How's that any way to carry a burden for souls?
My friend wrote: How's that any way to carry a burden for souls?
He wanted to say: (Those people) don't carry a burden for souls. Does his sentence mean the same thing?

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How's that any way to carry a burden for souls?
My friend wrote: How's that any way to carry a burden for souls?
He wanted to say: (Those people) don't carry a burden for souls.  Does his sentence mean the same thing?

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Hi John, your guess is correct.

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Can you give more context?  It’s not clear who those people are (clergy?) or what “burden for souls” means (is this referring to an obligation to help people in a religious way?)

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