The priests had been told that I had dared to say that the moon was the world I came from and that their world was only a moon. They believed that constituted an adequately just pretext to condemn me to drowning, which was their way of exterminating atheists.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The narrator was condemned to drowning by priests because they claimed to come from the moon, challenging religious dogma.
- In plain terms
- Priests condemned the narrator to death for claiming the moon was their world.
- What can you take from it?
- Challenging dogma can lead to severe backlash.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What beliefs do authorities punish?
- Why challenge established truth?
Another view
This reflects a fictional or historical anecdote, not verified fact.
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