The writer is not unkind to those with beliefs, but the image of comfort from subordination to rules traces a superficial picture. Graham Greene is name-checked, and did a better job of speaking to clouds of unknowing, dark nights of a soul, pilgrimage. The roots of joy in personal belief are and can be deeper than the writer acknowledges.
The writer is not unkind to believers. But the account of solace from infantile submission is superficial. He admires Graham Greene, who made a better fist of the cloud of unknowing, the soul's dark night... Joy in the quest.
The writer is not unkind to those with beliefs, but the image of comfort from subordination to rules traces a superficial picture. Graham Greene is name-checked, and did a better job of speaking to clouds of unknowing, dark nights of a soul, pilgrimage. The roots of joy in personal belief are and can be deeper than the writer acknowledges.
The writer is not unkind to believers. But the account of solace from infantile submission is superficial. He admires Graham Greene, who made a better fist of the cloud of unknowing, the soul's dark night... Joy in the quest.