything about them. I have lots of ideas too, but I have had to work for mine, so I don't think too much of Hegel.