Religion is not a promise but an experience

At an examination of a class in First Aid a member, who was also a priest, was asked: What would you do if you found a man in a fainting condition? I would give him some brandy, was the answer. And if there was no brandy? he was then asked. I would promise him some, replied the priest.

Religion is not a promise for the future but an experience HERE AND NOW. But through priesthood it has become promises and promises and promises.