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May Sarton
May Sarton, from The House by the Sea (Norton, 1977):
Friday, February 27, 1976
I wonder why it is that “inspirational” writing such as appears in The Reader’s Digest and in religious magazines so often, far from consoling or “uplifting,” makes me feel angry and upset. Most of the platitudes uttered are true after all. But the fact is that this kind of superficial piety covers the real thing with a sugary icing meant to make it more palatable. It makes me feel sick. And the sickness is because I feel cheated. It debases God (by making him a kind of universal pal), and sentimentalizes Jesus, and—what is most dangerous and unchristian—it makes its communicants feel superior, part of an élite club where the saved can gather, shutting everyone else out.
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