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103:9.2 [[Religion]] has to do with [[feeling]], [[acting]], and living, not merely with [[thinking]]. [[Thinking]] is more closely related to the [[material]] life and should be in the main, but not altogether, [[dominated]] by [[reason]] and the [[facts]] of [[science]] and, in its nonmaterial reaches toward the [[spirit]] realms, by [[truth]]. No matter how [[illusory]] and [[erroneous]] one's [[theology]], one's [[religion]] may be wholly genuine and everlastingly true.

103:9.2 [[Religion]] has to do with [[feeling]], [[acting]], and living, not merely with [[thinking]]. [[Thinking]] is more closely related to the [[material]] life and should be in the main, but not altogether, [[dominated]] by [[reason]] and the [[facts]] of [[science]] and, in its nonmaterial reaches toward the [[spirit]] realms, by [[truth]]. No matter how [[illusory]] and [[erroneous]] one's [[theology]], one's [[religion]] may be wholly genuine and everlastingly true.

103:9.3 [[Buddhism]] in its [[original]] form is one of the best religions without a [[God]] which has arisen throughout all the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_III._The_History_of_Urantia evolutionary history of Urantia], although, as this [[faith]] developed, it did not remain godless. [[Religion]] without [[faith]] is a [[contradiction]]; without [[God]], a philosophic inconsistency and an [[intellectual]] [[absurdity]].

103:9.3 [[Buddhism]] in its [[original]] form is one of the best religions without a [[God]] which has arisen throughout all the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_III._The_History_of_Urantia evolutionary history of Urantia], although, as this [[faith]] developed, it did not remain godless. [[Religion]] without [[faith]] is a [[contradiction]]; without [[God]], a philosophic inconsistency and an [[intellectual]] [[absurdity]].

103:9.4 The [[magical]] and [[mythological]] parentage of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION natural religion] does not invalidate the [[reality]] and [[truth]] of the later [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelational religions] and the consummate saving [[gospel]] of the religion of [[Jesus]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus Jesus' life and teachings] finally divested [[religion]] of the [[superstitions]] of [[magic]], the [[illusions]] of [[mythology]], and the bondage of [[traditional]] [[dogmatism]]. But this early [[magic]] and [[mythology]] very effectively [[prepared]] the way for later and superior [[religion]] by assuming the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of supermaterial [[values]] and [[beings]].

103:9.4 The [[magical]] and [[mythological]] parentage of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION natural religion] does not invalidate the [[reality]] and [[truth]] of the later [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelational religions] and the consummate saving [[gospel]] of the religion of [[Jesus]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus Jesus' life and teachings] finally divested [[religion]] of the [[superstitions]] of [[magic]], the [[illusions]] of [[mythology]], and the bondage of [[traditional]] [[dogmatism]]. But this early [[magic]] and [[mythology]] very effectively [[prepared]] the way for later and superior [[religion]] by assuming the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of supermaterial [[values]] and [[beings]].

103:9.5 Although [[religious]] [[experience]] is a [[purely]] [[spiritual]] [[subjective]] [[phenomenon]], such an [[experience]] [[embraces]] a [[positive]] and living [[faith]] [[attitude]] toward the highest realms of [[universe]] [[objective]] [[reality]]. The [[ideal]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] is such a [[faith]]-[[trust]] as would lead man unqualifiedly to depend upon the [[absolute]] [[love]] of the [[Universal Father|infinite Father]] of the [[universe of universes]]. Such a genuine [[religious]] [[experience]] far [[transcends]] the philosophic objectification of idealistic [[desire]]; it [[actually]] takes [[salvation]] for granted and concerns itself only with learning and [[doing the will of the Father]] in [[Paradise]]. The earmarks of such a [[religion]] are: [[faith]] in a [[supreme]] [[Deity]], [[hope]] of [[eternal]] [[survival]], and [[love]], especially of one's fellows.

103:9.5 Although [[religious]] [[experience]] is a [[purely]] [[spiritual]] [[subjective]] [[phenomenon]], such an [[experience]] [[embraces]] a [[positive]] and living [[faith]] [[attitude]] toward the highest realms of [[universe]] [[objective]] [[reality]]. The [[ideal]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] is such a [[faith]]-[[trust]] as would lead man unqualifiedly to depend upon the [[absolute]] [[love]] of the [[Universal Father|infinite Father]] of the [[universe of universes]]. Such a genuine [[religious]] [[experience]] far [[transcends]] the philosophic objectification of idealistic [[desire]]; it [[actually]] takes [[salvation]] for granted and concerns itself only with learning and [[doing the will of the Father]] in [[Paradise]]. The earmarks of such a [[religion]] are: [[faith]] in a [[supreme]] [[Deity]], [[hope]] of [[eternal]] [[survival]], and [[love]], especially of one's fellows.

103:9.13 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

103:9.13 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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