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101:3.1 [[Religion]] is so [[vital]] that it [[persists]] in the [[absence]] of [[learning]]. It lives in spite of its contamination with erroneous [[cosmologies]] and [[false]] [[philosophies]]; it [[survives]] even the [[confusion]] of [[metaphysics]]. In and through all the historic [[vicissitudes]] of [[religion]] there ever [[persists]] that which is indispensable to [[human]] [[progress]] and [[survival]]: the [[ethical]] [[conscience]] and the [[moral]] [[consciousness]].
101:3.2 [[Faith]]-[[insight]], or [[spiritual]] [[intuition]], is the [[endowment]] of the [[cosmic]] [[mind]] in [[association]] with the [[Thought Adjuster]], which is [[the Father]]'s gift to man. [[Spiritual]] [[reason]], [[soul]] [[intelligence]], is the [[endowment]] of the [[Holy Spirit]], the [[Mother Spirit|Creative Spirit]]'s gift to man. [[Spiritual]] [[philosophy]], the [[wisdom]] of [[spirit]] [[realities]], is the [[endowment]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]], the combined [[gift]] of the [[bestowal Son]]s to the [[children]] of men. And the [[co-ordination]] and interassociation of these [[spirit]] [[endowments]] [[constitute]] man a [[spirit]] [[personality]] in [[potential]] [[destiny]].
101:3.3 It is this same [[spirit]] [[personality]], in [[primitive]] and [[embryonic]] [[form]], the [[Adjuster]] [[possession]] of which [[survives]] the [[natural]] [[death]] in the flesh. This [[composite]] [[entity]] of [[spirit]] [[origin]] in [[association]] with [[human]] [[experience]] is enabled, by means of the living way provided by the [[divine Sons]], to [[survive]] (in [[Adjuster]] custody) the dissolution of the [[material]] [[self]] of [[mind]] and [[matter]] when such a [[transient]] [[partnership]] of the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] is [[divorced]] by the cessation of [[vital]] [[motion]].
101:3.4 Through [[religious]] [[faith]] the [[soul]] of man [[reveals]] itself and [[demonstrates]] the [[potential]] [[divinity]] of its emerging [[nature]] by the characteristic [[manner]] in which it induces the [[mortal]] [[personality]] to [[react]] to certain trying [[intellectual]] and testing [[social]] situations. Genuine [[spiritual]] [[faith]] (true [[moral]] [[consciousness]]) is [[revealed]] in that it:
*1. Causes [[ethics]] and [[morals]] to [[progress]] despite [[inherent]] and adverse animalistic [[tendencies]].
*2. Produces a [[sublime]] [[trust]] in the [[goodness]] of [[God]] even in the face of bitter [[disappointment]] and crushing defeat.
*3. Generates [[profound]] [[courage]] and [[confidence]] despite [[natural]] [[adversity]] and [[physical]] [[calamity]].
*4. Exhibits inexplicable [[poise]] and sustaining tranquillity notwithstanding baffling [[diseases]] and even acute [[physical]] [[suffering]].
*5. Maintains a [[mysterious]] [[poise]] and [[composure]] of [[personality]] in the face of maltreatment and the rankest injustice.
*6. Maintains a [[divine]] [[trust]] in ultimate victory in spite of the cruelties of seemingly blind [[fate]] and the apparent utter indifference of [[natural]] [[forces]] to human welfare.
*7. [[Persists]] in the unswerving [[belief]] in [[God]] despite all contrary [[demonstrations]] of [[logic]] and successfully withstands all other [[intellectual]] [[sophistries]].
*8. Continues to exhibit undaunted [[faith]] in the [[soul]]'s [[survival]] regardless of the [[deceptive]] teachings of [[false]] [[science]] and the [[persuasive]] [[delusions]] of unsound [[philosophy]].
*9. Lives and triumphs irrespective of the crushing overload of the [[complex]] and partial [[civilizations]] of [[modern]] times.
*10. Contributes to the continued [[survival]] of [[altruism]] in spite of human [[selfishness]], [[social]] [[antagonisms]], [[industrial]] [[greed]]s, and [[political]] maladjustments.
*11. [[Steadfastly]] [[adhere]]s to a [[sublime]] [[belief]] in [[universe]] [[unity]] and [[divine]] [[guidance]] regardless of the [[perplexing]] [[presence]] of [[evil]] and [[sin]].
*12. Goes right on [[worshiping]] [[God]] in spite of anything and [[everything]]. Dares to [[declare]]," Even though he slay me, yet will I serve him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.13]
101:3.5 We know, then, by three [[phenomena]], that man has a [[divine]] [[spirit]] or spirits dwelling within him: first, by [[personal]] [[experience]]—[[religious]] [[faith]]; second, by [[revelation]]—[[personal]] and [[racial]]; and third, by the amazing exhibition of such extraordinary and unnatural [[reactions]] to his [[material]] [[environment]] as are illustrated by the foregoing recital of twelve spiritlike [[performances]] in the [[presence]] of the [[actual]] and trying situations of real [[human]] [[existence]]. And there are still others.
101:3.6 And it is just such a [[vital]] and [[vigorous]] [[performance]] of [[faith]] in the [[domain]] of [[religion]] that [[entitles]] [[mortal]] man to affirm the [[personal]] [[possession]] and [[spiritual]] [[reality]] of that crowning [[endowment]] of [[human]] [[nature]], [[religious]] [[experience]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101 Go to Paper 101]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 101 - The Real Nature of Religion]]
101:3.1 [[Religion]] is so [[vital]] that it [[persists]] in the [[absence]] of [[learning]]. It lives in spite of its contamination with erroneous [[cosmologies]] and [[false]] [[philosophies]]; it [[survives]] even the [[confusion]] of [[metaphysics]]. In and through all the historic [[vicissitudes]] of [[religion]] there ever [[persists]] that which is indispensable to [[human]] [[progress]] and [[survival]]: the [[ethical]] [[conscience]] and the [[moral]] [[consciousness]].
101:3.2 [[Faith]]-[[insight]], or [[spiritual]] [[intuition]], is the [[endowment]] of the [[cosmic]] [[mind]] in [[association]] with the [[Thought Adjuster]], which is [[the Father]]'s gift to man. [[Spiritual]] [[reason]], [[soul]] [[intelligence]], is the [[endowment]] of the [[Holy Spirit]], the [[Mother Spirit|Creative Spirit]]'s gift to man. [[Spiritual]] [[philosophy]], the [[wisdom]] of [[spirit]] [[realities]], is the [[endowment]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]], the combined [[gift]] of the [[bestowal Son]]s to the [[children]] of men. And the [[co-ordination]] and interassociation of these [[spirit]] [[endowments]] [[constitute]] man a [[spirit]] [[personality]] in [[potential]] [[destiny]].
101:3.3 It is this same [[spirit]] [[personality]], in [[primitive]] and [[embryonic]] [[form]], the [[Adjuster]] [[possession]] of which [[survives]] the [[natural]] [[death]] in the flesh. This [[composite]] [[entity]] of [[spirit]] [[origin]] in [[association]] with [[human]] [[experience]] is enabled, by means of the living way provided by the [[divine Sons]], to [[survive]] (in [[Adjuster]] custody) the dissolution of the [[material]] [[self]] of [[mind]] and [[matter]] when such a [[transient]] [[partnership]] of the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] is [[divorced]] by the cessation of [[vital]] [[motion]].
101:3.4 Through [[religious]] [[faith]] the [[soul]] of man [[reveals]] itself and [[demonstrates]] the [[potential]] [[divinity]] of its emerging [[nature]] by the characteristic [[manner]] in which it induces the [[mortal]] [[personality]] to [[react]] to certain trying [[intellectual]] and testing [[social]] situations. Genuine [[spiritual]] [[faith]] (true [[moral]] [[consciousness]]) is [[revealed]] in that it:
*1. Causes [[ethics]] and [[morals]] to [[progress]] despite [[inherent]] and adverse animalistic [[tendencies]].
*2. Produces a [[sublime]] [[trust]] in the [[goodness]] of [[God]] even in the face of bitter [[disappointment]] and crushing defeat.
*3. Generates [[profound]] [[courage]] and [[confidence]] despite [[natural]] [[adversity]] and [[physical]] [[calamity]].
*4. Exhibits inexplicable [[poise]] and sustaining tranquillity notwithstanding baffling [[diseases]] and even acute [[physical]] [[suffering]].
*5. Maintains a [[mysterious]] [[poise]] and [[composure]] of [[personality]] in the face of maltreatment and the rankest injustice.
*6. Maintains a [[divine]] [[trust]] in ultimate victory in spite of the cruelties of seemingly blind [[fate]] and the apparent utter indifference of [[natural]] [[forces]] to human welfare.
*7. [[Persists]] in the unswerving [[belief]] in [[God]] despite all contrary [[demonstrations]] of [[logic]] and successfully withstands all other [[intellectual]] [[sophistries]].
*8. Continues to exhibit undaunted [[faith]] in the [[soul]]'s [[survival]] regardless of the [[deceptive]] teachings of [[false]] [[science]] and the [[persuasive]] [[delusions]] of unsound [[philosophy]].
*9. Lives and triumphs irrespective of the crushing overload of the [[complex]] and partial [[civilizations]] of [[modern]] times.
*10. Contributes to the continued [[survival]] of [[altruism]] in spite of human [[selfishness]], [[social]] [[antagonisms]], [[industrial]] [[greed]]s, and [[political]] maladjustments.
*11. [[Steadfastly]] [[adhere]]s to a [[sublime]] [[belief]] in [[universe]] [[unity]] and [[divine]] [[guidance]] regardless of the [[perplexing]] [[presence]] of [[evil]] and [[sin]].
*12. Goes right on [[worshiping]] [[God]] in spite of anything and [[everything]]. Dares to [[declare]]," Even though he slay me, yet will I serve him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.13]
101:3.5 We know, then, by three [[phenomena]], that man has a [[divine]] [[spirit]] or spirits dwelling within him: first, by [[personal]] [[experience]]—[[religious]] [[faith]]; second, by [[revelation]]—[[personal]] and [[racial]]; and third, by the amazing exhibition of such extraordinary and unnatural [[reactions]] to his [[material]] [[environment]] as are illustrated by the foregoing recital of twelve spiritlike [[performances]] in the [[presence]] of the [[actual]] and trying situations of real [[human]] [[existence]]. And there are still others.
101:3.6 And it is just such a [[vital]] and [[vigorous]] [[performance]] of [[faith]] in the [[domain]] of [[religion]] that [[entitles]] [[mortal]] man to affirm the [[personal]] [[possession]] and [[spiritual]] [[reality]] of that crowning [[endowment]] of [[human]] [[nature]], [[religious]] [[experience]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101 Go to Paper 101]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 101 - The Real Nature of Religion]]