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195:6.6 The [[violent]] swing from an age of [[miracles]] to an age of [[machines]] has proved altogether upsetting to man. The [[cleverness]] and dexterity of the [[false]] [[philosophies]] of [[mechanism]] belie their very mechanistic contentions. The [[fatalistic]] [[agility]] of the [[mind]] of a [[materialist]] forever disproves his assertions that the [[universe]] is a blind and purposeless [[energy]] [[phenomenon]].

195:6.6 The [[violent]] swing from an age of [[miracles]] to an age of [[machines]] has proved altogether upsetting to man. The [[cleverness]] and dexterity of the [[false]] [[philosophies]] of [[mechanism]] belie their very mechanistic contentions. The [[fatalistic]] [[agility]] of the [[mind]] of a [[materialist]] forever disproves his assertions that the [[universe]] is a blind and purposeless [[energy]] [[phenomenon]].

195:6.7 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy) mechanistic naturalism] of some supposedly educated men and the thoughtless [[secularism]] of the man in the street are both exclusively concerned with [[things]]; they are barren of all real [[values]], sanctions, and [[satisfactions]] of a [[spiritual]] [[nature]], as well as being devoid of [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[eternal]] [[assurances]]. One of the great troubles with [[modern]] life is that man [[thinks]] he is too [[busy]] to find time for spiritual [[meditation]] and [[religious]] [[devotion]].

195:6.7 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy) mechanistic naturalism] of some supposedly educated men and the thoughtless [[secularism]] of the man in the street are both exclusively concerned with [[things]]; they are barren of all real [[values]], sanctions, and [[satisfactions]] of a [[spiritual]] [[nature]], as well as being devoid of [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[eternal]] [[assurances]]. One of the great troubles with [[modern]] life is that man [[thinks]] he is too [[busy]] to find time for spiritual [[meditation]] and [[religious]] [[devotion]].

195:6.8 [[Materialism]] reduces man to a soulless [[automaton]] and constitutes him merely an [[arithmetical]] [[symbol]] finding a helpless place in the [[mathematical]] [[formula]] of an unromantic and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_(philosophy) mechanistic universe]. But whence comes all this vast [[universe]] of [[mathematics]] without a Master Mathematician? [[Science]] may expatiate on the [[conservation]] of [[matter]], but [[religion]] validates the conservation of men's [[souls]]—it concerns their [[experience]] with [[spiritual]] [[realities]] and eternal [[values]].

195:6.8 [[Materialism]] reduces man to a soulless [[automaton]] and constitutes him merely an [[arithmetical]] [[symbol]] finding a helpless place in the [[mathematical]] [[formula]] of an unromantic and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_(philosophy) mechanistic universe]. But whence comes all this vast [[universe]] of [[mathematics]] without a Master Mathematician? [[Science]] may expatiate on the [[conservation]] of [[matter]], but [[religion]] validates the conservation of men's [[souls]]—it concerns their [[experience]] with [[spiritual]] [[realities]] and eternal [[values]].

195:6.9 The [[materialistic]] [[sociologist]] of today [[surveys]] a [[community]], makes a report thereon, and leaves the people as he found them. Nineteen hundred years ago, unlearned [[Galileans]] [[surveyed]] [[Jesus]] giving his life as a [[spiritual]] contribution to man's [[Inner Life|inner experience]] and then went out and turned the whole [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] upside down.

195:6.9 The [[materialistic]] [[sociologist]] of today [[surveys]] a [[community]], makes a report thereon, and leaves the people as he found them. Nineteen hundred years ago, unlearned [[Galileans]] [[surveyed]] [[Jesus]] giving his life as a [[spiritual]] contribution to man's [[Inner Life|inner experience]] and then went out and turned the whole [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] upside down.

195:6.10 But [[religious]] [[leaders]] are making a great [[mistake]] when they try to call [[modern]] man to [[spiritual]] [[battle]] with the trumpet blasts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]. [[Religion]] must provide itself with new and up-to-date [[slogans]]. Neither [[democracy]] nor any other [[political]] [[panacea]] will take the place of [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. [[False]] [[religions]] may [[represent]] an [[evasion]] of [[reality]], but [[Jesus]] in his [[gospel]] introduced [[mortal]] man to the very entrance upon an [[eternal]] [[reality]] of [[Ascension career|spiritual progression]].

195:6.10 But [[religious]] [[leaders]] are making a great [[mistake]] when they try to call [[modern]] man to [[spiritual]] [[battle]] with the trumpet blasts of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]. [[Religion]] must provide itself with new and up-to-date [[slogans]]. Neither [[democracy]] nor any other [[political]] [[panacea]] will take the place of [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. [[False]] [[religions]] may [[represent]] an [[evasion]] of [[reality]], but [[Jesus]] in his [[gospel]] introduced [[mortal]] man to the very entrance upon an [[eternal]] [[reality]] of [[Ascension career|spiritual progression]].

195:6.11 To say that [[mind]] " emerged " from [[matter]] [[explains]] nothing. If the [[universe]] were merely a [[mechanism]] and mind were unapart from [[matter]], we would never have two differing [[interpretations]] of any [[observed]] [[phenomenon]]. The [[concepts]] of [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] are not [[inherent]] in either [[physics]] or [[chemistry]]. A [[machine]] cannot know, much less know [[truth]], [[hunger]] for [[righteousness]], and cherish [[goodness]].

195:6.11 To say that [[mind]] " emerged " from [[matter]] [[explains]] nothing. If the [[universe]] were merely a [[mechanism]] and mind were unapart from [[matter]], we would never have two differing [[interpretations]] of any [[observed]] [[phenomenon]]. The [[concepts]] of [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] are not [[inherent]] in either [[physics]] or [[chemistry]]. A [[machine]] cannot know, much less know [[truth]], [[hunger]] for [[righteousness]], and cherish [[goodness]].