It is hard to celebrate the past in an ecumenical way, or even in a fair-minded one, apparently. The trouble with the past is not just that it's behind us, it's that it is not even over yet.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.
Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.
The sad part about our past is that religions, ironically enough, are responsible for creating the most destructive idea that has ever been visited upon the human race: the idea that there is such a thing as 'better.'
We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past.
I don't believe necessarily the past is in the past. It's eternal, it's all around us.
It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.
We're all struggling to get out of the past. We see something that reminds us of something, and then we bring our baggage into the present. Then we project it onto people constantly.
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
The only way we'll know where we're going is to look at the past and to remember who we were through ceremonies and rituals.
I think we really forget how connected we are to the past.
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