12 October 2011  Judith Tells Her Parents about Her Conversion
At last Sir George spoke, very calmly as he sipped his brandy.
"Judith, I doubt if you could have done anything which would
cause me more displeasure.  You may have thought that because I
never talk about religion I am indifferent.  Insofar as this is
so, it is my fault.  I am not indifferent.  I despise all
religions except one, Roman Catholicism; it I hate.  "I hate it
because it is the most religious of religions, carrying escapism
from the realities of the world and human needs to the uttermost
limits.  I hate it because it is uncompromising, whereas reality
is one long compromise with the possible.  I hate it because it
exalts suffering instead of relieving it.  I hate it because of
its claim to be universal when in fact it is outrageously
exclusive.  I hate it because it looks backwards and never
forwards.  "Its two pillars are bald, unverifiable statements
which it calls dogmas; and an appeal to the superstition of the
ignorant, which it