Ease of Understanding = Good? Not Always.

St. Paul’s Cathedral in need of renovation need not be razed down to the ground. There will be ways to make its beauty intact after the upkeep. Some visitors may not understand some part of it, but that is okay. They can stay and take in its beauty. Understanding may follow if you stayed long enough. Our faith is not so much about accuracy as about mystery. Some words are better-suited to pull us deeper into the center of what it is we believe in and yearn for. Superficial Christianity is deplored by many concerned religious writers. Language habit may have in part to do with it. People don’t stay. They pick up a McDonald sandwich and run. The same can be said about their reading. Superficiality is rampant and clichéd ideas are parroted. Certain words make you stay when others don’t. When you stay, there is a better chance for a deeper understanding.

 - Gene Ghong, On St. Paul's Cathedral