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195:8.6 [[Secularism]] can never bring [[peace]] to [[mankind]]. Nothing can take the place of [[God]] in human [[society]]. But mark you well! do not be quick to [[surrender]] the [[beneficent]] gains of the secular [[revolt]] from [[ecclesiastical]] [[totalitarianism]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_civilization Western civilization] today enjoys many [[liberties]] and [[satisfactions]] as a result of the secular revolt. The great mistake of [[secularism]] was this: In revolting against the almost total [[control]] of life by [[religious]] [[authority]], and after [[attaining]] the liberation from such [[ecclesiastical]] [[tyranny]], the secularists went on to institute a revolt against [[God]] himself, sometimes tacitly and sometimes openly.

195:8.6 [[Secularism]] can never bring [[peace]] to [[mankind]]. Nothing can take the place of [[God]] in human [[society]]. But mark you well! do not be quick to [[surrender]] the [[beneficent]] gains of the secular [[revolt]] from [[ecclesiastical]] [[totalitarianism]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_civilization Western civilization] today enjoys many [[liberties]] and [[satisfactions]] as a result of the secular revolt. The great mistake of [[secularism]] was this: In revolting against the almost total [[control]] of life by [[religious]] [[authority]], and after [[attaining]] the liberation from such [[ecclesiastical]] [[tyranny]], the secularists went on to institute a revolt against [[God]] himself, sometimes tacitly and sometimes openly.

195:8.7 To the secularistic [[revolt]] you owe the amazing [[creativity]] of [[American]] [[Industry|industrialism]] and the unprecedented [[material]] [[progress]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_civilization Western civilization]. And because the secularistic [[revolt]] went too far and lost [[sight]] of [[God]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion], there also followed the unlooked-for [[harvest]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war world wars] and international unsettledness.

195:8.7 To the secularistic [[revolt]] you owe the amazing [[creativity]] of [[American]] [[Industry|industrialism]] and the unprecedented [[material]] [[progress]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_civilization Western civilization]. And because the secularistic [[revolt]] went too far and lost [[sight]] of [[God]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion], there also followed the unlooked-for [[harvest]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war world wars] and international unsettledness.

195:8.8 It is not [[necessary]] to [[sacrifice]] [[faith]] in [[God]] in order to enjoy the [[blessings]] of the [[modern]] secularistic revolt: [[tolerance]], social service, [[democratic]] [[government]], and civil liberties. It was not necessary for the secularists to antagonize [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion] in order to promote [[science]] and to advance [[education]].

195:8.8 It is not [[necessary]] to [[sacrifice]] [[faith]] in [[God]] in order to enjoy the [[blessings]] of the [[modern]] secularistic revolt: [[tolerance]], social service, [[democratic]] [[government]], and civil liberties. It was not necessary for the secularists to antagonize [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion] in order to promote [[science]] and to advance [[education]].

195:8.9 But [[secularism]] is not the sole [[parent]] of all these recent gains in the enlargement of [[living]]. Behind the gains of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] are not only [[science]] and [[secularism]] but also the unrecognized and unacknowledged [[spiritual]] workings of the life and teaching of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

195:8.9 But [[secularism]] is not the sole [[parent]] of all these recent gains in the enlargement of [[living]]. Behind the gains of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] are not only [[science]] and [[secularism]] but also the unrecognized and unacknowledged [[spiritual]] workings of the life and teaching of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

195:8.13 The complete [[secularization]] of [[science]], [[education]], [[industry]], and [[society]] can lead only to disaster. During the first third of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] Urantians killed more [[human being]]s than were killed during the whole of the [[Christian]] dispensation up to that time. And this is only the beginning of the dire [[harvest]] of [[materialism]] and [[secularism]]; still more terrible destruction is yet to come.

195:8.13 The complete [[secularization]] of [[science]], [[education]], [[industry]], and [[society]] can lead only to disaster. During the first third of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] Urantians killed more [[human being]]s than were killed during the whole of the [[Christian]] dispensation up to that time. And this is only the beginning of the dire [[harvest]] of [[materialism]] and [[secularism]]; still more terrible destruction is yet to come.

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