Why did he become a... «Journey By Moonlight»
Witkacy4 февраля 2014Why did he become a catholic? Ostensibly, because he was drawn to the strange beauty of the religion. He was also attracted by the dogma and the harshness of its moral code. I do belive there was something in him that craved austerity the way other people crave pleasure. In a word, all the usual reasond why outsiders convert... [...] He wanted a role to fill with his whole being, and in the Catholic religion he finally found the hugely demanding role he could respect. After that he never altered his posture again. [...] He was a really devout Catholic, as Jewish converts often are. There centuries of tradition haven't been eroded the way the have for us. He wasn't like his pious and impoverished schoolmates who worshipped every day, went to mass, and trained for a career in the church. Their Catholicism was a matter of conformity, his a form of rebellion, a challenge to the whole unbelieving and uncaring world.
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