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Newguest Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Excelled at guilt

I grew up in a church that excelled at guilt.

--- Does it mean it put great emphasis on a personal guilt of each human being?

  

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Hi Yes, I would understand the sentence as ironic, somewhat negative The church was more interested in making people feel guilty than in encouraging more positive human values Regards, Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi Yes, I would understand the sentence as ironic, somewhat negative The church was more interested in making people feel guilty than in encouraging more positive human values Regards, Dave
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Hi

Yes, I would understand the sentence as ironic, somewhat negative

The church was more interested in making people feel guilty than in encouraging more positive human values

Regards, Dave

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