“When
you walk into this church, don’t you just get overwhelmed with this sense of. .
.” Marek struggled for words, “Divine intervention almost.”
Sophie
shook her head. “No, not really.”
“But Sophie, religion. This beautiful church, because
God.” Marek looked puzzled. I knew why. Standing
in front of him was the girl that cried over the beauty of mosques she’d never
see, and yet she seemingly felt nothing in a beautiful Gothic church.
Sophie gave Marek a dirty look, “No. This beautiful
church, because humans.”
“So you’re saying God has nothing to do with this, at
all?”
“Yes. Isn’t
it better to be moved by the actions of people? To say, someone like me made this church. Someone designed it. Someone
built it. God didn’t do that. We did.
That’s like saying because Van Gogh’s father was a pastor that God blessed Van Gogh with his artistic brilliance.
No. Van Gogh made masterpieces. I won’t
have you trivialize Van Gogh by claiming God meant for him to do so. Isn’t Van
Gogh enough?”
"Isn’t it better to be moved by the actions of people?" --> Love this. A lot. It's now on my white board for all to see lol.
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