Man was created to praise, revere, and serve God in this world and to be happy with him forever in the next. That is the fact of the matter; you believe it or you don’t—and that is the end of it. Philosophers may argue about it, and they have; some have managed to convince themselves and others of its truth, while others have not. But it is the first truth of the faith, and those who have faith accept it; those who do not, do not. I cannot myself convince anyone of it, but I believe it. I do not apologize for my faith; nor am I ashamed of it.
