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92:2.1 [[Religion]] is the most rigid and unyielding of all [[human]] [[institutions]], but it does tardily [[adjust]] to changing [[society]]. [[Eventually]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] does [[reflect]] the changing [[mores]], which, in turn, may have been affected by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion]. Slowly, surely, but grudgingly, does [[religion]] ([[worship]]) follow in the wake of [[wisdom]]—[[knowledge]] directed by experiential [[reason]] and [[illuminated]] by [[divine]] [[revelation]].

92:2.1 [[Religion]] is the most rigid and unyielding of all [[human]] [[institutions]], but it does tardily [[adjust]] to changing [[society]]. [[Eventually]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] does [[reflect]] the changing [[mores]], which, in turn, may have been affected by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion]. Slowly, surely, but grudgingly, does [[religion]] ([[worship]]) follow in the wake of [[wisdom]]—[[knowledge]] directed by experiential [[reason]] and [[illuminated]] by [[divine]] [[revelation]].

92:2.2 [[Religion]] clings to the [[mores]]; that which was is [[ancient]] and supposedly [[sacred]]. For this reason and no other, stone implements [[persisted]] long into the age of bronze and iron. This [[statement]] is of [[record]]: " And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone, for, if you use your tools in making it, you have polluted it."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.20] Even today, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HInduism Hindus] kindle their [[altar]] fires by using a primitive fire drill. In the [[course]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion], novelty has always been regarded as [[sacrilege]]. The [[sacrament]] must consist, not of new and [[manufactured]] [[food]], but of the most primitive of viands: "The flesh roasted with fire and unleavened bread served with bitter herbs."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.12] All types of social usage and even [[legal]] [[procedures]] cling to the old forms.

92:2.2 [[Religion]] clings to the [[mores]]; that which was is [[ancient]] and supposedly [[sacred]]. For this reason and no other, stone implements [[persisted]] long into the age of bronze and iron. This [[statement]] is of [[record]]: " And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone, for, if you use your tools in making it, you have polluted it."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.20] Even today, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HInduism Hindus] kindle their [[altar]] fires by using a primitive fire drill. In the [[course]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion], novelty has always been regarded as [[sacrilege]]. The [[sacrament]] must consist, not of new and [[manufactured]] [[food]], but of the most primitive of viands: "The flesh roasted with fire and unleavened bread served with bitter herbs."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.12] All types of social usage and even [[legal]] [[procedures]] cling to the old forms.

92:2.3 When [[modern]] man [[wonders]] at the presentation of so much in the [[scriptures]] of [[different]] [[religions]] that may be regarded as [[obscene]], he should pause to [[consider]] that passing [[generations]] have feared to eliminate what their [[ancestors]] deemed to be [[holy]] and [[sacred]]. A great deal that one [[generation]] might look upon as [[obscene]], preceding generations have considered a part of their [[accepted]] [[mores]], even as approved [[religious]] [[rituals]]. A considerable amount of religious [[controversy]] has been occasioned by the never-ending attempts to [[reconcile]] olden but reprehensible [[practices]] with newly advanced [[reason]], to find plausible [[theories]] in justification of creedal perpetuation of [[ancient]] and outworn [[customs]].

92:2.3 When [[modern]] man [[wonders]] at the presentation of so much in the [[scriptures]] of [[different]] [[religions]] that may be regarded as [[obscene]], he should pause to [[consider]] that passing [[generations]] have feared to eliminate what their [[ancestors]] deemed to be [[holy]] and [[sacred]]. A great deal that one [[generation]] might look upon as [[obscene]], preceding generations have considered a part of their [[accepted]] [[mores]], even as approved [[religious]] [[rituals]]. A considerable amount of religious [[controversy]] has been occasioned by the never-ending attempts to [[reconcile]] olden but reprehensible [[practices]] with newly advanced [[reason]], to find plausible [[theories]] in justification of creedal perpetuation of [[ancient]] and outworn [[customs]].