This from my favorite professor and mentor, Dr. Jones. Read further down for a description of Brian and His wisdom, and then this latest post for a further develop of Brian's personality and character.
Today is not the best of my days, so to find Brian in my email inbox was a blessing. *sigh*
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And now for a reflection on the impeccable goodness of religion at its best.
“We can move mountains, fly to the moon, murder millions, and map the mystery of our genetic making. But what if we dropped the dagger, plucked the beams from our eyes, and grew up? We already have maps of that bright country in the brilliant bones of religion. There are and have been many thousands of religions, stridently different, all flawed and greedy, but in their essence all are about the same thing: praise for the miracle of life; awe for the mysterious force that creates it; yearning for life beyond death; and most of all, inarticulate desperation for a future in which mercy trumps murder. More than any other force on this bruised earth, religions keep that desperate dream alive; for which I celebrate them and bow to what is best in us.”
Brian Doyle channeling Brian . . . again!
-Paul Jones
Professor of Religion, Transylvania University
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