To Change, To Convert? Why Bother?

At Religious Instruction Classes, I Encountered The Pilgrims Progress By John Bunyan, And The Sincerity Of The Traveller In That Book Was Overwhelming.

An Aged Rabbi, Crazed With Liberalism, Once Said To Me, We Jews Are Just Ordinary Human Beings. Only A Bit More So!

I Learnt Pity, Sympathy, And What It Was Like To Be At The Other End Of The Stick. Such Lessons Can't Be Learnt In Lecture Halls.

My Mother Was A Modern Woman With A Limited Interest In Religion. When The Sun Set And The Fast Of The Day Of Atonement Ended, She Shot From The Synagogue Like A Rocket To Dance The Charleston.

For Some Years I Deserted Religion In Favour Of Marxism. The Republic Of Goodness Seemed More Attainable Than The Kingdom Of God.