I wanted to enjoy this, but when it got to the God parts - I just lost interest. I'm no bitter atheist ... well ... I am an atheist, just not the bitter kind. At least I hope not. Nah, I know I'm not. I live in a 100+ year-old converted church, am surrounded by Caravaggio prints and other religious relics, and I have Peter Paul Rueben's …
I wanted to enjoy this, but when it got to the God parts - I just lost interest. I'm no bitter atheist ... well ... I am an atheist, just not the bitter kind. At least I hope not. Nah, I know I'm not. I live in a 100+ year-old converted church, am surrounded by Caravaggio prints and other religious relics, and I have Peter Paul Rueben's Saint Michael Expelling the Devil tattooed on my lower forearm.
So it's not "God" I'm rebelling against. I have quite a fondness for the aesthetics of religion (after all, the church had all the money - so of course they commissioned the most beautiful art and architecture).
It's more that there was a pureness to this exposé - and then the all too terrestrial origins of religion crept in. And that made it feel a little too campy for me - less existential and more local. But maybe I'm just tired and hungover from the holiday weekend, I'll try and read some more when my fog dissipates.
I wanted to enjoy this, but when it got to the God parts - I just lost interest. I'm no bitter atheist ... well ... I am an atheist, just not the bitter kind. At least I hope not. Nah, I know I'm not. I live in a 100+ year-old converted church, am surrounded by Caravaggio prints and other religious relics, and I have Peter Paul Rueben's Saint Michael Expelling the Devil tattooed on my lower forearm.
So it's not "God" I'm rebelling against. I have quite a fondness for the aesthetics of religion (after all, the church had all the money - so of course they commissioned the most beautiful art and architecture).
It's more that there was a pureness to this exposé - and then the all too terrestrial origins of religion crept in. And that made it feel a little too campy for me - less existential and more local. But maybe I'm just tired and hungover from the holiday weekend, I'll try and read some more when my fog dissipates.