Chapter 24“Often religion has nothing to do with God,” Ruth said, running her foot along Samuel’s bare leg under the sheets. “It’s like saying, life is about breathing. It’s not. Life is about discovering the Divine in the human experience, the oneness of all Creation. Life is not a breathing exercise.”
Samuel rolled onto his side. “But one needs to breathe.”
“Yes,” Ruth said. “But first, by the grace of God, one needs to be alive. Embedded in this aliveness is breath.” She flopped onto her back and stared up at the exposed beams of Samuel’s apartment. “Can I be honest?”
“You have to ask?”
“Right,” she said with a giggle. “I think many a time religion is about who’s in and who’s out.” She glanced over at him. “I know—not a surprising theory coming from me. But many people do treat it l
