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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.
 
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 personal philosophy of religion 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 [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]].
    
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]].
 
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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