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195:6.1 [[Scientists]] have unintentionally [[precipitated]] [[mankind]] into a [[materialistic]] [[panic]]; they have started an unthinking run on the [[moral]] [[bank]] of the ages, but this bank of [[human]] [[experience]] has vast [[spiritual]] [[resources]]; it can stand the demands being made upon it. Only unthinking men become panicky about the [[spiritual]] [[assets]] of the human race. When the [[materialistic]]-[[secular]] [[panic]] is over, the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] will not be found bankrupt. The spiritual bank of [[the kingdom]] of heaven will be paying out [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[moral]] [[security]] to all who draw upon it " in His name. "
195:6.2 No matter what the [[apparent]] [[conflict]] between [[materialism]] and the teachings of [[Jesus]] may be, you can rest [[assured]] that, in the ages to come, the teachings of [[the Master]] will fully [[triumph]]. In [[reality]], true [[religion]] cannot become involved in any [[controversy]] with [[science]]; it is in no way concerned with [[material]] [[things]]. [[Religion]] is simply indifferent to, but [[sympathetic]] with, [[science]], while it supremely concerns itself with the [[scientist]].
195:6.3 The pursuit of mere [[knowledge]], without the attendant [[interpretation]] of [[wisdom]] and the [[spiritual]] [[insight]] of [[religious]] [[experience]], [[eventually]] leads to [[pessimism]] and human [[despair]]. A little [[knowledge]] is truly disconcerting.
195:6.4 At the time of this [[writing]] the worst of the [[materialistic]] age is over; the day of a better [[understanding]] is already beginning to [[dawn]]. The higher [[minds]] of the [[scientific]] world are no longer wholly [[materialistic]] in their [[philosophy]], but the rank and file of the people still lean in that direction as a result of former teachings. But this age of [[physical]] [[realism]] is only a passing episode in man's life on [[earth]]. [[Modern]] [[science]] has left true [[religion]]—the teachings of [[Jesus]] as [[translated]] in the lives of his [[believers]]—untouched. All [[science]] has done is to destroy the childlike [[illusions]] of the misinterpretations of life.
195:6.5 [[Science]] is a [[quantitative]] [[experience]], [[religion]] a [[qualitative]] experience, as regards man's life on [[earth]]. Science deals with [[phenomena]]; [[religion]], with [[origins]], [[values]], and goals. To assign [[causes]] as an [[explanation]] of [[physical]] [[phenomena]] is to [[confess]] [[ignorance]] of [[ultimates]] and in the end only leads the scientist straight back to the first great [[cause]]—the [[Universal Father]] of [[Paradise]].
195:6.6 The [[violent]] swing from an age of [[miracles]] to an age of [[machines]] has proved altogether upsetting to man. The [[cleverness]] and dexterity of the [[false]] [[philosophies]] of [[mechanism]] belie their very mechanistic contentions. The [[fatalistic]] [[agility]] of the [[mind]] of a [[materialist]] forever disproves his assertions that the [[universe]] is a blind and purposeless [[energy]] [[phenomenon]].
195:6.7 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy) mechanistic naturalism] of some supposedly educated men and the thoughtless [[secularism]] of the man in the street are both exclusively concerned with [[things]]; they are barren of all real [[values]], sanctions, and [[satisfactions]] of a [[spiritual]] [[nature]], as well as being devoid of [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[eternal]] [[assurances]]. One of the great troubles with [[modern]] life is that man [[thinks]] he is too [[busy]] to find time for spiritual [[meditation]] and [[religious]] [[devotion]].
195:6.8 [[Materialism]] reduces man to a soulless [[automaton]] and constitutes him merely an [[arithmetical]] [[symbol]] finding a helpless place in the [[mathematical]] [[formula]] of an unromantic and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_(philosophy) mechanistic universe]. But whence comes all this vast [[universe]] of [[mathematics]] without a Master Mathematician? [[Science]] may expatiate on the [[conservation]] of [[matter]], but [[religion]] validates the conservation of men's [[souls]]—it concerns their [[experience]] with [[spiritual]] [[realities]] and eternal [[values]].
195:6.9 The [[materialistic]] [[sociologist]] of today [[surveys]] a [[community]], makes a report thereon, and leaves the people as he found them. Nineteen hundred years ago, unlearned [[Galileans]] [[surveyed]] [[Jesus]] giving his life as a [[spiritual]] contribution to man's [[Inner Life|inner experience]] and then went out and turned the whole [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] upside down.
195:6.10 But [[religious]] [[leaders]] are making a great [[mistake]] when they try to call [[modern]] man to [[spiritual]] [[battle]] with the trumpet blasts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]. [[Religion]] must provide itself with new and up-to-date [[slogans]]. Neither [[democracy]] nor any other [[political]] [[panacea]] will take the place of [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. [[False]] [[religions]] may [[represent]] an [[evasion]] of [[reality]], but [[Jesus]] in his [[gospel]] introduced [[mortal]] man to the very entrance upon an [[eternal]] [[reality]] of [[Ascension career|spiritual progression]].
195:6.11 To say that [[mind]] " emerged " from [[matter]] [[explains]] nothing. If the [[universe]] were merely a [[mechanism]] and mind were unapart from [[matter]], we would never have two differing [[interpretations]] of any [[observed]] [[phenomenon]]. The [[concepts]] of [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] are not [[inherent]] in either [[physics]] or [[chemistry]]. A [[machine]] cannot know, much less know [[truth]], [[hunger]] for [[righteousness]], and cherish [[goodness]].
195:6.12 [[Science]] may be [[physical]], but the [[mind]] of the [[truth]]-discerning [[scientist]] is at once supermaterial. [[Matter]] knows not [[truth]], neither can it [[love]] [[mercy]] nor delight in [[spiritual]] [[realities]]. [[Moral]] [[convictions]] based on [[spiritual]] [[enlightenment]] and rooted in [[human]] [[experience]] are just as real and certain as [[mathematical]] [[deductions]] based on physical [[observations]], but on another and higher level.
195:6.13 If men were only [[machines]], they would [[react]] more or less [[uniformly]] to a [[material]] [[universe]]. [[Individuality]], much less [[personality]], would be nonexistent.
195:6.14 The [[fact]] of the [[absolute]] [[mechanism]] of [[Paradise]] at the [[center]] of the [[universe of universes]], in the [[presence]] of the unqualified [[volition]] of the [[Second Source and Center]], makes forever certain that determiners are not the exclusive [[law]] of the [[cosmos]]. [[Materialism]] is there, but it is not exclusive; [[mechanism]] is there, but it is not unqualified; [[determinism]] is there, but it is not [[alone]].
195:6.15 The [[finite]] [[universe]] of [[matter]] would [[eventually]] become [[uniform]] and [[deterministic]] but for the combined [[presence]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]]. The [[influence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] constantly injects [[spontaneity]] into even the [[material worlds]].
195:6.16 [[Freedom]] or [[initiative]] in any realm of [[existence]] is directly [[proportional]] to the [[degree]] of [[spiritual]] [[influence]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic-mind] [[control]]; that is, in [[human]] [[experience]], the degree of the actuality of [[Doing the will of God|doing " the Father's will. "]] And so, when you once start out to find [[God]], that is the conclusive [[proof]] that [[God]] has already found you.
195:6.17 The [[sincere]] pursuit of [[goodness]], [[beauty]], and [[truth]] [[leads]] to [[God]]. And every [[scientific]] [[discovery]] [[demonstrates]] the [[existence]] of both [[freedom]] and [[uniformity]] in the [[universe]]. The discoverer was [[free]] to make the [[discovery]]. The [[thing]] discovered is [[real]] and apparently [[uniform]], or else it could not have become known as a thing.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_195 Go to Paper 195]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 195 - After Pentecost]]
195:6.1 [[Scientists]] have unintentionally [[precipitated]] [[mankind]] into a [[materialistic]] [[panic]]; they have started an unthinking run on the [[moral]] [[bank]] of the ages, but this bank of [[human]] [[experience]] has vast [[spiritual]] [[resources]]; it can stand the demands being made upon it. Only unthinking men become panicky about the [[spiritual]] [[assets]] of the human race. When the [[materialistic]]-[[secular]] [[panic]] is over, the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] will not be found bankrupt. The spiritual bank of [[the kingdom]] of heaven will be paying out [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[moral]] [[security]] to all who draw upon it " in His name. "
195:6.2 No matter what the [[apparent]] [[conflict]] between [[materialism]] and the teachings of [[Jesus]] may be, you can rest [[assured]] that, in the ages to come, the teachings of [[the Master]] will fully [[triumph]]. In [[reality]], true [[religion]] cannot become involved in any [[controversy]] with [[science]]; it is in no way concerned with [[material]] [[things]]. [[Religion]] is simply indifferent to, but [[sympathetic]] with, [[science]], while it supremely concerns itself with the [[scientist]].
195:6.3 The pursuit of mere [[knowledge]], without the attendant [[interpretation]] of [[wisdom]] and the [[spiritual]] [[insight]] of [[religious]] [[experience]], [[eventually]] leads to [[pessimism]] and human [[despair]]. A little [[knowledge]] is truly disconcerting.
195:6.4 At the time of this [[writing]] the worst of the [[materialistic]] age is over; the day of a better [[understanding]] is already beginning to [[dawn]]. The higher [[minds]] of the [[scientific]] world are no longer wholly [[materialistic]] in their [[philosophy]], but the rank and file of the people still lean in that direction as a result of former teachings. But this age of [[physical]] [[realism]] is only a passing episode in man's life on [[earth]]. [[Modern]] [[science]] has left true [[religion]]—the teachings of [[Jesus]] as [[translated]] in the lives of his [[believers]]—untouched. All [[science]] has done is to destroy the childlike [[illusions]] of the misinterpretations of life.
195:6.5 [[Science]] is a [[quantitative]] [[experience]], [[religion]] a [[qualitative]] experience, as regards man's life on [[earth]]. Science deals with [[phenomena]]; [[religion]], with [[origins]], [[values]], and goals. To assign [[causes]] as an [[explanation]] of [[physical]] [[phenomena]] is to [[confess]] [[ignorance]] of [[ultimates]] and in the end only leads the scientist straight back to the first great [[cause]]—the [[Universal Father]] of [[Paradise]].
195:6.6 The [[violent]] swing from an age of [[miracles]] to an age of [[machines]] has proved altogether upsetting to man. The [[cleverness]] and dexterity of the [[false]] [[philosophies]] of [[mechanism]] belie their very mechanistic contentions. The [[fatalistic]] [[agility]] of the [[mind]] of a [[materialist]] forever disproves his assertions that the [[universe]] is a blind and purposeless [[energy]] [[phenomenon]].
195:6.7 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(philosophy) mechanistic naturalism] of some supposedly educated men and the thoughtless [[secularism]] of the man in the street are both exclusively concerned with [[things]]; they are barren of all real [[values]], sanctions, and [[satisfactions]] of a [[spiritual]] [[nature]], as well as being devoid of [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[eternal]] [[assurances]]. One of the great troubles with [[modern]] life is that man [[thinks]] he is too [[busy]] to find time for spiritual [[meditation]] and [[religious]] [[devotion]].
195:6.8 [[Materialism]] reduces man to a soulless [[automaton]] and constitutes him merely an [[arithmetical]] [[symbol]] finding a helpless place in the [[mathematical]] [[formula]] of an unromantic and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_(philosophy) mechanistic universe]. But whence comes all this vast [[universe]] of [[mathematics]] without a Master Mathematician? [[Science]] may expatiate on the [[conservation]] of [[matter]], but [[religion]] validates the conservation of men's [[souls]]—it concerns their [[experience]] with [[spiritual]] [[realities]] and eternal [[values]].
195:6.9 The [[materialistic]] [[sociologist]] of today [[surveys]] a [[community]], makes a report thereon, and leaves the people as he found them. Nineteen hundred years ago, unlearned [[Galileans]] [[surveyed]] [[Jesus]] giving his life as a [[spiritual]] contribution to man's [[Inner Life|inner experience]] and then went out and turned the whole [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] upside down.
195:6.10 But [[religious]] [[leaders]] are making a great [[mistake]] when they try to call [[modern]] man to [[spiritual]] [[battle]] with the trumpet blasts of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]. [[Religion]] must provide itself with new and up-to-date [[slogans]]. Neither [[democracy]] nor any other [[political]] [[panacea]] will take the place of [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. [[False]] [[religions]] may [[represent]] an [[evasion]] of [[reality]], but [[Jesus]] in his [[gospel]] introduced [[mortal]] man to the very entrance upon an [[eternal]] [[reality]] of [[Ascension career|spiritual progression]].
195:6.11 To say that [[mind]] " emerged " from [[matter]] [[explains]] nothing. If the [[universe]] were merely a [[mechanism]] and mind were unapart from [[matter]], we would never have two differing [[interpretations]] of any [[observed]] [[phenomenon]]. The [[concepts]] of [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] are not [[inherent]] in either [[physics]] or [[chemistry]]. A [[machine]] cannot know, much less know [[truth]], [[hunger]] for [[righteousness]], and cherish [[goodness]].
195:6.12 [[Science]] may be [[physical]], but the [[mind]] of the [[truth]]-discerning [[scientist]] is at once supermaterial. [[Matter]] knows not [[truth]], neither can it [[love]] [[mercy]] nor delight in [[spiritual]] [[realities]]. [[Moral]] [[convictions]] based on [[spiritual]] [[enlightenment]] and rooted in [[human]] [[experience]] are just as real and certain as [[mathematical]] [[deductions]] based on physical [[observations]], but on another and higher level.
195:6.13 If men were only [[machines]], they would [[react]] more or less [[uniformly]] to a [[material]] [[universe]]. [[Individuality]], much less [[personality]], would be nonexistent.
195:6.14 The [[fact]] of the [[absolute]] [[mechanism]] of [[Paradise]] at the [[center]] of the [[universe of universes]], in the [[presence]] of the unqualified [[volition]] of the [[Second Source and Center]], makes forever certain that determiners are not the exclusive [[law]] of the [[cosmos]]. [[Materialism]] is there, but it is not exclusive; [[mechanism]] is there, but it is not unqualified; [[determinism]] is there, but it is not [[alone]].
195:6.15 The [[finite]] [[universe]] of [[matter]] would [[eventually]] become [[uniform]] and [[deterministic]] but for the combined [[presence]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]]. The [[influence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] constantly injects [[spontaneity]] into even the [[material worlds]].
195:6.16 [[Freedom]] or [[initiative]] in any realm of [[existence]] is directly [[proportional]] to the [[degree]] of [[spiritual]] [[influence]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic-mind] [[control]]; that is, in [[human]] [[experience]], the degree of the actuality of [[Doing the will of God|doing " the Father's will. "]] And so, when you once start out to find [[God]], that is the conclusive [[proof]] that [[God]] has already found you.
195:6.17 The [[sincere]] pursuit of [[goodness]], [[beauty]], and [[truth]] [[leads]] to [[God]]. And every [[scientific]] [[discovery]] [[demonstrates]] the [[existence]] of both [[freedom]] and [[uniformity]] in the [[universe]]. The discoverer was [[free]] to make the [[discovery]]. The [[thing]] discovered is [[real]] and apparently [[uniform]], or else it could not have become known as a thing.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_195 Go to Paper 195]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 195 - After Pentecost]]
