I noticed that religion gave some people a way to escape dealing with the world: Things will be better when you die$$$ the people of my grandma's generation said as they worked themselves to death. God wants you to forgive and love those who do you wrong$

I noticed that religion gave some people a way to escape dealing with the world: Things will be better when you die$$$ the people of my grandma's generation said as they worked themselves to death. God wants you to forgive and love those who do you wrong$$$ some people said to shake off the shame of being unable to respond to the abuse they endured. The holier-than-thou faction found comfort in believing$$$ The rest of y'all are lost because you don't have a personal relationship with God$$$ our God. But art engages you in the world$$$ not just the world around you but the big world$$$ and not just the big world of Tokyo and Sydney and Johannesburg$$$ but the bigger world of ideas and concepts and feelings of history and humanity.