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99:4.1 Genuine [[religion]] renders the religionist socially fragrant and creates [[insights]] into human fellowship. But the [[formalization]] of religious [[groups]] many times destroys the very [[values]] for the promotion of which the [[group]] was organized. Human [[friendship]] and [[divine]] [[religion]] are [[mutually]] helpful and significantly [[illuminating]] if the [[growth]] in each is equalized and [[harmonized]]. [[Religion]] puts new [[meaning]] into all group [[associations]]—families, schools, and clubs. It imparts new [[values]] to [[play]] and exalts all true [[humor]].

99:4.1 Genuine [[religion]] renders the religionist socially fragrant and creates [[insights]] into human fellowship. But the [[formalization]] of religious [[groups]] many times destroys the very [[values]] for the promotion of which the [[group]] was organized. Human [[friendship]] and [[divine]] [[religion]] are [[mutually]] helpful and significantly [[illuminating]] if the [[growth]] in each is equalized and [[harmonized]]. [[Religion]] puts new [[meaning]] into all group [[associations]]—families, schools, and clubs. It imparts new [[values]] to [[play]] and exalts all true [[humor]].

99:4.2 [[Social]] [[leadership]] is transformed by [[spiritual]] [[insight]]; [[religion]] prevents all [[collective]] [[movements]] from losing sight of their true objectives. Together with [[children]], [[religion]] is the great unifier of [[family]] life, provided it is a living and growing [[faith]]. [[Family]] life cannot be had without [[children]]; it can be lived without [[religion]], but such a [[handicap]] enormously multiplies the [[difficulties]] of this [[intimate]] human [[association]]. During the early decades of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century], [[family]] life, next to [[personal]] religious [[experience]], suffers most from the [[decadence]] consequent upon the [[transition]] from old religious [[loyalties]] to the emerging new [[meanings]] and [[values]].

99:4.2 [[Social]] [[leadership]] is transformed by [[spiritual]] [[insight]]; [[religion]] prevents all [[collective]] [[movements]] from losing sight of their true objectives. Together with [[children]], [[religion]] is the great unifier of [[family]] life, provided it is a living and growing [[faith]]. [[Family]] life cannot be had without [[children]]; it can be lived without [[religion]], but such a [[handicap]] enormously multiplies the [[difficulties]] of this [[intimate]] human [[association]]. During the early decades of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century], [[family]] life, next to [[personal]] religious [[experience]], suffers most from the [[decadence]] consequent upon the [[transition]] from old religious [[loyalties]] to the emerging new [[meanings]] and [[values]].

99:4.3 True [[religion]] is a meaningful way of living [[dynamically]] face to face with the commonplace [[realities]] of everyday life. But if [[religion]] is to [[stimulate]] [[individual]] [[development]] of [[character]] and augment [[integration]] of [[personality]], it must not be [[standardized]]. If it is to stimulate [[evaluation]] of [[experience]] and serve as a value-lure, it must not be [[stereotyped]]. If  is to promote supreme loyalties, it must not be [[formalized]].

99:4.3 True [[religion]] is a meaningful way of living [[dynamically]] face to face with the commonplace [[realities]] of everyday life. But if [[religion]] is to [[stimulate]] [[individual]] [[development]] of [[character]] and augment [[integration]] of [[personality]], it must not be [[standardized]]. If it is to stimulate [[evaluation]] of [[experience]] and serve as a value-lure, it must not be [[stereotyped]]. If  is to promote supreme loyalties, it must not be [[formalized]].

99:4.5 After all, it is what one [[believes]] rather than what one knows that determines [[conduct]] and [[dominates]] [[personal]] [[performances]]. [[Purely]] [[factual]] [[knowledge]] exerts very little [[influence]] upon the [[average]] man unless it becomes [[emotionally]] activated. But the [[activation]] of [[religion]] is superemotional, unifying the entire [[human]] [[experience]] on [[transcendent]] levels through [[contact]] with, and release of, [[spiritual]] [[energies]] in the [[mortal]] life.

99:4.5 After all, it is what one [[believes]] rather than what one knows that determines [[conduct]] and [[dominates]] [[personal]] [[performances]]. [[Purely]] [[factual]] [[knowledge]] exerts very little [[influence]] upon the [[average]] man unless it becomes [[emotionally]] activated. But the [[activation]] of [[religion]] is superemotional, unifying the entire [[human]] [[experience]] on [[transcendent]] levels through [[contact]] with, and release of, [[spiritual]] [[energies]] in the [[mortal]] life.

99:4.6 During the [[psychologically]] unsettled times of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century], amid the [[economic]] [[upheavals]], the moral crosscurrents, and the sociologic rip tides of the cyclonic [[transitions]] of a [[scientific]] era, thousands upon thousands of men and women have become humanly dislocated; they are [[anxious]], restless, [[fearful]], uncertain, and unsettled; as never before in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_history world's history] they need the consolation and [[stabilization]] of sound [[religion]]. In the face of unprecedented [[scientific]] [[achievement]] and [[mechanical]] [[development]] there is [[spiritual]] stagnation and [[philosophic]] [[chaos]].

99:4.6 During the [[psychologically]] unsettled times of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century], amid the [[economic]] [[upheavals]], the moral crosscurrents, and the sociologic rip tides of the cyclonic [[transitions]] of a [[scientific]] era, thousands upon thousands of men and women have become humanly dislocated; they are [[anxious]], restless, [[fearful]], uncertain, and unsettled; as never before in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_history world's history] they need the consolation and [[stabilization]] of sound [[religion]]. In the face of unprecedented [[scientific]] [[achievement]] and [[mechanical]] [[development]] there is [[spiritual]] stagnation and [[philosophic]] [[chaos]].

99:4.7 There is no [[danger]] in religion's becoming more and more of a [[private]] matter—a [[personal]] [[experience]]—provided it does not lose its [[motivation]] for [[unselfish]] and loving [[social]] [[service]]. [[Religion]] has suffered from many secondary [[influences]]: sudden mixing of [[cultures]], intermingling of [[creeds]], diminution of ecclesiastical [[authority]], changing of [[family]] life, together with urbanization and [[mechanization]].

99:4.7 There is no [[danger]] in religion's becoming more and more of a [[private]] matter—a [[personal]] [[experience]]—provided it does not lose its [[motivation]] for [[unselfish]] and loving [[social]] [[service]]. [[Religion]] has suffered from many secondary [[influences]]: sudden mixing of [[cultures]], intermingling of [[creeds]], diminution of ecclesiastical [[authority]], changing of [[family]] life, together with urbanization and [[mechanization]].

99:4.8 Man's greatest [[spiritual]] [[jeopardy]] consists in partial [[progress]], the predicament of unfinished [[growth]]: forsaking the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religions of fear] without [[immediately]] grasping the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory religion] of [[love]]. [[Modern]] [[science]], particularly [[psychology]], has weakened only those [[religions]] which are so largely dependent upon [[fear]], [[superstition]], and [[emotion]].

99:4.8 Man's greatest [[spiritual]] [[jeopardy]] consists in partial [[progress]], the predicament of unfinished [[growth]]: forsaking the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religions of fear] without [[immediately]] grasping the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory religion] of [[love]]. [[Modern]] [[science]], particularly [[psychology]], has weakened only those [[religions]] which are so largely dependent upon [[fear]], [[superstition]], and [[emotion]].

99:4.9 [[Transition]] is always accompanied by [[confusion]], and there will be little [[tranquillity]] in the religious world until the great [[struggle]] between the [[three]] [[contending]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_religion philosophies of religion] is ended:

99:4.9 [[Transition]] is always accompanied by [[confusion]], and there will be little [[tranquillity]] in the religious world until the great [[struggle]] between the [[three]] [[contending]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_religion philosophies of religion] is ended:

*1. The spiritistic [[belief]] (in a [[providential]] [[Deity]]) of many religions.

*1. The spiritistic [[belief]] (in a [[providential]] [[Deity]]) of many religions.