Possessing faith is not convenient. You still have to live it.
Bread sets free; but does not necessarily set free for good ends -- that dear illusion of so many generous hearts. It sets a man free to choose: it often sets free for the bad, but man has a right to that choice and to that evil, without which he is no longer a man.
Really, one has some friends, and when one comes to think about it it is impossible to tell how one ever became friendly with them.