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When [[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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_progression geometrical progression], while our [[ability]] to live up to them is enhanced only by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_progression arithmetical progression].

When [[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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_progression geometrical progression], while our [[ability]] to live up to them is enhanced only by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_progression arithmetical progression].

The sense of [[guilt]] (not the [[consciousness]] of [[sin]]) comes either from interrupted [[spiritual]] [[communion]] or from the lowering of one's [[moral]] [[ideals]]. [[Deliverance]] from such a predicament can only come through the [[realization]] that one's highest [[moral]] [[ideals]] are not necessarily synonymous with the will of God. [[Man]] cannot [[hope]] to live up to his highest [[ideals]], but he can be true to his [[purpose]] of finding God and becoming more and more like him. ([[103:4|103:4.2,3]] )

The sense of [[guilt]] (not the [[consciousness]] of [[sin]]) comes either from interrupted [[spiritual]] [[communion]] or from the lowering of one's [[moral]] [[ideals]]. [[Deliverance]] from such a predicament can only come through the [[realization]] that one's highest [[moral]] [[ideals]] are not necessarily synonymous with the will of God. [[Man]] cannot [[hope]] to live up to his highest [[ideals]], but he can be true to his [[purpose]] of finding God and [[becoming]] more and more like him. ([[103:4|103:4.2,3]] )