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101:0.2 [[Religion]] is the [[ancestor]] of the advanced [[ethics]] and [[morals]] of [[progressive]] [[social]] [[evolution]]. But [[religion]], as such, is not merely a [[moral]] [[movement]], albeit the outward and [[social]] [[manifestations]] of religion are mightily [[influenced]] by the [[ethical]] and [[moral]] [[momentum]] of [[human]] [[society]]. Always is [[religion]] the [[inspiration]] of man's evolving [[nature]], but it is not the [[secret]] of that [[evolution]].

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101:0.3 [[Religion]], the [[conviction]]-[[faith]] of the [[personality]], can always triumph over the [[superficially]] contradictory [[logic]] of [[despair]] born in the unbelieving [[material]] [[mind]]. There really is a true and genuine [[Thought Adjuster|inner voice]], that "true light which lights every man who comes into the world."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_1] And this [[spirit]] [[leading]] is distinct from the [[ethical]] prompting of [[human]] [[conscience]]. The [[feeling]] of religious [[assurance]] is more than an [[emotional]] feeling. The [[assurance]] of [[religion]] [[transcends]] the [[reason]] of the [[mind]], even the [[logic]] of [[philosophy]]. [[Religion]] is [[faith]], [[trust]], and [[assurance]].

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101:0.3 [[Religion]], the [[conviction]]-[[faith]] of the [[personality]], can always triumph over the [[superficially]] contradictory [[logic]] of [[despair]] born in the unbelieving [[material]] [[mind]]. There really is a true and genuine [[Thought Adjuster|inner voice]], that "true light which lights every man who comes into the world."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_1] And this [[spirit]] [[leading]] is distinct from the [[ethical]] prompting of [[human]] [[conscience]]. The [[feeling]] of religious [[assurance]] is more than an [[emotional]] feeling. The [[assurance]] of [[religion]] [[transcends]] the [[reason]] of the [[mind]], even the [[logic]] of [[philosophy]]. [[Religion]] is [[faith]], [[trust]], and [[assurance]].

==101:1. TRUE RELIGION==

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101:1.1 True [[religion]] is not a [[system]] of [[philosophic]] [[belief]] which can be [[reasoned]] out and substantiated by [[natural]] [[proofs]], neither is it a [[fantastic]] and [[mystic]] [[experience]] of indescribable [[feelings]] of [[ecstasy]] which can be enjoyed only by the [[romantic]] devotees of [[mysticism]]. [[Religion]] is not the [[product]] of [[reason]], but viewed from within, it is altogether reasonable. [[Religion]] is not derived from the [[logic]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]], but as a [[mortal]] [[experience]] it is altogether [[logical]]. [[Religion]] is the experiencing of [[divinity]] in the [[consciousness]] of a [[moral]] [[being]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS evolutionary origin]; it [[represents]] true [[experience]] with [[eternal]] [[realities]] in [[time]], the [[realization]] of [[spiritual]] [[satisfactions]] while yet in the [[flesh]].

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101:1.1 True [[religion]] is not a [[system]] of [[philosophic]] [[belief]] which can be [[reasoned]] out and substantiated by [[natural]] [[proofs]], neither is it a [[fantastic]] and [[mystic]] [[experience]] of indescribable [[feelings]] of [[ecstasy]] which can be enjoyed only by the [[romantic]] devotees of [[mysticism]]. [[Religion]] is not the [[product]] of [[reason]], but viewed from within, it is altogether reasonable. [[Religion]] is not derived from the [[logic]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]], but as a [[mortal]] [[experience]] it is altogether [[logical]]. [[Religion]] is the experiencing of [[divinity]] in the [[consciousness]] of a [[moral]] [[being]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS evolutionary origin]; it [[represents]] true [[experience]] with [[eternal]] [[realities]] in [[time]], the [[realization]] of [[spiritual]] [[satisfactions]] while yet in the [[flesh]].

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101:1.2 The [[Thought Adjuster]] has no special [[mechanism]] through which to gain [[self]]-[[expression]]; there is no [[mystic]] religious [[faculty]] for the [[reception]] or [[expression]] of religious [[emotions]]. These [[experiences]] are made available through the [[naturally]] [[ordained]] [[mechanism]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind]. And therein lies one [[explanation]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s [[difficulty]] in [[engaging]] in direct [[communication]] with the [[material]] [[mind]] of its constant indwelling.

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101:1.2 The [[Thought Adjuster]] has no special [[mechanism]] through which to gain [[self]]-[[expression]]; there is no [[mystic]] religious [[faculty]] for the [[reception]] or [[expression]] of religious [[emotions]]. These [[experiences]] are made available through the [[naturally]] [[ordained]] [[mechanism]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind]. And therein lies one [[explanation]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s [[difficulty]] in [[engaging]] in direct [[communication]] with the [[material]] [[mind]] of its constant indwelling.

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101:1.3 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] makes [[contact]] with [[mortal]] man, not by [[feelings]] or [[emotions]], but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized [[thinking]]. It is your [[thoughts]], not your [[feelings]], that lead you Godward. The [[divine]] [[nature]] may be [[perceived]] only with the [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind's_eye eyes of the mind]. But the [[mind]] that really [[discerns]] [[God]], hears the indwelling [[Adjuster]], is the [[pure]] mind. "Without [[holiness]] no man may see the Lord."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] All such inner and [[spiritual]] [[communion]] is termed [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Such [[religious]] [[experiences]] result from the impress made upon the [[mind]] of man by the combined operations of the [[Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]] as they [[function]] amid and upon the [[ideas]], [[ideals]], [[insights]], and spirit strivings of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving sons of God].

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101:1.3 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] makes [[contact]] with [[mortal]] man, not by [[feelings]] or [[emotions]], but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized [[thinking]]. It is your [[thoughts]], not your [[feelings]], that lead you Godward. The [[divine]] [[nature]] may be [[perceived]] only with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind's_eye eyes of the mind]. But the [[mind]] that really [[discerns]] [[God]], hears the indwelling [[Adjuster]], is the [[pure]] mind. "Without [[holiness]] no man may see the Lord."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] All such inner and [[spiritual]] [[communion]] is termed [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Such [[religious]] [[experiences]] result from the impress made upon the [[mind]] of man by the combined operations of the [[Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]] as they [[function]] amid and upon the [[ideas]], [[ideals]], [[insights]], and spirit strivings of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving sons of God].

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101:1.4 [[Religion]] lives and prospers, then, not by [[sight]] and [[feeling]], but rather by [[faith]] and [[insight]]. It consists not in the [[discovery]] of new [[facts]] or in the finding of a [[unique]] [[experience]], but rather in the [[discovery]] of new and [[spiritual]] [[meanings]] in [[facts]] already well known to [[mankind]]. The highest [[religious]] [[experience]] is not dependent on prior [[acts]] of [[belief]], [[tradition]], and [[authority]]; neither is [[religion]] the [[offspring]] of [[sublime]] [[feelings]] and purely [[mystical]] [[emotions]]. It is, rather, a [[profoundly]] deep and [[actual]] [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[communion]] with the spirit [[influences]] resident within the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mind-2001-03-08 human mind], and as far as such an [[experience]] is definable in terms of [[psychology]], it is simply the [[experience]] of experiencing the [[reality]] of believing in [[God]] as the [[reality]] of such a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[experience]].

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101:1.4 [[Religion]] lives and prospers, then, not by [[sight]] and [[feeling]], but rather by [[faith]] and [[insight]]. It consists not in the [[discovery]] of new [[facts]] or in the finding of a [[unique]] [[experience]], but rather in the [[discovery]] of new and [[spiritual]] [[meanings]] in [[facts]] already well known to [[mankind]]. The highest [[religious]] [[experience]] is not dependent on prior [[acts]] of [[belief]], [[tradition]], and [[authority]]; neither is [[religion]] the [[offspring]] of [[sublime]] [[feelings]] and purely [[mystical]] [[emotions]]. It is, rather, a [[profoundly]] deep and [[actual]] [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[communion]] with the spirit [[influences]] resident within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mind-2001-03-08 human mind], and as far as such an [[experience]] is definable in terms of [[psychology]], it is simply the [[experience]] of experiencing the [[reality]] of believing in [[God]] as the [[reality]] of such a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[experience]].

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101:1.5 While [[religion]] is not the [[product]] of the [[rationalistic]] [[speculations]] of a [[material cosmology]], it is, nonetheless, the [[creation]] of a wholly [[rational]] [[insight]] which originates in man's [[mind]]-[[experience]]. [[Religion]] is born neither of [[mystic]] [[meditations]] nor of [[isolated]] [[contemplation]]s, albeit it is ever more or less [[mysterious]] and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[reason]] and [[philosophic]] [[logic]]. The [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell germs] of true [[religion]] [[originate]] in the [[domain]] of man's [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and they are [[revealed]] in the [[growth]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]], that [[faculty]] of [[human]] [[personality]] which accrues as a [[consequence]] of the [[presence]] of the [[God]]-revealing [[Thought Adjuster]] in the [[God]]-[[hungry]] [[mortal mind]].

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101:1.5 While [[religion]] is not the [[product]] of the [[rationalistic]] [[speculations]] of a [[material cosmology]], it is, nonetheless, the [[creation]] of a wholly [[rational]] [[insight]] which originates in man's [[mind]]-[[experience]]. [[Religion]] is born neither of [[mystic]] [[meditations]] nor of [[isolated]] [[contemplation]]s, albeit it is ever more or less [[mysterious]] and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[reason]] and [[philosophic]] [[logic]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell germs] of true [[religion]] [[originate]] in the [[domain]] of man's [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and they are [[revealed]] in the [[growth]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]], that [[faculty]] of [[human]] [[personality]] which accrues as a [[consequence]] of the [[presence]] of the [[God]]-revealing [[Thought Adjuster]] in the [[God]]-[[hungry]] [[mortal mind]].

101:1.6 [[Faith]] [[unites]] [[moral]] [[insight]] with conscientious [[discrimination]]s of [[values]], and the pre-existent evolutionary sense of [[duty]] completes the [[ancestry]] of true [[religion]]. The [[experience]] of [[religion]] [[eventually]] results in the certain [[consciousness]] of [[God]] and in the undoubted [[assurance]] of the [[survival]] of the believing [[personality]].

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101:1.7 Thus it may be seen that [[religious]] longings and [[spiritual]] urges are not of such a [[nature]] as would merely lead men to want to [[believe]] in [[God]], but rather are they of such [[nature]] and [[power]] that men are [[profoundly]] impressed with the [[conviction]] that they ''ought'' to [[believe]] in [[God]]. The sense of [[evolutionary]] [[duty]] and the [[obligations]] consequent upon the [[illumination]] of [[revelation]] make such a [[profound]] impression upon man's [[moral]] [[nature]] that he finally reaches that position of [[mind]] and that [[attitude]] of [[soul]] where he concludes that he has no right not to believe in God. The higher and superphilosophic [[wisdom]] of such [[enlightened]] and [[disciplined]] [[individuals]] ultimately instructs them that to [[doubt]] [[God]] or distrust his [[goodness]] would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=More_On_Mind-2003-10-20 human mind] and [[soul]]—the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]].

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101:1.7 Thus it may be seen that [[religious]] longings and [[spiritual]] urges are not of such a [[nature]] as would merely lead men to want to [[believe]] in [[God]], but rather are they of such [[nature]] and [[power]] that men are [[profoundly]] impressed with the [[conviction]] that they ''ought'' to [[believe]] in [[God]]. The sense of [[evolutionary]] [[duty]] and the [[obligations]] consequent upon the [[illumination]] of [[revelation]] make such a [[profound]] impression upon man's [[moral]] [[nature]] that he finally reaches that position of [[mind]] and that [[attitude]] of [[soul]] where he concludes that he has no right not to believe in God. The higher and superphilosophic [[wisdom]] of such [[enlightened]] and [[disciplined]] [[individuals]] ultimately instructs them that to [[doubt]] [[God]] or distrust his [[goodness]] would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=More_On_Mind-2003-10-20 human mind] and [[soul]]—the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]].

==101:2. THE FACT OF RELIGION==

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101:2.2 [[Reason]] is the [[method]] of [[science]]; [[faith]] is the [[method]] of [[religion]]; [[logic]] is the attempted [[technique]] of [[philosophy]]. [[Revelation]] compensates for the [[absence]] of the [[morontia]] [[viewpoint]] by providing a [[technique]] for achieving [[unity]] in the [[comprehension]] of the [[reality]] and [[relationships]] of [[matter]] and [[spirit]] by the mediation of [[mind]]. And true [[revelation]] never renders [[science]] unnatural, [[religion]] unreasonable, or [[philosophy]] illogical.

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101:2.3 [[Reason]], through the [[study]] of [[science]], may lead back through [[nature]] to a [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause], but it requires religious [[faith]] to [[transform]] the First Cause of [[science]] into a [[God]] of [[salvation]]; and [[revelation]] is further required for the validation of such a [[faith]], such [[spiritual]] [[insight]].

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101:2.3 [[Reason]], through the [[study]] of [[science]], may lead back through [[nature]] to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause], but it requires religious [[faith]] to [[transform]] the First Cause of [[science]] into a [[God]] of [[salvation]]; and [[revelation]] is further required for the validation of such a [[faith]], such [[spiritual]] [[insight]].

101:2.4 There are two basic reasons for believing in a [[God]] who fosters [[human]] [[survival]]:

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*2. The [[revelation]] of [[truth]], whether by direct [[personal]] ministry of the [[Spirit of Truth]], by the world [[bestowal]] of [[divine Sons]], or through the [[revelations]] of the [[written]] [[word]].

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101:2.5 [[Science]] ends its [[reason]]-search in the [[hypothesis]] of a [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause]. [[Religion]] does not stop in its flight of [[faith]] until it is sure of a [[God]] of [[salvation]]. The [[discriminating]] [[study]] of [[science]] logically suggests the [[reality]] and [[existence]] of an [[Absolute]]. [[Religion]] believes unreservedly in the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of a [[God]] who fosters [[personality]] [[survival]]. What [[metaphysics]] fails utterly in doing, and what even [[philosophy]] fails partially in doing, [[revelation]] does; that is, affirms that this [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause] of [[science]] and [[religion]]'s God of salvation are one and the same [[Deity]].

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101:2.5 [[Science]] ends its [[reason]]-search in the [[hypothesis]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause]. [[Religion]] does not stop in its flight of [[faith]] until it is sure of a [[God]] of [[salvation]]. The [[discriminating]] [[study]] of [[science]] logically suggests the [[reality]] and [[existence]] of an [[Absolute]]. [[Religion]] believes unreservedly in the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of a [[God]] who fosters [[personality]] [[survival]]. What [[metaphysics]] fails utterly in doing, and what even [[philosophy]] fails partially in doing, [[revelation]] does; that is, affirms that this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause] of [[science]] and [[religion]]'s God of salvation are one and the same [[Deity]].

101:2.6 [[Reason]] is the [[proof]] of [[science]], [[faith]] the [[proof]] of [[religion]], [[logic]] the proof of [[philosophy]], but [[revelation]] is validated only by human [[experience]]. [[Science]] yields [[knowledge]]; [[religion]] yields [[happiness]]; [[philosophy]] yields [[unity]]; [[revelation]] confirms the experiential [[harmony]] of this [[triune]] approach to [[universal]] [[reality]].

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101:2.7 The [[contemplation]] of [[nature]] can only reveal a [[God]] of [[nature]], a God of [[motion]]. [[Nature]] exhibits only [[matter]], [[motion]], and animation—life. [[Matter]] plus [[energy]], under certain conditions, is [[manifested]] in living [[forms]], but while [[natural]] life is thus [[relatively]] continuous as a [[phenomenon]], it is wholly transient as to [[individualities]]. [[Nature]] does not afford ground for [[logical]] [[belief]] in human-[[personality]] [[survival]]. The [[religious]] man who finds [[God]] in [[nature]] has already and first found this same [[personal]] [[God]] in his own [[soul]].

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101:2.8 [[Faith]] reveals [[God]] in the [[soul]]. [[Revelation]], the substitute for [[morontia]] [[insight]] on an [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary world], enables man to see the same [[God]] in [[nature]] that [[faith]] exhibits in his [[soul]]. Thus does [[revelation]] successfully bridge the gulf between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], even between the [[creature]] and the [[Creator]], between man and God.

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101:2.8 [[Faith]] reveals [[God]] in the [[soul]]. [[Revelation]], the substitute for [[morontia]] [[insight]] on an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary world], enables man to see the same [[God]] in [[nature]] that [[faith]] exhibits in his [[soul]]. Thus does [[revelation]] successfully bridge the gulf between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], even between the [[creature]] and the [[Creator]], between man and God.

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101:2.9 The [[contemplation]] of [[nature]] does [[logically]] point in the direction of [[intelligent]] [[guidance]], even living supervision, but it does not in any [[satisfactory]] [[manner]] reveal a [[personal]] [[God]]. On the other hand, [[nature]] discloses nothing which would preclude the [[universe]] from being looked upon as the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19 handiwork] of the [[God]] of [[religion]]. God cannot be found through [[nature]] alone, but man having otherwise found him, the [[study]] of nature becomes wholly [[consistent]] with a higher and more [[spiritual]] [[interpretation]] of the [[universe]].

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101:2.9 The [[contemplation]] of [[nature]] does [[logically]] point in the direction of [[intelligent]] [[guidance]], even living supervision, but it does not in any [[satisfactory]] [[manner]] reveal a [[personal]] [[God]]. On the other hand, [[nature]] discloses nothing which would preclude the [[universe]] from being looked upon as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19 handiwork] of the [[God]] of [[religion]]. God cannot be found through [[nature]] alone, but man having otherwise found him, the [[study]] of nature becomes wholly [[consistent]] with a higher and more [[spiritual]] [[interpretation]] of the [[universe]].

101:2.10 [[Revelation]] as an [[epochal]] [[phenomenon]] is [[periodic]]; as a [[personal]] human [[experience]] it is [[continuous]]. [[Divinity]] [[functions]] in [[mortal]] [[personality]] as the [[Adjuster]] gift of [[the Father]], as the [[Spirit of Truth]] of [[Bestowal Son|the Son]], and as the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]], while these three [[supermortal]] [[endowments]] are unified in [[human]] [[experiential]] [[evolution]] as the [[ministry]] of [[the Supreme]].

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101:2.11 True [[religion]] is an [[insight]] into [[reality]], the [[faith]]-[[child]] of the [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and not a mere [[intellectual]] assent to any body of [[dogmatic]] [[doctrines]]. True [[religion]] consists in the [[experience]] that "the Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] [[Religion]] consists not in [[theologic]] propositions but in [[spiritual]] [[insight]] and the [[sublimity]] of the [[soul]]'s [[trust]].

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101:2.11 True [[religion]] is an [[insight]] into [[reality]], the [[faith]]-[[child]] of the [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and not a mere [[intellectual]] assent to any body of [[dogmatic]] [[doctrines]]. True [[religion]] consists in the [[experience]] that "the Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] [[Religion]] consists not in [[theologic]] propositions but in [[spiritual]] [[insight]] and the [[sublimity]] of the [[soul]]'s [[trust]].

101:2.12 Your deepest [[nature]]—the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]]—[[creates]] within you a [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]], a certain craving for divine [[perfection]]. [[Religion]] is the [[faith]] [[act]] of the [[recognition]] of this inner urge to [[divine]] [[attainment]]; and thus is brought about that [[soul]] [[trust]] and [[assurance]] of which you become [[conscious]] as the way of [[salvation]], the [[technique]] of the [[survival]] of [[personality]] and all those [[values]] which you have come to look upon as being [[true]] and [[good]].

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*10. Contributes to the continued [[survival]] of [[altruism]] in spite of human [[selfishness]], [[social]] [[antagonisms]], [[industrial]] [[greed]]s, and [[political]] maladjustments.

*11. [[Steadfastly]] [[adhere]]s to a [[sublime]] [[belief]] in [[universe]] [[unity]] and [[divine]] [[guidance]] regardless of the [[perplexing]] [[presence]] of [[evil]] and [[sin]].

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*12. Goes right on [[worshiping]] [[God]] in spite of anything and [[everything]]. Dares to [[declare]]," Even though he slay me, yet will I serve him."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.13]

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*12. Goes right on [[worshiping]] [[God]] in spite of anything and [[everything]]. Dares to [[declare]]," Even though he slay me, yet will I serve him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.13]

101:3.5 We know, then, by three [[phenomena]], that man has a [[divine]] [[spirit]] or spirits dwelling within him: first, by [[personal]] [[experience]]—[[religious]] [[faith]]; second, by [[revelation]]—[[personal]] and [[racial]]; and third, by the amazing exhibition of such extraordinary and unnatural [[reactions]] to his [[material]] [[environment]] as are illustrated by the foregoing recital of twelve spiritlike [[performances]] in the [[presence]] of the [[actual]] and trying situations of real [[human]] [[existence]]. And there are still others.

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101:5.2 [[Science]] deals with [[facts]]; [[religion]] is concerned only with [[values]]. Through [[enlightened]] [[philosophy]] the [[mind]] endeavors to unite the [[meanings]] of both [[facts]] and [[values]], thereby arriving at a [[concept]] of complete [[reality]]. [[Remember]] that [[science]] is the [[domain]] of [[knowledge]], [[philosophy]] the realm of [[wisdom]], and [[religion]] the sphere of the [[faith]] [[experience]]. But [[religion]], nonetheless, presents two [[phases]] of [[manifestation]]:

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*1. 101:5.3 [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion]. The [[experience]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP primitive worship], the [[religion]] which is a [[mind]] [[derivative]].

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*1. 101:5.3 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion]. The [[experience]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP primitive worship], the [[religion]] which is a [[mind]] [[derivative]].

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*2. 101:5.4 [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION Revealed religion]. The [[universe]] [[attitude]] which is a [[spirit]] [[derivative]]; the [[assurance]] of, and [[belief]] in, the [[conservation]] of [[eternal]] realities, the [[survival]] of [[personality]], and the eventual [[attainment]] of the [[cosmic]] [[Deity]], whose [[purpose]] has made all this possible. It is a part of the [[plan]] of the [[universe]] that, sooner or later, [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] is [[destined]] to [[receive]] the [[spiritual]] expansion of [[revelation]].

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*2. 101:5.4 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION Revealed religion]. The [[universe]] [[attitude]] which is a [[spirit]] [[derivative]]; the [[assurance]] of, and [[belief]] in, the [[conservation]] of [[eternal]] realities, the [[survival]] of [[personality]], and the eventual [[attainment]] of the [[cosmic]] [[Deity]], whose [[purpose]] has made all this possible. It is a part of the [[plan]] of the [[universe]] that, sooner or later, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] is [[destined]] to [[receive]] the [[spiritual]] expansion of [[revelation]].

101:5.5 Both [[science]] and [[religion]] start out with the [[assumption]] of certain generally [[accepted]] bases for [[logical]] [[deductions]]. So, also, must [[philosophy]] start its [[career]] upon the [[assumption]] of the reality of three things:

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101:5.6 [[Scientists]] assemble [[facts]], [[philosophers]] [[co-ordinate]] [[ideas]], while [[prophets]] exalt [[ideals]]. [[Feeling]] and [[emotion]] are invariable concomitants of [[religion]], but they are not religion. Religion may be the [[feeling]] of [[experience]], but it is hardly the experience of feeling. Neither [[logic]] (rationalization) nor [[emotion]] ([[feeling]]) is [[essentially]] a part of [[religious]] [[experience]], although both may variously be [[associated]] with the [[exercise]] of [[faith]] in the furtherance of [[spiritual]] [[insight]] into [[reality]], all according to the [[status]] and [[temperament]]al [[tendency]] of the [[individual]] [[mind]].

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101:5.7 [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] is the outworking of the [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|local universe mind adjutant]] charged with the [[creation]] and fostering of the [[worship]] trait in [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR evolving man]. Such [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#PAPER_86:_EARLY_EVOLUTION_OF_RELIGION primitive religions] are directly concerned with [[ethics]] and [[morals]], the sense of human [[duty]]. Such [[religions]] are predicated on the [[assurance]] of [[conscience]] and result in the [[stabilization]] of [[relatively]] [[ethical]] [[civilizations]].

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101:5.7 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] is the outworking of the [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|local universe mind adjutant]] charged with the [[creation]] and fostering of the [[worship]] trait in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR evolving man]. Such [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#PAPER_86:_EARLY_EVOLUTION_OF_RELIGION primitive religions] are directly concerned with [[ethics]] and [[morals]], the sense of human [[duty]]. Such [[religions]] are predicated on the [[assurance]] of [[conscience]] and result in the [[stabilization]] of [[relatively]] [[ethical]] [[civilizations]].

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101:5.8 Personally [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS revealed religions] are sponsored by the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:9._CIRCUITS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES bestowal spirits] [[representing]] the three persons of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and are especially concerned with the expansion of [[truth]]. [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] drives [[home]] to the [[individual]] the [[idea]] of [[personal]] [[duty]]; [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] lays increasing emphasis on loving, the [[golden rule]].

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101:5.8 Personally [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS revealed religions] are sponsored by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:9._CIRCUITS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES bestowal spirits] [[representing]] the three persons of the [[Paradise Trinity]] and are especially concerned with the expansion of [[truth]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] drives [[home]] to the [[individual]] the [[idea]] of [[personal]] [[duty]]; [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] lays increasing emphasis on loving, the [[golden rule]].

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101:5.9 [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION Evolved religion] rests wholly on [[faith]]. [[Revelation]] has the additional [[assurance]] of its expanded presentation of the [[truths]] of [[divinity]] and [[reality]] and the still more valuable [[testimony]] of the actual [[experience]] which accumulates in [[consequence]] of the [[practical]] working [[union]] of the [[faith]] of [[evolution]] and the [[truth]] of [[revelation]]. Such a working [[union]] of [[human]] [[faith]] and [[divine]] [[truth]] constitutes the [[possession]] of a [[character]] well on the road to the actual acquirement of a [[morontial]] [[personality]].

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101:5.9 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION Evolved religion] rests wholly on [[faith]]. [[Revelation]] has the additional [[assurance]] of its expanded presentation of the [[truths]] of [[divinity]] and [[reality]] and the still more valuable [[testimony]] of the actual [[experience]] which accumulates in [[consequence]] of the [[practical]] working [[union]] of the [[faith]] of [[evolution]] and the [[truth]] of [[revelation]]. Such a working [[union]] of [[human]] [[faith]] and [[divine]] [[truth]] constitutes the [[possession]] of a [[character]] well on the road to the actual acquirement of a [[morontial]] [[personality]].

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101:5.10 [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] provides only the [[assurance]] of [[faith]] and the [[confirmation]] of [[conscience]]; [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory religion] provides the [[assurance]] of [[faith]] plus the [[truth]] of a living [[experience]] in the realities of [[revelation]]. The third step in [[religion]], or the third [[phase]] of the [[experience]] of [[religion]], has to do with the [[morontia]] [[state]], the firmer grasp of [[mota]]. Increasingly in the [[morontia]] [[progression]] the [[truths]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] are expanded; more and more you will know the [[truth]] of [[supreme]] [[values]], [[divine]] [[goodness]]es, [[universal]] [[relationships]], [[eternal]] [[realities]], and [[ultimate]] [[destinies]].

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101:5.10 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION Evolutionary religion] provides only the [[assurance]] of [[faith]] and the [[confirmation]] of [[conscience]]; [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory religion] provides the [[assurance]] of [[faith]] plus the [[truth]] of a living [[experience]] in the realities of [[revelation]]. The third step in [[religion]], or the third [[phase]] of the [[experience]] of [[religion]], has to do with the [[morontia]] [[state]], the firmer grasp of [[mota]]. Increasingly in the [[morontia]] [[progression]] the [[truths]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] are expanded; more and more you will know the [[truth]] of [[supreme]] [[values]], [[divine]] [[goodness]]es, [[universal]] [[relationships]], [[eternal]] [[realities]], and [[ultimate]] [[destinies]].

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101:5.11 Increasingly throughout the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#PAPER_47:_THE_SEVEN_MANSION_WORLDS morontia progression] the [[assurance]] of [[truth]] replaces the assurance of [[faith]]. When you are finally mustered into the [[actual]] [[spirit]] world, then will the [[assurances]] of [[pure]] spirit [[insight]] operate in the place of [[faith]] and [[truth]] or, rather, in conjunction with, and [[superimposed]] upon, these former [[techniques]] of [[personality]] [[assurance]].

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101:5.11 Increasingly throughout the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#PAPER_47:_THE_SEVEN_MANSION_WORLDS morontia progression] the [[assurance]] of [[truth]] replaces the assurance of [[faith]]. When you are finally mustered into the [[actual]] [[spirit]] world, then will the [[assurances]] of [[pure]] spirit [[insight]] operate in the place of [[faith]] and [[truth]] or, rather, in conjunction with, and [[superimposed]] upon, these former [[techniques]] of [[personality]] [[assurance]].

==101:6. PROGRESSIVE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE==

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101:6.1 The [[morontia]] phase of [[revealed]] [[religion]] has to do with the [[experience]] of [[survival]], and its great urge is the [[attainment]] of [[spirit]] [[perfection]]. There also is present the higher urge of [[worship]], associated with an impelling call to increased [[ethical]] [[service]]. [[Morontia]] [[insight]] entails an ever-expanding [[consciousness]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Appendix_XII:_Expansion_of_God_the_Sevenfold the Sevenfold], [[the Supreme]], and even [[the Ultimate]].

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101:6.1 The [[morontia]] phase of [[revealed]] [[religion]] has to do with the [[experience]] of [[survival]], and its great urge is the [[attainment]] of [[spirit]] [[perfection]]. There also is present the higher urge of [[worship]], associated with an impelling call to increased [[ethical]] [[service]]. [[Morontia]] [[insight]] entails an ever-expanding [[consciousness]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Appendix_XII:_Expansion_of_God_the_Sevenfold the Sevenfold], [[the Supreme]], and even [[the Ultimate]].

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101:6.2 Throughout all [[religious]] [[experience]], from its earliest inception on the [[material]] [[level]] up to the time of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#30:4._THE_ASCENDING_MORTALS attainment of full spirit status], the [[Adjuster]] is the [[secret]] of the [[personal]] [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of the [[existence]] of the [[Supreme]]; and this same [[Adjuster]] also holds the [[secrets]] of your [[faith]] in the [[transcendental]] [[attainment]] of [[the Ultimate]]. The [[experiential]] [[personality]] of evolving man, united to the [[Adjuster]] [[essence]] of the [[existential]] [[God]], constitutes the [[potential]] completion of [[supreme]] [[existence]] and is [[inherently]] the basis for the [[Absonite|superfinite]] [[eventuation]] of [[transcendental]] [[personality]].

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101:6.2 Throughout all [[religious]] [[experience]], from its earliest inception on the [[material]] [[level]] up to the time of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#30:4._THE_ASCENDING_MORTALS attainment of full spirit status], the [[Adjuster]] is the [[secret]] of the [[personal]] [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of the [[existence]] of the [[Supreme]]; and this same [[Adjuster]] also holds the [[secrets]] of your [[faith]] in the [[transcendental]] [[attainment]] of [[the Ultimate]]. The [[experiential]] [[personality]] of evolving man, united to the [[Adjuster]] [[essence]] of the [[existential]] [[God]], constitutes the [[potential]] completion of [[supreme]] [[existence]] and is [[inherently]] the basis for the [[Absonite|superfinite]] [[eventuation]] of [[transcendental]] [[personality]].

101:6.3 [[Moral]] [[Free will|will]] [[embraces]] decisions based on reasoned [[knowledge]], augmented by [[wisdom]], and [[sanctioned]] by religious [[faith]]. Such [[choices]] are [[acts]] of [[moral]] [[nature]] and [[evidence]] the [[existence]] of [[moral]] [[personality]], the forerunner of [[morontia]] personality and [[eventually]] of true [[spirit]] [[status]].

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101:6.4 The [[evolutionary]] type of [[knowledge]] is but the accumulation of [[protoplasmic]] [[memory]] [[material]]; this is the most [[primitive]] form of [[creature]] [[consciousness]]. [[Wisdom]] [[embraces]] the [[ideas]] formulated from [[protoplasmic]] [[memory]] in [[process]] of [[association]] and recombination, and such [[phenomena]] differentiate [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|human mind]] from mere [[animal]] mind. [[Animals]] have [[knowledge]], but only man [[possesses]] [[wisdom]] [[capacity]]. [[Truth]] is made accessible to the [[wisdom]]-[[endowed]] [[individual]] by the [[bestowal]] on such a [[mind]] of the spirits of [[the Father]] and [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD the Sons], the [[Thought Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]].

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101:6.4 The [[evolutionary]] type of [[knowledge]] is but the accumulation of [[protoplasmic]] [[memory]] [[material]]; this is the most [[primitive]] form of [[creature]] [[consciousness]]. [[Wisdom]] [[embraces]] the [[ideas]] formulated from [[protoplasmic]] [[memory]] in [[process]] of [[association]] and recombination, and such [[phenomena]] differentiate [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|human mind]] from mere [[animal]] mind. [[Animals]] have [[knowledge]], but only man [[possesses]] [[wisdom]] [[capacity]]. [[Truth]] is made accessible to the [[wisdom]]-[[endowed]] [[individual]] by the [[bestowal]] on such a [[mind]] of the spirits of [[the Father]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD the Sons], the [[Thought Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]].

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101:6.5 [[Christ]] [[Michael]], when [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowed on Urantia], lived under the reign of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] up to the time of his [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136 baptism]. From that [[moment]] [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_186 up to] and including the [[event]] of his [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 crucifixion] he carried forward his work by the combined [[guidance]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS evolutionary and revealed religion]. From the morning of his [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection] until [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193#193:5._THE_MASTER.27S_ASCENSION his ascension] he traversed the manifold [[phases]] of the [[morontia]] life of [[mortal]] [[transition]] from the world of [[matter]] to that of [[spirit]]. After his [[ascension]] [[Michael]] became master of the [[experience]] of [[Supreme|Supremacy]], the [[realization]] of [[the Supreme]]; and being the one [[person]] in [[Nebadon]] possessed of unlimited [[capacity]] to [[experience]] the [[reality]] of the [[Supreme]], he forthwith [[attained]] to the [[status]] of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY sovereignty of supremacy] in and to his [[local universe]].

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101:6.5 [[Christ]] [[Michael]], when [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowed on Urantia], lived under the reign of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] up to the time of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136 baptism]. From that [[moment]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_186 up to] and including the [[event]] of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 crucifixion] he carried forward his work by the combined [[guidance]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS evolutionary and revealed religion]. From the morning of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection] until [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193#193:5._THE_MASTER.27S_ASCENSION his ascension] he traversed the manifold [[phases]] of the [[morontia]] life of [[mortal]] [[transition]] from the world of [[matter]] to that of [[spirit]]. After his [[ascension]] [[Michael]] became master of the [[experience]] of [[Supreme|Supremacy]], the [[realization]] of [[the Supreme]]; and being the one [[person]] in [[Nebadon]] possessed of unlimited [[capacity]] to [[experience]] the [[reality]] of the [[Supreme]], he forthwith [[attained]] to the [[status]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY sovereignty of supremacy] in and to his [[local universe]].

101:6.6 With [[man]], the [[eventual]] [[fusion]] and resultant oneness with the indwelling [[Adjuster]]—the [[personality]] [[synthesis]] of man and the [[essence]] of [[God]]—constitute him, in [[potential]], a living part of the [[Supreme]] and insure for such a onetime [[mortal]] [[being]] the eternal birthright of the endless pursuit of [[Corps of Finality|finality]] of universe [[service]] for and with [[the Supreme]].

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101:6.7 [[Revelation]] teaches [[mortal]] man that, to start such a [[magnificent]] and [[intriguing]] [[adventure]] through [[space]] by means of the [[progression]] of [[time]], he should begin by the [[organization]] of [[knowledge]] into [[idea]]-[[decisions]]; next, [[mandate]] [[wisdom]] to labor unremittingly at its [[noble]] task of [[transforming]] self-possessed [[ideas]] into increasingly [[practical]] but nonetheless [[supernal]] [[ideals]], even those [[concepts]] which are so reasonable as [[ideas]] and so [[logical]] as ideals that the [[Adjuster]] dares so to combine and spiritize them as to render them available for such [[association]] in the [[finite]] mind as will [[constitute]] them the [[actual]] [[human]] [[complement]] thus made ready for the [[action]] of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_194 Truth Spirit] of the Sons, the [[time-space]] [[manifestations]] of [[Paradise]] [[truth]]—[[universal]] truth. The [[co-ordination]] of [[idea]]-[[decisions]], logical [[ideals]], and divine [[truth]] constitutes the [[possession]] of a [[righteous]] [[character]], the prerequisite for [[mortal]] admission to the ever-expanding and increasingly [[spiritual]] realities of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47 morontia worlds].

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101:6.7 [[Revelation]] teaches [[mortal]] man that, to start such a [[magnificent]] and [[intriguing]] [[adventure]] through [[space]] by means of the [[progression]] of [[time]], he should begin by the [[organization]] of [[knowledge]] into [[idea]]-[[decisions]]; next, [[mandate]] [[wisdom]] to labor unremittingly at its [[noble]] task of [[transforming]] self-possessed [[ideas]] into increasingly [[practical]] but nonetheless [[supernal]] [[ideals]], even those [[concepts]] which are so reasonable as [[ideas]] and so [[logical]] as ideals that the [[Adjuster]] dares so to combine and spiritize them as to render them available for such [[association]] in the [[finite]] mind as will [[constitute]] them the [[actual]] [[human]] [[complement]] thus made ready for the [[action]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_194 Truth Spirit] of the Sons, the [[time-space]] [[manifestations]] of [[Paradise]] [[truth]]—[[universal]] truth. The [[co-ordination]] of [[idea]]-[[decisions]], logical [[ideals]], and divine [[truth]] constitutes the [[possession]] of a [[righteous]] [[character]], the prerequisite for [[mortal]] admission to the ever-expanding and increasingly [[spiritual]] realities of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47 morontia worlds].

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101:6.8 The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings of Jesus] constituted the first [[Urantia]]n [[religion]] which so fully [[embraced]] a harmonious [[co-ordination]] of [[knowledge]], [[wisdom]], [[faith]], [[truth]], and [[love]] as completely and [[simultaneously]] to provide [[temporal]] tranquillity, [[intellectual]] certainty, [[moral]] [[enlightenment]], philosophic [[stability]], [[ethical]] [[sensitivity]], [[God-consciousness]], and the positive [[assurance]] of [[personal]] [[survival]]. The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196 faith of Jesus] pointed the way to finality of [[human]] [[salvation]], to the [[ultimate]] of mortal [[universe]] [[attainment]], since it provided for:

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101:6.8 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings of Jesus] constituted the first [[Urantia]]n [[religion]] which so fully [[embraced]] a harmonious [[co-ordination]] of [[knowledge]], [[wisdom]], [[faith]], [[truth]], and [[love]] as completely and [[simultaneously]] to provide [[temporal]] tranquillity, [[intellectual]] certainty, [[moral]] [[enlightenment]], philosophic [[stability]], [[ethical]] [[sensitivity]], [[God-consciousness]], and the positive [[assurance]] of [[personal]] [[survival]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196 faith of Jesus] pointed the way to finality of [[human]] [[salvation]], to the [[ultimate]] of mortal [[universe]] [[attainment]], since it provided for:

*1. [[Salvation]] from [[material]] fetters in the personal [[realization]] of sonship with [[God]], who is spirit.

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*3. [[Salvation]] from spiritual blindness, the human [[realization]] of the fraternity of [[mortal]] [[beings]] and the [[morontian]] [[awareness]] of the brotherhood of all [[universe]] [[creatures]]; the service-[[discovery]] of spiritual [[reality]] and the ministry-[[revelation]] of the [[goodness]] of spirit [[values]].

*4. [[Salvation]] from incompleteness of [[self]] through the [[attainment]] of the [[spirit]] [[levels]] of the [[universe]] and through the eventual [[realization]] of the [[harmony]] of [[Havona]] and the [[perfection]] of [[Paradise]].

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*5. [[Salvation]] from [[self]], deliverance from the [[limitations]] of [[self-consciousness]] through the [[attainment]] of the [[cosmic]] levels of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme mind] and by [[co-ordination]] with the [[attainments]] of all other [[self-conscious]] [[beings]].

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*5. [[Salvation]] from [[self]], deliverance from the [[limitations]] of [[self-consciousness]] through the [[attainment]] of the [[cosmic]] levels of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme mind] and by [[co-ordination]] with the [[attainments]] of all other [[self-conscious]] [[beings]].

*6. [[Salvation]] from [[time]], the achievement of an [[eternal]] life of unending [[progression]] in [[God]]-[[recognition]] and God-[[service]].

*7. [[Salvation]] from the [[finite]], the perfected oneness with [[Deity]] in and through [[the Supreme]] by which the [[creature]] attempts the [[transcendental]] [[discovery]] of the [[Ultimate]] on the postfinaliter levels of the [[absonite]].

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101:6.9 Such a [[sevenfold]] [[salvation]] is the equivalent of the completeness and [[perfection]] of the [[realization]] of the [[ultimate]] [[experience]] of the [[Universal Father]]. And all this, in [[potential]], is contained within the [[reality]] of the [[faith]] of the human [[experience]] of [[religion]]. And it can be so contained since the [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] was nourished by, and was [[revelatory]] of, even [[realities]] beyond the [[ultimate]]; the faith of [[Jesus]] approached the [[status]] of a [[universe]] [[absolute]] in so far as such is possible of [[manifestation]] in the evolving [[cosmos]] of [[time and space]].

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101:6.10 Through the appropriation of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196 faith of Jesus], [[mortal]] man can foretaste in time the [[realities]] of [[eternity]]. [[Jesus]] made the [[discovery]], in [[human]] [[experience]], of the [[Universal Father|Final Father]], and his brothers in the flesh of mortal life can follow him along this same [[experience]] of Father [[discovery]]. They can even [[attain]], as they are, the same [[satisfaction]] in this [[experience]] with [[the Father]] as did [[Jesus]] as he was. New [[potentials]] were [[actualized]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] consequent upon the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL terminal bestowal of Michael], and one of these was the new [[illumination]] of the path of [[eternity]] that leads to [[the Father]] of all, and which can be traversed even by the mortals of [[material]] [[flesh]] and blood in the initial life on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 planets of space]. [[Jesus]] was and is the new and living way whereby man can come into the [[divine]] inheritance which [[the Father]] has [[decreed]] shall be his for but the asking. In [[Jesus]] there is abundantly [[demonstrated]] both the beginnings and endings of the [[faith]] [[experience]] of [[humanity]], even of [~~http~~://books.google.com/books?id=0kRZ52N8TJsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=divine+humanity&source=bl&ots=fvSq-8YW0e&sig=eMnNa_aRqXh5u60akAjKj_pmuRw&hl=en&ei=4Y-qTKOjA4XGlQfM9LW6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false divine humanity].

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101:6.10 Through the appropriation of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196 faith of Jesus], [[mortal]] man can foretaste in time the [[realities]] of [[eternity]]. [[Jesus]] made the [[discovery]], in [[human]] [[experience]], of the [[Universal Father|Final Father]], and his brothers in the flesh of mortal life can follow him along this same [[experience]] of Father [[discovery]]. They can even [[attain]], as they are, the same [[satisfaction]] in this [[experience]] with [[the Father]] as did [[Jesus]] as he was. New [[potentials]] were [[actualized]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] consequent upon the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL terminal bestowal of Michael], and one of these was the new [[illumination]] of the path of [[eternity]] that leads to [[the Father]] of all, and which can be traversed even by the mortals of [[material]] [[flesh]] and blood in the initial life on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 planets of space]. [[Jesus]] was and is the new and living way whereby man can come into the [[divine]] inheritance which [[the Father]] has [[decreed]] shall be his for but the asking. In [[Jesus]] there is abundantly [[demonstrated]] both the beginnings and endings of the [[faith]] [[experience]] of [[humanity]], even of [https://books.google.com/books?id=0kRZ52N8TJsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=divine+humanity&source=bl&ots=fvSq-8YW0e&sig=eMnNa_aRqXh5u60akAjKj_pmuRw&hl=en&ei=4Y-qTKOjA4XGlQfM9LW6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false divine humanity].

==101:7. A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION==

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101:7.1 An [[idea]] is only a [[theoretical]] [[plan]] for [[action]], while a positive [[decision]] is a validated [[plan]] of [[action]]. A [[stereotype]] is a plan of [[action]] [[accepted]] without [[validation]]. The [[materials]] out of which to build a [~~http~~://books.google.com/books?id=0Rtu8kCpvz4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=personal+knowledge&hl=en&ei=7ZKqTPCwFsO88gaEgO2RCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false personal philosophy of religion] are derived from both the [[Inner Life|inner]] and the [[environmental]] [[experience]] of the [[individual]]. The [[social status]], [[economic]] conditions, [[educational]] [[opportunities]], [[moral]] [[trends]], [[institutional]] [[influences]], [[political]] [[developments]], [[racial]] [[tendencies]], and the religious [[teachings]] of one's [[time]] and place all become [[factors]] in the [[formulation]] of a [~~http~~://www.personal.kent.edu/~jwattles/TBG.htm personal philosophy of religion]. Even the [[inherent]] [[temperament]] and [[intellectual]] bent markedly determine the [[pattern]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]]. [[Vocation]], [[marriage]], and kindred all [[influence]] the [[evolution]] of one's [[personal]] [[standards]] of life.

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101:7.1 An [[idea]] is only a [[theoretical]] [[plan]] for [[action]], while a positive [[decision]] is a validated [[plan]] of [[action]]. A [[stereotype]] is a plan of [[action]] [[accepted]] without [[validation]]. The [[materials]] out of which to build a [https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rtu8kCpvz4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=personal+knowledge&hl=en&ei=7ZKqTPCwFsO88gaEgO2RCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false personal philosophy of religion] are derived from both the [[Inner Life|inner]] and the [[environmental]] [[experience]] of the [[individual]]. The [[social status]], [[economic]] conditions, [[educational]] [[opportunities]], [[moral]] [[trends]], [[institutional]] [[influences]], [[political]] [[developments]], [[racial]] [[tendencies]], and the religious [[teachings]] of one's [[time]] and place all become [[factors]] in the [[formulation]] of a [https://www.personal.kent.edu/~jwattles/TBG.htm personal philosophy of religion]. Even the [[inherent]] [[temperament]] and [[intellectual]] bent markedly determine the [[pattern]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]]. [[Vocation]], [[marriage]], and kindred all [[influence]] the [[evolution]] of one's [[personal]] [[standards]] of life.

101:7.2 A [[philosophy]] of [[religion]] evolves out of a basic [[growth]] of [[ideas]] plus [[experimental]] living as both are [[modified]] by the [[tendency]] to [[imitate]] [[associates]]. The soundness of [[philosophic]] conclusions depends on keen, [[honest]], and [[discriminating]] [[thinking]] in [[connection]] with [[sensitivity]] to [[meanings]] and accuracy of [[evaluation]]. Moral cowards never achieve high [[planes]] of philosophic [[thinking]]; it requires [[courage]] to [[invade]] new levels of [[experience]] and to attempt the [[exploration]] of [[unknown]] realms of [[intellectual]] living.

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101:7.3 Presently new [[systems]] of [[values]] come into [[existence]]; new formulations of principles and [[standards]] are achieved; [[habits]] and [[ideals]] are reshaped; some [[idea]] of a [[personal]] [[God]] is [[attained]], followed by enlarging [[concepts]] of [[relationship]] thereto.

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101:7.4 The great [[difference]] between a [[religious]] and a nonreligious [~~http~~://www.personal.kent.edu/~jwattles/TBG.htm philosophy of living] consists in the [[nature]] and level of recognized [[values]] and in the object of loyalties. There are four phases in the [[evolution]] of religious [[philosophy]]: Such an [[experience]] may become merely [[conformative]], resigned to submission to [[tradition]] and [[authority]]. Or it may be satisfied with slight [[attainments]], just enough to [[stabilize]] the daily living, and therefore becomes early arrested on such an adventitious level. Such [[mortals]] believe in letting well enough alone. A third group [[progress]] to the level of [[logical]] [[intellectuality]] but there stagnate in [[consequence]] of [[cultural]] [[slavery]]. It is indeed pitiful to behold giant [[intellects]] held so securely within the cruel grasp of [[cultural]] [[bondage]]. It is equally pathetic to [[observe]] those who trade their cultural [[bondage]] for the [[materialistic]] fetters of a [[science]], falsely so called. The fourth level of [[philosophy]] attains [[freedom]] from all conventional and [[traditional]] [[handicaps]] and dares to [[think]], [[act]], and live [[honestly]], loyally, fearlessly, and [[truthfully]].

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101:7.4 The great [[difference]] between a [[religious]] and a nonreligious [https://www.personal.kent.edu/~jwattles/TBG.htm philosophy of living] consists in the [[nature]] and level of recognized [[values]] and in the object of loyalties. There are four phases in the [[evolution]] of religious [[philosophy]]: Such an [[experience]] may become merely [[conformative]], resigned to submission to [[tradition]] and [[authority]]. Or it may be satisfied with slight [[attainments]], just enough to [[stabilize]] the daily living, and therefore becomes early arrested on such an adventitious level. Such [[mortals]] believe in letting well enough alone. A third group [[progress]] to the level of [[logical]] [[intellectuality]] but there stagnate in [[consequence]] of [[cultural]] [[slavery]]. It is indeed pitiful to behold giant [[intellects]] held so securely within the cruel grasp of [[cultural]] [[bondage]]. It is equally pathetic to [[observe]] those who trade their cultural [[bondage]] for the [[materialistic]] fetters of a [[science]], falsely so called. The fourth level of [[philosophy]] attains [[freedom]] from all conventional and [[traditional]] [[handicaps]] and dares to [[think]], [[act]], and live [[honestly]], loyally, fearlessly, and [[truthfully]].

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101:7.5 The acid test for any [[religious]] [[philosophy]] consists in whether or not it distinguishes between the [[realities]] of the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds while at the same moment recognizing their [[unification]] in [[intellectual]] striving and in social serving. A sound religious [[philosophy]] does not confound the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22 things of God with the things of Caesar]. Neither does it [[recognize]] the [[aesthetic]] [[cult]] of [[pure]] [[wonder]] as a substitute for [[religion]].

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101:7.5 The acid test for any [[religious]] [[philosophy]] consists in whether or not it distinguishes between the [[realities]] of the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds while at the same moment recognizing their [[unification]] in [[intellectual]] striving and in social serving. A sound religious [[philosophy]] does not confound the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22 things of God with the things of Caesar]. Neither does it [[recognize]] the [[aesthetic]] [[cult]] of [[pure]] [[wonder]] as a substitute for [[religion]].

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101:7.6 [[Philosophy]] [[transforms]] that [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religion] which was largely a [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale fairy tale] of [[conscience]] into a living [[experience]] in the [[ascending]] [[values]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]].

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101:7.6 [[Philosophy]] [[transforms]] that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religion] which was largely a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale fairy tale] of [[conscience]] into a living [[experience]] in the [[ascending]] [[values]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]].

==101:8. FAITH AND BELIEF==

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101:8.1 Belief has attained the level of faith when it motivates life and shapes the mode of living. The acceptance of a teaching as true is not faith; that is mere belief. Neither is certainty nor conviction faith. A state of mind attains to faith levels only when it actually dominates the mode of living. Faith is a living attribute of genuine personal religious experience. One believes truth, admires beauty, and reverences goodness, but does not worship them; such an attitude of saving faith is centered on God alone, who is all of these personified and infinitely more.

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101:8.1 [[Belief]] has [[attained]] the [[level]] of [[faith]] when it [[motivates]] life and shapes the [[mode]] of living. The [[acceptance]] of a teaching as true is not [[faith]]; that is mere [[belief]]. Neither is [[certainty]] nor [[conviction]] [[faith]]. A [[state]] of [[mind]] attains to [https://books.google.com/books?id=Omz8GgAACAAJ&dq=dynamics+of+faith&hl=en&ei=2JeqTPWQFcL98AaI2In4Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA faith levels] only when it actually [[dominates]] the mode of living. [[Faith]] is a living [[attribute]] of genuine [[personal]] religious [[experience]]. One [[believes]] [[truth]], admires [[beauty]], and [[reverences]] [[goodness]], but does not [[worship]] them; such an [[attitude]] of saving [[faith]] is [[centered]] on [[God]] alone, who is all of these [[personified]] and infinitely more.

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101:8.2 Belief is always limiting and binding; faith is expanding and releasing. Belief fixates, faith liberates. But living religious faith is more than the association of noble beliefs; it is more than an exalted system of philosophy; it is a living experience concerned with spiritual meanings, divine ideals, and supreme values; it is God-knowing and man-serving. Beliefs may become group possessions, but faith must be personal. Theologic beliefs can be suggested to a group, but faith can rise up only in the heart of the individual religionist.

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101:8.2 [[Belief]] is always [[limiting]] and binding; [[faith]] is expanding and releasing. [[Belief]] fixates, [[faith]] [[liberates]]. But living religious faith is more than the [[association]] of [[noble]] [[beliefs]]; it is more than an exalted [[system]] of [[philosophy]]; it is a living [[experience]] concerned with [[spiritual]] [[meanings]], [[divine]] [[ideals]], and [[supreme]] [[values]]; it is [[God]]-[[knowing]] and [[man]]-[[serving]]. [[Beliefs]] may become [[group]] [[possessions]], but [[faith]] must be [[personal]]. Theologic [[beliefs]] can be suggested to a [[group]], but [[faith]] can rise up only in the [[heart]] of the [[individual]] religionist.

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101:8.3 Faith has falsified its trust when it presumes to deny realities and to confer upon its devotees assumed knowledge. Faith is a traitor when it fosters betrayal of intellectual integrity and belittles loyalty to supreme values and divine ideals. Faith never shuns the problem-solving duty of mortal living. Living faith does not foster bigotry, persecution, or intolerance.

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101:8.3 [[Faith]] has falsified its [[trust]] when it presumes to deny [[realities]] and to confer upon its devotees [[assumed]] [[knowledge]]. [[Faith]] is a traitor when it fosters [[betrayal]] of [[intellectual]] [[integrity]] and belittles [[loyalty]] to [[supreme]] [[values]] and divine [[ideals]]. [[Faith]] never shuns the [[problem]]-solving [[duty]] of [[mortal]] living. Living [[faith]] does not foster [[bigotry]], [[persecution]], or intolerance.

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101:8.4 Faith does not shackle the creative imagination, neither does it maintain an unreasoning prejudice toward the discoveries of scientific investigation. Faith vitalizes religion and constrains the religionist heroically to live the golden rule. The zeal of faith is according to knowledge, and its strivings are the preludes to sublime peace.

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101:8.4 [[Faith]] does not shackle the [[creative]] [[imagination]], neither does it [[maintain]] an unreasoning [[prejudice]] toward the [[discoveries]] of [[scientific]] [[investigation]]. [[Faith]] [[vitalizes]] [[religion]] and constrains the religionist [[heroically]] to live the [[golden rule]]. The zeal of [[faith]] is according to [[knowledge]], and its strivings are the preludes to [[sublime]] [[peace]].

==101:9. RELIGION AND MORALITY==

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101:9.1 No professed revelation of religion could be regarded as authentic if it failed to recognize the duty demands of ethical obligation which had been created and fostered by preceding evolutionary religion. Revelation unfailingly enlarges the ethical horizon of evolved religion while it simultaneously and unfailingly expands the moral obligations of all prior revelations.

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101:9.1 No professed [[revelation]] of [[religion]] could be regarded as [[authentic]] if it failed to [[recognize]] the [[duty]] demands of [[ethical]] [[obligation]] which had been [[created]] and fostered by preceding [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:1._THE_EVOLUTIONARY_NATURE_OF_RELIGION evolutionary religion]. [[Revelation]] unfailingly enlarges the [[ethical]] [[horizon]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolved religion] while it [[simultaneously]] and unfailingly expands the [[moral]] [[obligations]] of all prior [[revelations]].

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101:9.2 When you presume to sit in critical judgment on the primitive religion of man (or on the religion of primitive man), you should remember to judge such savages and to evaluate their religious experience in accordance with their enlightenment and status of conscience. Do not make the mistake of judging another's religion by your own standards of knowledge and truth.

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101:9.2 When you presume to sit in [[critical]] [[judgment]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religion of man] (or on the [[religion]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS primitive man]), you should remember to [[judge]] such [[savages]] and to [[evaluate]] their religious [[experience]] in accordance with their [[enlightenment]] and [[status]] of [[conscience]]. Do not make the mistake of judging another's [[religion]] by your own [[standards]] of [[knowledge]] and [[truth]].

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101:9.3 True religion is that sublime and profound conviction within the soul which compellingly admonishes man that it would be wrong for him not to believe in those morontial realities which constitute his highest ethical and moral concepts, his highest interpretation of life's greatest values and the universe's deepest realities. And such a religion is simply the experience of yielding intellectual loyalty to the highest dictates of spiritual consciousness.

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101:9.3 True [[religion]] is that [[sublime]] and [[profound]] [[conviction]] within the [[soul]] which compellingly admonishes man that it would be wrong for him not to believe in those [[morontial]] [[realities]] which [[constitute]] his highest [[ethical]] and moral [[concepts]], his highest [[interpretation]] of life's greatest [[values]] and the [[universe]]'s deepest [[realities]]. And such a [[religion]] is simply the [[experience]] of yielding [[intellectual]] [[loyalty]] to the highest dictates of [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]].

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101:9.4 The search for beauty is a part of religion only in so far as it is ethical and to the extent that it enriches the concept of the moral. Art is only religious when it becomes diffused with purpose which has been derived from high spiritual motivation.

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101:9.4 The search for [[beauty]] is a part of [[religion]] only in so far as it is [[ethical]] and to the extent that it enriches the [[concept]] of the [[moral]]. [[Art]] is only [[religious]] when it becomes [[diffused]] with [[purpose]] which has been derived from high [[spiritual]] [[motivation]].

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101:9.5 The enlightened spiritual consciousness of civilized man is not concerned so much with some specific intellectual belief or with any one particular mode of living as with discovering the truth of living, the good and right technique of reacting to the ever-recurring situations of mortal existence. Moral consciousness is just a name applied to the human recognition and awareness of those ethical and emerging morontial values which duty demands that man shall abide by in the day-by-day control and guidance of conduct.

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101:9.5 The [[enlightened]] [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]] of civilized man is not concerned so much with some specific [[intellectual]] [[belief]] or with any one particular [[mode]] of living as with [[discovering]] the [[truth]] of living, the good and right [[technique]] of [[reacting]] to the ever-recurring situations of [[mortal]] [[existence]]. [[Moral]] [[consciousness]] is just a name applied to the human [[recognition]] and [[awareness]] of those [[ethical]] and emerging [[morontial]] values which [[duty]] demands that man shall abide by in the day-by-day [[control]] and [[guidance]] of [[conduct]].

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101:9.6 Though recognizing that religion is imperfect, there are at least two practical manifestations of its nature and function:

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101:9.6 Though recognizing that [[religion]] is imperfect, there are at least two [[practical]] [[manifestations]] of its [[nature]] and [[function]]:

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101:9.7 1. The spiritual urge and philosophic pressure of religion tend to cause man to project his estimation of moral values directly outward into the affairs of his fellows—the ethical reaction of religion.

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101:9.7 1. The [[spiritual]] urge and philosophic [[pressure]] of [[religion]] tend to [[cause]] man to [[project]] his estimation of [[moral]] [[values]] directly outward into the affairs of his fellows—the [[ethical]] [[reaction]] of [[religion]].

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101:9.8 2. Religion creates for the human mind a spiritualized consciousness of divine reality based on, and by faith derived from, antecedent concepts of moral values and co-ordinated with superimposed concepts of spiritual values. Religion thereby becomes a censor of mortal affairs, a form of glorified moral trust and confidence in reality, the enhanced realities of time and the more enduring realities of eternity.

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101:9.8 2. [[Religion]] [[creates]] for the human mind a spiritualized [[consciousness]] of [[divine]] [[reality]] based on, and by [[faith]] derived from, antecedent [[concepts]] of [[moral]] [[values]] and [[co-ordinated]] with [[superimposed]] concepts of [[spiritual]] [[values]]. [[Religion]] thereby becomes a [[censor]] of [[mortal]] affairs, a form of [[glorified]] moral [[trust]] and [[confidence]] in [[reality]], the enhanced realities of [[time]] and the more [[enduring]] realities of [[eternity]].

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101:9.9 Faith becomes the connection between moral consciousness and the spiritual concept of enduring reality. Religion becomes the avenue of man's escape from the material limitations of the temporal and natural world to the supernal realities of the eternal and spiritual world by and through the technique of salvation, the progressive morontia transformation.

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101:9.9 [[Faith]] becomes the [[connection]] between [[moral]] [[consciousness]] and the [[spiritual]] [[concept]] of enduring [[reality]]. [[Religion]] becomes the avenue of man's [[escape]] from the [[material]] [[limitations]] of the [[temporal]] and natural world to the [[supernal]] [[realities]] of the [[eternal]] and [[spiritual]] world by and through the [[technique]] of [[salvation]], the [[progressive]] [[morontia]] [[transformation]].

==101:10. RELIGION AS MAN'S LIBERATOR==

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101:10.1 Intelligent man knows that he is a child of nature, a part of the material universe; he likewise discerns no survival of individual personality in the motions and tensions of the mathematical level of the energy universe. Nor can man ever discern spiritual reality through the examination of physical causes and effects.

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101:10.1 [[Intelligent]] man knows that he is a [[child]] of [[nature]], a part of the [[material]] [[universe]]; he likewise [[discerns]] no [[survival]] of [[individual]] [[personality]] in the [[motions]] and [[tensions]] of the [[mathematical]] level of the [[energy]] [[universe]]. Nor can man ever [[discern]] [[spiritual]] [[reality]] through the [[examination]] of [[physical]] [[causes]] and [[effects]].

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101:10.2 A human being is also aware that he is a part of the ideational cosmos, but though concept may endure beyond a mortal life span, there is nothing inherent in concept which indicates the personal survival of the conceiving personality. Nor will the exhaustion of the possibilities of logic and reason ever reveal to the logician or to the reasoner the eternal truth of the survival of personality.

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101:10.2 A [[human being]] is also [[aware]] that he is a [[part]] of the [[ideational]] [[cosmos]], but though [[concept]] may [[endure]] beyond a [[mortal]] life span, there is nothing [[inherent]] in [[concept]] which indicates the [[personal]] [[survival]] of the conceiving [[personality]]. Nor will the [[exhaustion]] of the [[possibilities]] of [[logic]] and [[reason]] ever [[reveal]] to the logician or to the reasoner the [[eternal]] [[truth]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112 survival of personality].

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101:10.3 The material level of law provides for causality continuity, the unending response of effect to antecedent action; the mind level suggests the perpetuation of ideational continuity, the unceasing flow of conceptual potentiality from pre-existent conceptions. But neither of these levels of the universe discloses to the inquiring mortal an avenue of escape from partiality of status and from the intolerable suspense of being a transient reality in the universe, a temporal personality doomed to be extinguished upon the exhaustion of the limited life energies.

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101:10.3 The [[material]] level of [[law]] provides for [[causality]] [[continuity]], the unending [[response]] of [[effect]] to antecedent [[action]]; the [[mind]] level suggests the perpetuation of ideational [[continuity]], the unceasing [[flow]] of [[conceptual]] [[potentiality]] from pre-existent conceptions. But neither of these [[levels]] of the [[universe]] discloses to the [[inquiring]] [[mortal]] an avenue of [[escape]] from [[partiality]] of [[status]] and from the intolerable [[suspense]] of being a [[transient]] [[reality]] in the [[universe]], a [[temporal]] [[personality]] [[doomed]] to be [[extinguished]] upon the [[exhaustion]] of the limited life [[energies]].

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101:10.4 It is only through the morontial avenue leading to spiritual insight that man can ever break the fetters inherent in his mortal status in the universe. Energy and mind do lead back to Paradise and Deity, but neither the energy endowment nor the mind endowment of man proceeds directly from such Paradise Deity. Only in the spiritual sense is man a child of God. And this is true because it is only in the spiritual sense that man is at present endowed and indwelt by the Paradise Father. Mankind can never discover divinity except through the avenue of religious experience and by the exercise of true faith. The faith acceptance of the truth of God enables man to escape from the circumscribed confines of material limitations and affords him a rational hope of achieving safe conduct from the material realm, whereon is death, to the spiritual realm, wherein is life eternal.

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101:10.4 It is only through the [[morontial]] avenue leading to [[spiritual]] [[insight]] that man can ever break the fetters [[inherent]] in his [[mortal]] [[status]] in the [[universe]]. [[Energy]] and mind do lead back to [[Paradise]] and [[Deity]], but neither the [[energy]] [[endowment]] nor the [[mind]] endowment of man proceeds directly from such [[Paradise]] [[Deity]]. Only in the [[spiritual]] sense is man a [[child]] of [[God]]. And this is true because it is only in the [[spiritual]] sense that man is at present [[endowed]] and indwelt by the [[Paradise Father]]. [[Mankind]] can never discover [[divinity]] except through the avenue of [[religious]] [[experience]] and by the [[exercise]] of true [[faith]]. The [[faith]] [[acceptance]] of the [[truth]] of [[God]] enables man to [[escape]] from the [[circumscribed]] confines of [[material]] [[limitations]] and affords him a [[rational]] [[hope]] of achieving safe [[Journey|conduct]] from the [[material]] realm, whereon is [[death]], to the [[spiritual]] realm, wherein is life [[eternal]].

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101:10.5 The purpose of religion is not to satisfy curiosity about God but rather to afford intellectual constancy and philosophic security, to stabilize and enrich human living by blending the mortal with the divine, the partial with the perfect, man and God. It is through religious experience that man's concepts of ideality are endowed with reality.

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101:10.5 The [[purpose]] of [[religion]] is not to [[satisfy]] [[curiosity]] about [[God]] but rather to afford [[intellectual]] constancy and [[philosophic]] [[security]], to [[stabilize]] and enrich [[human]] living by blending the [[mortal]] with the [[divine]], the [[partial]] with the [[perfect]], man and God. It is through [[religious]] [[experience]] that man's [[concepts]] of ideality are [[endowed]] with [[reality]].

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101:10.6 Never can there be either scientific or logical proofs of divinity. Reason alone can never validate the values and ~~goodnesses~~ of religious experience. But it will always remain true: Whosoever wills to do the will of God shall comprehend the validity of spiritual values. This is the nearest approach that can be made on the mortal level to offering proofs of the reality of religious experience. Such faith affords the only escape from the mechanical clutch of the material world and from the error distortion of the incompleteness of the intellectual world; it is the only discovered solution to the impasse in mortal thinking regarding the continuing survival of the individual personality. It is the only passport to completion of reality and to eternity of life in a universal creation of love, law, unity, and progressive Deity attainment.

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101:10.6 Never can there be either [[scientific]] or [[logical]] [[proofs]] of [[divinity]]. [[Reason]] alone can never [[validate]] the [[values]] and [[goodness]]es of religious [[experience]]. But it will always remain true: Whosoever wills to [[do the will of God]] shall [[comprehend]] the [[validity]] of [[spiritual]] [[values]]. This is the nearest approach that can be made on the [[mortal]] level to offering [[proofs]] of the [[reality]] of religious [[experience]]. Such [[faith]] affords the only [[escape]] from the [[mechanical]] clutch of the [[material]] world and from the [[error]] [[distortion]] of the incompleteness of the [[intellectual]] world; it is the only discovered solution to the [[impasse]] in [[mortal]] [[thinking]] regarding the continuing [[survival]] of the [[individual]] [[personality]]. It is the only passport to completion of [[reality]] and to [[eternity]] of life in a [[universal]] [[creation]] of [[love]], [[law]], [[unity]], and [[progressive]] [[Deity]] [[attainment]].

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101:10.7 Religion effectually cures man's sense of idealistic isolation or spiritual loneliness; it enfranchises the believer as a son of God, a citizen of a new and meaningful universe. Religion assures man that, in following the gleam of righteousness discernible in his soul, he is thereby identifying himself with the plan of the Infinite and the purpose of the Eternal. Such a liberated soul immediately begins to feel at home in this new universe, his universe.

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101:10.7 [[Religion]] effectually cures man's sense of [[idealistic]] [[isolation]] or spiritual loneliness; it enfranchises the believer as a son of God, a [[citizen]] of a new and meaningful [[universe]]. [[Religion]] [[assures]] man that, in following the gleam of [[righteousness]] [[discernible]] in his [[soul]], he is thereby identifying himself with the [[plan]] of the [[Infinite]] and the [[purpose]] of the [[Eternal]]. Such a liberated [[soul]] [[immediately]] begins to feel at [[home]] in this new universe, his [[universe]].

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101:10.8 When you experience such a transformation of faith, you are no longer a slavish part of the mathematical cosmos but rather a liberated volitional son of the Universal Father. No longer is such a liberated son fighting alone against the inexorable doom of the termination of temporal existence; no longer does he combat all nature, with the odds hopelessly against him; no longer is he staggered by the paralyzing fear that, perchance, he has put his trust in a hopeless phantasm or pinned his faith to a fanciful error.

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101:10.8 When you [[experience]] such a [[transformation]] of [[faith]], you are no longer a [[slavish]] part of the [[mathematical]] [[cosmos]] but rather a liberated [[volitional]] son of the [[Universal Father]]. No longer is such a [[liberated]] son fighting alone against the inexorable [[doom]] of the termination of [[temporal]] [[existence]]; no longer does he combat all [[nature]], with the odds hopelessly against him; no longer is he staggered by the paralyzing [[fear]] that, perchance, he has put his [[trust]] in a hopeless phantasm or pinned his [[faith]] to a fanciful [[error]].

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101:10.9 Now, rather, are the sons of God enlisted together in fighting the battle of reality's triumph over the partial shadows of existence. At last all creatures become conscious of the fact that God and all the divine hosts of a well-nigh limitless universe are on their side in the supernal struggle to attain eternity of life and divinity of status. Such faith-liberated sons have certainly enlisted in the struggles of time on the side of the supreme forces and divine personalities of eternity; even the stars in their courses are now doing battle for them; at last they gaze upon the universe from within, from God's viewpoint, and all is transformed from the uncertainties of material isolation to the sureties of eternal spiritual progression. Even time itself becomes but the shadow of eternity cast by Paradise realities upon the moving panoply of space.

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101:10.9 Now, rather, are the sons of God enlisted [[together]] in fighting the battle of [[reality]]'s triumph over the partial [[shadows]] of [[existence]]. At last all [[creatures]] become [[conscious]] of the [[fact]] that [[God]] and all the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 divine hosts] of a well-nigh limitless [[universe]] are on their side in the [[supernal]] struggle to [[attain]] [[eternity]] of life and [[divinity]] of [[status]]. Such [[faith]]-[[liberated]] sons have certainly enlisted in the [[struggles]] of time on the side of the [[supreme]] forces and [[divine]] [[personalities]] of [[eternity]]; even the [[stars]] in their [[courses]] are now doing battle for them; at last they gaze upon the [[universe]] from within, from [[God]]'s [[viewpoint]], and all is [[transformed]] from the uncertainties of [[material]] [[isolation]] to the sureties of eternal [[spiritual]] [[progression]]. Even [[time]] itself becomes but the [[shadow]] of [[eternity]] cast by [[Paradise]] [[realities]] upon the moving panoply of [[space]].

101:10.10 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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