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155:5.2 While the [[religions]] of the world have a double [[origin]]—natural and revelatory—at any one time and among any one people there are to be found three distinct forms of religious devotion. And these three manifestations of the religious urge are:

155:5.2 While the [[religions]] of the world have a double [[origin]]—natural and revelatory—at any one time and among any one people there are to be found three distinct forms of religious devotion. And these three manifestations of the religious urge are:

*1. 155:5.3 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 ''Primitive religion'']. The seminatural and [[instinctive]] urge to [[fear]] [[mysterious]] [[energies]] and [[worship]] superior forces, chiefly a [[religion]] of the [[physical]] [[nature]], the religion of [[fear]].

*1. 155:5.3 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 ''Primitive religion'']. The seminatural and [[instinctive]] urge to [[fear]] [[mysterious]] [[energies]] and [[worship]] superior forces, chiefly a [[religion]] of the [[physical]] [[nature]], the religion of [[fear]].

*2. 155:5.4 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION ''The religion of civilization'']. The advancing religious [[concepts]] and [[practices]] of the civilizing races—the [[religion]] of the [[mind]]—the [[intellectual]] [[theology]] of the [[authority]] of [[established]] religious [[tradition]].

*2. 155:5.4 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION ''The religion of civilization'']. The advancing religious [[concepts]] and [[practices]] of the civilizing races—the [[religion]] of the [[mind]]—the [[intellectual]] [[theology]] of the [[authority]] of [[established]] religious [[tradition]].

*3. 155:5.5 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION ''True religion'']—the religion of [[revelation]]. The revelation of [[supernatural]] [[values]], a partial [[insight]] into eternal [[realities]], a glimpse of the [[goodness]] and [[beauty]] of the [[infinite]] [[character]] of [[the Father]] in heaven—the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]] as [[demonstrated]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100 human experience].

*3. 155:5.5 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION ''True religion'']—the religion of [[revelation]]. The revelation of [[supernatural]] [[values]], a partial [[insight]] into eternal [[realities]], a glimpse of the [[goodness]] and [[beauty]] of the [[infinite]] [[character]] of [[the Father]] in heaven—the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]] as [[demonstrated]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100 human experience].

155:5.6 The [[religion]] of the [[physical]] [[senses]] and the [[superstitious]] [[fears]] of [[natural]] man, [[the Master]] refused to belittle, though he deplored the [[fact]] that so much of this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_87 primitive form of worship] should [[persist]] in the religious [[forms]] of the more [[intelligent]] [[races]] of [[mankind]]. [[Jesus]] made it [[clear]] that the great [[difference]] between the [[religion]] of the [[mind]] and the religion of the [[spirit]] is that, while the former is upheld by [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]], the latter is wholly based on [[human]] [[experience]].

155:5.6 The [[religion]] of the [[physical]] [[senses]] and the [[superstitious]] [[fears]] of [[natural]] man, [[the Master]] refused to belittle, though he deplored the [[fact]] that so much of this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_87 primitive form of worship] should [[persist]] in the religious [[forms]] of the more [[intelligent]] [[races]] of [[mankind]]. [[Jesus]] made it [[clear]] that the great [[difference]] between the [[religion]] of the [[mind]] and the religion of the [[spirit]] is that, while the former is upheld by [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]], the latter is wholly based on [[human]] [[experience]].

155:5.7 And then [[the Master]], in his hour of teaching, went on to make [[clear]] these [[truths]]:

155:5.7 And then [[the Master]], in his hour of teaching, went on to make [[clear]] these [[truths]]:

155:5.8 Until the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA races] become highly [[intelligent]] and more fully civilized, there will [[persist]] many of those childlike and [[superstitious]] [[ceremonies]] which are so characteristic of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_88#PAPER_88:_FETISHES.2C_CHARMS.2C_AND_MAGIC evolutionary religious practices] of [[primitive]] and backward peoples. Until the [[human]] race [[progresses]] to the level of a higher and more general [[recognition]] of the [[realities]] of [[spiritual]] [[experience]], large numbers of men and women will continue to show a [[personal]] preference for those religions of [[authority]] which require only [[intellectual]] assent, in [[contrast]] to the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], which entails [[active]] [[participation]] of [[mind]] and [[soul]] in the [[faith]] [[adventure]] of grappling with the rigorous [[realities]] of [[progressive]] human [[experience]].

155:5.8 Until the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA races] become highly [[intelligent]] and more fully civilized, there will [[persist]] many of those childlike and [[superstitious]] [[ceremonies]] which are so characteristic of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_88#PAPER_88:_FETISHES.2C_CHARMS.2C_AND_MAGIC evolutionary religious practices] of [[primitive]] and backward peoples. Until the [[human]] race [[progresses]] to the level of a higher and more general [[recognition]] of the [[realities]] of [[spiritual]] [[experience]], large numbers of men and women will continue to show a [[personal]] preference for those religions of [[authority]] which require only [[intellectual]] assent, in [[contrast]] to the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], which entails [[active]] [[participation]] of [[mind]] and [[soul]] in the [[faith]] [[adventure]] of grappling with the rigorous [[realities]] of [[progressive]] human [[experience]].

155:5.9 The [[acceptance]] of the [[traditional]] [[religions]] of [[authority]] presents the easy way out for man's urge to seek [[satisfaction]] for the longings of his [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. The settled, crystallized, and [[established]] religions of [[authority]] afford a ready [[refuge]] to which the distracted and distraught [[soul]] of man may flee when harassed by [[fear]] and tormented by [[uncertainty]]. Such a [[religion]] requires of its [[devotees]], as the price to be paid for its [[satisfactions]] and [[assurances]], only a [[passive]] and purely [[intellectual]] assent.

155:5.9 The [[acceptance]] of the [[traditional]] [[religions]] of [[authority]] presents the easy way out for man's urge to seek [[satisfaction]] for the longings of his [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. The settled, crystallized, and [[established]] religions of [[authority]] afford a ready [[refuge]] to which the distracted and distraught [[soul]] of man may flee when harassed by [[fear]] and tormented by [[uncertainty]]. Such a [[religion]] requires of its [[devotees]], as the price to be paid for its [[satisfactions]] and [[assurances]], only a [[passive]] and purely [[intellectual]] assent.

155:5.10 And for a long time there will live on [[earth]] those timid, fearful, and hesitant [[individuals]] who will prefer thus to [[secure]] their [[religious]] [[consolation]]s, even though, in so casting their lot with the [[religions]] of [[authority]], they [[compromise]] the [[sovereignty]] of [[personality]], debase the [[dignity]] of [[self]]-[[respect]], and utterly [[surrender]] the [[right]] to [[participate]] in that most thrilling and [[inspiring]] of all possible human [[experiences]]: the personal [[quest]] for [[truth]], the exhilaration of facing the [[perils]] of [[intellectual]] [[discovery]], the [[determination]] to [[explore]] the [[realities]] of personal religious [[experience]], the [[supreme]] [[satisfaction]] of [[experiencing]] the personal triumph of the [[actual]] [[realization]] of the [[victory]] of spiritual [[faith]] over [[intellectual]] [[doubt]] as it is [[honestly]] won in the [[supreme]] [[adventure]] of all human [[existence]]—man seeking [[God]], for himself and as himself, and finding him.

155:5.10 And for a long time there will live on [[earth]] those timid, fearful, and hesitant [[individuals]] who will prefer thus to [[secure]] their [[religious]] [[consolation]]s, even though, in so casting their lot with the [[religions]] of [[authority]], they [[compromise]] the [[sovereignty]] of [[personality]], debase the [[dignity]] of [[self]]-[[respect]], and utterly [[surrender]] the [[right]] to [[participate]] in that most thrilling and [[inspiring]] of all possible human [[experiences]]: the personal [[quest]] for [[truth]], the exhilaration of facing the [[perils]] of [[intellectual]] [[discovery]], the [[determination]] to [[explore]] the [[realities]] of personal religious [[experience]], the [[supreme]] [[satisfaction]] of [[experiencing]] the personal triumph of the [[actual]] [[realization]] of the [[victory]] of spiritual [[faith]] over [[intellectual]] [[doubt]] as it is [[honestly]] won in the [[supreme]] [[adventure]] of all human [[existence]]—man seeking [[God]], for himself and as himself, and finding him.

155:5.11 The [[religion]] of the [[spirit]] means [[effort]], [[struggle]], [[conflict]], [[faith]], [[determination]], [[love]], [[loyalty]], and [[progress]]. The religion of the [[mind]]—the [[theology]] of [[authority]]—requires little or none of these exertions from its [[formal]] believers. [[Tradition]] is a safe [[refuge]] and an easy [[path]] for those fearful and halfhearted [[souls]] who [[instinctively]] shun the [[spirit]] [[struggles]] and mental [[uncertainties]] associated with those [[faith]] [[voyages]] of daring [[adventure]] out upon the high [[seas]] of [[Unknown|unexplored]] [[truth]] in search for the farther shores of [[spiritual]] [[realities]] as they may be [[discovered]] by the [[progressive]] human [[mind]] and [[experienced]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving human soul].

155:5.11 The [[religion]] of the [[spirit]] means [[effort]], [[struggle]], [[conflict]], [[faith]], [[determination]], [[love]], [[loyalty]], and [[progress]]. The religion of the [[mind]]—the [[theology]] of [[authority]]—requires little or none of these exertions from its [[formal]] believers. [[Tradition]] is a safe [[refuge]] and an easy [[path]] for those fearful and halfhearted [[souls]] who [[instinctively]] shun the [[spirit]] [[struggles]] and mental [[uncertainties]] associated with those [[faith]] [[voyages]] of daring [[adventure]] out upon the high [[seas]] of [[Unknown|unexplored]] [[truth]] in search for the farther shores of [[spiritual]] [[realities]] as they may be [[discovered]] by the [[progressive]] human [[mind]] and [[experienced]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving human soul].

155:5.12 And [[Jesus]] went on to say: " At [[Jerusalem]] the religious [[leaders]] have [[formulated]] the various [[doctrines]] of their [[traditional]] [[teachers]] and the [[prophets]] of other days into an [[established]] [[system]] of [[intellectual]] [[beliefs]], a religion of [[authority]]. The [[appeal]] of all such [[religions]] is largely to the [[mind]]. And now are we about to enter upon a deadly [[conflict]] with such a [[religion]] since we will so shortly begin the [[bold]] [[proclamation]] of a new religion—a religion which is not a religion in the present-day [[meaning]] of that [[word]], a religion that makes its chief [[appeal]] to [[Thought Adjuster|the divine spirit of my Father]] which resides in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man]; a religion which shall derive its [[authority]] from the fruits of its [[acceptance]] that will so certainly [[appear]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100#PAPER_100:_RELIGION_IN_HUMAN_EXPERIENCE personal experience] of all who really and truly become [[believers]] in the [[truths]] of this higher spiritual [[communion]]. "

155:5.12 And [[Jesus]] went on to say: " At [[Jerusalem]] the religious [[leaders]] have [[formulated]] the various [[doctrines]] of their [[traditional]] [[teachers]] and the [[prophets]] of other days into an [[established]] [[system]] of [[intellectual]] [[beliefs]], a religion of [[authority]]. The [[appeal]] of all such [[religions]] is largely to the [[mind]]. And now are we about to enter upon a deadly [[conflict]] with such a [[religion]] since we will so shortly begin the [[bold]] [[proclamation]] of a new religion—a religion which is not a religion in the present-day [[meaning]] of that [[word]], a religion that makes its chief [[appeal]] to [[Thought Adjuster|the divine spirit of my Father]] which resides in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man]; a religion which shall derive its [[authority]] from the fruits of its [[acceptance]] that will so certainly [[appear]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100#PAPER_100:_RELIGION_IN_HUMAN_EXPERIENCE personal experience] of all who really and truly become [[believers]] in the [[truths]] of this higher spiritual [[communion]]. "

155:5.13 Pointing out each of the twenty-four and calling them by [[name]], [[Jesus]] said: " And now, which one of you would prefer to take this easy [[path]] of [[conformity]] to an [[established]] and [[Fossil|fossilized]] [[religion]], as defended by the [[Pharisees]] at [[Jerusalem]], rather than to [[suffer]] the difficulties and [[persecutions]] attendant upon the [[mission]] of proclaiming a better way of [[salvation]] to men while you [[realize]] the [[satisfaction]] of [[discovering]] for yourselves the [[beauties]] of the [[realities]] of a living and [[personal]] [[experience]] in the eternal [[truths]] and [[supreme]] grandeurs of [[the kingdom]] of heaven? Are you fearful, soft, and ease-seeking? Are you afraid to [[trust]] your [[future]] in the hands of the [[God]] of [[truth]], whose [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons] you are? Are you distrustful of [[the Father]], whose [[children]] you are? Will you go back to the easy [[path]] of the [[certainty]] and [[intellectual]] settledness of the [[religion]] of [[traditional]] [[authority]], or will you gird yourselves to go forward with me into that [[uncertain]] and troublous [[future]] of [[proclaiming]] the new [[truths]] of the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], [[the kingdom]] of heaven in the [[hearts]] of men? "

155:5.13 Pointing out each of the twenty-four and calling them by [[name]], [[Jesus]] said: " And now, which one of you would prefer to take this easy [[path]] of [[conformity]] to an [[established]] and [[Fossil|fossilized]] [[religion]], as defended by the [[Pharisees]] at [[Jerusalem]], rather than to [[suffer]] the difficulties and [[persecutions]] attendant upon the [[mission]] of proclaiming a better way of [[salvation]] to men while you [[realize]] the [[satisfaction]] of [[discovering]] for yourselves the [[beauties]] of the [[realities]] of a living and [[personal]] [[experience]] in the eternal [[truths]] and [[supreme]] grandeurs of [[the kingdom]] of heaven? Are you fearful, soft, and ease-seeking? Are you afraid to [[trust]] your [[future]] in the hands of the [[God]] of [[truth]], whose [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons] you are? Are you distrustful of [[the Father]], whose [[children]] you are? Will you go back to the easy [[path]] of the [[certainty]] and [[intellectual]] settledness of the [[religion]] of [[traditional]] [[authority]], or will you gird yourselves to go forward with me into that [[uncertain]] and troublous [[future]] of [[proclaiming]] the new [[truths]] of the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], [[the kingdom]] of heaven in the [[hearts]] of men? "

155:5.14 All twenty-four of his hearers rose to their feet, [[intending]] to [[signify]] their [[united]] and [[loyal]] [[response]] to this, one of the few [[emotional]] [[appeals]] which [[Jesus]] ever made to them, but he raised his hand and stopped them, saying: " Go now apart by yourselves, each man [[alone]] with [[the Father]], and there find the unemotional answer to my question, and having found such a true and [[sincere]] [[attitude]] of [[soul]], speak that answer freely and boldly to my Father and y[[our Father]], whose [[infinite]] life of [[love]] is the very [[spirit]] of the religion we [[proclaim]]. "

155:5.14 All twenty-four of his hearers rose to their feet, [[intending]] to [[signify]] their [[united]] and [[loyal]] [[response]] to this, one of the few [[emotional]] [[appeals]] which [[Jesus]] ever made to them, but he raised his hand and stopped them, saying: " Go now apart by yourselves, each man [[alone]] with [[the Father]], and there find the unemotional answer to my question, and having found such a true and [[sincere]] [[attitude]] of [[soul]], speak that answer freely and boldly to my Father and y[[our Father]], whose [[infinite]] life of [[love]] is the very [[spirit]] of the religion we [[proclaim]]. "

155:5.15 The [[evangelists]] and [[apostles]] went apart by themselves for a short time. Their spirits were uplifted, their [[minds]] were [[inspired]], and their [[emotions]] mightily stirred by what [[Jesus]] had said. But when [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] called them together, [[the Master]] said only: " Let us resume our [[journey]]. We go into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicia] to tarry for a [[season]], and all of you should [[pray]] [[the Father]] to [[transform]] your [[emotions]] of [[mind]] and [[body]] into the higher [[loyalties]] of [[mind]] and the more [[satisfying]] [[experiences]] of the [[spirit]]. "

155:5.15 The [[evangelists]] and [[apostles]] went apart by themselves for a short time. Their spirits were uplifted, their [[minds]] were [[inspired]], and their [[emotions]] mightily stirred by what [[Jesus]] had said. But when [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] called them together, [[the Master]] said only: " Let us resume our [[journey]]. We go into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicia] to tarry for a [[season]], and all of you should [[pray]] [[the Father]] to [[transform]] your [[emotions]] of [[mind]] and [[body]] into the higher [[loyalties]] of [[mind]] and the more [[satisfying]] [[experiences]] of the [[spirit]]. "

155:5.16 As they [[journeyed]] on down the road, the twenty-four were [[silent]], but presently they began to talk one with another, and by three o'clock that afternoon they could not go farther; they came to a halt, and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], going up to [[Jesus]], said: " Master, you have spoken to us the [[words]] of life and [[truth]]. We would hear more; we beseech you to speak to us further concerning these matters. "

155:5.16 As they [[journeyed]] on down the road, the twenty-four were [[silent]], but presently they began to talk one with another, and by three o'clock that afternoon they could not go farther; they came to a halt, and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], going up to [[Jesus]], said: " Master, you have spoken to us the [[words]] of life and [[truth]]. We would hear more; we beseech you to speak to us further concerning these matters. "

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[[Category:Paper 155 - Fleeing Through Northern Galilee]]

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[[Category: Revelation]]

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[[Category: Tradition]]

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