As the alcoholic needs a higher power more so than a healthy person might not, so too must he who is in full flight from reality have a higher power to believe that people are inherently good, and deserving of love, compassion, and the benefit of the doubt. Otherwise, depression and then apathy are sure to follow. And I would rather have the peace that a higher power affords me, than the isolation of seeing no purpose in being gentle.
"To those who have had no agony Jesus says, 'I have nothing for you; stand on your own feet, square your own shoulders. I have come for the man who knows he has a bigger handful than he can cope with, who knows there are forces he cannot touch; I will do everything for him if he will let Me. Only let a man grant he needs it, and I will do it for him.'" The Shadow of an Agony, 1166 R
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