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92:7.1 [[Religion]] can never become a [[scientific]] [[fact]]. [[Philosophy]] may, indeed, rest on a [[scientific]] basis, but [[religion]] will ever remain either [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary] or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory], or a possible combination of both, as it is in the world today.

92:7.1 [[Religion]] can never become a [[scientific]] [[fact]]. [[Philosophy]] may, indeed, rest on a [[scientific]] basis, but [[religion]] will ever remain either [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary] or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory], or a possible combination of both, as it is in the world today.

92:7.2 New religions cannot be [[invented]]; they are either evolved, or else they are suddenly revealed. All new [[evolutionary]] [[religions]] are merely advancing [[expressions]] of the old [[beliefs]], new adaptations and [[adjustments]]. The old does not cease to exist; it is merged with the new, even as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism Sikhism] budded and blossomed out of the [[soil]] and forms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhism], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Islam], and other contemporary [[cults]]. [[Primitive]] [[religion]] was very [[democratic]]; the [[savage]] was quick to borrow or lend. Only with [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] did [[autocratic]] and intolerant theologic [[egotism]] appear.

92:7.2 New religions cannot be [[invented]]; they are either evolved, or else they are suddenly revealed. All new [[evolutionary]] [[religions]] are merely advancing [[expressions]] of the old [[beliefs]], new adaptations and [[adjustments]]. The old does not cease to exist; it is merged with the new, even as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism Sikhism] budded and blossomed out of the [[soil]] and forms of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhism], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Islam], and other contemporary [[cults]]. [[Primitive]] [[religion]] was very [[democratic]]; the [[savage]] was quick to borrow or lend. Only with [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] did [[autocratic]] and intolerant theologic [[egotism]] appear.

92:7.3 The many [[religions]] of [[Urantia]] are all [[good]] to the extent that they bring man to [[God]] and bring the [[realization]] of [[the Father]] to man. It is a [[fallacy]] for any [[group]] of religionists to conceive of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed creed] as The Truth; such [[attitudes]] bespeak more of [[theological]] arrogance than of certainty of [[faith]]. There is not a [[Urantia]] [[religion]] that could not profitably [[study]] and assimilate the best of the [[truths]] contained in every other [[faith]], for all contain [[truth]]. Religionists would do better to borrow the best in their [[neighbors]]' living spiritual [[faith]] rather than to denounce the worst in their lingering [[superstitions]] and outworn [[rituals]].

92:7.3 The many [[religions]] of [[Urantia]] are all [[good]] to the extent that they bring man to [[God]] and bring the [[realization]] of [[the Father]] to man. It is a [[fallacy]] for any [[group]] of religionists to conceive of their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed creed] as The Truth; such [[attitudes]] bespeak more of [[theological]] arrogance than of certainty of [[faith]]. There is not a [[Urantia]] [[religion]] that could not profitably [[study]] and assimilate the best of the [[truths]] contained in every other [[faith]], for all contain [[truth]]. Religionists would do better to borrow the best in their [[neighbors]]' living spiritual [[faith]] rather than to denounce the worst in their lingering [[superstitions]] and outworn [[rituals]].

92:7.4 All these [[religions]] have arisen as a result of man's variable [[intellectual]] [[response]] to his identical [[spiritual]] leading. They can never [[hope]] to [[attain]] a [[uniformity]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed creeds], [[dogmas]], and [[rituals]]—these are [[intellectual]]; but they can, and some day will, [[realize]] a [[unity]] in true [[worship]] of [[the Father]] of all, for this is [[spiritual]], and it is forever true, in the [[spirit]] all men are [[equal]].

92:7.4 All these [[religions]] have arisen as a result of man's variable [[intellectual]] [[response]] to his identical [[spiritual]] leading. They can never [[hope]] to [[attain]] a [[uniformity]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creed creeds], [[dogmas]], and [[rituals]]—these are [[intellectual]]; but they can, and some day will, [[realize]] a [[unity]] in true [[worship]] of [[the Father]] of all, for this is [[spiritual]], and it is forever true, in the [[spirit]] all men are [[equal]].

92:7.5 [[Primitive]] [[religion]] was largely a [[material]]-[[value]] [[consciousness]], but [[civilization]] elevates religious [[values]], for true [[religion]] is the [[devotion]] of the [[self]] to the [[service]] of meaningful and [[supreme]] [[values]]. As [[religion]] evolves, [[ethics]] becomes the [[philosophy]] of [[morals]], and [[morality]] becomes the [[discipline]] of [[self]] by the [[standards]] of highest [[meanings]] and supreme [[values]]—[[divine]] and [[spiritual]] [[ideals]]. And thus [[religion]] becomes a [[spontaneous]] and exquisite [[devotion]], the living [[experience]] of the [[loyalty]] of [[love]].

92:7.5 [[Primitive]] [[religion]] was largely a [[material]]-[[value]] [[consciousness]], but [[civilization]] elevates religious [[values]], for true [[religion]] is the [[devotion]] of the [[self]] to the [[service]] of meaningful and [[supreme]] [[values]]. As [[religion]] evolves, [[ethics]] becomes the [[philosophy]] of [[morals]], and [[morality]] becomes the [[discipline]] of [[self]] by the [[standards]] of highest [[meanings]] and supreme [[values]]—[[divine]] and [[spiritual]] [[ideals]]. And thus [[religion]] becomes a [[spontaneous]] and exquisite [[devotion]], the living [[experience]] of the [[loyalty]] of [[love]].

92:7.12 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

92:7.12 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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[[Category:Paper 92 - Later Evolution of Religion]]

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