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102:2.6 [[Unity]] is best found in [[human]] [[experience]] through [[philosophy]]. And while the body of philosophic [[thought]] must ever be founded on [[material]] [[facts]], the [[soul]] and [[energy]] of true philosophic [[dynamics]] is [[mortal]] [[spiritual]] [[insight]].

102:2.6 [[Unity]] is best found in [[human]] [[experience]] through [[philosophy]]. And while the body of philosophic [[thought]] must ever be founded on [[material]] [[facts]], the [[soul]] and [[energy]] of true philosophic [[dynamics]] is [[mortal]] [[spiritual]] [[insight]].

102:2.7 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Evolutionary man] does not naturally relish hard [[work]]. To keep [[pace]] in his life [[experience]] with the impelling demands and the compelling urges of a [[growing]] [[religious]] [[experience]] means incessant [[activity]] in [[spiritual]] [[growth]], [[intellectual]] expansion, [[factual]] enlargement, and [[social]] [[service]]. There is no real [[religion]] apart from a highly [[active]] [[personality]]. Therefore do the more [[indolent]] of men often seek to [[escape]] the rigors of truly [[religious]] [[activities]] by a species of ingenious [[self]]-[[deception]] through resorting to a [[retreat]] to the [[false]] [[shelter]] of [[stereotyped]] [[religious]] [[doctrines]] and [[dogmas]]. But true [[religion]] is alive. [[Intellectual]] crystallization of [[religious]] [[concepts]] is the equivalent of [[spiritual]] [[death]]. You cannot [[conceive]] of [[religion]] without [[ideas]], but when [[religion]] once becomes reduced only to an [[idea]], it is no longer [[religion]]; it has become merely a species of human [[philosophy]].

102:2.7 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Evolutionary man] does not naturally relish hard [[work]]. To keep [[pace]] in his life [[experience]] with the impelling demands and the compelling urges of a [[growing]] [[religious]] [[experience]] means incessant [[activity]] in [[spiritual]] [[growth]], [[intellectual]] expansion, [[factual]] enlargement, and [[social]] [[service]]. There is no real [[religion]] apart from a highly [[active]] [[personality]]. Therefore do the more [[indolent]] of men often seek to [[escape]] the rigors of truly [[religious]] [[activities]] by a species of ingenious [[self]]-[[deception]] through resorting to a [[retreat]] to the [[false]] [[shelter]] of [[stereotyped]] [[religious]] [[doctrines]] and [[dogmas]]. But true [[religion]] is alive. [[Intellectual]] crystallization of [[religious]] [[concepts]] is the equivalent of [[spiritual]] [[death]]. You cannot [[conceive]] of [[religion]] without [[ideas]], but when [[religion]] once becomes reduced only to an [[idea]], it is no longer [[religion]]; it has become merely a species of human [[philosophy]].

102:2.8 Again, there are other [[types]] of unstable and poorly [[disciplined]] [[souls]] who would use the [[sentimental]] [[ideas]] of [[religion]] as an avenue of [[escape]] from the irritating demands of living. When certain vacillating and timid [[mortals]] attempt to [[escape]] from the incessant [[pressure]] of [[evolutionary]] life, [[religion]], as they conceive it, seems to present the nearest [[refuge]], the best avenue of [[escape]]. But it is the mission of [[religion]] to [[prepare]] man for [[bravely]], even [[heroically]], facing the [[vicissitudes]] of life. [[Religion]] is evolutionary [[man]]'s [[supreme]] [[endowment]], the one thing which enables him to carry on and "[[endure]] as seeing Him who is [[invisible]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XI] [[Mysticism]], however, is often something of a [[retreat]] from life which is [[embraced]] by those humans who do not relish the more [[robust]] [[activities]] of living a religious life in the open arenas of [[human]] [[society]] and [[commerce]]. True [[religion]] must [[act]]. [[Conduct]] will be the result of [[religion]] when man actually has it, or rather when [[religion]] is permitted truly to [[possess]] the man. Never will [[religion]] be content with mere [[thinking]] or unacting [[feeling]].

102:2.8 Again, there are other [[types]] of unstable and poorly [[disciplined]] [[souls]] who would use the [[sentimental]] [[ideas]] of [[religion]] as an avenue of [[escape]] from the irritating demands of living. When certain vacillating and timid [[mortals]] attempt to [[escape]] from the incessant [[pressure]] of [[evolutionary]] life, [[religion]], as they conceive it, seems to present the nearest [[refuge]], the best avenue of [[escape]]. But it is the mission of [[religion]] to [[prepare]] man for [[bravely]], even [[heroically]], facing the [[vicissitudes]] of life. [[Religion]] is evolutionary [[man]]'s [[supreme]] [[endowment]], the one thing which enables him to carry on and "[[endure]] as seeing Him who is [[invisible]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XI] [[Mysticism]], however, is often something of a [[retreat]] from life which is [[embraced]] by those humans who do not relish the more [[robust]] [[activities]] of living a religious life in the open arenas of [[human]] [[society]] and [[commerce]]. True [[religion]] must [[act]]. [[Conduct]] will be the result of [[religion]] when man actually has it, or rather when [[religion]] is permitted truly to [[possess]] the man. Never will [[religion]] be content with mere [[thinking]] or unacting [[feeling]].

102:2.9 We are not blind to the fact that [[religion]] often acts unwisely, even irreligiously, but it [[acts]]. Aberrations of [[religious]] [[conviction]] have led to bloody [[persecutions]], but always and ever [[religion]] does something; it is [[dynamic]]!

102:2.9 We are not blind to the fact that [[religion]] often acts unwisely, even irreligiously, but it [[acts]]. Aberrations of [[religious]] [[conviction]] have led to bloody [[persecutions]], but always and ever [[religion]] does something; it is [[dynamic]]!

102:3.13 In [[science]], the [[idea]] precedes the [[expression]] of its [[realization]]; in [[religion]], the [[experience]] of [[realization]] precedes the [[expression]] of the [[idea]]. There is a vast [[difference]] between the [[evolutionary]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Will_to_Believe will-to-believe] and the product of [[enlightened]] [[reason]], [[religious]] [[insight]], and [[revelation]]—the will that believes.

102:3.13 In [[science]], the [[idea]] precedes the [[expression]] of its [[realization]]; in [[religion]], the [[experience]] of [[realization]] precedes the [[expression]] of the [[idea]]. There is a vast [[difference]] between the [[evolutionary]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Will_to_Believe will-to-believe] and the product of [[enlightened]] [[reason]], [[religious]] [[insight]], and [[revelation]]—the will that believes.

102:3.14 In [[evolution]], [[religion]] often leads to man's creating his [[concepts]] of [[God]]; [[revelation]] exhibits the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phenomenon_of_Man phenomenon of God's evolving man] himself, while in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus earth life of Christ Michael] we behold the [[phenomenon]] of [[God]]'s revealing himself to man. [[Evolution]] tends to make [[God]] manlike; [[revelation]] tends to make man Godlike.

102:3.14 In [[evolution]], [[religion]] often leads to man's creating his [[concepts]] of [[God]]; [[revelation]] exhibits the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phenomenon_of_Man phenomenon of God's evolving man] himself, while in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus earth life of Christ Michael] we behold the [[phenomenon]] of [[God]]'s revealing himself to man. [[Evolution]] tends to make [[God]] manlike; [[revelation]] tends to make man Godlike.

102:3.15 [[Science]] is only [[satisfied]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause first causes], [[religion]] with [[supreme]] [[personality]], and [[philosophy]] with [[unity]]. [[Revelation]] affirms that these [[three]] are [[one]], and that all are [[good]]. The [[eternal]] real is the [[good]] of the [[universe]] and not the [[time]] [[illusions]] of [[space]] [[evil]]. In the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of all [[personalities]], always is it true that the real is the [[good]] and the good is the real.

102:3.15 [[Science]] is only [[satisfied]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause first causes], [[religion]] with [[supreme]] [[personality]], and [[philosophy]] with [[unity]]. [[Revelation]] affirms that these [[three]] are [[one]], and that all are [[good]]. The [[eternal]] real is the [[good]] of the [[universe]] and not the [[time]] [[illusions]] of [[space]] [[evil]]. In the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of all [[personalities]], always is it true that the real is the [[good]] and the good is the real.

==102:4. THE FACT OF EXPERIENCE==

==102:4. THE FACT OF EXPERIENCE==

102:4.1 Because of the [[presence]] in your [[minds]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]], it is no more of a [[mystery]] for you to know the [[mind]] of [[God]] than for you to be sure of the [[consciousness]] of [[knowing]] any other [[mind]], [[human]] or [[superhuman]]. [[Religion]] and [[social]] [[consciousness]] have this in common: They are predicated on the [[consciousness]] of [[other]]-mindness. The [[technique]] whereby you can [[accept]] another's [[idea]] as yours is the same whereby you may "let the mind which was in Christ be also in you."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians.2C_II]

102:4.1 Because of the [[presence]] in your [[minds]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]], it is no more of a [[mystery]] for you to know the [[mind]] of [[God]] than for you to be sure of the [[consciousness]] of [[knowing]] any other [[mind]], [[human]] or [[superhuman]]. [[Religion]] and [[social]] [[consciousness]] have this in common: They are predicated on the [[consciousness]] of [[other]]-mindness. The [[technique]] whereby you can [[accept]] another's [[idea]] as yours is the same whereby you may "let the mind which was in Christ be also in you."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians.2C_II]

102:4.2 What is [[human]] [[experience]]? It is [[simply]] any interplay between an [[active]] and [[Inquiry|questioning]] [[self]] and any other [[active]] and [[external]] [[reality]]. The mass of [[experience]] is determined by depth of [[concept]] plus [[totality]] of [[recognition]] of the [[reality]] of the external. The [[motion]] of [[experience]] [[equals]] the [[force]] of [[expectant]] [[imagination]] plus the keenness of the [[sensory]] [[discovery]] of the external [[qualities]] of [[contacted]] [[reality]]. The [[fact]] of [[experience]] is found in [[self-consciousness]] plus [[other]]-[[existences]]—other-thingness, other-mindness, and other-spiritness.

102:4.2 What is [[human]] [[experience]]? It is [[simply]] any interplay between an [[active]] and [[Inquiry|questioning]] [[self]] and any other [[active]] and [[external]] [[reality]]. The mass of [[experience]] is determined by depth of [[concept]] plus [[totality]] of [[recognition]] of the [[reality]] of the external. The [[motion]] of [[experience]] [[equals]] the [[force]] of [[expectant]] [[imagination]] plus the keenness of the [[sensory]] [[discovery]] of the external [[qualities]] of [[contacted]] [[reality]]. The [[fact]] of [[experience]] is found in [[self-consciousness]] plus [[other]]-[[existences]]—other-thingness, other-mindness, and other-spiritness.

102:4.3 Man very early becomes [[conscious]] that he is not alone in the world or the [[universe]]. There [[develops]] a natural [[spontaneous]] [[self-consciousness]] of [[other]]-mindness in the [[environment]] of [[selfhood]]. [[Faith]] [[translates]] this [[natural]] [[experience]] into [[religion]], the [[recognition]] of [[God]] as the [[reality]]—[[source]], [[nature]], and [[destiny]]—of other-mindness. But such a [[knowledge]] of [[God]] is ever and always a [[reality]] of [[personal]] [[experience]]. If [[God]] were not a [[personality]], he could not become a living part of the real [[religious]] [[experience]] of a [[human]] [[personality]].

102:4.3 Man very early becomes [[conscious]] that he is not alone in the world or the [[universe]]. There [[develops]] a natural [[spontaneous]] [[self-consciousness]] of [[other]]-mindness in the [[environment]] of [[selfhood]]. [[Faith]] [[translates]] this [[natural]] [[experience]] into [[religion]], the [[recognition]] of [[God]] as the [[reality]]—[[source]], [[nature]], and [[destiny]]—of other-mindness. But such a [[knowledge]] of [[God]] is ever and always a [[reality]] of [[personal]] [[experience]]. If [[God]] were not a [[personality]], he could not become a living part of the real [[religious]] [[experience]] of a [[human]] [[personality]].

102:4.4 The element of [[error]] present in human [[religious]] [[experience]] is directly [[proportional]] to the [[content]] of [[materialism]] which contaminates the [[spiritual]] [[concept]] of the [[Universal Father]]. Man's prespirit [[progression]] in the [[universe]] consists in the [[experience]] of divesting himself of these erroneous [[ideas]] of the [[nature]] of [[God]] and of the [[reality]] of [[pure]] and true [[spirit]]. [[Deity]] is more than spirit, but the [[spiritual]] approach is the only one possible to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending man].

102:4.4 The element of [[error]] present in human [[religious]] [[experience]] is directly [[proportional]] to the [[content]] of [[materialism]] which contaminates the [[spiritual]] [[concept]] of the [[Universal Father]]. Man's prespirit [[progression]] in the [[universe]] consists in the [[experience]] of divesting himself of these erroneous [[ideas]] of the [[nature]] of [[God]] and of the [[reality]] of [[pure]] and true [[spirit]]. [[Deity]] is more than spirit, but the [[spiritual]] approach is the only one possible to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending man].

102:4.5 [[Prayer]] is indeed a part of [[religious]] [[experience]], but it has been wrongly emphasized by [[modern]] [[religions]], much to the neglect of the more [[essential]] [[communion]] of [[worship]]. The [[reflective]] powers of the [[mind]] are deepened and broadened by [[worship]]. [[Prayer]] may enrich the life, but [[worship]] [[illuminates]] [[destiny]].

102:4.5 [[Prayer]] is indeed a part of [[religious]] [[experience]], but it has been wrongly emphasized by [[modern]] [[religions]], much to the neglect of the more [[essential]] [[communion]] of [[worship]]. The [[reflective]] powers of the [[mind]] are deepened and broadened by [[worship]]. [[Prayer]] may enrich the life, but [[worship]] [[illuminates]] [[destiny]].

102:4.6 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION Revealed religion] is the [[unifying]] element of [[human]] [[existence]]. [[Revelation]] unifies [[history]], [[co-ordinates]] [[geology]], [[astronomy]], [[physics]], [[chemistry]], [[biology]], [[sociology]], and [[psychology]]. [[Spiritual]] [[experience]] is the real [[soul]] of man's [[cosmos]].

102:4.6 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION Revealed religion] is the [[unifying]] element of [[human]] [[existence]]. [[Revelation]] unifies [[history]], [[co-ordinates]] [[geology]], [[astronomy]], [[physics]], [[chemistry]], [[biology]], [[sociology]], and [[psychology]]. [[Spiritual]] [[experience]] is the real [[soul]] of man's [[cosmos]].

==102:5. THE SUPREMACY OF PURPOSIVE POTENTIAL==

==102:5. THE SUPREMACY OF PURPOSIVE POTENTIAL==

102:5.1 Although the [[establishment]] of the [[fact]] of [[belief]] is not [[equivalent]] to establishing the [[fact]] of that which is [[believed]], nevertheless, the [[evolutionary]] [[progression]] of [[simple]] life to the [[status]] of [[personality]] does [[demonstrate]] the [[fact]] of the [[existence]] of the [[potential]] of [[personality]] to start with. And in the [[time]] [[universes]], [[potential]] is always [[supreme]] over the [[actual]]. In the [[evolving]] [[cosmos]] the [[potential]] is what is to be, and what is to be is the [[unfolding]] of the [[purposive]] [[mandates]] of [[Deity]].

102:5.1 Although the [[establishment]] of the [[fact]] of [[belief]] is not [[equivalent]] to establishing the [[fact]] of that which is [[believed]], nevertheless, the [[evolutionary]] [[progression]] of [[simple]] life to the [[status]] of [[personality]] does [[demonstrate]] the [[fact]] of the [[existence]] of the [[potential]] of [[personality]] to start with. And in the [[time]] [[universes]], [[potential]] is always [[supreme]] over the [[actual]]. In the [[evolving]] [[cosmos]] the [[potential]] is what is to be, and what is to be is the [[unfolding]] of the [[purposive]] [[mandates]] of [[Deity]].

102:5.2 This same [[purposive]] [[supremacy]] is shown in the [[evolution]] of [[mind]] ideation when [[primitive]] [[animal]] [[fear]] is [[transmuted]] into the constantly deepening [[reverence]] for [[God]] and into increasing [[awe]] of the [[universe]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 Primitive man] had more [[religious]] [[fear]] than [[faith]], and the [[Dominance|supremacy]] of [[spirit]] [[potentials]] over [[mind]] [[actuals]] is [[demonstrated]] when this craven [[fear]] is [[translated]] into living [[faith]] in [[spiritual]] [[realities]].

102:5.2 This same [[purposive]] [[supremacy]] is shown in the [[evolution]] of [[mind]] ideation when [[primitive]] [[animal]] [[fear]] is [[transmuted]] into the constantly deepening [[reverence]] for [[God]] and into increasing [[awe]] of the [[universe]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 Primitive man] had more [[religious]] [[fear]] than [[faith]], and the [[Dominance|supremacy]] of [[spirit]] [[potentials]] over [[mind]] [[actuals]] is [[demonstrated]] when this craven [[fear]] is [[translated]] into living [[faith]] in [[spiritual]] [[realities]].

102:5.3 You can [[psychologize]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION evolutionary religion] but not the [[personal]]-[[experience]] [[religion]] of [[spiritual]] [[origin]]. [[Human]] [[morality]] may [[recognize]] [[values]], but only [[religion]] can [[conserve]], exalt, and [[spiritualize]] such [[values]]. But notwithstanding such [[actions]], [[religion]] is something more than [[emotional]]ized [[morality]]. [[Religion]] is to [[morality]] as [[love]] is to [[duty]], as sonship is to servitude, as [[essence]] is to substance. [[Morality]] discloses an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL almighty Controller], a [[Deity]] to be served; [[religion]] discloses an all-loving [[Father]], a [[God]] to be [[worshiped]] and [[loved]]. And again this is because the [[spiritual]] [[potentiality]] of [[religion]] is [[dominant]] over the [[duty]] [[actuality]] of the [[morality]] of [[evolution]].

102:5.3 You can [[psychologize]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION evolutionary religion] but not the [[personal]]-[[experience]] [[religion]] of [[spiritual]] [[origin]]. [[Human]] [[morality]] may [[recognize]] [[values]], but only [[religion]] can [[conserve]], exalt, and [[spiritualize]] such [[values]]. But notwithstanding such [[actions]], [[religion]] is something more than [[emotional]]ized [[morality]]. [[Religion]] is to [[morality]] as [[love]] is to [[duty]], as sonship is to servitude, as [[essence]] is to substance. [[Morality]] discloses an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL almighty Controller], a [[Deity]] to be served; [[religion]] discloses an all-loving [[Father]], a [[God]] to be [[worshiped]] and [[loved]]. And again this is because the [[spiritual]] [[potentiality]] of [[religion]] is [[dominant]] over the [[duty]] [[actuality]] of the [[morality]] of [[evolution]].

==102:6. THE CERTAINTY OF RELIGIOUS FAITH==

==102:6. THE CERTAINTY OF RELIGIOUS FAITH==

102:6.1 The [[philosophic]] elimination of [[religious]] [[fear]] and the steady [[progress]] of [[science]] add greatly to the [[mortality]] of [[false]] [[gods]]; and even though these casualties of man-made [[deities]] may momentarily be[[fog]] the [[spiritual]] [[vision]], they [[eventually]] destroy that [[ignorance]] and [[superstition]] which so long obscured the living [[God]] of [[eternal]] [[love]]. The [[relation]] between the [[creature]] and the [[Creator]] is a living [[experience]], a [[dynamic]] [[religious]] [[faith]], which is not subject to precise [[definition]]. To [[isolate]] [[part]] of life and call it [[religion]] is to disintegrate life and to [[distort]] [[religion]]. And this is just why the [[God]] of [[worship]] claims all [[allegiance]] or none.

102:6.1 The [[philosophic]] elimination of [[religious]] [[fear]] and the steady [[progress]] of [[science]] add greatly to the [[mortality]] of [[false]] [[gods]]; and even though these casualties of man-made [[deities]] may momentarily be[[fog]] the [[spiritual]] [[vision]], they [[eventually]] destroy that [[ignorance]] and [[superstition]] which so long obscured the living [[God]] of [[eternal]] [[love]]. The [[relation]] between the [[creature]] and the [[Creator]] is a living [[experience]], a [[dynamic]] [[religious]] [[faith]], which is not subject to precise [[definition]]. To [[isolate]] [[part]] of life and call it [[religion]] is to disintegrate life and to [[distort]] [[religion]]. And this is just why the [[God]] of [[worship]] claims all [[allegiance]] or none.

102:6.2 The gods of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 primitive men] may have been no more than [[shadows]] of themselves; the living [[God]] is the [[divine]] [[light]] whose interruptions [[constitute]] the [[creation]] [[shadows]] of all [[space]].

102:6.2 The gods of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 primitive men] may have been no more than [[shadows]] of themselves; the living [[God]] is the [[divine]] [[light]] whose interruptions [[constitute]] the [[creation]] [[shadows]] of all [[space]].

102:6.3 The [[religionist]] of [[philosophic]] [[attainment]] has [[faith]] in a [[personal]] [[God]] of personal [[salvation]], something more than a [[reality]], a [[value]], a level of [[achievement]], an exalted [[process]], a [[transmutation]], the [[ultimate]] of [[time-space]], an [[idealization]], the [[personalization]] of [[energy]], the [[entity]] of [[gravity]], a human [[projection]], the idealization of [[self]], [[nature]]'s upthrust, the [[inclination]] to [[goodness]], the forward [[impulse]] of [[evolution]], or a [[sublime]] [[hypothesis]]. The religionist has [[faith]] in a [[God]] of [[love]]. [[Love]] is the [[essence]] of [[religion]] and the wellspring of superior [[civilization]].

102:6.3 The [[religionist]] of [[philosophic]] [[attainment]] has [[faith]] in a [[personal]] [[God]] of personal [[salvation]], something more than a [[reality]], a [[value]], a level of [[achievement]], an exalted [[process]], a [[transmutation]], the [[ultimate]] of [[time-space]], an [[idealization]], the [[personalization]] of [[energy]], the [[entity]] of [[gravity]], a human [[projection]], the idealization of [[self]], [[nature]]'s upthrust, the [[inclination]] to [[goodness]], the forward [[impulse]] of [[evolution]], or a [[sublime]] [[hypothesis]]. The religionist has [[faith]] in a [[God]] of [[love]]. [[Love]] is the [[essence]] of [[religion]] and the wellspring of superior [[civilization]].

102:6.6 Though [[reason]] can always question [[faith]], faith can always [[supplement]] both [[reason]] and [[logic]]. [[Reason]] creates the [[probability]] which [[faith]] can [[transform]] into a [[moral]] [[certainty]], even a [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[God]] is the first [[truth]] and the last [[fact]]; therefore does all [[truth]] take [[origin]] in him, while all [[facts]] exist [[relative]] to him. God is [[absolute]] [[truth]]. As [[truth]] one may [[know]] [[God]], but to [[understand]]—to [[explain]]—[[God]], one must [[explore]] the [[fact]] of the [[universe of universes]]. The vast gulf between the [[experience]] of the [[truth]] of [[God]] and [[ignorance]] as to the [[fact]] of [[God]] can be bridged only by living [[faith]]. [[Reason]] alone cannot [[achieve]] [[harmony]] between [[infinite]] [[truth]] and [[universal]] [[fact]].

102:6.6 Though [[reason]] can always question [[faith]], faith can always [[supplement]] both [[reason]] and [[logic]]. [[Reason]] creates the [[probability]] which [[faith]] can [[transform]] into a [[moral]] [[certainty]], even a [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[God]] is the first [[truth]] and the last [[fact]]; therefore does all [[truth]] take [[origin]] in him, while all [[facts]] exist [[relative]] to him. God is [[absolute]] [[truth]]. As [[truth]] one may [[know]] [[God]], but to [[understand]]—to [[explain]]—[[God]], one must [[explore]] the [[fact]] of the [[universe of universes]]. The vast gulf between the [[experience]] of the [[truth]] of [[God]] and [[ignorance]] as to the [[fact]] of [[God]] can be bridged only by living [[faith]]. [[Reason]] alone cannot [[achieve]] [[harmony]] between [[infinite]] [[truth]] and [[universal]] [[fact]].

102:6.7 [[Belief]] may not be able to [[resist]] [[doubt]] and withstand [[fear]], but [[faith]] is always triumphant over doubting, for [[faith]] is both positive and living. The [[positive]] always has the [[advantage]] over the [[negative]], [[truth]] over [[error]], [[experience]] over [[theory]], [[spiritual]] [[realities]] over the [[isolated]] [[facts]] of [[time and space]]. The convincing [[evidence]] of this [[spiritual]] [[certainty]] consists in the [[social]] [[Fruits of the Spirit.|fruits of the spirit]] which such believers, faithers, yield as a result of this [[genuine]] [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. Said Jesus: "If you love your fellows as I have loved you, then shall all men know that you are my [[disciples]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_15]

102:6.7 [[Belief]] may not be able to [[resist]] [[doubt]] and withstand [[fear]], but [[faith]] is always triumphant over doubting, for [[faith]] is both positive and living. The [[positive]] always has the [[advantage]] over the [[negative]], [[truth]] over [[error]], [[experience]] over [[theory]], [[spiritual]] [[realities]] over the [[isolated]] [[facts]] of [[time and space]]. The convincing [[evidence]] of this [[spiritual]] [[certainty]] consists in the [[social]] [[Fruits of the Spirit.|fruits of the spirit]] which such believers, faithers, yield as a result of this [[genuine]] [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. Said Jesus: "If you love your fellows as I have loved you, then shall all men know that you are my [[disciples]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_15]

102:6.8 To [[science]] [[God]] is a possibility, to [[psychology]] a desirability, to [[philosophy]] a [[probability]], to [[religion]] a [[certainty]], an [[actuality]] of [[religious]] [[experience]]. [[Reason]] demands that a [[philosophy]] which cannot find the [[God]] of [[probability]] should be very respectful of that [[religious]] [[faith]] which can and does find the [[God]] of [[certitude]]. Neither should [[science]] discount [[religious]] [[experience]] on grounds of credulity, not so long as it [[persists]] in the [[assumption]] that man's [[intellectual]] and [[philosophic]] [[endowments]] emerged from increasingly lesser [[intelligences]] the further back they go, finally taking [[origin]] in [[primitive]] life which was utterly devoid of all [[thinking]] and [[feeling]].

102:6.8 To [[science]] [[God]] is a possibility, to [[psychology]] a desirability, to [[philosophy]] a [[probability]], to [[religion]] a [[certainty]], an [[actuality]] of [[religious]] [[experience]]. [[Reason]] demands that a [[philosophy]] which cannot find the [[God]] of [[probability]] should be very respectful of that [[religious]] [[faith]] which can and does find the [[God]] of [[certitude]]. Neither should [[science]] discount [[religious]] [[experience]] on grounds of credulity, not so long as it [[persists]] in the [[assumption]] that man's [[intellectual]] and [[philosophic]] [[endowments]] emerged from increasingly lesser [[intelligences]] the further back they go, finally taking [[origin]] in [[primitive]] life which was utterly devoid of all [[thinking]] and [[feeling]].

102:6.9 The [[facts]] of [[evolution]] must not be arrayed against the [[truth]] of the [[reality]] of the certainty of the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of the religious living of the [[God]]-knowing [[mortal]]. [[Intelligent]] men should cease to [[reason]] like [[children]] and should attempt to use the [[consistent]] [[logic]] of [[Maturity|adulthood]], [[logic]] which [[tolerates]] the [[concept]] of [[truth]] alongside the [[observation]] of [[fact]]. [[Scientific]] [[materialism]] has gone [[bankrupt]] when it [[persists]], in the face of each recurring [[universe]] [[phenomenon]], in refunding its current objections by referring what is admittedly higher back into that which is admittedly lower. [[Consistency]] demands the [[recognition]] of the [[activities]] of a [[purposive]] [[Creator]].

102:6.9 The [[facts]] of [[evolution]] must not be arrayed against the [[truth]] of the [[reality]] of the certainty of the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] of the religious living of the [[God]]-knowing [[mortal]]. [[Intelligent]] men should cease to [[reason]] like [[children]] and should attempt to use the [[consistent]] [[logic]] of [[Maturity|adulthood]], [[logic]] which [[tolerates]] the [[concept]] of [[truth]] alongside the [[observation]] of [[fact]]. [[Scientific]] [[materialism]] has gone [[bankrupt]] when it [[persists]], in the face of each recurring [[universe]] [[phenomenon]], in refunding its current objections by referring what is admittedly higher back into that which is admittedly lower. [[Consistency]] demands the [[recognition]] of the [[activities]] of a [[purposive]] [[Creator]].

102:6.10 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#PAPER_65:_THE_OVERCONTROL_OF_EVOLUTION Organic evolution] is a [[fact]]; [[purposive]] or [[progressive]] [[evolution]] is a [[truth]] which makes [[consistent]] the otherwise [[contradictory]] [[phenomena]] of the ever-[[ascending]] achievements of [[evolution]]. The higher any [[scientist]] [[progresses]] in his chosen science, the more will he abandon the [[theories]] of [[materialistic]] [[fact]] in [[favor]] of the [[cosmic]] [[truth]] of the [[dominance]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme Mind]. [[Materialism]] cheapens [[human]] life; the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]] tremendously enhances and [[supernally]] exalts every [[mortal]]. [[Mortal]] [[existence]] must be visualized as consisting in the [[intriguing]] and [[fascinating]] [[experience]] of the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of the meeting of the [[human]] upreach and the [[divine]] and saving downreach.

102:6.10 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#PAPER_65:_THE_OVERCONTROL_OF_EVOLUTION Organic evolution] is a [[fact]]; [[purposive]] or [[progressive]] [[evolution]] is a [[truth]] which makes [[consistent]] the otherwise [[contradictory]] [[phenomena]] of the ever-[[ascending]] achievements of [[evolution]]. The higher any [[scientist]] [[progresses]] in his chosen science, the more will he abandon the [[theories]] of [[materialistic]] [[fact]] in [[favor]] of the [[cosmic]] [[truth]] of the [[dominance]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme Mind]. [[Materialism]] cheapens [[human]] life; the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]] tremendously enhances and [[supernally]] exalts every [[mortal]]. [[Mortal]] [[existence]] must be visualized as consisting in the [[intriguing]] and [[fascinating]] [[experience]] of the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of the meeting of the [[human]] upreach and the [[divine]] and saving downreach.

==102:7. THE CERTITUDE OF THE DIVINE==

==102:7. THE CERTITUDE OF THE DIVINE==

102:8.6 While [[personal]] [[religion]] precedes the [[evolution]] of [[human]] [[morals]], it is regretfully recorded that [[institutional]] [[religion]] has invariably lagged behind the slowly changing [[mores]] of the human races. [[Organized]] [[religion]] has proved to be [[conservatively]] tardy. The [[prophets]] have usually led the people in [[religious]] [[development]]; the [[theologians]] have usually held them back. [[Religion]], being a matter of [[Inner Life|inner]] or [[personal]] [[experience]], can never [[develop]] very far in advance of the [[intellectual]] [[evolution]] of the races.

102:8.6 While [[personal]] [[religion]] precedes the [[evolution]] of [[human]] [[morals]], it is regretfully recorded that [[institutional]] [[religion]] has invariably lagged behind the slowly changing [[mores]] of the human races. [[Organized]] [[religion]] has proved to be [[conservatively]] tardy. The [[prophets]] have usually led the people in [[religious]] [[development]]; the [[theologians]] have usually held them back. [[Religion]], being a matter of [[Inner Life|inner]] or [[personal]] [[experience]], can never [[develop]] very far in advance of the [[intellectual]] [[evolution]] of the races.

102:8.7 But [[religion]] is never enhanced by an [[appeal]] to the so-called [[miraculous]]. The [[quest]] for [[miracles]] is a harking back to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_88#PAPER_88:_FETISHES.2C_CHARMS.2C_AND_MAGIC primitive religions of magic]. True religion has nothing to do with alleged [[miracles]], and never does [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] point to [[miracles]] as [[proof]] of [[authority]]. [[Religion]] is ever and always rooted and grounded in [[personal]] [[experience]]. And your highest [[religion]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus life of Jesus], was just such a [[personal]] [[experience]]: man, [[mortal]] man, seeking [[God]] and finding him to the fullness during one short life in the [[flesh]], while in the same [[human]] [[experience]] there [[appeared]] [[God]] seeking man and finding him to the full [[satisfaction]] of the [[perfect]] [[soul]] of [[infinite]] [[supremacy]]. And that is [[religion]], even the highest yet [[revealed]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]—the [[earth]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus life of Jesus of Nazareth].

102:8.7 But [[religion]] is never enhanced by an [[appeal]] to the so-called [[miraculous]]. The [[quest]] for [[miracles]] is a harking back to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_88#PAPER_88:_FETISHES.2C_CHARMS.2C_AND_MAGIC primitive religions of magic]. True religion has nothing to do with alleged [[miracles]], and never does [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] point to [[miracles]] as [[proof]] of [[authority]]. [[Religion]] is ever and always rooted and grounded in [[personal]] [[experience]]. And your highest [[religion]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus life of Jesus], was just such a [[personal]] [[experience]]: man, [[mortal]] man, seeking [[God]] and finding him to the fullness during one short life in the [[flesh]], while in the same [[human]] [[experience]] there [[appeared]] [[God]] seeking man and finding him to the full [[satisfaction]] of the [[perfect]] [[soul]] of [[infinite]] [[supremacy]]. And that is [[religion]], even the highest yet [[revealed]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]—the [[earth]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus life of Jesus of Nazareth].

102:8.8 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

102:8.8 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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