I lament the plight of my Christian brothers and sisters who are led to believe that at most their sexuality is neutral, this especially since it is only the art of human sexuality which has the ability to make us cleave to our spouse, both before, during, and after the act. To them, religion reaches its apogee precisely when man comes to acknowledge his own weakness and insignificance. Moments of crisis, like the illness of a relative, war or famine, become supreme tests of religious faith and religious fidelity. Indeed, there are those to whom their entire religious enterprise is based on religion giving them sufficient strength to continue. I do not subscribe to this view.
Most people understand intuitively how to deal with despair and pain.
It humbles them and they become more sensitive to their fellow man and naturally more sensitive to a spiritual calling. But it is success that most confounds man. As an American living in Britain for seven years, I know how many of the British dislike American arrogance and the superficiality of American life. Indeed, it seems interesting that the worlds richest country is the possessor, simultaneously, of both the worlds greatest wealth, but also the greatest social problems as well. Of course, the two are absolutely related.