The Bible thumper's concept of heaven and hell is quite different from the illuminated's insight into the cosmic structure.

"But it's not good to be a Bible thumper."

He remembered his father, a Bible thumper with never a doubt in his righteousness.

"I'm not a Bible thumper," said David Weaver, a divorce lawyer who caters to affluent clients.

Yet you ambush me out here and start preaching sin like a fire-breathing Bible thumper.

"And Chrysalis hired someone to do in the Bible thumper."

I worked with a Scottish Colonel who was a Bible thumper.

You're still a Bible thumper, Salsbury thought.

A sweat-stained Bible thumper condemned anyone who heard him.

Nor was Anne a dowdy, humorless Bible thumper with a beehive.