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98:1.1 The [[Salem]] missionaries might have built up a great [[religious]] [[structure]] among the [[Greeks]] had it not been for their strict [[interpretation]] of their [[oath]] of [[ordination]], a [[pledge]] imposed by [[Machiventa]] which forbade the [[organization]] of exclusive [[congregations]] for [[worship]], and which exacted the [[promise]] of each [[teacher]] never to [[function]] as a [[priest]], never to receive fees for religious [[service]], only [[food]], [[clothing]], and [[shelter]]. When the [[Melchizedek]] [[teachers]] penetrated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_greece#Ancient_Greece pre-Hellenic Greece], they found a people who still fostered the [[traditions]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:5._ADAMSON_AND_RATTA Adamson] and the days of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:7._ANDITES_OF_THE_MEDITERRANEAN_ISLES Andites], but these teachings had become greatly [[adulterated]] with the notions and [[beliefs]] of the hordes of inferior [[slaves]] that had been brought to the [[Greek]] shores in increasing numbers. This adulteration produced a [[reversion]] to a crude [[animism]] with bloody [[rites]], the lower classes even making [[ceremonial]] out of the [[execution]] of condemned [[criminals]].

98:1.1 The [[Salem]] missionaries might have built up a great [[religious]] [[structure]] among the [[Greeks]] had it not been for their strict [[interpretation]] of their [[oath]] of [[ordination]], a [[pledge]] imposed by [[Machiventa]] which forbade the [[organization]] of exclusive [[congregations]] for [[worship]], and which exacted the [[promise]] of each [[teacher]] never to [[function]] as a [[priest]], never to receive fees for religious [[service]], only [[food]], [[clothing]], and [[shelter]]. When the [[Melchizedek]] [[teachers]] penetrated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_greece#Ancient_Greece pre-Hellenic Greece], they found a people who still fostered the [[traditions]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:5._ADAMSON_AND_RATTA Adamson] and the days of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:7._ANDITES_OF_THE_MEDITERRANEAN_ISLES Andites], but these teachings had become greatly [[adulterated]] with the notions and [[beliefs]] of the hordes of inferior [[slaves]] that had been brought to the [[Greek]] shores in increasing numbers. This adulteration produced a [[reversion]] to a crude [[animism]] with bloody [[rites]], the lower classes even making [[ceremonial]] out of the [[execution]] of condemned [[criminals]].

98:1.2 The early [[influence]] of the [[Salem]] [[teachers]] was nearly destroyed by the so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race#Indo-Aryan_migration Aryan invasion] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages southern Europe and the East]. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenic invaders] brought along with them [[anthropomorphic]] [[God]] [[concepts]] similar to those which their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages Aryan fellows] had carried to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India]. This importation [[inaugurated]] the [[evolution]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek family of gods and goddesses]. This new [[religion]] was partly based on the [[cults]] of the incoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenic barbarians], but it also [[shared]] in the [[myths]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology#Age_of_gods_and_mortals older inhabitants of Greece].

98:1.2 The early [[influence]] of the [[Salem]] [[teachers]] was nearly destroyed by the so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race#Indo-Aryan_migration Aryan invasion] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages southern Europe and the East]. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenic invaders] brought along with them [[anthropomorphic]] [[God]] [[concepts]] similar to those which their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages Aryan fellows] had carried to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India]. This importation [[inaugurated]] the [[evolution]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek family of gods and goddesses]. This new [[religion]] was partly based on the [[cults]] of the incoming [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenic barbarians], but it also [[shared]] in the [[myths]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology#Age_of_gods_and_mortals older inhabitants of Greece].

98:1.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus#Panhellenic_cults_of_Zeus Olympian gods] [[illustrate]] man's typical [[anthropomorphism]]. But the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Mythology Greek mythology] was more [[aesthetic]] than [[ethic]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus#Cult_of_Zeus Greek religion] was helpful in that it portrayed a [[universe]] [[governed]] by a [[deity]] [[group]]. But [[Greek]] [[morals]], [[ethics]], and [[philosophy]] presently advanced far beyond the [[god]] [[concept]], and this imbalance between [[intellectual]] and [[spiritual]] [[growth]] was as hazardous to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Greece Greece] as it had proved to be in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India].

98:1.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus#Panhellenic_cults_of_Zeus Olympian gods] [[illustrate]] man's typical [[anthropomorphism]]. But the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Mythology Greek mythology] was more [[aesthetic]] than [[ethic]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus#Cult_of_Zeus Greek religion] was helpful in that it portrayed a [[universe]] [[governed]] by a [[deity]] [[group]]. But [[Greek]] [[morals]], [[ethics]], and [[philosophy]] presently advanced far beyond the [[god]] [[concept]], and this imbalance between [[intellectual]] and [[spiritual]] [[growth]] was as hazardous to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Greece Greece] as it had proved to be in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India].

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