Originally posted by wolfgang59The only thing that gives us value is love and love is hard at times.
I thought this was interesting from the spiritual quotes thread.
[i]Richard Ruhr, a Franciscan priest, who did a comparative study of initiation rites discovered a remarkable similarity in the 'lessons of life' that such rites attempt to teach the young. He summarised them as follows:
• Life is hard.
• You're going to die.
• You're not that impor ...[text shortened]... /i]
I think most religions are about control and making the individual insignificant. Debate!