● "...foot-washing baptists," (p. 59).
A foot-washing baptist is one that lives strictly according to the Bible. Studying the way to live through books was important to them, opposing Miss Maudie's and Scout's ideas. They believe that informal education is more useful and this parallels in religion. Also, foot-washing baptists have a strict rule concerning pleasure. "'Foot-washers believe anything that's pleasure is a sin. Did you know some of 'em came out of the woods one Saturday and passed by this place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?'" (p. 59) To me, this compares to fanaticism. If you are going to criticize someone's love of flowers just because you believe your religious views/purposes are right, you must be just a little bit crazy. Getting to the point of attacking other's religions because it is opposing yours is getting away from actually practicing your own worship; there is no point.
● "Matches were dangerous, but cards were fatal," (p. 73).
This quote made no sense to me at all at first. Cards were games, meant for fun and entertainment. Matches were for fires and heat. I would have to say that matches were much more physically dangerous than any cards. But, then I moved on to the mental side of things. Matches can destroy property but addiction to cards can destroy lives. While trying to persuade the adults that they were doing no harm, Jem and Dill thought about this criteria (physical vs. mental harm). I think that because it was a nonsense-filled scene, the parents didn't know what to believe or how to discipline their children.
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