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92:4.2 But regardless of [[apparent]] [[connection]] or derivation, the religions of [[revelation]] are always characterized by a [[belief]] in some [[Deity]] of final [[value]] and in some concept of the [[survival]] of [[personality]] [[identity]] after [[death]].
92:4.2 But regardless of [[apparent]] [[connection]] or derivation, the religions of [[revelation]] are always characterized by a [[belief]] in some [[Deity]] of final [[value]] and in some concept of the [[survival]] of [[personality]] [[identity]] after [[death]].
92:4.3 [[Evolutionary]] [[religion]] is [[sentimental]], not [[logical]]. It is man's [[reaction]] to [[belief]] in a [[hypothetical]] [[ghost]]-spirit world—the human [[belief]]-reflex, excited by the [[realization]] and [[fear]] of the [[unknown]]. [[Revelatory]] religion is propounded by the real [[spiritual]] world; it is the [[response]] of the [[Superhuman|superintellectual]] [[cosmos]] to the [[mortal]] [[hunger]] to believe in, and depend upon, the [[universal]] []Gods|Deities]]. [[Evolutionary]] religion pictures the circuitous gropings of [[humanity]] in quest of [[truth]]; [[revelatory]] religion is that very truth.
92:4.3 [[Evolutionary]] [[religion]] is [[sentimental]], not [[logical]]. It is man's [[reaction]] to [[belief]] in a [[hypothetical]] [[ghost]]-spirit world—the human [[belief]]-reflex, excited by the [[realization]] and [[fear]] of the [[unknown]]. [[Revelatory]] religion is propounded by the real [[spiritual]] world; it is the [[response]] of the [[Superhuman|superintellectual]] [[cosmos]] to the [[mortal]] [[hunger]] to believe in, and depend upon, the [[universal]] [[Gods|Deities]]. [[Evolutionary]] religion pictures the circuitous gropings of [[humanity]] in quest of [[truth]]; [[revelatory]] religion is that very truth.
92:4.4 There have been many [[events]] of religious [[revelation]] but only five of [[epochal]] significance. These were as follows:
92:4.4 There have been many [[events]] of religious [[revelation]] but only five of [[epochal]] significance. These were as follows:
