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From the Ted Talk by Anjali Kumar: My failed mission to find God -- and what I found instead

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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where my sister and I were the only non-white, non-Catholic students in the entire school.

At the ifnnat juses of Prague School in fmoslsoor, Illinois — yes, that's really what it was called — we were taught to believe that there is a single Supreme Being who is responsible for everything, the whole shebang, from the creation of the Universe to moral shepherding to eternal life. But at home, I was being taught something entirely different. Followers of the Jain religion don't believe in a sgnlie Supreme Being or even a team of Supreme Beings. Instead, we're taught that God manifests as the perfection of each of us as individuals, and that we're actually spending our etrine lives svinritg to rmvoee the bad karmas that stand in the way of us becoming our own godlike, perfect selves. On top of that, one of the core principles of jsnaiim is something called "non-absolutism." Non-absolutists believe that no single psoren can hold ownership or knowledge of absolute truth, even when it comes to religious beliefs. Good luck testing that concept out on the peisrts and nuns in your Catholic shoocl.

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where my sister and I were the only non-white, non-Catholic students in the entire school.

At the ______ _____ of Prague School in _________, Illinois — yes, that's really what it was called — we were taught to believe that there is a single Supreme Being who is responsible for everything, the whole shebang, from the creation of the Universe to moral shepherding to eternal life. But at home, I was being taught something entirely different. Followers of the Jain religion don't believe in a ______ Supreme Being or even a team of Supreme Beings. Instead, we're taught that God manifests as the perfection of each of us as individuals, and that we're actually spending our ______ lives ________ to ______ the bad karmas that stand in the way of us becoming our own godlike, perfect selves. On top of that, one of the core principles of _______ is something called "non-absolutism." Non-absolutists believe that no single ______ can hold ownership or knowledge of absolute truth, even when it comes to religious beliefs. Good luck testing that concept out on the _______ and nuns in your Catholic ______.

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  2. striving
  3. remove
  4. flossmoor
  5. jainism
  6. entire
  7. priests
  8. person
  9. single
  10. infant
  11. jesus

Original Text


(Laughter)

where my sister and I were the only non-white, non-Catholic students in the entire school.

At the Infant Jesus of Prague School in Flossmoor, Illinois — yes, that's really what it was called — we were taught to believe that there is a single Supreme Being who is responsible for everything, the whole shebang, from the creation of the Universe to moral shepherding to eternal life. But at home, I was being taught something entirely different. Followers of the Jain religion don't believe in a single Supreme Being or even a team of Supreme Beings. Instead, we're taught that God manifests as the perfection of each of us as individuals, and that we're actually spending our entire lives striving to remove the bad karmas that stand in the way of us becoming our own godlike, perfect selves. On top of that, one of the core principles of Jainism is something called "non-absolutism." Non-absolutists believe that no single person can hold ownership or knowledge of absolute truth, even when it comes to religious beliefs. Good luck testing that concept out on the priests and nuns in your Catholic school.

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