[October 1999 journal entry]
As I have continued the long and tedious move from ‘religious’ to ‘non-religious’, no one (whether immediate family member or close friend) has been in a position to or could say, “Keep going. You’re not finished. . . .” There has been no ‘path finder’ ahead of me once I passed Bonhoeffer’s experience/insight, the full maturity of which was denied him by his April 1945 execution. No one has been pushing me toward a thorough/radical handling of the situation or the ideas. I could have stopped at any point without criticism.
As I have continued the long and tedious move from ‘religious’ to ‘non-religious’, no one (whether immediate family member or close friend) has been in a position to or could say, “Keep going. You’re not finished. . . .” There has been no ‘path finder’ ahead of me once I passed Bonhoeffer’s experience/insight, the full maturity of which was denied him by his April 1945 execution. No one has been pushing me toward a thorough/radical handling of the situation or the ideas. I could have stopped at any point without criticism.
