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==101:9. RELIGION AND MORALITY==

==101:9. RELIGION AND MORALITY==

101:9.1 No professed revelation of religion could be regarded as authentic if it failed to recognize the duty demands of ethical obligation which had been created and fostered by preceding evolutionary religion. Revelation unfailingly enlarges the ethical horizon of evolved religion while it simultaneously and unfailingly expands the moral obligations of all prior revelations.

101:9.1 No professed [[revelation]] of [[religion]] could be regarded as [[authentic]] if it failed to [[recognize]] the [[duty]] demands of [[ethical]] [[obligation]] which had been [[created]] and fostered by preceding [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION evolutionary religion]. [[Revelation]] unfailingly enlarges the [[ethical]] [[horizon]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolved religion] while it [[simultaneously]] and unfailingly expands the [[moral]] [[obligations]] of all prior [[revelations]].

101:9.2 When you presume to sit in critical judgment on the primitive religion of man (or on the religion of primitive man), you should remember to judge such savages and to evaluate their religious experience in accordance with their enlightenment and status of conscience. Do not make the mistake of judging another's religion by your own standards of knowledge and truth.

101:9.2 When you presume to sit in [[critical]] [[judgment]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religion of man] (or on the [[religion]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS primitive man]), you should remember to [[judge]] such [[savages]] and to [[evaluate]] their religious [[experience]] in accordance with their [[enlightenment]] and [[status]] of [[conscience]]. Do not make the mistake of judging another's [[religion]] by your own [[standards]] of [[knowledge]] and [[truth]].

101:9.3 True religion is that sublime and profound conviction within the soul which compellingly admonishes man that it would be wrong for him not to believe in those morontial realities which constitute his highest ethical and moral concepts, his highest interpretation of life's greatest values and the universe's deepest realities. And such a religion is simply the experience of yielding intellectual loyalty to the highest dictates of spiritual consciousness.

101:9.3 True [[religion]] is that [[sublime]] and [[profound]] [[conviction]] within the [[soul]] which compellingly admonishes man that it would be wrong for him not to believe in those [[morontial]] [[realities]] which [[constitute]] his highest [[ethical]] and moral [[concepts]], his highest [[interpretation]] of life's greatest [[values]] and the [[universe]]'s deepest [[realities]]. And such a [[religion]] is simply the [[experience]] of yielding [[intellectual]] [[loyalty]] to the highest dictates of [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]].

101:9.4 The search for beauty is a part of religion only in so far as it is ethical and to the extent that it enriches the concept of the moral. Art is only religious when it becomes diffused with purpose which has been derived from high spiritual motivation.

101:9.4 The search for [[beauty]] is a part of [[religion]] only in so far as it is [[ethical]] and to the extent that it enriches the [[concept]] of the [[moral]]. [[Art]] is only [[religious]] when it becomes [[diffused]] with [[purpose]] which has been derived from high [[spiritual]] [[motivation]].

101:9.5 The enlightened spiritual consciousness of civilized man is not concerned so much with some specific intellectual belief or with any one particular mode of living as with discovering the truth of living, the good and right technique of reacting to the ever-recurring situations of mortal existence. Moral consciousness is just a name applied to the human recognition and awareness of those ethical and emerging morontial values which duty demands that man shall abide by in the day-by-day control and guidance of conduct.

101:9.5 The [[enlightened]] [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]] of civilized man is not concerned so much with some specific [[intellectual]] [[belief]] or with any one particular [[mode]] of living as with [[discovering]] the [[truth]] of living, the good and right [[technique]] of [[reacting]] to the ever-recurring situations of [[mortal]] [[existence]]. [[Moral]] [[consciousness]] is just a name applied to the human [[recognition]] and [[awareness]] of those [[ethical]] and emerging [[morontial]] values which [[duty]] demands that man shall abide by in the day-by-day [[control]] and [[guidance]] of [[conduct]].

101:9.6 Though recognizing that religion is imperfect, there are at least two practical manifestations of its nature and function:

101:9.6 Though recognizing that [[religion]] is imperfect, there are at least two [[practical]] [[manifestations]] of its [[nature]] and [[function]]:

101:9.7 1. The spiritual urge and philosophic pressure of religion tend to cause man to project his estimation of moral values directly outward into the affairs of his fellows—the ethical reaction of religion.

101:9.7 1. The [[spiritual]] urge and philosophic [[pressure]] of [[religion]] tend to [[cause]] man to [[project]] his estimation of [[moral]] [[values]] directly outward into the affairs of his fellows—the [[ethical]] [[reaction]] of [[religion]].

101:9.8 2. Religion creates for the human mind a spiritualized consciousness of divine reality based on, and by faith derived from, antecedent concepts of moral values and co-ordinated with superimposed concepts of spiritual values. Religion thereby becomes a censor of mortal affairs, a form of glorified moral trust and confidence in reality, the enhanced realities of time and the more enduring realities of eternity.

101:9.8 2. [[Religion]] [[creates]] for the human mind a spiritualized [[consciousness]] of [[divine]] [[reality]] based on, and by [[faith]] derived from, antecedent [[concepts]] of [[moral]] [[values]] and [[co-ordinated]] with [[superimposed]] concepts of [[spiritual]] [[values]]. [[Religion]] thereby becomes a [[censor]] of [[mortal]] affairs, a form of [[glorified]] moral [[trust]] and [[confidence]] in [[reality]], the enhanced realities of [[time]] and the more [[enduring]] realities of [[eternity]].

101:9.9 Faith becomes the connection between moral consciousness and the spiritual concept of enduring reality. Religion becomes the avenue of man's escape from the material limitations of the temporal and natural world to the supernal realities of the eternal and spiritual world by and through the technique of salvation, the progressive morontia transformation.

101:9.9 [[Faith]] becomes the [[connection]] between [[moral]] [[consciousness]] and the [[spiritual]] [[concept]] of enduring [[reality]]. [[Religion]] becomes the avenue of man's [[escape]] from the [[material]] [[limitations]] of the [[temporal]] and natural world to the [[supernal]] [[realities]] of the [[eternal]] and [[spiritual]] world by and through the [[technique]] of [[salvation]], the [[progressive]] [[morontia]] [[transformation]].

==101:10. RELIGION AS MAN'S LIBERATOR==

==101:10. RELIGION AS MAN'S LIBERATOR==