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102:3.1 [[Intellectual]] deficiency or [[educational]] [[poverty]] unavoidably [[handicaps]] higher religious [[attainment]] because such an impoverished [[environment]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] robs [[religion]] of its chief [[channel]] of [philosophic] [[contact]] with the world of [[scientific]] [[knowledge]]. The [[intellectual]] [[factors]] of [[religion]] are important, but their overdevelopment is likewise sometimes very [[handicapping]] and embarrassing. [[Religion]] must continually [[labor]] under a [[paradoxical]] [[necessity]]: the necessity of making [[effective]] use of [[thought]] while at the same time discounting the [[spiritual]] serviceableness of all [[thinking]].

102:3.1 [[Intellectual]] deficiency or [[educational]] [[poverty]] unavoidably [[handicaps]] higher religious [[attainment]] because such an impoverished [[environment]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] robs [[religion]] of its chief [[channel]] of [[philosophic]] [[contact]] with the world of [[scientific]] [[knowledge]]. The [[intellectual]] [[factors]] of [[religion]] are important, but their overdevelopment is likewise sometimes very [[handicapping]] and embarrassing. [[Religion]] must continually [[labor]] under a [[paradoxical]] [[necessity]]: the necessity of making [[effective]] use of [[thought]] while at the same time discounting the [[spiritual]] serviceableness of all [[thinking]].

102:3.2 [[Religious]] [[speculation]] is [[inevitable]] but always detrimental; [[speculation]] invariably falsifies its object. Speculation tends to [[translate]] [[religion]] into something [[material]] or [[humanistic]], and thus, while directly interfering with the [[clarity]] of [[logical]] [[thought]], it indirectly causes [[religion]] to [[appear]] as a [[function]] of the [[temporal]] world, the very world with which it should everlastingly stand in [[contrast]]. Therefore will [[religion]] always be characterized by [[paradoxes]], the paradoxes resulting from the [[absence]] of the [[experiential]] [[connection]] between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] levels of the [[universe]]— [[morontia]] [[mota]], the superphilosophic [[sensitivity]] for [[truth]] [[discernment]] and [[unity]] [[perception]].

102:3.2 [[Religious]] [[speculation]] is [[inevitable]] but always detrimental; [[speculation]] invariably falsifies its object. Speculation tends to [[translate]] [[religion]] into something [[material]] or [[humanistic]], and thus, while directly interfering with the [[clarity]] of [[logical]] [[thought]], it indirectly causes [[religion]] to [[appear]] as a [[function]] of the [[temporal]] world, the very world with which it should everlastingly stand in [[contrast]]. Therefore will [[religion]] always be characterized by [[paradoxes]], the paradoxes resulting from the [[absence]] of the [[experiential]] [[connection]] between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] levels of the [[universe]]— [[morontia]] [[mota]], the superphilosophic [[sensitivity]] for [[truth]] [[discernment]] and [[unity]] [[perception]].

102:3.12 The pursuit of [[knowledge]] constitutes [[science]]; the search for [[wisdom]] is [[philosophy]]; the [[love]] for [[God]] is [[religion]]; the [[hunger]] for [[truth]] is a [[revelation]]. But it is the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] that attaches the [[feeling]] of [[reality]] to man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]] into the [[cosmos]].

102:3.12 The pursuit of [[knowledge]] constitutes [[science]]; the search for [[wisdom]] is [[philosophy]]; the [[love]] for [[God]] is [[religion]]; the [[hunger]] for [[truth]] is a [[revelation]]. But it is the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] that attaches the [[feeling]] of [[reality]] to man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]] into the [[cosmos]].

102:3.13 In [[science]], the [[idea]] precedes the [[expression]] of its [[realization]]; in [[religion]], the [[experience]] of [[realization]] precedes the [[expression]] of the [[idea]]. There is a vast [[difference]] between the [[evolutionary]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Will_to_Believe will-to-believe] and the product of [[enlightened]] [[reason]], [[religious]] [[insight]], and [[revelation]]—the will that believes.

102:3.13 In [[science]], the [[idea]] precedes the [[expression]] of its [[realization]]; in [[religion]], the [[experience]] of [[realization]] precedes the [[expression]] of the [[idea]]. There is a vast [[difference]] between the [[evolutionary]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Will_to_Believe will-to-believe] and the product of [[enlightened]] [[reason]], [[religious]] [[insight]], and [[revelation]]—the will that believes.

102:3.14 In [[evolution]], [[religion]] often leads to man's creating his [[concepts]] of [[God]]; [[revelation]] exhibits the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phenomenon_of_Man phenomenon of God's evolving man] himself, while in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus earth life of Christ Michael] we behold the [[phenomenon]] of [[God]]'s revealing himself to man. [[Evolution]] tends to make [[God]] manlike; [[revelation]] tends to make man Godlike.

102:3.14 In [[evolution]], [[religion]] often leads to man's creating his [[concepts]] of [[God]]; [[revelation]] exhibits the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phenomenon_of_Man phenomenon of God's evolving man] himself, while in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus earth life of Christ Michael] we behold the [[phenomenon]] of [[God]]'s revealing himself to man. [[Evolution]] tends to make [[God]] manlike; [[revelation]] tends to make man Godlike.

102:3.15 [[Science]] is only [[satisfied]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause first causes], [[religion]] with [[supreme]] [[personality]], and [[philosophy]] with [[unity]]. [[Revelation]] affirms that these [[three]] are [[one]], and that all are [[good]]. The [[eternal]] real is the [[good]] of the [[universe]] and not the [[time]] [[illusions]] of [[space]] [[evil]]. In the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of all [[personalities]], always is it true that the real is the [[good]] and the good is the real.

102:3.15 [[Science]] is only [[satisfied]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause first causes], [[religion]] with [[supreme]] [[personality]], and [[philosophy]] with [[unity]]. [[Revelation]] affirms that these [[three]] are [[one]], and that all are [[good]]. The [[eternal]] real is the [[good]] of the [[universe]] and not the [[time]] [[illusions]] of [[space]] [[evil]]. In the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of all [[personalities]], always is it true that the real is the [[good]] and the good is the real.

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[[Category:Paper 102 - The Foundations of Religious Faith]]

[[Category:Paper 102 - The Foundations of Religious Faith]]