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În prealabil postat de Dumitru73
Toate astea se invata si fara ajutorul bisericii, poate chiar mai eficient.
Cu o singura exceptie.
Poti invata ce este credinta, dar nu in vreo zeitate, ci in puterea ta de a merge mai departe.
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Puterea ta de a merge mai departe, sau mai sus, sau oriunde, este din pacate limitata, in lipsa credintei in Dumnezeu. G.K.Chesterton, in cartea sa "Ortodoxia" face o critica foarte pertinenta si foarte sugestiva a ceea ce el numeste "omul care crede in sine insusi". O sa citez aici o parte din acest capitol, scuze, e in engleza; cartea se poate citi gratuit pe internet:
Then when this kindly world all round the man has been blackened out like a lie; when friends fade into ghosts, and the foundations of the world fail; then when the man, believing in nothing and in no man, is alone in his own nightmare, then the great individualistic motto shall be written over him in avenging irony. The stars will be only dots in the blackness of his own brain; his mother's face will be only a sketch from his own insane pencil on the walls of his cell. But over his cell shall be written, with dreadful truth, "He believes in himself."