| Langston Hughes's childhood memoir, "Salvation" begins with a seemingly contradictory statement: "I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved". He was saved simply because he stood up at his aunt's church revival for children, but his true heart was not saved. In fact, he gets emotionally hurt by being falsely "saved", becoming agnostic. His devout aunt always tells Langston that once he is saved, his life would be different with Jesus and God being with him from that...
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