One popular definition of religion has been as an opiate, that its purpose was to make people comfortable in the world ... but any of the major religions, seriously understood, clearly makes you uncomfortable in the world.
-- Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead, in Sojourners, June 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Quote: Religious Discomfort
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Interesting quote - I may steal that for a rainy day ;-)
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