Entry of June 14th, 1926, in the Journals of Andre Gide
quoted in Six Days or Forever? by Ray Ginger
The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb; it repulses….
Culture must understand that by trying to absorb Christianity it is absorbing something that is mortal for it. It is trying to admit something that cannot admit it; something that denies it.
Entry of June 14th, 1926, in the Journals of Andre Gide
quoted in Six Days or Forever? by Ray Ginger