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103:7.1 [[Science]] is sustained by [[reason]], [[religion]] by [[faith]]. [[Faith]], though not predicated on [[reason]], is reasonable; though [[independent]] of logic, it is nonetheless [[encouraged]] by sound [[logic]]. [[Faith]] cannot be nourished even by an [[ideal]] [[philosophy]]; indeed, it is, with [[science]], the very [[source]] of such a [[philosophy]]. [[Faith]], human [[religious]] [[insight]], can be surely instructed only by [[revelation]], can be surely elevated only by [[personal]] [[mortal]] [[experience]] with the spiritual [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[God]] who is [[spirit]].

103:7.1 [[Science]] is sustained by [[reason]], [[religion]] by [[faith]]. [[Faith]], though not predicated on [[reason]], is reasonable; though [[independent]] of logic, it is nonetheless [[encouraged]] by sound [[logic]]. [[Faith]] cannot be nourished even by an [[ideal]] [[philosophy]]; indeed, it is, with [[science]], the very [[source]] of such a [[philosophy]]. [[Faith]], human [[religious]] [[insight]], can be surely instructed only by [[revelation]], can be surely elevated only by [[personal]] [[mortal]] [[experience]] with the spiritual [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[God]] who is [[spirit]].

103:7.2 True [[salvation]] is the [[technique]] of the [[divine]] [[evolution]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind] from [[matter]] identification through the realms of [[morontia]] [[liaison]] to the high [[universe]] [[status]] of spiritual correlation. And as [[material]] [[intuitive]] [[instinct]] precedes the [[appearance]] of [[reasoned]] [[knowledge]] in [[terrestrial]] [[evolution]], so does the [[manifestation]] of [[spiritual]] [[intuitive]] [[insight]] presage the later [[appearance]] of [[morontia]] and [[spirit]] [[reason]] and [[experience]] in the [[supernal]] [[program]] of [[celestial]] [[evolution]], the [[business]] of [[transmuting]] the [[potentials]] of man the [[temporal]] into the [[actuality]] and [[divinity]] of man the [[eternal]], a [[Corps of Finality|Paradise finaliter]].

103:7.2 True [[salvation]] is the [[technique]] of the [[divine]] [[evolution]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind] from [[matter]] identification through the realms of [[morontia]] [[liaison]] to the high [[universe]] [[status]] of spiritual correlation. And as [[material]] [[intuitive]] [[instinct]] precedes the [[appearance]] of [[reasoned]] [[knowledge]] in [[terrestrial]] [[evolution]], so does the [[manifestation]] of [[spiritual]] [[intuitive]] [[insight]] presage the later [[appearance]] of [[morontia]] and [[spirit]] [[reason]] and [[experience]] in the [[supernal]] [[program]] of [[celestial]] [[evolution]], the [[business]] of [[transmuting]] the [[potentials]] of man the [[temporal]] into the [[actuality]] and [[divinity]] of man the [[eternal]], a [[Corps of Finality|Paradise finaliter]].

103:7.3 But as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending man] reaches inward and [[Paradiseward]] for the [[God]] [[experience]], he will likewise be reaching outward and spaceward for an [[energy]] [[understanding]] of the [[material]] [[cosmos]]. The [[progression]] of [[science]] is not limited to the [[terrestrial]] life of man; his [[universe]] and [[superuniverse]] [[ascension]] [[experience]] will to no small [[degree]] be the study of [[energy]] [[transmutation]] and [[material]] [[metamorphosis]]. [[God]] is [[spirit]], but [[Deity]] is [[unity]], and the unity of Deity not only [[embraces]] the [[spiritual]] [[values]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] but is also cognizant of the [[energy]] [[facts]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:3._THE_UNIVERSAL_MANIPULATOR Universal Controller] and the [[Isle of Paradise]], while these two [[phases]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:9._UNIVERSAL_ABSOLUTE_UNITY universal reality] are perfectly correlated in the [[mind]] [[relationships]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] and unified on the [[finite]] level in the emerging [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme Being]].

103:7.3 But as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending man] reaches inward and [[Paradiseward]] for the [[God]] [[experience]], he will likewise be reaching outward and spaceward for an [[energy]] [[understanding]] of the [[material]] [[cosmos]]. The [[progression]] of [[science]] is not limited to the [[terrestrial]] life of man; his [[universe]] and [[superuniverse]] [[ascension]] [[experience]] will to no small [[degree]] be the study of [[energy]] [[transmutation]] and [[material]] [[metamorphosis]]. [[God]] is [[spirit]], but [[Deity]] is [[unity]], and the unity of Deity not only [[embraces]] the [[spiritual]] [[values]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] but is also cognizant of the [[energy]] [[facts]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:3._THE_UNIVERSAL_MANIPULATOR Universal Controller] and the [[Isle of Paradise]], while these two [[phases]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:9._UNIVERSAL_ABSOLUTE_UNITY universal reality] are perfectly correlated in the [[mind]] [[relationships]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] and unified on the [[finite]] level in the emerging [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme Being]].

103:7.4 The [[union]] of the [[scientific]] [[attitude]] and the religious [[insight]] by the mediation of [[experiential]] [[philosophy]] is part of man's long [[Ascension Career|Paradise-ascension]] experience. The approximations of mathematics and the certainties of insight will always require the harmonizing function of mind logic on all levels of [[experience]] short of the maximum [[attainment]] of [[the Supreme]].

103:7.4 The [[union]] of the [[scientific]] [[attitude]] and the religious [[insight]] by the mediation of [[experiential]] [[philosophy]] is part of man's long [[Ascension Career|Paradise-ascension]] experience. The approximations of mathematics and the certainties of insight will always require the harmonizing function of mind logic on all levels of [[experience]] short of the maximum [[attainment]] of [[the Supreme]].

103:7.6 [[Logic]] is the [[technique]] of [[philosophy]], its [[method]] of [[expression]]. Within the [[domain]] of true [[science]], [[reason]] is always amenable to genuine [[logic]]; within the domain of true [[religion]], faith is always logical from the basis of an inner [[viewpoint]], even though such faith may appear to be quite unfounded from the inlooking [[viewpoint]] of the [[scientific]] approach. From outward, looking within, the [[universe]] may appear to be [[material]]; from within, looking out, the same universe appears to be wholly [[spiritual]]. [[Reason]] grows out of [[material]] [[awareness]], [[faith]] out of [[spiritual]] [[awareness]], but through the mediation of a [[philosophy]] strengthened by [[revelation]], [[logic]] may confirm both the inward and the outward view, thereby effecting the [[stabilization]] of both [[science]] and [[religion]]. Thus, through common [[contact]] with the [[logic]] of [[philosophy]], may both [[science]] and [[religion]] become increasingly [[tolerant]] of each other, less and less [[skeptical]].

103:7.6 [[Logic]] is the [[technique]] of [[philosophy]], its [[method]] of [[expression]]. Within the [[domain]] of true [[science]], [[reason]] is always amenable to genuine [[logic]]; within the domain of true [[religion]], faith is always logical from the basis of an inner [[viewpoint]], even though such faith may appear to be quite unfounded from the inlooking [[viewpoint]] of the [[scientific]] approach. From outward, looking within, the [[universe]] may appear to be [[material]]; from within, looking out, the same universe appears to be wholly [[spiritual]]. [[Reason]] grows out of [[material]] [[awareness]], [[faith]] out of [[spiritual]] [[awareness]], but through the mediation of a [[philosophy]] strengthened by [[revelation]], [[logic]] may confirm both the inward and the outward view, thereby effecting the [[stabilization]] of both [[science]] and [[religion]]. Thus, through common [[contact]] with the [[logic]] of [[philosophy]], may both [[science]] and [[religion]] become increasingly [[tolerant]] of each other, less and less [[skeptical]].

103:7.7 What both [[developing]] [[science]] and [[religion]] need is more searching and fearless [[self]]-[[criticism]], a greater awareness of incompleteness in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:1._PHYSICAL_CO-ORDINATION evolutionary status]. The [[teachers]] of both [[science]] and [[religion]] are often altogether too [[self]]-[[confident]] and [[dogmatic]]. [[Science]] and [[religion]] can only be self-[[critical]] of their [[facts]]. The [[moment]] departure is made from the [[stage]] of [[facts]], [[reason]] abdicates or else rapidly [[degenerates]] into a consort of [[false]] [[logic]].

103:7.7 What both [[developing]] [[science]] and [[religion]] need is more searching and fearless [[self]]-[[criticism]], a greater awareness of incompleteness in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:1._PHYSICAL_CO-ORDINATION evolutionary status]. The [[teachers]] of both [[science]] and [[religion]] are often altogether too [[self]]-[[confident]] and [[dogmatic]]. [[Science]] and [[religion]] can only be self-[[critical]] of their [[facts]]. The [[moment]] departure is made from the [[stage]] of [[facts]], [[reason]] abdicates or else rapidly [[degenerates]] into a consort of [[false]] [[logic]].

103:7.8 The [[truth]]—an [[understanding]] of [[cosmic]] [[relationships]], universe [[facts]], and spiritual [[values]]—can best be had through the ministry of the [[Spirit of Truth]] and can best be criticized by [[revelation]]. But [[revelation]] originates neither a [[science]] nor a [[religion]]; its [[function]] is to [[co-ordinate]] both science and religion with the [[truth]] of [[reality]]. Always, in the [[absence]] of [[revelation]] or in the failure to [[accept]] or grasp it, has [[mortal]] man resorted to his futile [[gesture]] of [[metaphysics]], that being the only human substitute for the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] or for the [[mota]] of [[morontia]] [[personality]].

103:7.8 The [[truth]]—an [[understanding]] of [[cosmic]] [[relationships]], universe [[facts]], and spiritual [[values]]—can best be had through the ministry of the [[Spirit of Truth]] and can best be criticized by [[revelation]]. But [[revelation]] originates neither a [[science]] nor a [[religion]]; its [[function]] is to [[co-ordinate]] both science and religion with the [[truth]] of [[reality]]. Always, in the [[absence]] of [[revelation]] or in the failure to [[accept]] or grasp it, has [[mortal]] man resorted to his futile [[gesture]] of [[metaphysics]], that being the only human substitute for the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] or for the [[mota]] of [[morontia]] [[personality]].

103:7.11 All divisions of [[human]] [[thought]] are predicated on certain [[assumptions]] which are [[accepted]], though unproved, by the constitutive [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] of the [[mind]] [[endowment]] of man. [[Science]] starts out on its vaunted [[career]] of [[reasoning]] by [[assuming]] the [[reality]] of three [[things]]: [[matter]], [[motion]], and life. [[Religion]] starts out with the [[assumption]] of the validity of three things: [[mind]], [[spirit]], and the [[universe]]—the [[Supreme Being]].

103:7.11 All divisions of [[human]] [[thought]] are predicated on certain [[assumptions]] which are [[accepted]], though unproved, by the constitutive [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] of the [[mind]] [[endowment]] of man. [[Science]] starts out on its vaunted [[career]] of [[reasoning]] by [[assuming]] the [[reality]] of three [[things]]: [[matter]], [[motion]], and life. [[Religion]] starts out with the [[assumption]] of the validity of three things: [[mind]], [[spirit]], and the [[universe]]—the [[Supreme Being]].

103:7.12 [[Science]] becomes the [[thought]] [[domain]] of [[mathematics]], of the [[energy]] and [[material]] of [[Spacetime|time in space]]. [[Religion]] assumes to deal not only with [[finite]] and [[temporal]] spirit but also with the spirit of [[eternity]] and [[supremacy]]. Only through a long [[experience]] in [[mota]] can these two extremes of [[universe]] [[perception]] be made to yield [[analogous]] [[interpretations]] of [[origins]], [[functions]], [[relations]], [[realities]], and [[destinies]]. The maximum [[harmonization]] of the [[energy]]-[[spirit]] divergence is in the [[encircuitment]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]]; the first unification thereof, in the [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme]]; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:6._UNIFICATION_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_DEITY finality unity] thereof, in the [[infinity]] of the [[First Source and Center]], the [[I AM]].

103:7.12 [[Science]] becomes the [[thought]] [[domain]] of [[mathematics]], of the [[energy]] and [[material]] of [[Spacetime|time in space]]. [[Religion]] assumes to deal not only with [[finite]] and [[temporal]] spirit but also with the spirit of [[eternity]] and [[supremacy]]. Only through a long [[experience]] in [[mota]] can these two extremes of [[universe]] [[perception]] be made to yield [[analogous]] [[interpretations]] of [[origins]], [[functions]], [[relations]], [[realities]], and [[destinies]]. The maximum [[harmonization]] of the [[energy]]-[[spirit]] divergence is in the [[encircuitment]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]]; the first unification thereof, in the [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme]]; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:6._UNIFICATION_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_DEITY finality unity] thereof, in the [[infinity]] of the [[First Source and Center]], the [[I AM]].

103:7.13 [[Reason]] is the [[act]] of [[recognizing]] the conclusions of [[consciousness]] with regard to the [[experience]] in and with the [[physical]] world of [[energy]] and [[matter]]. [[Faith]] is the [[act]] of [[recognizing]] the validity of [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]]—something which is incapable of other [[mortal]] [[proof]]. [[Logic]] is the synthetic [[truth]]-seeking [[progression]] of the [[unity]] of [[faith]] and [[reason]] and is founded on the constitutive [[mind]] [[endowments]] of [[mortal]] beings, the innate [[recognition]] of [[things]], [[meanings]], and [[values]].

103:7.13 [[Reason]] is the [[act]] of [[recognizing]] the conclusions of [[consciousness]] with regard to the [[experience]] in and with the [[physical]] world of [[energy]] and [[matter]]. [[Faith]] is the [[act]] of [[recognizing]] the validity of [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]]—something which is incapable of other [[mortal]] [[proof]]. [[Logic]] is the synthetic [[truth]]-seeking [[progression]] of the [[unity]] of [[faith]] and [[reason]] and is founded on the constitutive [[mind]] [[endowments]] of [[mortal]] beings, the innate [[recognition]] of [[things]], [[meanings]], and [[values]].

103:7.15 [[Science]] [[discovers]] the [[material]] world, [[religion]] [[evaluates]] it, and [[philosophy]] endeavors to [[interpret]] its [[meanings]] while [[co-ordinating]] the scientific [[material]] [[viewpoint]] with the religious [[spiritual]] [[concept]]. But [[history]] is a realm in which science and religion may never fully [[agree]].

103:7.15 [[Science]] [[discovers]] the [[material]] world, [[religion]] [[evaluates]] it, and [[philosophy]] endeavors to [[interpret]] its [[meanings]] while [[co-ordinating]] the scientific [[material]] [[viewpoint]] with the religious [[spiritual]] [[concept]]. But [[history]] is a realm in which science and religion may never fully [[agree]].

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[[Category:Paper 103 - The Reality of Religious Experience]]

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