the mystery of the human personality

Sunday morning musings: 

Authentic faith leads us to treat others with unconditional seriousness and to a loving reverence for the mystery of the human personality. Authentic Christianity should lead to maturity, personality, and reality.  It should fashion whole men and women living lives of love and communion.

False, manhandled religion produces the opposite effect.  Whenever religion shows contempt or disregards the rights of persons, even under the noblest pretexts, it draws away from reality and God. 

Brendan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel*

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