Having a reading diet heavy in spiritually ill-nourishing writings is probably worse for existential dread than living under active persecution. I've read boring economics texts that have more devotional value than typical works in the fields >>856 named.
But seeing as I am commanded by my lord (whose return I await any day now) to preach the gospel to every creature, including presumably the mitochondria in my cells and the malignant bacteria on my hands, I do hope you have a calling, and that if this is not it, that it comes soon.
(read more puritans, mwufufu)