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==103:1. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION==

==103:1. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION==

103:1.1 The [[unity]] of [[religious]] [[experience]] among a [[social]] or racial [[group]] derives from the [[identical]] [[nature]] of the [[God fragment]] indwelling the [[individual]]. It is this [[divine]] in man that gives [[origin]] to his [[unselfish]] interest in the welfare of [[other]] men. But since [[personality]] is [[unique]]—no two [[mortals]] being alike—it [[inevitably]] follows that no two [[human being]]s can similarly [[interpret]] the leadings and urges of the [[spirit]] of [[divinity]] which lives within their [[minds]]. A [[group]] of [[mortals]] can [[experience]] [[spiritual]] [[unity]], but they can never [[attain]] [[philosophic]] [[uniformity]]. And this [[diversity]] of the [[interpretation]] of [[religious]] [[thought]] and [[experience]] is shown by the [[fact]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_theologians#20th_century twentieth-century theologians] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_twentieth_century philosophers] have formulated upward of five hundred different [[definitions]] of [[religion]]. In [[reality]], every [[human being]] defines [[religion]] in the terms of his own [[experiential]] [[interpretation]] of the [[divine]] [[impulses]] [[emanating]] from the [[Thought Adjuster|God spirit]] that indwells him, and therefore must such an [[interpretation]] be [[unique]] and wholly [[different]] from the [[religious]] [[philosophy]] of all other [[human being]]s.

103:1.1 The [[unity]] of [[religious]] [[experience]] among a [[social]] or racial [[group]] derives from the [[identical]] [[nature]] of the [[God fragment]] indwelling the [[individual]]. It is this [[divine]] in man that gives [[origin]] to his [[unselfish]] interest in the welfare of [[other]] men. But since [[personality]] is [[unique]]—no two [[mortals]] being alike—it [[inevitably]] follows that no two [[human being]]s can similarly [[interpret]] the leadings and urges of the [[spirit]] of [[divinity]] which lives within their [[minds]]. A [[group]] of [[mortals]] can [[experience]] [[spiritual]] [[unity]], but they can never [[attain]] [[philosophic]] [[uniformity]]. And this [[diversity]] of the [[interpretation]] of [[religious]] [[thought]] and [[experience]] is shown by the [[fact]] that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_theologians#20th_century twentieth-century theologians] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_twentieth_century philosophers] have formulated upward of five hundred different [[definitions]] of [[religion]]. In [[reality]], every [[human being]] defines [[religion]] in the terms of his own [[experiential]] [[interpretation]] of the [[divine]] [[impulses]] [[emanating]] from the [[Thought Adjuster|God spirit]] that indwells him, and therefore must such an [[interpretation]] be [[unique]] and wholly [[different]] from the [[religious]] [[philosophy]] of all other [[human being]]s.

103:1.2 When one [[mortal]] is in full [[agreement]] with the d [[philosophy]] of a fellow [[mortal]], that [[phenomenon]] indicates that these two [[beings]] have had a similar [[religious]] [[experience]] touching the matters concerned in their similarity of philosophic religious [[interpretation]].

103:1.2 When one [[mortal]] is in full [[agreement]] with the d [[philosophy]] of a fellow [[mortal]], that [[phenomenon]] indicates that these two [[beings]] have had a similar [[religious]] [[experience]] touching the matters concerned in their similarity of philosophic religious [[interpretation]].

103:1.3 While your [[religion]] is a matter of [[personal]] [[experience]], it is most important that you should be [[exposed]] to the [[knowledge]] of a vast number of [http://books.google.com/books?id=fm8cAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=varieties+of+religious+experience&source=bl&ots=tOEX1DWNBC&sig=My2M7MPM_zsa7-M0i3ZI0ULRwX4&hl=en&ei=Nx6tTNrsOYSglAer6ZWbCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false other religious experiences][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Experience_Research_Centre] (the [[diverse]] [[interpretations]] of other and [[diverse]] [[mortals]]) to the end that you may prevent your [[religious]] life from becoming egocentric—[[circumscribed]], [[selfish]], and unsocial.

103:1.3 While your [[religion]] is a matter of [[personal]] [[experience]], it is most important that you should be [[exposed]] to the [[knowledge]] of a vast number of [https://books.google.com/books?id=fm8cAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=varieties+of+religious+experience&source=bl&ots=tOEX1DWNBC&sig=My2M7MPM_zsa7-M0i3ZI0ULRwX4&hl=en&ei=Nx6tTNrsOYSglAer6ZWbCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false other religious experiences][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Experience_Research_Centre] (the [[diverse]] [[interpretations]] of other and [[diverse]] [[mortals]]) to the end that you may prevent your [[religious]] life from becoming egocentric—[[circumscribed]], [[selfish]], and unsocial.

103:1.4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism Rationalism] is wrong when it [[assumes]] that [[religion]] is at first a [[primitive]] [[belief]] in something which is then followed by the pursuit of [[values]]. [[Religion]] is primarily a pursuit of [[values]], and then there [[formulates]] a [[system]] of [[interpretative]] [[beliefs]]. It is much easier for men to [[agree]] on religious [[values]]—goals—than on [[beliefs]]—[[interpretations]]. And this [[explains]] how [[religion]] can agree on [[values]] and goals while exhibiting the [[confusing]] [[phenomenon]] of maintaining a [[belief]] in hundreds of conflicting beliefs—[[creeds]]. This also [[explains]] why a given [[person]] can [[maintain]] his [[religious]] [[experience]] in the face of giving up or changing many of his religious [[beliefs]]. [[Religion]] [[persists]] in spite of [[revolutionary]] changes in religious [[beliefs]]. [[Theology]] does not produce [[religion]]; it is religion that produces theologic [[philosophy]].

103:1.4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism Rationalism] is wrong when it [[assumes]] that [[religion]] is at first a [[primitive]] [[belief]] in something which is then followed by the pursuit of [[values]]. [[Religion]] is primarily a pursuit of [[values]], and then there [[formulates]] a [[system]] of [[interpretative]] [[beliefs]]. It is much easier for men to [[agree]] on religious [[values]]—goals—than on [[beliefs]]—[[interpretations]]. And this [[explains]] how [[religion]] can agree on [[values]] and goals while exhibiting the [[confusing]] [[phenomenon]] of maintaining a [[belief]] in hundreds of conflicting beliefs—[[creeds]]. This also [[explains]] why a given [[person]] can [[maintain]] his [[religious]] [[experience]] in the face of giving up or changing many of his religious [[beliefs]]. [[Religion]] [[persists]] in spite of [[revolutionary]] changes in religious [[beliefs]]. [[Theology]] does not produce [[religion]]; it is religion that produces theologic [[philosophy]].

103:1.5 That religionists have believed so much that was false does not invalidate [[religion]] because religion is founded on the [[recognition]] of [[values]] and is validated by the [[faith]] of [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]]. [[Religion]], then, is based on [[experience]] and [[religious]] [[thought]]; [[theology]], the [[philosophy]] of [[religion]], is an [[honest]] attempt to [[interpret]] that [[experience]]. Such [[interpretative]] [[beliefs]] may be right or wrong, or a mixture of [[truth]] and [[error]].

103:1.5 That religionists have believed so much that was false does not invalidate [[religion]] because religion is founded on the [[recognition]] of [[values]] and is validated by the [[faith]] of [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]]. [[Religion]], then, is based on [[experience]] and [[religious]] [[thought]]; [[theology]], the [[philosophy]] of [[religion]], is an [[honest]] attempt to [[interpret]] that [[experience]]. Such [[interpretative]] [[beliefs]] may be right or wrong, or a mixture of [[truth]] and [[error]].

==103:2. RELIGION AND THE INDIVIDUAL==

==103:2. RELIGION AND THE INDIVIDUAL==

103:2.1 [[Religion]] is [[functional]] in the [[human]] [[mind]] and has been [[realized]] in [[experience]] prior to its [[appearance]] in [[human]] [[consciousness]]. A [[child]] has been in [[existence]] about nine months before it [[experiences]] [[birth]]. But the "birth" of [[religion]] is not sudden; it is rather a [[gradual]] [[emergence]]. Nevertheless, sooner or later there is a "birth day." You do not enter the [[kingdom of heaven]] unless you have been "born again"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_3]—born of the Spirit. Many [[spiritual]] [[births]] are accompanied by much [[anguish]] of spirit and marked [[psychological]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perturbation_(biology) perturbations], as many [[physical]] [[births]] are characterized by a "stormy labor" and other [[abnormalities]] of "delivery." Other [[spiritual]] [[births]] are a [[natural]] and [[normal]] [[growth]] of the [[recognition]] of [[supreme]] [[values]] with an enhancement of spiritual [[experience]], albeit no [[religious]] [[development]] occurs without [[conscious]] [[effort]] and [[positive]] and [[individual]] [[determinations]]. [[Religion]] is never a [[passive]] [[experience]], a [[negative]] [[attitude]]. What is termed the "birth of religion" is not directly [[associated]] with so-called [[conversion]] [[experiences]] which usually characterize religious [[episodes]] occurring later in life as a result of [[mental]] [[conflict]], [[emotional]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_repression repression], and [[temperamental]] upheavals.

103:2.1 [[Religion]] is [[functional]] in the [[human]] [[mind]] and has been [[realized]] in [[experience]] prior to its [[appearance]] in [[human]] [[consciousness]]. A [[child]] has been in [[existence]] about nine months before it [[experiences]] [[birth]]. But the "birth" of [[religion]] is not sudden; it is rather a [[gradual]] [[emergence]]. Nevertheless, sooner or later there is a "birth day." You do not enter the [[kingdom of heaven]] unless you have been "born again"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_3]—born of the Spirit. Many [[spiritual]] [[births]] are accompanied by much [[anguish]] of spirit and marked [[psychological]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perturbation_(biology) perturbations], as many [[physical]] [[births]] are characterized by a "stormy labor" and other [[abnormalities]] of "delivery." Other [[spiritual]] [[births]] are a [[natural]] and [[normal]] [[growth]] of the [[recognition]] of [[supreme]] [[values]] with an enhancement of spiritual [[experience]], albeit no [[religious]] [[development]] occurs without [[conscious]] [[effort]] and [[positive]] and [[individual]] [[determinations]]. [[Religion]] is never a [[passive]] [[experience]], a [[negative]] [[attitude]]. What is termed the "birth of religion" is not directly [[associated]] with so-called [[conversion]] [[experiences]] which usually characterize religious [[episodes]] occurring later in life as a result of [[mental]] [[conflict]], [[emotional]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_repression repression], and [[temperamental]] upheavals.

103:2.2 But those [[persons]] who were so reared by their [[parents]] that they grew up in the [[consciousness]] of being [[children]] of a loving [[heavenly Father]], should not look askance at their fellow [[mortals]] who could only [[attain]] such [[consciousness]] of fellowship with [[God]] through a [[psychological]] [[crisis]], an [[emotional]] [[upheaval]].

103:2.2 But those [[persons]] who were so reared by their [[parents]] that they grew up in the [[consciousness]] of being [[children]] of a loving [[heavenly Father]], should not look askance at their fellow [[mortals]] who could only [[attain]] such [[consciousness]] of fellowship with [[God]] through a [[psychological]] [[crisis]], an [[emotional]] [[upheaval]].

==103:3. RELIGION AND THE HUMAN RACE==

==103:3. RELIGION AND THE HUMAN RACE==

103:3.1 While the [[belief]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:6._THE_GHOST-SPIRIT_ENVIRONMENT spirits], [[dreams]], and diverse other [[superstitions]] all played a part in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP evolutionary origin] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religions], you should not overlook the [[influence]] of the [[clan]] or [[tribal]] spirit of [[solidarity]]. In the [[group]] [[relationship]] there was presented the exact [[social]] situation which provided the [[challenge]] to the [[egoistic]]-[[altruistic]] [[conflict]] in the [[moral]] [[nature]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND early human mind]. In spite of their [[belief]] in spirits, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines primitive Australians] still [[focus]] their [[religion]] upon the [[clan]]. In time, such [[religious]] [[concepts]] tend to [[personalize]], first, as [[animals]], and later, as a [[superman]] or as a [[God]]. Even such inferior [[races]] as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen African Bushmen], who are not even [[totemic]] in their [[beliefs]], do have a [[recognition]] of the [[difference]] between the [[self]]-interest and the [[group]]-interest, a [[primitive]] distinction between the [[values]] of the [[secular]] and the [[sacred]]. But the [[social]] [[group]] is not the [[source]] of [[religious]] [[experience]][http://books.google.com/books?id=oeRxqlTiAmsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]. Regardless of the [[influence]] of all these [[primitive]] contributions to man's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 early religion], the [[fact]] remains that the true religious [[impulse]] has its [[origin]] in [[genuine]] [[spirit]] [[presences]] [[activating]] the [[Free will|will]] to be [[unselfish]].

103:3.1 While the [[belief]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:6._THE_GHOST-SPIRIT_ENVIRONMENT spirits], [[dreams]], and diverse other [[superstitions]] all played a part in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP evolutionary origin] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religions], you should not overlook the [[influence]] of the [[clan]] or [[tribal]] spirit of [[solidarity]]. In the [[group]] [[relationship]] there was presented the exact [[social]] situation which provided the [[challenge]] to the [[egoistic]]-[[altruistic]] [[conflict]] in the [[moral]] [[nature]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND early human mind]. In spite of their [[belief]] in spirits, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines primitive Australians] still [[focus]] their [[religion]] upon the [[clan]]. In time, such [[religious]] [[concepts]] tend to [[personalize]], first, as [[animals]], and later, as a [[superman]] or as a [[God]]. Even such inferior [[races]] as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen African Bushmen], who are not even [[totemic]] in their [[beliefs]], do have a [[recognition]] of the [[difference]] between the [[self]]-interest and the [[group]]-interest, a [[primitive]] distinction between the [[values]] of the [[secular]] and the [[sacred]]. But the [[social]] [[group]] is not the [[source]] of [[religious]] [[experience]][https://books.google.com/books?id=oeRxqlTiAmsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]. Regardless of the [[influence]] of all these [[primitive]] contributions to man's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 early religion], the [[fact]] remains that the true religious [[impulse]] has its [[origin]] in [[genuine]] [[spirit]] [[presences]] [[activating]] the [[Free will|will]] to be [[unselfish]].

103:3.2 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92 Later religion] is [[foreshadowed]] in the [[primitive]] [[belief]] in [[natural]] [[wonders]] and [[mysteries]], the [[impersonal]] [[mana]]. But sooner or later the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 evolving religion] requires that the [[individual]] should make some [[personal]] [[sacrifice]] for the [[good]] of his [[social]] [[group]], should do something to make other people [[happier]] and better. Ultimately, [[religion]] is [[destined]] to become the [[service]] of [[God]] and of [[man]].

103:3.2 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92 Later religion] is [[foreshadowed]] in the [[primitive]] [[belief]] in [[natural]] [[wonders]] and [[mysteries]], the [[impersonal]] [[mana]]. But sooner or later the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 evolving religion] requires that the [[individual]] should make some [[personal]] [[sacrifice]] for the [[good]] of his [[social]] [[group]], should do something to make other people [[happier]] and better. Ultimately, [[religion]] is [[destined]] to become the [[service]] of [[God]] and of [[man]].

==103:4. SPIRITUAL COMMUNION==

==103:4. SPIRITUAL COMMUNION==

103:4.1 The characteristic [[difference]] between a [[social]] occasion and a [[religious]] gathering is that in [[contrast]] with the [[secular]] the religious is [[pervaded]] by the [[atmosphere]] of [[communion]]. In this way [[human]] [[association]] generates a [[feeling]] of fellowship with the [[divine]], and this is the beginning of [[group]] [[worship]]. Partaking of a common meal was the earliest [[type]] of [[social]] [[communion]], and so did early [[religions]] provide that some portion of the [[ceremonial]] [[sacrifice]] should be eaten by the [[worshipers]]. Even in [[Christianity]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_supper Lord's Supper] retains this [[mode]] of [[communion]]. The [[atmosphere]] of the [[communion]] provides a refreshing and comforting period of truce in the [[conflict]] of the [[self]]-seeking [[ego]] with the [[altruistic]] urge of the [[indwelling spirit]] Monitor. And this is the prelude to true [[worship]]—the [[practice]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]] which [[eventuates]] in the [[emergence]] of the [[brotherhood]] of man.

103:4.1 The characteristic [[difference]] between a [[social]] occasion and a [[religious]] gathering is that in [[contrast]] with the [[secular]] the religious is [[pervaded]] by the [[atmosphere]] of [[communion]]. In this way [[human]] [[association]] generates a [[feeling]] of fellowship with the [[divine]], and this is the beginning of [[group]] [[worship]]. Partaking of a common meal was the earliest [[type]] of [[social]] [[communion]], and so did early [[religions]] provide that some portion of the [[ceremonial]] [[sacrifice]] should be eaten by the [[worshipers]]. Even in [[Christianity]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_supper Lord's Supper] retains this [[mode]] of [[communion]]. The [[atmosphere]] of the [[communion]] provides a refreshing and comforting period of truce in the [[conflict]] of the [[self]]-seeking [[ego]] with the [[altruistic]] urge of the [[indwelling spirit]] Monitor. And this is the prelude to true [[worship]]—the [[practice]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]] which [[eventuates]] in the [[emergence]] of the [[brotherhood]] of man.

103:4.2 When [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] felt that his [[communion]] with [[God]] had been interrupted, he resorted to [[sacrifice]] of some kind in an [[effort]] to make [[atonement]], to restore [[friendly]] [[relationship]]. The [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]] leads to the [[discovery]] of [[truth]], and [[truth]] augments [[ideals]], and this [[creates]] new [[problems]] for the [[individual]] religionists, for our [[ideals]] tend to [[grow]] by [[geometrical]] [[progression]], while our [[ability]] to live up to them is enhanced only by arithmetical [[progression]].

103:4.2 When [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] felt that his [[communion]] with [[God]] had been interrupted, he resorted to [[sacrifice]] of some kind in an [[effort]] to make [[atonement]], to restore [[friendly]] [[relationship]]. The [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]] leads to the [[discovery]] of [[truth]], and [[truth]] augments [[ideals]], and this [[creates]] new [[problems]] for the [[individual]] religionists, for our [[ideals]] tend to [[grow]] by [[geometrical]] [[progression]], while our [[ability]] to live up to them is enhanced only by arithmetical [[progression]].

103:5.7 The pursuit of the [[ideal]]—the striving to be Godlike—is a [[continuous]] [[effort]] before [[death]] and [[Afterlife|after]]. The [[Afterlife|life after death]] is no [[different]] in the [[essentials]] than the [[mortal]] [[existence]]. Everything we do in this life which is [[good]] contributes directly to the enhancement of the [[future]] life. Real [[religion]] does not foster [[moral]] [[indolence]] and [[spiritual]] [[laziness]] by encouraging the vain [[hope]] of having all the [[virtues]] of a [[noble]] [[character]] [[bestowed]] upon one as a result of passing through the [[portals]] of natural [[death]]. True [[religion]] does not belittle man's [[efforts]] to [[progress]] during the [[mortal]] lease on life. Every [[mortal]] gain is a direct [[contribution]] to the enrichment of the first [[stages]] of the [[immortal]] [[survival]] [[experience]].

103:5.7 The pursuit of the [[ideal]]—the striving to be Godlike—is a [[continuous]] [[effort]] before [[death]] and [[Afterlife|after]]. The [[Afterlife|life after death]] is no [[different]] in the [[essentials]] than the [[mortal]] [[existence]]. Everything we do in this life which is [[good]] contributes directly to the enhancement of the [[future]] life. Real [[religion]] does not foster [[moral]] [[indolence]] and [[spiritual]] [[laziness]] by encouraging the vain [[hope]] of having all the [[virtues]] of a [[noble]] [[character]] [[bestowed]] upon one as a result of passing through the [[portals]] of natural [[death]]. True [[religion]] does not belittle man's [[efforts]] to [[progress]] during the [[mortal]] lease on life. Every [[mortal]] gain is a direct [[contribution]] to the enrichment of the first [[stages]] of the [[immortal]] [[survival]] [[experience]].

103:5.8 It is fatal to man's [[idealism]] when he is taught that all of his [[altruistic]] [[impulses]] are merely the [[development]] of his natural [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd herd] [[instincts]]. But he is [[ennobled]] and mightily [[energized]] when he learns that these higher urges of his [[soul]] [[emanate]] from the [[spiritual]] [[forces]] that indwell his [[mortal]] [[mind]].

103:5.8 It is fatal to man's [[idealism]] when he is taught that all of his [[altruistic]] [[impulses]] are merely the [[development]] of his natural [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd herd] [[instincts]]. But he is [[ennobled]] and mightily [[energized]] when he learns that these higher urges of his [[soul]] [[emanate]] from the [[spiritual]] [[forces]] that indwell his [[mortal]] [[mind]].

103:5.9 It lifts man out of himself and beyond himself when he once fully [[realizes]] that there lives and strives within him something which is [[eternal]] and [[divine]]. And so it is that a living [[faith]] in the [[superhuman]] [[origin]] of our [[ideals]] [[validates]] our [[belief]] that we are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 sons of God] and makes real our [[altruistic]] [[convictions]], the [[feelings]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]].

103:5.9 It lifts man out of himself and beyond himself when he once fully [[realizes]] that there lives and strives within him something which is [[eternal]] and [[divine]]. And so it is that a living [[faith]] in the [[superhuman]] [[origin]] of our [[ideals]] [[validates]] our [[belief]] that we are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 sons of God] and makes real our [[altruistic]] [[convictions]], the [[feelings]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]].

103:5.10 Man, in his [[spiritual]] [[domain]], does have a [[free will]]. [[Mortal]] man is neither a helpless [[slave]] of the inflexible [[sovereignty]] of an [[all-powerful]] [[God]] nor the [[victim]] of the hopeless fatality of a [[mechanistic]] [[cosmic]] [[determinism]]. Man is most truly the [[architect]] of his own [[Ascension Career|eternal destiny]].

103:5.10 Man, in his [[spiritual]] [[domain]], does have a [[free will]]. [[Mortal]] man is neither a helpless [[slave]] of the inflexible [[sovereignty]] of an [[all-powerful]] [[God]] nor the [[victim]] of the hopeless fatality of a [[mechanistic]] [[cosmic]] [[determinism]]. Man is most truly the [[architect]] of his own [[Ascension Career|eternal destiny]].

103:5.11 But man is not saved or [[ennobled]] by [[pressure]]. [[Spirit]] [[growth]] springs from within the [[evolving]] [[soul]]. [[Pressure]] may [[deform]] the [[personality]], but it never [[stimulates]] [[growth]]. Even [[educational]] [[pressure]] is only [[negatively]] helpful in that it may aid in the prevention of [[disastrous]] [[experiences]]. [[Spiritual]] [[growth]] is greatest where all [[external]] [[pressures]] are at a minimum. "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] Man [[develops]] best when the [[pressures]] of [[home]], [[community]], [[church]], and [[state]] are least. But this must not be construed as [[meaning]] that there is no place in a [[progressive]] [[society]] for [[home]], [[social]] [[institutions]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state church, and state].

103:5.11 But man is not saved or [[ennobled]] by [[pressure]]. [[Spirit]] [[growth]] springs from within the [[evolving]] [[soul]]. [[Pressure]] may [[deform]] the [[personality]], but it never [[stimulates]] [[growth]]. Even [[educational]] [[pressure]] is only [[negatively]] helpful in that it may aid in the prevention of [[disastrous]] [[experiences]]. [[Spiritual]] [[growth]] is greatest where all [[external]] [[pressures]] are at a minimum. "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] Man [[develops]] best when the [[pressures]] of [[home]], [[community]], [[church]], and [[state]] are least. But this must not be construed as [[meaning]] that there is no place in a [[progressive]] [[society]] for [[home]], [[social]] [[institutions]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state church, and state].

103:5.12 When a member of a [[social]] religious [[group]] has complied with the requirements of such a [[group]], he should be [[encouraged]] to [[enjoy]] religious [[liberty]] in the full [[expression]] of his own [[personal]] [[interpretation]] of the [[truths]] of religious [[belief]] and the [[facts]] of religious [[experience]]. The [[security]] of a [[religious]] [[group]] depends on [[spiritual]] [[unity]], not on [[theological]] [[uniformity]]. A religious [[group]] should be able to [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought freethinking] without having to become "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_the_Free_Spirit freethinkers]"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights]. There is great [[hope]] for any church that [[worships]] the living [[God]], [[validates]] the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], and dares to remove all creedal [[pressure]] from its members.

103:5.12 When a member of a [[social]] religious [[group]] has complied with the requirements of such a [[group]], he should be [[encouraged]] to [[enjoy]] religious [[liberty]] in the full [[expression]] of his own [[personal]] [[interpretation]] of the [[truths]] of religious [[belief]] and the [[facts]] of religious [[experience]]. The [[security]] of a [[religious]] [[group]] depends on [[spiritual]] [[unity]], not on [[theological]] [[uniformity]]. A religious [[group]] should be able to [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought freethinking] without having to become "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_the_Free_Spirit freethinkers]"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights]. There is great [[hope]] for any church that [[worships]] the living [[God]], [[validates]] the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], and dares to remove all creedal [[pressure]] from its members.

==103:6. PHILOSOPHIC CO-ORDINATION==

==103:6. PHILOSOPHIC CO-ORDINATION==

103:6.1 [[Theology]] is the [[study]] of the [[actions]] and [[reactions]] of the [[human]] spirit; it can never become a [[science]] since it must always be combined more or less with [[psychology]] in its [[personal]] [[expression]] and with [[philosophy]] in its systematic portrayal. [[Theology]] is always the [[study]] of your [[religion]]; the [[study]] of [[Other|another]]'s religion is [[psychology]].

103:6.1 [[Theology]] is the [[study]] of the [[actions]] and [[reactions]] of the [[human]] spirit; it can never become a [[science]] since it must always be combined more or less with [[psychology]] in its [[personal]] [[expression]] and with [[philosophy]] in its systematic portrayal. [[Theology]] is always the [[study]] of your [[religion]]; the [[study]] of [[Other|another]]'s religion is [[psychology]].

103:6.2 When man approaches the [[study]] and [[examination]] of his [[universe]] from the outside, he brings into being the various [[physical sciences]]; when he approaches the [[research]] of himself and the [[universe]] from the inside, he gives [[origin]] to [[theology]] and [[metaphysics]]. The later art of [[philosophy]] [[develops]] in an [[effort]] to [[harmonize]] the many discrepancies which are [[destined]] at first to appear between the findings and teachings of these two [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diametrical_opposition diametrically] [[opposite]] avenues of approaching the [[universe]] of [[things]] and [[beings]].

103:6.2 When man approaches the [[study]] and [[examination]] of his [[universe]] from the outside, he brings into being the various [[physical sciences]]; when he approaches the [[research]] of himself and the [[universe]] from the inside, he gives [[origin]] to [[theology]] and [[metaphysics]]. The later art of [[philosophy]] [[develops]] in an [[effort]] to [[harmonize]] the many discrepancies which are [[destined]] at first to appear between the findings and teachings of these two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diametrical_opposition diametrically] [[opposite]] avenues of approaching the [[universe]] of [[things]] and [[beings]].

103:6.3 [[Religion]] has to do with the [[spiritual]] [[viewpoint]], the [[awareness]] of the [[Inner Life|insideness]] of [[human]] [[experience]]. Man's spiritual [[nature]] affords him the [[opportunity]] of turning the [[universe]] [http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/watch/ outside in]. It is therefore true that, viewed exclusively from the insideness of [[personality]] [[experience]], all [[creation]] appears to be [[spiritual]] in [[nature]].

103:6.3 [[Religion]] has to do with the [[spiritual]] [[viewpoint]], the [[awareness]] of the [[Inner Life|insideness]] of [[human]] [[experience]]. Man's spiritual [[nature]] affords him the [[opportunity]] of turning the [[universe]] [https://www.outsideinthemovie.com/watch/ outside in]. It is therefore true that, viewed exclusively from the insideness of [[personality]] [[experience]], all [[creation]] appears to be [[spiritual]] in [[nature]].

103:6.4 When man [[analytically]] inspects the [[universe]] through the [[material]] [[endowments]] of his [[physical]] [[senses]] and associated [[mind]] [[perception]], the [[cosmos]] appears to be [[mechanical]] and [[energy]]-material. Such a [[technique]] of studying [[reality]] consists in turning the universe [http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/klein.html inside out].

103:6.4 When man [[analytically]] inspects the [[universe]] through the [[material]] [[endowments]] of his [[physical]] [[senses]] and associated [[mind]] [[perception]], the [[cosmos]] appears to be [[mechanical]] and [[energy]]-material. Such a [[technique]] of studying [[reality]] consists in turning the universe [https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/klein.html inside out].

103:6.5 A [[logical]] and [[consistent]] [[philosophic]] [[concept]] of the [[universe]] cannot be built up on the postulations of either [[materialism]] or [[spiritism]], for both of these [[systems]] of [[thinking]], when [[universally]] [[applied]], are compelled to view the [[cosmos]] in [[distortion]], the former contacting with a [[universe]] turned inside out, the latter [[realizing]] the nature of a universe turned outside in. Never, then, can either [[science]] or [[religion]], in and of themselves, standing alone, [[hope]] to gain an adequate [[understanding]] of [[universal]] [[truths]] and [[relationships]] without the [[guidance]] of human [[philosophy]] and the [[illumination]] of [[divine]] [[revelation]].

103:6.5 A [[logical]] and [[consistent]] [[philosophic]] [[concept]] of the [[universe]] cannot be built up on the postulations of either [[materialism]] or [[spiritism]], for both of these [[systems]] of [[thinking]], when [[universally]] [[applied]], are compelled to view the [[cosmos]] in [[distortion]], the former contacting with a [[universe]] turned inside out, the latter [[realizing]] the nature of a universe turned outside in. Never, then, can either [[science]] or [[religion]], in and of themselves, standing alone, [[hope]] to gain an adequate [[understanding]] of [[universal]] [[truths]] and [[relationships]] without the [[guidance]] of human [[philosophy]] and the [[illumination]] of [[divine]] [[revelation]].

103:6.6 Always must man's [[Thought Adjuster|inner spirit]] depend for its [[expression]] and [[self-realization]] upon the [[mechanism]] and [[technique]] of the [[mind]]. Likewise must man's outer [[experience]] of [[material]] [[reality]] be predicated on the [[mind]] [[consciousness]] of the experiencing [[personality]]. Therefore are the [[spiritual]] and the [[material]], the inner and the outer, human experiences always correlated with the [[mind]] [[function]] and conditioned, as to their [[conscious]] [[realization]], by the [[mind]] [[activity]]. Man [[experiences]] [[matter]] in his [[mind]]; he experiences [[spiritual]] [[reality]] in the [[soul]] but becomes [[conscious]] of this [[experience]] in his [[mind]]. The [[intellect]] is the [[harmonizer]] and the ever-present conditioner and qualifier of the sum [[total]] of [[mortal]] [[experience]]. Both [[energy]]-[[things]] and [[spirit]] [[values]] are [[colored]] by their [[interpretation]] through the [[mind]] [[media]] of [[consciousness]].

103:6.6 Always must man's [[Thought Adjuster|inner spirit]] depend for its [[expression]] and [[self-realization]] upon the [[mechanism]] and [[technique]] of the [[mind]]. Likewise must man's outer [[experience]] of [[material]] [[reality]] be predicated on the [[mind]] [[consciousness]] of the experiencing [[personality]]. Therefore are the [[spiritual]] and the [[material]], the inner and the outer, human experiences always correlated with the [[mind]] [[function]] and conditioned, as to their [[conscious]] [[realization]], by the [[mind]] [[activity]]. Man [[experiences]] [[matter]] in his [[mind]]; he experiences [[spiritual]] [[reality]] in the [[soul]] but becomes [[conscious]] of this [[experience]] in his [[mind]]. The [[intellect]] is the [[harmonizer]] and the ever-present conditioner and qualifier of the sum [[total]] of [[mortal]] [[experience]]. Both [[energy]]-[[things]] and [[spirit]] [[values]] are [[colored]] by their [[interpretation]] through the [[mind]] [[media]] of [[consciousness]].

103:6.7 Your [[difficulty]] in arriving at a more [[harmonious]] [[co-ordination]] between [[science]] and [[religion]] is due to your utter [[ignorance]] of the intervening [[domain]] of the [[morontia]] world of [[things]] and [[beings]]. The [[local universe]] consists of [[three]] [[degrees]], or [[stages]], of [[reality]] [[manifestation]]: [[matter]], [[morontia]], and [[spirit]]. The morontia [[angle]] of approach erases all [[divergence]] between the findings of the [[physical sciences]] and the [[functioning]] of the [[spirit]] of [[religion]]. [[Reason]] is the [[understanding]] [[technique]] of [[the sciences]]; [[faith]] is the [[insight]] [[technique]] of [[religion]]; [[mota]] is the [[technique]] of the [[morontia]] level. [[Mota]] is a supermaterial [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] which is beginning to [[compensate]] incomplete [[growth]], having for its substance [[knowledge]]-[[reason]] and for its [[essence]] [[faith]]-[[insight]]. [[Mota]] is a superphilosophical [[reconciliation]] of [[divergent]] [[reality]] [[perception]] which is nonattainable by [[material]] [[personalities]]; it is predicated, in part, on the [[experience]] of having [[survived]] the [[material]] life of the [[flesh]]. But many [[mortals]] have [[recognized]] the desirability of having some [[method]] of reconciling the interplay between the widely separated [[domains]] of [[science]] and [[religion]]; and [[metaphysics]] is the result of man's unavailing attempt to span this well-[[recognized]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift chasm]. But [[human]] [[metaphysics]] has proved more [[confusing]] than [[illuminating]]. [[Metaphysics]] stands for man's well-meant but futile [[effort]] to [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[mota]] of [[morontia]].

103:6.7 Your [[difficulty]] in arriving at a more [[harmonious]] [[co-ordination]] between [[science]] and [[religion]] is due to your utter [[ignorance]] of the intervening [[domain]] of the [[morontia]] world of [[things]] and [[beings]]. The [[local universe]] consists of [[three]] [[degrees]], or [[stages]], of [[reality]] [[manifestation]]: [[matter]], [[morontia]], and [[spirit]]. The morontia [[angle]] of approach erases all [[divergence]] between the findings of the [[physical sciences]] and the [[functioning]] of the [[spirit]] of [[religion]]. [[Reason]] is the [[understanding]] [[technique]] of [[the sciences]]; [[faith]] is the [[insight]] [[technique]] of [[religion]]; [[mota]] is the [[technique]] of the [[morontia]] level. [[Mota]] is a supermaterial [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] which is beginning to [[compensate]] incomplete [[growth]], having for its substance [[knowledge]]-[[reason]] and for its [[essence]] [[faith]]-[[insight]]. [[Mota]] is a superphilosophical [[reconciliation]] of [[divergent]] [[reality]] [[perception]] which is nonattainable by [[material]] [[personalities]]; it is predicated, in part, on the [[experience]] of having [[survived]] the [[material]] life of the [[flesh]]. But many [[mortals]] have [[recognized]] the desirability of having some [[method]] of reconciling the interplay between the widely separated [[domains]] of [[science]] and [[religion]]; and [[metaphysics]] is the result of man's unavailing attempt to span this well-[[recognized]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift chasm]. But [[human]] [[metaphysics]] has proved more [[confusing]] than [[illuminating]]. [[Metaphysics]] stands for man's well-meant but futile [[effort]] to [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[mota]] of [[morontia]].

103:6.8 [[Metaphysics]] has proved a failure; [[mota]], man cannot [[perceive]]. [[Revelation]] is the only [[technique]] which can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[truth]] [[sensitivity]] of [[mota]] in a [[material]] world. [[Revelation]] [[authoritatively]] [[clarifies]] the muddle of [[reason]]-developed metaphysics on an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary sphere].

103:6.8 [[Metaphysics]] has proved a failure; [[mota]], man cannot [[perceive]]. [[Revelation]] is the only [[technique]] which can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[truth]] [[sensitivity]] of [[mota]] in a [[material]] world. [[Revelation]] [[authoritatively]] [[clarifies]] the muddle of [[reason]]-developed metaphysics on an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary sphere].

103:6.9 [[Science]] is man's attempted [[study]] of his [[physical]] [[environment]], the world of [[energy]]-[[matter]]; [[religion]] is man's [[experience]] with the [[cosmos]] of [[spirit]] [[values]]; [[philosophy]] has been [[developed]] by man's [[mind]] [[effort]] to [[organize]] and correlate the findings of these widely separated [[concepts]] into something like a reasonable and [[unified]] [[attitude]] toward the [[cosmos]]. [[Philosophy]], [[clarified]] by [[revelation]], [[functions]] acceptably in the [[absence]] of [[mota]] and in the [[presence]] of the breakdown and failure of man's [[reason]] substitute for [[mota]]—[[metaphysics]].

103:6.9 [[Science]] is man's attempted [[study]] of his [[physical]] [[environment]], the world of [[energy]]-[[matter]]; [[religion]] is man's [[experience]] with the [[cosmos]] of [[spirit]] [[values]]; [[philosophy]] has been [[developed]] by man's [[mind]] [[effort]] to [[organize]] and correlate the findings of these widely separated [[concepts]] into something like a reasonable and [[unified]] [[attitude]] toward the [[cosmos]]. [[Philosophy]], [[clarified]] by [[revelation]], [[functions]] acceptably in the [[absence]] of [[mota]] and in the [[presence]] of the breakdown and failure of man's [[reason]] substitute for [[mota]]—[[metaphysics]].

103:6.10 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early man] did not differentiate between the [[energy]] level and the [[spirit]] level. It was the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] and their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] successors who first attempted to [[divorce]] the [[mathematical]] from the [[volitional]]. Increasingly has civilized man followed in the footsteps of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_civilizations earliest Greeks] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Sumerians] who distinguished between the inanimate and the animate. And as [[civilization]] [[progresses]], [[philosophy]] will have to bridge ever-widening gulfs between the [[spirit]] [[concept]] and the [[energy]] concept. But in the [[Spacetime|time of space]] these divergencies are at one in [[the Supreme]].

103:6.10 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early man] did not differentiate between the [[energy]] level and the [[spirit]] level. It was the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] and their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] successors who first attempted to [[divorce]] the [[mathematical]] from the [[volitional]]. Increasingly has civilized man followed in the footsteps of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_civilizations earliest Greeks] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Sumerians] who distinguished between the inanimate and the animate. And as [[civilization]] [[progresses]], [[philosophy]] will have to bridge ever-widening gulfs between the [[spirit]] [[concept]] and the [[energy]] concept. But in the [[Spacetime|time of space]] these divergencies are at one in [[the Supreme]].

103:6.11 [[Science]] must always be grounded in [[reason]], although [[imagination]] and conjecture are helpful in the extension of its borders. [[Religion]] is forever dependent on [[faith]], albeit [[reason]] is a stabilizing [[influence]] and a helpful handmaid. And always there have been, and ever will be, misleading [[interpretations]] of the [[phenomena]] of both the [[natural]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds, sciences and religions [[falsely]] so called.

103:6.11 [[Science]] must always be grounded in [[reason]], although [[imagination]] and conjecture are helpful in the extension of its borders. [[Religion]] is forever dependent on [[faith]], albeit [[reason]] is a stabilizing [[influence]] and a helpful handmaid. And always there have been, and ever will be, misleading [[interpretations]] of the [[phenomena]] of both the [[natural]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds, sciences and religions [[falsely]] so called.

103:6.13 [[Revelation]] is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#65:4._THE_URANTIA_ADVENTURE evolutionary man]'s only [[hope]] of bridging the [[morontia]] gulf. [[Faith]] and [[reason]], unaided by [[mota]], cannot conceive and construct a [[logical]] [[universe]]. Without the [[insight]] of [[mota]], mortal man cannot [[discern]] [[goodness]], [[love]], and [[truth]] in the [[phenomena]] of the [[material]] world.

103:6.13 [[Revelation]] is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#65:4._THE_URANTIA_ADVENTURE evolutionary man]'s only [[hope]] of bridging the [[morontia]] gulf. [[Faith]] and [[reason]], unaided by [[mota]], cannot conceive and construct a [[logical]] [[universe]]. Without the [[insight]] of [[mota]], mortal man cannot [[discern]] [[goodness]], [[love]], and [[truth]] in the [[phenomena]] of the [[material]] world.

103:6.14 When the [[philosophy]] of man leans heavily toward the world of [[matter]], it becomes rationalistic or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism (philosophy) naturalistic]. When [[philosophy]] inclines particularly toward the [[spiritual]] level, it becomes [[idealistic]] or even [[mystical]]. When [[philosophy]] is so unfortunate as to lean upon [[metaphysics]], it unfailingly becomes [[skeptical]], [[confused]]. In [[past]] ages, most of man's [[knowledge]] and [[intellectual]] [[evaluation]]s have fallen into one of these three [[distortion]]s of [[perception]]. [[Philosophy]] dare not project its [[interpretations]] of [[reality]] in the [[linear]] [[fashion]] of [[logic]]; it must never fail to reckon with the [[elliptic]] [[symmetry]] of reality and with the [[essential]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature curvature] of all [[relation]] [[concepts]].

103:6.14 When the [[philosophy]] of man leans heavily toward the world of [[matter]], it becomes rationalistic or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism (philosophy) naturalistic]. When [[philosophy]] inclines particularly toward the [[spiritual]] level, it becomes [[idealistic]] or even [[mystical]]. When [[philosophy]] is so unfortunate as to lean upon [[metaphysics]], it unfailingly becomes [[skeptical]], [[confused]]. In [[past]] ages, most of man's [[knowledge]] and [[intellectual]] [[evaluation]]s have fallen into one of these three [[distortion]]s of [[perception]]. [[Philosophy]] dare not project its [[interpretations]] of [[reality]] in the [[linear]] [[fashion]] of [[logic]]; it must never fail to reckon with the [[elliptic]] [[symmetry]] of reality and with the [[essential]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature curvature] of all [[relation]] [[concepts]].

103:6.15 The highest [[attainable]] [[philosophy]] of [[mortal]] man must be [[logically]] based on the [[reason]] of [[science]], the [[faith]] of [[religion]], and the [[truth]] [[insight]] afforded by [[revelation]]. By this [[union]] man can [[compensate]] somewhat for his failure to [[develop]] an adequate [[metaphysics]] and for his inability to [[comprehend]] the [[mota]] of the [[morontia]].

103:6.15 The highest [[attainable]] [[philosophy]] of [[mortal]] man must be [[logically]] based on the [[reason]] of [[science]], the [[faith]] of [[religion]], and the [[truth]] [[insight]] afforded by [[revelation]]. By this [[union]] man can [[compensate]] somewhat for his failure to [[develop]] an adequate [[metaphysics]] and for his inability to [[comprehend]] the [[mota]] of the [[morontia]].

103:8.5 The certainty of the [[God]]-knowing religionist should not be disturbed by the uncertainty of the doubting [[materialist]]; rather should the uncertainty of the unbeliever be mightily challenged by the [[profound]] [[faith]] and unshakable [[certainty]] of the experiential believer.

103:8.5 The certainty of the [[God]]-knowing religionist should not be disturbed by the uncertainty of the doubting [[materialist]]; rather should the uncertainty of the unbeliever be mightily challenged by the [[profound]] [[faith]] and unshakable [[certainty]] of the experiential believer.

103:8.6 [[Philosophy]], to be of the greatest [[service]] to both [[science]] and [[religion]], should avoid the extremes of both [[materialism]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism]. Only a [[philosophy]] which recognizes the [[reality]] of [[personality]]—permanence in the [[presence]] of [[change]]—can be of [[moral]] [[value]] to man, can serve as a [[liaison]] between the [[theories]] of [[material]] [[science]] and [[spiritual]] [[religion]]. [[Revelation]] is a [[compensation]] for the frailties of evolving [[philosophy]].

103:8.6 [[Philosophy]], to be of the greatest [[service]] to both [[science]] and [[religion]], should avoid the extremes of both [[materialism]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism]. Only a [[philosophy]] which recognizes the [[reality]] of [[personality]]—permanence in the [[presence]] of [[change]]—can be of [[moral]] [[value]] to man, can serve as a [[liaison]] between the [[theories]] of [[material]] [[science]] and [[spiritual]] [[religion]]. [[Revelation]] is a [[compensation]] for the frailties of evolving [[philosophy]].

==103:9. THE ESSENCE OF RELIGION==

==103:9. THE ESSENCE OF RELIGION==