From two different friends, two fascinating quotes about belief in God.
From Jana:
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
~Thomas Jefferson
And from Judith:
[excerpts from THE AWAKENING By Don Marquis]
...The God that we have worshipped for a million years begins to be,
And he whom we have prayed to creates himself out of the stuff of our prayers...
For them that have desired a God create him from the stuff of that desire....
He builds himself out of the desperate faith of them that have sought him,
And his face shall be wrought of the wish to see his face....
Out of agonies and love shall God be made...
For he builds himself of the passion of martyrs,
And he is woven of the ecstasy of great lovers,
And he is wrought of the anguish of them that have greatly needed him.
[This poem is much longer but these were phrases that particularly caught me. Unfortunately, I cannot find an online version. Let me know if you find one.]
I'll have to say more later...
For now, I just wanted to put these up, frame them together, and think about them for a while.
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Just found your blog and am reading through the (quite enjoyable and thought-provoking posts).
I think I found this poem (at least a few randomly chosen phrase matches) at http://www.archive.org/stream/poemsportraits00marquoft/poemsportraits00marquoft_djvu.txt
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