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102:1.1 The [[work]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]] [[constitutes]] the [[explanation]] of the [[translation]] of man's [[primitive]] and [[evolutionary]] sense of [[duty]] into that higher and more [[certain]] [[faith]] in the [[eternal]] [[realities]] of [[revelation]]. There must be [[perfection]] [[hunger]] in man's [[heart]] to insure [[capacity]] for [[comprehending]] the [[faith]] paths to [[supreme]] [[attainment]]. If any man [[chooses]] to [[do the divine will]], he shall know the way of [[truth]]. It is [[literally]] true, "[[Human]] [[things]] must be known in order to be loved, but [[divine]] [[things]] must be loved in order to be known." But [[honest]] [[doubts]] and [[sincere]] questionings are not [[sin]]; such [[attitudes]] merely spell delay in the [[progressive]] [[journey]] toward [[perfection]] [[attainment]]. Childlike [[trust]] secures man's entrance into the kingdom of [[heaven]]ly [[ascent]], but [[progress]] is wholly dependent on the [[vigorous]] [[exercise]] of the [[robust]] and [[confident]] [[faith]] of the [[Maturity|full-grown man]].
102:1.2 The [[reason]] of [[science]] is based on the [[observable]] [[facts]] of [[time]]; the [[faith]] of [[religion]] [[argues]] from the [[spirit]] [[program]] of [[eternity]]. What [[knowledge]] and [[reason]] cannot do for us, true [[wisdom]] admonishes us to allow [[faith]] to accomplish through [[religious]] [[insight]] and [[spiritual]] [[transformation]].
102:1.3 Owing to the [[isolation]] of [[rebellion]], the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] on [[Urantia]] has all too often been mixed up with the [[statements]] of partial and [[transient]] [[cosmologies]]. [[Truth]] remains unchanged from [[generation]] to generation, but the [[associated]] teachings about the [[physical]] world vary from day to day and from year to year. [[Eternal]] [[truth]] should not be slighted because it [[chances]] to be found in company with [[obsolete]] [[ideas]] regarding the [[material]] world. The more of [[science]] you know, the less sure you can be; the more of [[religion]] you have, the more certain you are.
102:1.4 The [[certainties]] of [[science]] proceed entirely from the [[intellect]]; the certitudes of [[religion]] spring from the very [[foundations]] of the entire [[personality]]. [[Science]] appeals to the [[understanding]] of the [[mind]]; [[religion]] [[appeals]] to the [[loyalty]] and [[devotion]] of the [[body]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]], even to the whole [[personality]].
102:1.5 [[God]] is so all real and [[absolute]] that no [[material]] [[sign]] of [[proof]] or no [[demonstration]] of so-called [[miracle]] may be offered in [[testimony]] of his [[reality]]. Always will we know him because we [[trust]] him, and our [[belief]] in him is wholly based on our [[personal]] [[participation]] in the [[divine]] [[manifestations]] of his [[infinite]] [[reality]].
102:1.6 The indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] unfailingly arouses in man's [[soul]] a true and searching hunger for [[perfection]] [[together]] with a far-reaching [[curiosity]] which can be adequately satisfied only by [[communion]] with [[God]], the [[divine]] [[source]] of that [[Adjuster]]. The [[hungry]] [[soul]] of man refuses to be [[satisfied]] with anything less than the [[personal]] [[realization]] of the living [[God]]. Whatever more [[God]] may be than a high and [[perfect]] [[moral]] [[personality]], he cannot, in our [[hungry]] and [[finite]] [[concept]], be anything less.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_102 Go to Paper 102]</center>
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[[Category:Paper 102 - The Foundations of Religious Faith]]
102:1.1 The [[work]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]] [[constitutes]] the [[explanation]] of the [[translation]] of man's [[primitive]] and [[evolutionary]] sense of [[duty]] into that higher and more [[certain]] [[faith]] in the [[eternal]] [[realities]] of [[revelation]]. There must be [[perfection]] [[hunger]] in man's [[heart]] to insure [[capacity]] for [[comprehending]] the [[faith]] paths to [[supreme]] [[attainment]]. If any man [[chooses]] to [[do the divine will]], he shall know the way of [[truth]]. It is [[literally]] true, "[[Human]] [[things]] must be known in order to be loved, but [[divine]] [[things]] must be loved in order to be known." But [[honest]] [[doubts]] and [[sincere]] questionings are not [[sin]]; such [[attitudes]] merely spell delay in the [[progressive]] [[journey]] toward [[perfection]] [[attainment]]. Childlike [[trust]] secures man's entrance into the kingdom of [[heaven]]ly [[ascent]], but [[progress]] is wholly dependent on the [[vigorous]] [[exercise]] of the [[robust]] and [[confident]] [[faith]] of the [[Maturity|full-grown man]].
102:1.2 The [[reason]] of [[science]] is based on the [[observable]] [[facts]] of [[time]]; the [[faith]] of [[religion]] [[argues]] from the [[spirit]] [[program]] of [[eternity]]. What [[knowledge]] and [[reason]] cannot do for us, true [[wisdom]] admonishes us to allow [[faith]] to accomplish through [[religious]] [[insight]] and [[spiritual]] [[transformation]].
102:1.3 Owing to the [[isolation]] of [[rebellion]], the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] on [[Urantia]] has all too often been mixed up with the [[statements]] of partial and [[transient]] [[cosmologies]]. [[Truth]] remains unchanged from [[generation]] to generation, but the [[associated]] teachings about the [[physical]] world vary from day to day and from year to year. [[Eternal]] [[truth]] should not be slighted because it [[chances]] to be found in company with [[obsolete]] [[ideas]] regarding the [[material]] world. The more of [[science]] you know, the less sure you can be; the more of [[religion]] you have, the more certain you are.
102:1.4 The [[certainties]] of [[science]] proceed entirely from the [[intellect]]; the certitudes of [[religion]] spring from the very [[foundations]] of the entire [[personality]]. [[Science]] appeals to the [[understanding]] of the [[mind]]; [[religion]] [[appeals]] to the [[loyalty]] and [[devotion]] of the [[body]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]], even to the whole [[personality]].
102:1.5 [[God]] is so all real and [[absolute]] that no [[material]] [[sign]] of [[proof]] or no [[demonstration]] of so-called [[miracle]] may be offered in [[testimony]] of his [[reality]]. Always will we know him because we [[trust]] him, and our [[belief]] in him is wholly based on our [[personal]] [[participation]] in the [[divine]] [[manifestations]] of his [[infinite]] [[reality]].
102:1.6 The indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] unfailingly arouses in man's [[soul]] a true and searching hunger for [[perfection]] [[together]] with a far-reaching [[curiosity]] which can be adequately satisfied only by [[communion]] with [[God]], the [[divine]] [[source]] of that [[Adjuster]]. The [[hungry]] [[soul]] of man refuses to be [[satisfied]] with anything less than the [[personal]] [[realization]] of the living [[God]]. Whatever more [[God]] may be than a high and [[perfect]] [[moral]] [[personality]], he cannot, in our [[hungry]] and [[finite]] [[concept]], be anything less.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_102 Go to Paper 102]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 102 - The Foundations of Religious Faith]]