Saturday, May 17, 2014

"Can it assure them that there is no human being so insignificant as not to be of infinite worth in the eyes of Him who created the Heavens, or so feeble but that his actions may have consequences of infinite moment long after this material system shall have crumbled into nothingness?  Does it offer consolation to those who are in grief, hope to those who are bereaved, strength to the weak, forgiveness to the sinful, rest to those who are weary and heavy laden?  If not, then, whatever be its merits, it is no rival to Christianity."
-Arthur Balfour, "The Religion of Humanity."