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102:6.1 The [[philosophic]] elimination of [[religious]] [[fear]] and the steady [[progress]] of [[science]] add greatly to the [[mortality]] of [[false]] [[gods]]; and even though these casualties of man-made [[deities]] may momentarily be[[fog]] the [[spiritual]] [[vision]], they [[eventually]] destroy that [[ignorance]] and [[superstition]] which so long obscured the living [[God]] of [[eternal]] [[love]]. The [[relation]] between the [[creature]] and the [[Creator]] is a living [[experience]], a [[dynamic]] [[religious]] [[faith]], which is not subject to precise [[definition]]. To [[isolate]] [[part]] of life and call it [[religion]] is to disintegrate life and to [[distort]] [[religion]]. And this is just why the [[God]] of [[worship]] claims all [[allegiance]] or none.

102:6.1 The [[philosophic]] elimination of [[religious]] [[fear]] and the steady [[progress]] of [[science]] add greatly to the [[mortality]] of [[false]] [[gods]]; and even though these casualties of man-made [[deities]] may momentarily be[[fog]] the [[spiritual]] [[vision]], they [[eventually]] destroy that [[ignorance]] and [[superstition]] which so long obscured the living [[God]] of [[eternal]] [[love]]. The [[relation]] between the [[creature]] and the [[Creator]] is a living [[experience]], a [[dynamic]] [[religious]] [[faith]], which is not subject to precise [[definition]]. To [[isolate]] [[part]] of life and call it [[religion]] is to disintegrate life and to [[distort]] [[religion]]. And this is just why the [[God]] of [[worship]] claims all [[allegiance]] or none.

102:6.2 The gods of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 primitive men] may have been no more than [[shadows]] of themselves; the living [[God]] is the [[divine]] [[light]] whose interruptions [[constitute]] the [[creation]] [[shadows]] of all [[space]].

102:6.2 The gods of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 primitive men] may have been no more than [[shadows]] of themselves; the living [[God]] is the [[divine]] [[light]] whose interruptions [[constitute]] the [[creation]] [[shadows]] of all [[space]].

102:6.3 The [[religionist]] of [[philosophic]] [[attainment]] has [[faith]] in a [[personal]] [[God]] of personal [[salvation]], something more than a [[reality]], a [[value]], a level of [[achievement]], an exalted [[process]], a [[transmutation]], the [[ultimate]] of [[time-space]], an [[idealization]], the [[personalization]] of [[energy]], the [[entity]] of [[gravity]], a human [[projection]], the idealization of [[self]], [[nature]]'s upthrust, the [[inclination]] to [[goodness]], the forward [[impulse]] of [[evolution]], or a [[sublime]] [[hypothesis]]. The religionist has [[faith]] in a [[God]] of [[love]]. [[Love]] is the [[essence]] of [[religion]] and the wellspring of superior [[civilization]].

102:6.3 The [[religionist]] of [[philosophic]] [[attainment]] has [[faith]] in a [[personal]] [[God]] of personal [[salvation]], something more than a [[reality]], a [[value]], a level of [[achievement]], an exalted [[process]], a [[transmutation]], the [[ultimate]] of [[time-space]], an [[idealization]], the [[personalization]] of [[energy]], the [[entity]] of [[gravity]], a human [[projection]], the idealization of [[self]], [[nature]]'s upthrust, the [[inclination]] to [[goodness]], the forward [[impulse]] of [[evolution]], or a [[sublime]] [[hypothesis]]. The religionist has [[faith]] in a [[God]] of [[love]]. [[Love]] is the [[essence]] of [[religion]] and the wellspring of superior [[civilization]].

102:6.6 Though [[reason]] can always question [[faith]], faith can always [[supplement]] both [[reason]] and [[logic]]. [[Reason]] creates the [[probability]] which [[faith]] can [[transform]] into a [[moral]] [[certainty]], even a [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[God]] is the first [[truth]] and the last [[fact]]; therefore does all [[truth]] take [[origin]] in him, while all [[facts]] exist [[relative]] to him. God is [[absolute]] [[truth]]. As [[truth]] one may [[know]] [[God]], but to [[understand]]—to [[explain]]—[[God]], one must [[explore]] the [[fact]] of the [[universe of universes]]. The vast gulf between the [[experience]] of the [[truth]] of [[God]] and [[ignorance]] as to the [[fact]] of [[God]] can be bridged only by living [[faith]]. [[Reason]] alone cannot [[achieve]] [[harmony]] between [[infinite]] [[truth]] and [[universal]] [[fact]].

102:6.6 Though [[reason]] can always question [[faith]], faith can always [[supplement]] both [[reason]] and [[logic]]. [[Reason]] creates the [[probability]] which [[faith]] can [[transform]] into a [[moral]] [[certainty]], even a [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[God]] is the first [[truth]] and the last [[fact]]; therefore does all [[truth]] take [[origin]] in him, while all [[facts]] exist [[relative]] to him. God is [[absolute]] [[truth]]. As [[truth]] one may [[know]] [[God]], but to [[understand]]—to [[explain]]—[[God]], one must [[explore]] the [[fact]] of the [[universe of universes]]. The vast gulf between the [[experience]] of the [[truth]] of [[God]] and [[ignorance]] as to the [[fact]] of [[God]] can be bridged only by living [[faith]]. [[Reason]] alone cannot [[achieve]] [[harmony]] between [[infinite]] [[truth]] and [[universal]] [[fact]].

102:6.7 [[Belief]] may not be able to [[resist]] [[doubt]] and withstand [[fear]], but [[faith]] is always triumphant over doubting, for [[faith]] is both positive and living. The [[positive]] always has the [[advantage]] over the [[negative]], [[truth]] over [[error]], [[experience]] over [[theory]], [[spiritual]] [[realities]] over the [[isolated]] [[facts]] of [[time and space]]. The convincing [[evidence]] of this [[spiritual]] [[certainty]] consists in the [[social]] [[Fruits of the Spirit.|fruits of the spirit]] which such believers, faithers, yield as a result of this [[genuine]] [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. Said Jesus: "If you love your fellows as I have loved you, then shall all men know that you are my [[disciples]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_15]

102:6.7 [[Belief]] may not be able to [[resist]] [[doubt]] and withstand [[fear]], but [[faith]] is always triumphant over doubting, for [[faith]] is both positive and living. The [[positive]] always has the [[advantage]] over the [[negative]], [[truth]] over [[error]], [[experience]] over [[theory]], [[spiritual]] [[realities]] over the [[isolated]] [[facts]] of [[time and space]]. The convincing [[evidence]] of this [[spiritual]] [[certainty]] consists in the [[social]] [[Fruits of the Spirit.|fruits of the spirit]] which such believers, faithers, yield as a result of this [[genuine]] [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. Said Jesus: "If you love your fellows as I have loved you, then shall all men know that you are my [[disciples]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_15]

102:6.8 To [[science]] [[God]] is a possibility, to [[psychology]] a desirability, to [[philosophy]] a [[probability]], to [[religion]] a [[certainty]], an [[actuality]] of [[religious]] [[experience]]. [[Reason]] demands that a [[philosophy]] which cannot find the [[God]] of [[probability]] should be very respectful of that [[religious]] [[faith]] which can and does find the [[God]] of [[certitude]]. Neither should [[science]] discount [[religious]] [[experience]] on grounds of credulity, not so long as it [[persists]] in the [[assumption]] that man's [[intellectual]] and [[philosophic]] [[endowments]] emerged from increasingly lesser [[intelligences]] the further back they go, finally taking [[origin]] in [[primitive]] life which was utterly devoid of all [[thinking]] and [[feeling]].

102:6.8 To [[science]] [[God]] is a possibility, to [[psychology]] a desirability, to [[philosophy]] a [[probability]], to [[religion]] a [[certainty]], an [[actuality]] of [[religious]] [[experience]]. [[Reason]] demands that a [[philosophy]] which cannot find the [[God]] of [[probability]] should be very respectful of that [[religious]] [[faith]] which can and does find the [[God]] of [[certitude]]. Neither should [[science]] discount [[religious]] [[experience]] on grounds of credulity, not so long as it [[persists]] in the [[assumption]] that man's [[intellectual]] and [[philosophic]] [[endowments]] emerged from increasingly lesser [[intelligences]] the further back they go, finally taking [[origin]] in [[primitive]] life which was utterly devoid of all [[thinking]] and [[feeling]].

102:6.9 The [[facts]] of [[evolution]] must not be arrayed against the [[truth]] of the [[reality]] of the certainty of the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of the religious living of the [[God]]-knowing [[mortal]]. [[Intelligent]] men should cease to [[reason]] like [[children]] and should attempt to use the [[consistent]] [[logic]] of [[Maturity|adulthood]], [[logic]] which [[tolerates]] the [[concept]] of [[truth]] alongside the [[observation]] of [[fact]]. [[Scientific]] [[materialism]] has gone [[bankrupt]] when it [[persists]], in the face of each recurring [[universe]] [[phenomenon]], in refunding its current objections by referring what is admittedly higher back into that which is admittedly lower. [[Consistency]] demands the [[recognition]] of the [[activities]] of a [[purposive]] [[Creator]].

102:6.9 The [[facts]] of [[evolution]] must not be arrayed against the [[truth]] of the [[reality]] of the certainty of the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of the religious living of the [[God]]-knowing [[mortal]]. [[Intelligent]] men should cease to [[reason]] like [[children]] and should attempt to use the [[consistent]] [[logic]] of [[Maturity|adulthood]], [[logic]] which [[tolerates]] the [[concept]] of [[truth]] alongside the [[observation]] of [[fact]]. [[Scientific]] [[materialism]] has gone [[bankrupt]] when it [[persists]], in the face of each recurring [[universe]] [[phenomenon]], in refunding its current objections by referring what is admittedly higher back into that which is admittedly lower. [[Consistency]] demands the [[recognition]] of the [[activities]] of a [[purposive]] [[Creator]].

102:6.10 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#PAPER_65:_THE_OVERCONTROL_OF_EVOLUTION Organic evolution] is a [[fact]]; [[purposive]] or [[progressive]] [[evolution]] is a [[truth]] which makes [[consistent]] the otherwise [[contradictory]] [[phenomena]] of the ever-[[ascending]] achievements of [[evolution]]. The higher any [[scientist]] [[progresses]] in his chosen science, the more will he abandon the [[theories]] of [[materialistic]] [[fact]] in [[favor]] of the [[cosmic]] [[truth]] of the [[dominance]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme Mind]. [[Materialism]] cheapens [[human]] life; the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]] tremendously enhances and [[supernally]] exalts every [[mortal]]. [[Mortal]] [[existence]] must be visualized as consisting in the [[intriguing]] and [[fascinating]] [[experience]] of the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of the meeting of the [[human]] upreach and the [[divine]] and saving downreach.

102:6.10 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#PAPER_65:_THE_OVERCONTROL_OF_EVOLUTION Organic evolution] is a [[fact]]; [[purposive]] or [[progressive]] [[evolution]] is a [[truth]] which makes [[consistent]] the otherwise [[contradictory]] [[phenomena]] of the ever-[[ascending]] achievements of [[evolution]]. The higher any [[scientist]] [[progresses]] in his chosen science, the more will he abandon the [[theories]] of [[materialistic]] [[fact]] in [[favor]] of the [[cosmic]] [[truth]] of the [[dominance]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme Mind]. [[Materialism]] cheapens [[human]] life; the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]] tremendously enhances and [[supernally]] exalts every [[mortal]]. [[Mortal]] [[existence]] must be visualized as consisting in the [[intriguing]] and [[fascinating]] [[experience]] of the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of the meeting of the [[human]] upreach and the [[divine]] and saving downreach.

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