--- title: "2 Christians Expected Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 2 Christians Expected quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Christians Expected sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/robert-g-ingersoll-4527_absurd_christians-must-show-that-misery-fits-th_413010.jpg" --- > [“Christians must show that misery fits the good for heaven, while happiness prepares the bad for hell; that the wicked get all their good things in this life, and the good all their evil; that in this world God punishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/christians-must-show-that-misery-fits-the-good-for-heaven-while/) [Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-g-ingersoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/robert-g-ingersoll-4527_absurd_christians-must-show-that-misery-fits-th_413010.jpg) > [My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognise that the majority of the British people are not Christians and, therefore, cannot be expected to live Christian lives. There ought to be two distinct kinds of marriage: one governed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-own-view-is-that-the-churches-should-frankly-recognise-that-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/anonymous-1_agree_my-own-view-is-that-the-churches-should_1121583.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christians-expected/#itemlist", "name": "Christians Expected Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Christians must show that misery fits the good for heaven, while happiness prepares the bad for hell; that the wicked get all their good things in this life, and the good all their evil; that in this world God punishes the people he loves, and in the next, the ones he hates; that happiness makes us bad here, but not in heaven; that pain makes us good here, but not in hell. 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