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92:3.3 [[Primitive]] [[religion]] is nothing more nor less than the [[struggle]] for [[material]] [[existence]] extended to [[embrace]] existence beyond the grave. The [[observances]] of such a creed [[represented]] the extension of the [[self]]-[[maintenance]] struggle into the [[domain]] of an [[imagined]] ghost-spirit world. But when tempted to criticize evolutionary religion, be careful. Remember, that is what happened; it is a historical [[fact]]. And further recall that the [[power]] of any [[idea]] lies, not in its certainty or [[truth]], but rather in the vividness of its [[human]] [[appeal]].

92:3.3 [[Primitive]] [[religion]] is nothing more nor less than the [[struggle]] for [[material]] [[existence]] extended to [[embrace]] existence beyond the grave. The [[observances]] of such a creed [[represented]] the extension of the [[self]]-[[maintenance]] struggle into the [[domain]] of an [[imagined]] ghost-spirit world. But when tempted to criticize evolutionary religion, be careful. Remember, that is what happened; it is a historical [[fact]]. And further recall that the [[power]] of any [[idea]] lies, not in its certainty or [[truth]], but rather in the vividness of its [[human]] [[appeal]].

92:3.4 Evolutionary [[religion]] makes no provision for [[change]] or revision; unlike [[science]], it does not provide for its own [[progressive]] [[correction]]. Evolved religion commands respect because its followers believe it is The Truth; "the faith once delivered to the saints"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Jude] must, in [[theory]], be both final and infallible. The [[cult]] resists [[development]] because real [[progress]] is certain to [[modify]] or destroy the [[cult]] itself; therefore must revision always be forced upon it.

92:3.4 Evolutionary [[religion]] makes no provision for [[change]] or revision; unlike [[science]], it does not provide for its own [[progressive]] [[correction]]. Evolved religion commands respect because its followers believe it is The Truth; "the faith once delivered to the saints"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Jude] must, in [[theory]], be both final and infallible. The [[cult]] resists [[development]] because real [[progress]] is certain to [[modify]] or destroy the [[cult]] itself; therefore must revision always be forced upon it.

92:3.5 Only two [[influences]] can [[modify]] and uplift the [[dogmas]] of [[natural]] [[religion]]: the [[pressure]] of the slowly advancing [[mores]] and the periodic [[illumination]] of [[epochal]] [[revelation]]. And it is not strange that [[progress]] was slow; in [[ancient]] days, to be [[progressive]] or [[inventive]] meant to be killed as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magician_%28paranormal%29 sorcerer]. The [[cult]] advances slowly in [[generation]] [[epochs]] and agelong [[cycles]]. But it does move forward. Evolutionary [[belief]] in [[ghosts]] laid the [[foundation]] for a [[philosophy]] of revealed religion which will [[eventually]] destroy the [[superstition]] of its [[origin]].

92:3.5 Only two [[influences]] can [[modify]] and uplift the [[dogmas]] of [[natural]] [[religion]]: the [[pressure]] of the slowly advancing [[mores]] and the periodic [[illumination]] of [[epochal]] [[revelation]]. And it is not strange that [[progress]] was slow; in [[ancient]] days, to be [[progressive]] or [[inventive]] meant to be killed as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magician_%28paranormal%29 sorcerer]. The [[cult]] advances slowly in [[generation]] [[epochs]] and agelong [[cycles]]. But it does move forward. Evolutionary [[belief]] in [[ghosts]] laid the [[foundation]] for a [[philosophy]] of revealed religion which will [[eventually]] destroy the [[superstition]] of its [[origin]].

92:3.10 And this [[sacred]] [[heritage]] of animal [[ascent]], evolutionary [[religion]], must ever continue to be refined and ennobled by the [[continuous]] censorship of revealed religion and by the fiery furnace of [[genuine]] [[science]].

92:3.10 And this [[sacred]] [[heritage]] of animal [[ascent]], evolutionary [[religion]], must ever continue to be refined and ennobled by the [[continuous]] censorship of revealed religion and by the fiery furnace of [[genuine]] [[science]].

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