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==101:5. RELIGION EXPANDED BY REVELATION==

==101:5. RELIGION EXPANDED BY REVELATION==

101:5.1 Revelation is a technique whereby ages upon ages of time are saved in the necessary work of sorting and sifting the errors of evolution from the truths of spirit acquirement.

101:5.1 [[Revelation]] is a [[technique]] whereby ages upon ages of [[time]] are saved in the [[necessary]] [[work]] of sorting and sifting the [[errors]] of [[evolution]] from the [[truths]] of [[spirit]] acquirement.

101:5.2 Science deals with facts; religion is concerned only with values. Through enlightened philosophy the mind endeavors to unite the meanings of both facts and values, thereby arriving at a concept of complete reality. Remember that science is the domain of knowledge, philosophy the realm of wisdom, and religion the sphere of the faith experience. But religion, nonetheless, presents two phases of manifestation:

101:5.2 [[Science]] deals with [[facts]]; [[religion]] is concerned only with [[values]]. Through [[enlightened]] [[philosophy]] the [[mind]] endeavors to unite the [[meanings]] of both [[facts]] and [[values]], thereby arriving at a [[concept]] of complete [[reality]]. [[Remember]] that [[science]] is the [[domain]] of [[knowledge]], [[philosophy]] the realm of [[wisdom]], and [[religion]] the sphere of the [[faith]] [[experience]]. But [[religion]], nonetheless, presents two [[phases]] of [[manifestation]]:

*1. 101:5.3 Evolutionary religion. The experience of primitive worship, the religion which is a mind derivative.

*1. 101:5.3 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion]. The [[experience]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP primitive worship], the [[religion]] which is a [[mind]] [[derivative]].

*2. 101:5.4 Revealed religion. The universe attitude which is a spirit derivative; the assurance of, and belief in, the conservation of eternal realities, the survival of personality, and the eventual attainment of the cosmic Deity, whose purpose has made all this possible. It is a part of the plan of the universe that, sooner or later, evolutionary religion is destined to receive the spiritual expansion of revelation.

*2. 101:5.4 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION Revealed religion]. The [[universe]] [[attitude]] which is a [[spirit]] [[derivative]]; the [[assurance]] of, and [[belief]] in, the [[conservation]] of [[eternal]] realities, the [[survival]] of [[personality]], and the eventual [[attainment]] of the [[cosmic]] [[Deity]], whose [[purpose]] has made all this possible. It is a part of the [[plan]] of the [[universe]] that, sooner or later, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] is [[destined]] to [[receive]] the [[spiritual]] expansion of [[revelation]].

101:5.5 Both science and religion start out with the assumption of certain generally accepted bases for logical deductions. So, also, must philosophy start its career upon the assumption of the reality of three things:

101:5.5 Both [[science]] and [[religion]] start out with the [[assumption]] of certain generally [[accepted]] bases for [[logical]] [[deductions]]. So, also, must [[philosophy]] start its [[career]] upon the [[assumption]] of the reality of three things:

*1. The material body.

*1. The [[material]] [[body]].

*2. The supermaterial phase of the human being, the soul or even the indwelling spirit.

*2. The supermaterial [[phase]] of the [[human being]], the [[soul]] or even the [[indwelling spirit]].

*3. The human mind, the mechanism for intercommunication and interassociation between spirit and matter, between the material and the spiritual.

*3. The human [[mind]], the [[mechanism]] for intercommunication and interassociation between [[spirit]] and [[matter]], between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]].

101:5.6 Scientists assemble facts, philosophers co-ordinate ideas, while prophets exalt ideals. Feeling and emotion are invariable concomitants of religion, but they are not religion. Religion may be the feeling of experience, but it is hardly the experience of feeling. Neither logic (rationalization) nor emotion (feeling) is essentially a part of religious experience, although both may variously be associated with the exercise of faith in the furtherance of spiritual insight into reality, all according to the status and temperamental tendency of the individual mind.

101:5.6 [[Scientists]] assemble [[facts]], [[philosophers]] [[co-ordinate]] [[ideas]], while [[prophets]] exalt [[ideals]]. [[Feeling]] and [[emotion]] are invariable concomitants of [[religion]], but they are not religion. Religion may be the [[feeling]] of [[experience]], but it is hardly the experience of feeling. Neither [[logic]] (rationalization) nor [[emotion]] ([[feeling]]) is [[essentially]] a part of [[religious]] [[experience]], although both may variously be [[associated]] with the [[exercise]] of [[faith]] in the furtherance of [[spiritual]] [[insight]] into [[reality]], all according to the [[status]] and [[temperament]]al [[tendency]] of the [[individual]] [[mind]].

101:5.7 Evolutionary religion is the outworking of the endowment of the local universe mind adjutant charged with the creation and fostering of the worship trait in evolving man. Such primitive religions are directly concerned with ethics and morals, the sense of human duty. Such religions are predicated on the assurance of conscience and result in the stabilization of relatively ethical civilizations.

101:5.7 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] is the outworking of the [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|local universe mind adjutant]] charged with the [[creation]] and fostering of the [[worship]] trait in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR evolving man]. Such [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#PAPER_86:_EARLY_EVOLUTION_OF_RELIGION primitive religions] are directly concerned with [[ethics]] and [[morals]], the sense of human [[duty]]. Such [[religions]] are predicated on the [[assurance]] of [[conscience]] and result in the [[stabilization]] of [[relatively]] [[ethical]] [[civilizations]].

101:5.8 Personally revealed religions are sponsored by the bestowal spirits representing the three persons of the Paradise Trinity and are especially concerned with the expansion of truth. Evolutionary religion drives home to the individual the idea of personal duty; revealed religion lays increasing emphasis on loving, the golden rule.

101:5.8 Personally [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS revealed religions] are sponsored by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:9._CIRCUITS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES bestowal spirits] [[representing]] the three persons of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and are especially concerned with the expansion of [[truth]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] drives [[home]] to the [[individual]] the [[idea]] of [[personal]] [[duty]]; [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] lays increasing emphasis on loving, the [[golden rule]].

101:5.9 Evolved religion rests wholly on faith. Revelation has the additional assurance of its expanded presentation of the truths of divinity and reality and the still more valuable testimony of the actual experience which accumulates in consequence of the practical working union of the faith of evolution and the truth of revelation. Such a working union of human faith and divine truth constitutes the possession of a character well on the road to the actual acquirement of a morontial personality.

101:5.9 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION Evolved religion] rests wholly on [[faith]]. [[Revelation]] has the additional [[assurance]] of its expanded presentation of the [[truths]] of [[divinity]] and [[reality]] and the still more valuable [[testimony]] of the actual [[experience]] which accumulates in [[consequence]] of the [[practical]] working [[union]] of the [[faith]] of [[evolution]] and the [[truth]] of [[revelation]]. Such a working [[union]] of [[human]] [[faith]] and [[divine]] [[truth]] constitutes the [[possession]] of a [[character]] well on the road to the actual acquirement of a [[morontial]] [[personality]].

101:5.10 Evolutionary religion provides only the assurance of faith and the confirmation of conscience; revelatory religion provides the assurance of faith plus the truth of a living experience in the realities of revelation. The third step in religion, or the third phase of the experience of religion, has to do with the morontia state, the firmer grasp of mota. Increasingly in the morontia progression the truths of revealed religion are expanded; more and more you will know the truth of supreme values, divine goodnesses, universal relationships, eternal realities, and ultimate destinies.

101:5.10 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] provides only the [[assurance]] of [[faith]] and the [[confirmation]] of [[conscience]]; [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory religion] provides the [[assurance]] of [[faith]] plus the [[truth]] of a living [[experience]] in the realities of [[revelation]]. The third step in [[religion]], or the third [[phase]] of the [[experience]] of [[religion]], has to do with the [[morontia]] [[state]], the firmer grasp of [[mota]]. Increasingly in the [[morontia]] [[progression]] the [[truths]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] are expanded; more and more you will know the [[truth]] of [[supreme]] [[values]], [[divine]] [[goodness]]es, [[universal]] [[relationships]], [[eternal]] [[realities]], and [[ultimate]] [[destinies]].

 

101:6.1 The morontia phase of revealed religion has to do with the experience of survival, and its great urge is the attainment of spirit perfection. There also is present the higher urge of worship, associated with an impelling call to increased ethical service. Morontia insight entails an ever-expanding consciousness of the Sevenfold, the Supreme, and even the Ultimate.

101:6.1 The morontia phase of revealed religion has to do with the experience of survival, and its great urge is the attainment of spirit perfection. There also is present the higher urge of worship, associated with an impelling call to increased ethical service. Morontia insight entails an ever-expanding consciousness of the Sevenfold, the Supreme, and even the Ultimate.