On Religion

A wonderful quote posted on Sprezzatura today.

I remember as a child hearing my impatient missionary father … [as] he explained to an elderly Chinese gentleman, "Does it mean nothing to you that if you reject Christ you will burn in Hell?"

The Chinese gentleman smiled as he replied, "If, as you say, my ancestors are all in Hell at this moment, it would be unfilial of me not to be willing to suffer with them."

- Pearl S. Buck 1892-1973. Speech, "The Chinese Mind and India," 28 April 1942.

Posted by Evo Terra at September 10, 2002 12:06 PM | TrackBack (0)