'You love God, don't you?' Nicholson asked, with a little excess of quietness. 'Isn't that your forte, so to speak? From what I heard on that tape and from what Al Babcock--'
FaithSpiritualityReligionAuthenticityDoubtIntimacyQuestioning
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Nicholson questions someone's claim to love God with quiet skepticism.
- In plain terms
- Nicholson asks if the person truly loves God based on what he heard.
- What can you take from it?
- Claims of love for God are questioned by others.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you measure religious love?
- How is faith tested?
Another view
The context is fragmentary and unclear.
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