When [[primitive man]] felt that his [[communion]] with [[God]] had been interrupted, he resorted to [[sacrifice]] of some kind in an [[effort]] to make [[atonement]], to restore [[friendly]] [[relationship]]. The [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]] leads to the [[discovery]] of [[truth]], and [[truth]] augments [[ideals]], and this [[creates]] new [[problems]] for the [[individual]] religionists, for our [[ideals]] tend to [[grow]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_progression geometrical progression], while our [[ability]] to live up to them is enhanced only by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_progression arithmetical progression]. | When [[primitive man]] felt that his [[communion]] with [[God]] had been interrupted, he resorted to [[sacrifice]] of some kind in an [[effort]] to make [[atonement]], to restore [[friendly]] [[relationship]]. The [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]] leads to the [[discovery]] of [[truth]], and [[truth]] augments [[ideals]], and this [[creates]] new [[problems]] for the [[individual]] religionists, for our [[ideals]] tend to [[grow]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_progression geometrical progression], while our [[ability]] to live up to them is enhanced only by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_progression arithmetical progression]. |