Certainly others bear much deeper scars, but even the most
painful religious experiences can not simply be discarded.
Not exact matches
There is nothing more
painful than the helpless attempt at the interpretation of
religious documents or monuments by one who does not know what «awe» is or to whom these testimonies to man's search for communion with ultimate reality are just the dead records of the
experience of «sick - minded» or backward people.
In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most
painful things I have ever
experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same
religious beliefs that I had.
Some small pieces of it, it is true, may be
painful, or may show human nature in a pathetic light, but it will be mainly pleasant, because the best fruits of
religious experience are the best things that history has to show.
It can feel overwhelming, confusing and
painful when your teen
experiences religious bullying.
Many gay men and women know from
experience that the conflict between one's physical desires and contrary social or
religious teachings can be
painful.
Approaching the complexities of gender and sexuality, Dawn Mellor explores the
painful aspects of female
experience, often linked to today's obsessions with celebrity, while John Kirby's paintings describe, allegorically, the suffering of people squeezed into the straightjackets of
religious, sexual and social norms.