"When a child is born, we see a flesh-and-blood human fighting its way out of the mother's womb, but we don't know where it came from. We have no idea. We don't even ask that today. Science has convinced us that two unconscious cells divided until they became a human being. And when he dies, we see that he leaves his pitifully wasted body here - but we don't know where he went. Today's man looks at the dead like a car that doesn't work anymore; the grandfather is like an old Trabant: it stopped because you can no longer get parts for it. Are you surprised that with such an attitude our lives are meaningless, our souls are anxious and our hearts are unhappy?
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When a child is born, we see a flesh-and-blood human fighting its way out of the mother's womb, but we don't know where it came from. We have no idea. We don't even ask that today. Science has convinced us that two unconscious cells divided until they became a human being. And when he dies, we see that he leaves his pitifully wasted body here - but we don't know where he went. Today's man looks at the dead like a car that doesn't work anymore; the grandfather is like an old Trabant: it stopped because you can no longer get parts for it. Are you surprised that with such an attitude our lives are meaningless, our souls are anxious and our hearts are unhappy?
""Egy gyermek születésekor látjuk, hogy egy hús-vér emberke kiharcolja magát az anyaölből, de hogy honnan jött, nem tudjuk. Fogalmunk sincs. Ma már ezt nem is kérdezzük. Meggyőzött minket a tudomány, hogy két öntudatlan sejt addig osztódott, míg egy ember lett belőlük. Amikor pedig meghal, látjuk, hogy itt hagyja a szánalmasan elaggott testét - de hogy hová ment, nem tudjuk. A mai ember úgy néz a halottra, mint egy autóra, mely nem működik már; a nagypapa olyan, mint egy öreg Trabant: leállt, mert nem lehet már hozzá alkatrészt kapni. Csodálkozol, hogy ilyen szemlélettel az életünk értelmetlen, a lelkünk szorongó és a szívünk boldogtalan?"