"ANYTHING ABOUT RELIGION THAT CAN BE DESTROYED OUGHT TO BE. YOU CAN NEVER DESTROY TRUTH. WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGION, ONLY THE TRUTH WILL DO."
~ Dr. Harry M. Taylor
Former Professor of Literature and Preaching
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington, D.C.
My professor, Harry Taylor, took his faith, his spiritual journey, and his religion seriously . . . but he took himself rather lightly, which is a good balance.
Perhaps that is why he was never far removed from a sly, impish humor that delighted in nothing so much as prophetically deflating those in the church he considered to be rather much over-inflated.
Since Harry died as the new millenium was getting started, I cannot know whether he would have approved of pairing the Monty Python skit you'll find below with the quote above.
But methinks I hear him laughing, even now. Thanks, Harry. Peace.
~ Jim Truxell
From: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Part II
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