RELIGIOUS WORRIES AND WORRIERS Misunderstandings, misconceptions, and ignorance in regard to what really is religion have caused countless millions to mourn--and worry; indeed, far more to worry than to mourn.

Religion should be a joyous thing, the bringing of the son and daughter into close relationship with the Father.

Instead, for centuries, it has been a battle for creeds, for mental assent to certain doctrines, rather than a growth in brotherhood and loving relationship, and those who could not see eye to eye with one another deemed it to be their duty to fight and worry each other--even to their death.
This is not the place for any theological discussion; nor is it my intent to present the claims of any church or creed.

Each reader must do that for himself, and the less he worries over it, the better I think it will be for him.

I have read and reread Cardinal Newman's wonderful _Pro Apologia_--his statement as to why and how he entered the bosom of the Roman Catholic Church, and it has thrilled me with its pathos and evidence of deep spiritual endeavor.