"Growing up is hard.
"For us late bloomers, it takes most of our twenties for grief over hubris and callowness ti burn most of the rage out of us, to make us painfully aware of how careful we must be. We go from feeling that no-one pays attention or listens to us, to realizing he tremendous, sometimes terrifying impact that our words, actions, and, yes, our prayers have on others. The beginning, gnawing knowledge of just who we are - the price of our forgiveness - ceases being a source of rebellion and becomes a welcome, burning fire, a fire that sears and purifies, and yet does not consume."
Thursday 18 November 2010
Saturday 6 November 2010
Does Religion Matter?
"Just because true religion is the best, false religion is the worst of things... Literally everything depends upon it as far as you and your worth to God and man is concerned. To say that it does not matter is to assert that, as long as you centre your whole life round someone or something, it does not matter in the least what it is. The enthusiastic and devout miser is as good as the devoted and enthusiastic minister; the devout hunter of honours, as same as the devout healer of men. That is manifestly absurd. Religion is a dangerous thing. It is mental dynamite which can either blow you to heaven or drive you to hell." - G A Studdert Kennedy, the Word and the Work, p 46
Those those who might respond, then et's do away with all religion, I would reply - if we define religion as that which a person organises their life around, that which is at their heart, then no one can avoid being religious. It all then depends on what your religion is.
Tuesday 2 November 2010
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