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101:2.7 The [[contemplation]] of [[nature]] can only reveal a [[God]] of [[nature]], a God of [[motion]]. [[Nature]] exhibits only [[matter]], [[motion]], and animation—life. [[Matter]] plus [[energy]], under certain conditions, is [[manifested]] in living [[forms]], but while [[natural]] life is thus [[relatively]] continuous as a [[phenomenon]], it is wholly transient as to [[individualities]]. [[Nature]] does not afford ground for [[logical]] [[belief]] in human-[[personality]] [[survival]]. The [[religious]] man who finds [[God]] in [[nature]] has already and first found this same [[personal]] [[God]] in his own [[soul]].

101:2.7 The [[contemplation]] of [[nature]] can only reveal a [[God]] of [[nature]], a God of [[motion]]. [[Nature]] exhibits only [[matter]], [[motion]], and animation—life. [[Matter]] plus [[energy]], under certain conditions, is [[manifested]] in living [[forms]], but while [[natural]] life is thus [[relatively]] continuous as a [[phenomenon]], it is wholly transient as to [[individualities]]. [[Nature]] does not afford ground for [[logical]] [[belief]] in human-[[personality]] [[survival]]. The [[religious]] man who finds [[God]] in [[nature]] has already and first found this same [[personal]] [[God]] in his own [[soul]].

101:2.8 [[Faith]] reveals [[God]] in the [[soul]]. [[Revelation]], the substitute for [[morontia]] [[insight]] on an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary world], enables man to see the same [[God]] in [[nature]] that [[faith]] exhibits in his [[soul]]. Thus does [[revelation]] successfully bridge the gulf between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], even between the [[creature]] and the [[Creator]], between man and God.

101:2.8 [[Faith]] reveals [[God]] in the [[soul]]. [[Revelation]], the substitute for [[morontia]] [[insight]] on an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary world], enables man to see the same [[God]] in [[nature]] that [[faith]] exhibits in his [[soul]]. Thus does [[revelation]] successfully bridge the gulf between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], even between the [[creature]] and the [[Creator]], between man and God.

101:2.9 The [[contemplation]] of [[nature]] does [[logically]] point in the direction of [[intelligent]] [[guidance]], even living supervision, but it does not in any [[satisfactory]] [[manner]] reveal a [[personal]] [[God]]. On the other hand, [[nature]] discloses nothing which would preclude the [[universe]] from being looked upon as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19 handiwork] of the [[God]] of [[religion]]. God cannot be found through [[nature]] alone, but man having otherwise found him, the [[study]] of nature becomes wholly [[consistent]] with a higher and more [[spiritual]] [[interpretation]] of the [[universe]].

101:2.9 The [[contemplation]] of [[nature]] does [[logically]] point in the direction of [[intelligent]] [[guidance]], even living supervision, but it does not in any [[satisfactory]] [[manner]] reveal a [[personal]] [[God]]. On the other hand, [[nature]] discloses nothing which would preclude the [[universe]] from being looked upon as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19 handiwork] of the [[God]] of [[religion]]. God cannot be found through [[nature]] alone, but man having otherwise found him, the [[study]] of nature becomes wholly [[consistent]] with a higher and more [[spiritual]] [[interpretation]] of the [[universe]].

101:2.10 [[Revelation]] as an [[epochal]] [[phenomenon]] is [[periodic]]; as a [[personal]] human [[experience]] it is [[continuous]]. [[Divinity]] [[functions]] in [[mortal]] [[personality]] as the [[Adjuster]] gift of [[the Father]], as the [[Spirit of Truth]] of [[Bestowal Son|the Son]], and as the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]], while these three [[supermortal]] [[endowments]] are unified in [[human]] [[experiential]] [[evolution]] as the [[ministry]] of [[the Supreme]].

101:2.10 [[Revelation]] as an [[epochal]] [[phenomenon]] is [[periodic]]; as a [[personal]] human [[experience]] it is [[continuous]]. [[Divinity]] [[functions]] in [[mortal]] [[personality]] as the [[Adjuster]] gift of [[the Father]], as the [[Spirit of Truth]] of [[Bestowal Son|the Son]], and as the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]], while these three [[supermortal]] [[endowments]] are unified in [[human]] [[experiential]] [[evolution]] as the [[ministry]] of [[the Supreme]].

101:2.11 True [[religion]] is an [[insight]] into [[reality]], the [[faith]]-[[child]] of the [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and not a mere [[intellectual]] assent to any body of [[dogmatic]] [[doctrines]]. True [[religion]] consists in the [[experience]] that "the Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] [[Religion]] consists not in [[theologic]] propositions but in [[spiritual]] [[insight]] and the [[sublimity]] of the [[soul]]'s [[trust]].

101:2.11 True [[religion]] is an [[insight]] into [[reality]], the [[faith]]-[[child]] of the [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and not a mere [[intellectual]] assent to any body of [[dogmatic]] [[doctrines]]. True [[religion]] consists in the [[experience]] that "the Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] [[Religion]] consists not in [[theologic]] propositions but in [[spiritual]] [[insight]] and the [[sublimity]] of the [[soul]]'s [[trust]].

101:2.12 Your deepest [[nature]]—the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]]—[[creates]] within you a [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]], a certain craving for divine [[perfection]]. [[Religion]] is the [[faith]] [[act]] of the [[recognition]] of this inner urge to [[divine]] [[attainment]]; and thus is brought about that [[soul]] [[trust]] and [[assurance]] of which you become [[conscious]] as the way of [[salvation]], the [[technique]] of the [[survival]] of [[personality]] and all those [[values]] which you have come to look upon as being [[true]] and [[good]].

101:2.12 Your deepest [[nature]]—the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]]—[[creates]] within you a [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]], a certain craving for divine [[perfection]]. [[Religion]] is the [[faith]] [[act]] of the [[recognition]] of this inner urge to [[divine]] [[attainment]]; and thus is brought about that [[soul]] [[trust]] and [[assurance]] of which you become [[conscious]] as the way of [[salvation]], the [[technique]] of the [[survival]] of [[personality]] and all those [[values]] which you have come to look upon as being [[true]] and [[good]].

101:2.15 [[Psychology]] may indeed attempt to [[study]] the [[phenomena]] of [[religious]] [[reactions]] to the [[social]] [[environment]], but never can it [[hope]] to penetrate to the real and inner [[motives]] and workings of [[religion]]. Only [[theology]], the province of [[faith]] and the [[technique]] of [[revelation]], can afford any sort of [[intelligent]] account of the [[nature]] and [[content]] of [[religious]] [[experience]].

101:2.15 [[Psychology]] may indeed attempt to [[study]] the [[phenomena]] of [[religious]] [[reactions]] to the [[social]] [[environment]], but never can it [[hope]] to penetrate to the real and inner [[motives]] and workings of [[religion]]. Only [[theology]], the province of [[faith]] and the [[technique]] of [[revelation]], can afford any sort of [[intelligent]] account of the [[nature]] and [[content]] of [[religious]] [[experience]].

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[[Category:Paper 101 - The Real Nature of Religion]]

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