I'm just angry, that's all it is. [he and Brennan sit down on a bench] I just feel like him.
Who?
My dad. I feel like my dad. You know, he would blame her for everything. My mom would apologize and he would just stare at her.
You are not your father.
[looks at Brennan, sarcastically] Really? Because, you know, I grew up in a household of violence and hatred. Look at me now. I look for that everyday – murder, cruelty. [sighs]
Everyday you try to stop it. Everyday you prove what a good man you are.
Why didn't I stop her? Why didn't I stop my own mom?
'Cause it's difficult. Isn't that what you said about my dad? How long did it take me to forgive him? You think I still don't get angry?
Maybe it's just simpler this way, Bones.
Is that what your religion says?
[sarcastically] Really? You wanna bring that into this conversation now?
The Jesus myth is all about forgiveness, isn't it?
It's not a myth.
Absolution, the ability to transform ourselves. So you grew up suffering. In the myth, Jesus suffered and he forgave those––
Not a myth.
Please, Booth. Water to wine, raising the dead, walking on water, these defy the basic laws of physics, but forgiveness, that's its value. That's why the myth has endured.
