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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]].