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103:8.1 Although both [[science]] and [[philosophy]] may [[assume]] the [[probability]] of [[God]] by their [[reason]] and [[logic]], only the [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]] of a [[spirit]]-led man can affirm the [[certainty]] of such a [[supreme]] and [[personal]] [[Deity]]. By the [[technique]] of such an [[incarnation]] of living [[truth]] the [[philosophic]] [[hypothesis]] of the [[probability]] of [[God]] becomes a religious [[reality]].
103:8.2 The [[confusion]] about the [[experience]] of the [[certainty]] of [[God]] arises out of the dissimilar [[interpretations]] and [[relations]] of that [[experience]] by separate [[individuals]] and by [[different]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:1._RACIAL_AND_CULTURAL_DISTRIBUTION races of men]. The [[experiencing]] of [[God]] may be wholly valid, but the [[discourse]] about God, being [[intellectual]] and [[philosophical]], is divergent and oftentimes [[confusingly]] [[fallacious]].
103:8.3 A [[good]] and [[noble]] man may be consummately in [[love]] with his [[wife]] but utterly unable to pass a [[satisfactory]] [[written]] [[examination]] on the [[psychology]] of [[marital]] love. Another man, having little or no [[love]] for his spouse, might pass such an [[examination]] most acceptably. The imperfection of the [[lover]]'s [[insight]] into the true [[nature]] of the beloved does not in the least invalidate either the [[reality]] or [[sincerity]] of his [[love]].
103:8.4 If you truly [[believe]] in [[God]]—by [[faith]] know him and [[love]] him—do not permit the [[reality]] of such an [[experience]] to be in any way lessened or detracted from by the [[doubting]] insinuations of [[science]], the caviling of [[logic]], the postulates of [[philosophy]], or the clever suggestions of well-[[meaning]] [[souls]] who would create a [[religion]] [[Atheism|without God]].
103:8.5 The certainty of the [[God]]-knowing religionist should not be disturbed by the uncertainty of the doubting [[materialist]]; rather should the uncertainty of the unbeliever be mightily challenged by the [[profound]] [[faith]] and unshakable [[certainty]] of the experiential believer.
103:8.6 [[Philosophy]], to be of the greatest [[service]] to both [[science]] and [[religion]], should avoid the extremes of both [[materialism]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism]. Only a [[philosophy]] which recognizes the [[reality]] of [[personality]]—permanence in the [[presence]] of [[change]]—can be of [[moral]] [[value]] to man, can serve as a [[liaison]] between the [[theories]] of [[material]] [[science]] and [[spiritual]] [[religion]]. [[Revelation]] is a [[compensation]] for the frailties of evolving [[philosophy]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_103 Go to Paper 103]</center>
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[[Category:Paper 103 - The Reality of Religious Experience]]
103:8.1 Although both [[science]] and [[philosophy]] may [[assume]] the [[probability]] of [[God]] by their [[reason]] and [[logic]], only the [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]] of a [[spirit]]-led man can affirm the [[certainty]] of such a [[supreme]] and [[personal]] [[Deity]]. By the [[technique]] of such an [[incarnation]] of living [[truth]] the [[philosophic]] [[hypothesis]] of the [[probability]] of [[God]] becomes a religious [[reality]].
103:8.2 The [[confusion]] about the [[experience]] of the [[certainty]] of [[God]] arises out of the dissimilar [[interpretations]] and [[relations]] of that [[experience]] by separate [[individuals]] and by [[different]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:1._RACIAL_AND_CULTURAL_DISTRIBUTION races of men]. The [[experiencing]] of [[God]] may be wholly valid, but the [[discourse]] about God, being [[intellectual]] and [[philosophical]], is divergent and oftentimes [[confusingly]] [[fallacious]].
103:8.3 A [[good]] and [[noble]] man may be consummately in [[love]] with his [[wife]] but utterly unable to pass a [[satisfactory]] [[written]] [[examination]] on the [[psychology]] of [[marital]] love. Another man, having little or no [[love]] for his spouse, might pass such an [[examination]] most acceptably. The imperfection of the [[lover]]'s [[insight]] into the true [[nature]] of the beloved does not in the least invalidate either the [[reality]] or [[sincerity]] of his [[love]].
103:8.4 If you truly [[believe]] in [[God]]—by [[faith]] know him and [[love]] him—do not permit the [[reality]] of such an [[experience]] to be in any way lessened or detracted from by the [[doubting]] insinuations of [[science]], the caviling of [[logic]], the postulates of [[philosophy]], or the clever suggestions of well-[[meaning]] [[souls]] who would create a [[religion]] [[Atheism|without God]].
103:8.5 The certainty of the [[God]]-knowing religionist should not be disturbed by the uncertainty of the doubting [[materialist]]; rather should the uncertainty of the unbeliever be mightily challenged by the [[profound]] [[faith]] and unshakable [[certainty]] of the experiential believer.
103:8.6 [[Philosophy]], to be of the greatest [[service]] to both [[science]] and [[religion]], should avoid the extremes of both [[materialism]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism]. Only a [[philosophy]] which recognizes the [[reality]] of [[personality]]—permanence in the [[presence]] of [[change]]—can be of [[moral]] [[value]] to man, can serve as a [[liaison]] between the [[theories]] of [[material]] [[science]] and [[spiritual]] [[religion]]. [[Revelation]] is a [[compensation]] for the frailties of evolving [[philosophy]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_103 Go to Paper 103]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 103 - The Reality of Religious Experience]]
