Biblical References
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===Death by Water=== | ===Death by Water=== | ||
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+ | The above map has a single point marking who Paul addresses in Romans. Below is a quotation directly extracted from ''The Waste Land'' that alludes to Romans: | ||
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+ | O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, | ||
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+ | Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. (ln 319-321) | ||
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+ | The phrase "[g]entile or [j]ew" refers the reader to Romans 3:9-12. | ||
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+ | ::::9. What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles | ||
+ | ::::alike are all under the power of sin. | ||
+ | ::::10. As it is written: | ||
+ | ::::“There is no one righteous, not even one; | ||
+ | ::::11. there is no one who understands; | ||
+ | ::::there is no one who seeks God. | ||
+ | ::::12. All have turned away, | ||
+ | ::::they have together become worthless; | ||
+ | ::::there is no one who does good, | ||
+ | ::::not even one.” | ||
===What the Thunder Said=== | ===What the Thunder Said=== |