Religious practice loses its nobility when, instead of working for spiritual purification, it serves man as a compensation for the vices routinely practiced or, worse, becomes a vehicle for the expression of all of them. It is natural that man, having evil within himself, seeks means to channel it. But to see religions, that is, practices that should strive to free man from his own misery, giving rise to envy, vanity, revenge, the impulse to affirm oneself to the detriment of others, and countless other lamentable and destructive manifestations, induces immense disgust and the bitter conclusion that the species definitely has no solution.
Religious Practice Loses Its Nobility When…
