The Alchemist by Paulo Coelhoを読み終わりましたが、巻末に著者（Paulo Coelho）とのインタビュー記事が付いていました。そのインタビューからの抜粋です。
You mentioned that you're Catholic, but you've said elsewhere that your Jesuit upbringing was painful in some ways. What do you see as the value of, and problems with, organized religion?
The value is that they give you discipline and they give you collective worship and they give you humbleness towards the mysteries. The danger is that every religion, including the Catholic one, says, "I have the ultimate truth." Then you start to rely on the priest, the mullah, the rabbi, or whoever, to be responsivle foy your acts. In fact, you are the only one who is responsible.
私は宗教を熱心に信じる人を余り信用しませんが、Paulo Coelhoなら信用できると思いまいした。
You mentioned that you're Catholic, but you've said elsewhere that your Jesuit upbringing was painful in some ways. What do you see as the value of, and problems with, organized religion?
The value is that they give you discipline and they give you collective worship and they give you humbleness towards the mysteries. The danger is that every religion, including the Catholic one, says, "I have the ultimate truth." Then you start to rely on the priest, the mullah, the rabbi, or whoever, to be responsivle foy your acts. In fact, you are the only one who is responsible.
私は宗教を熱心に信じる人を余り信用しませんが、Paulo Coelhoなら信用できると思いまいした。
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