irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid
8 November 2007 - 28 חשון 5768 by Huw
Props to Yael over at No Mechitza In My World for this quote from Abraham Joshua Heschel:
Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion - its message becomes meaningless.
Glad to have you pass it on to a wider audience. Heschel is a favorite of mine.