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102:3.1 [[Intellectual]] deficiency or [[educational]] [[poverty]] unavoidably [[handicaps]] higher religious [[attainment]] because such an impoverished [[environment]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] robs [[religion]] of its chief [[channel]] of [philosophic] [[contact]] with the world of [[scientific]] [[knowledge]]. The [[intellectual]] [[factors]] of [[religion]] are important, but their overdevelopment is likewise sometimes very [[handicapping]] and embarrassing. [[Religion]] must continually [[labor]] under a [[paradoxical]] [[necessity]]: the necessity of making [[effective]] use of [[thought]] while at the same time discounting the [[spiritual]] serviceableness of all [[thinking]].
102:3.2 [[Religious]] [[speculation]] is [[inevitable]] but always detrimental; [[speculation]] invariably falsifies its object. Speculation tends to [[translate]] [[religion]] into something [[material]] or [[humanistic]], and thus, while directly interfering with the [[clarity]] of [[logical]] [[thought]], it indirectly causes [[religion]] to [[appear]] as a [[function]] of the [[temporal]] world, the very world with which it should everlastingly stand in [[contrast]]. Therefore will [[religion]] always be characterized by [[paradoxes]], the paradoxes resulting from the [[absence]] of the [[experiential]] [[connection]] between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] levels of the [[universe]]— [[morontia]] [[mota]], the superphilosophic [[sensitivity]] for [[truth]] [[discernment]] and [[unity]] [[perception]].
102:3.3 [[Material]] [[feelings]], [[human]] [[emotions]], lead directly to [[material]] [[actions]], [[selfish]] [[acts]]. [[Religious]] [[insights]], [[spiritual]] [[motivations]], lead directly to [[religious]] [[actions]], [[unselfish]] acts of [[social]] [[service]] and altruistic [[benevolence]].
102:3.4 [[Religious]] [[desire]] is the [[hunger]] quest for [[divine]] [[reality]]. Religious [[experience]] is the [[realization]] of the [[consciousness]] of having found [[God]]. And when a [[human]] [[being]] does find [[God]], there is [[experienced]] within the [[soul]] of that being such an indescribable restlessness of triumph in [[discovery]] that he is impelled to seek [[loving]] [[service]]-[[contact]] with his less [[illuminated]] fellows, not to disclose that he has found [[God]], but rather to allow the overflow of the welling-up of [[eternal]] [[goodness]] within his own [[soul]] to refresh and ennoble his fellows. Real [[religion]] leads to increased [[social]] [[service]].
102:3.5 [[Science]], [[knowledge]], leads to [[fact]] [[consciousness]]; [[religion]], [[experience]], leads to [[value]] [[consciousness]]; [[philosophy]], [[wisdom]], leads to [[co-ordinate]] [[consciousness]]; [[revelation]] (the substitute for [[morontia]] [[mota]]) leads to the [[consciousness]] of true [[reality]]; while the [[co-ordination]] of the [[consciousness]] of [[fact]], [[value]], and true [[reality]] [[constitutes]] [[awareness]] of [[personality]] [[reality]], maximum of [[being]], together with the [[belief]] in the possibility of the [[survival]] of that very [[personality]].
102:3.6 [[Knowledge]] leads to placing men, to originating [[social strata]] and [[castes]]. [[Religion]] leads to serving men, thus creating [[ethics]] and [[altruism]]. [[Wisdom]] leads to the higher and better fellowship of both [[ideas]] and one's fellows. [[Revelation]] [[liberates]] men and starts them out on the [[eternal]] [[adventure]].
102:3.7 [[Science]] sorts men; [[religion]] [[loves]] men, even as yourself; [[wisdom]] does [[justice]] to differing men; but [[revelation]] [[glorifies]] man and discloses his [[capacity]] for [[partnership]] with [[God]].
102:3.8 [[Science]] vainly strives to [[create]] the brotherhood of [[culture]]; [[religion]] brings into being the brotherhood of the [[spirit]]. [[Philosophy]] strives for the brotherhood of [[wisdom]]; [[revelation]] portrays the eternal brotherhood, the [[Paradise]] [[Corps of the Finality]].
102:3.9 [[Knowledge]] yields [[pride]] in the [[fact]] of [[personality]]; [[wisdom]] is the [[consciousness]] of the [[meaning]] of [[personality]]; [[religion]] is the [[experience]] of cognizance of the [[value]] of [[personality]]; [[revelation]] is the [[assurance]] of [[personality]] [[survival]].
102:3.10 [[Science]] seeks to identify, [[analyze]], and [[classify]] the segmented [[parts]] of the limitless [[cosmos]]. [[Religion]] grasps the [[idea]]-of-the-[[whole]], the entire [[cosmos]]. [[Philosophy]] attempts the identification of the [[material]] segments of [[science]] with the [[spiritual]]-[[insight]] [[concept]] of the [[whole]]. Wherein [[philosophy]] fails in this attempt, [[revelation]] succeeds, affirming that the [[cosmic]] [[circle]] is [[universal]], [[eternal]], [[absolute]], and [[infinite]]. This [[cosmos]] of the [[Infinite]] [[I AM]] is therefore endless, limitless, and all-inclusive—timeless, spaceless, and unqualified. And we bear [[testimony]] that the [[Infinite]] [[I AM]] is also the [[Father]] of [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] and the [[God]] of [[human]] [[salvation]].
102:3.11 [[Science]] indicates [[Deity]] as a [[fact]]; [[philosophy]] presents the [[idea]] of an [[Absolute]]; religion envisions [[God]] as a [[loving]] [[spiritual]] [[personality]]. [[Revelation]] affirms the [[unity]] of the [[fact]] of [[Deity]], the [[idea]] of the [[Absolute]], and the [[spiritual]] [[personality]] of [[God]] and, further, presents this [[concept]] as [[our Father]]—the [[universal]] [[fact]] of [[existence]], the [[eternal]] [[idea]] of [[mind]], and the [[infinite]] [[spirit]] of life.
102:3.12 The pursuit of [[knowledge]] constitutes [[science]]; the search for [[wisdom]] is [[philosophy]]; the [[love]] for [[God]] is [[religion]]; the [[hunger]] for [[truth]] is a [[revelation]]. But it is the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] that attaches the [[feeling]] of [[reality]] to man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]] into the [[cosmos]].
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.
102:3.15 [[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.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_102 Go to Paper 102]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 102 - The Foundations of Religious Faith]]
102:3.1 [[Intellectual]] deficiency or [[educational]] [[poverty]] unavoidably [[handicaps]] higher religious [[attainment]] because such an impoverished [[environment]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] robs [[religion]] of its chief [[channel]] of [philosophic] [[contact]] with the world of [[scientific]] [[knowledge]]. The [[intellectual]] [[factors]] of [[religion]] are important, but their overdevelopment is likewise sometimes very [[handicapping]] and embarrassing. [[Religion]] must continually [[labor]] under a [[paradoxical]] [[necessity]]: the necessity of making [[effective]] use of [[thought]] while at the same time discounting the [[spiritual]] serviceableness of all [[thinking]].
102:3.2 [[Religious]] [[speculation]] is [[inevitable]] but always detrimental; [[speculation]] invariably falsifies its object. Speculation tends to [[translate]] [[religion]] into something [[material]] or [[humanistic]], and thus, while directly interfering with the [[clarity]] of [[logical]] [[thought]], it indirectly causes [[religion]] to [[appear]] as a [[function]] of the [[temporal]] world, the very world with which it should everlastingly stand in [[contrast]]. Therefore will [[religion]] always be characterized by [[paradoxes]], the paradoxes resulting from the [[absence]] of the [[experiential]] [[connection]] between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] levels of the [[universe]]— [[morontia]] [[mota]], the superphilosophic [[sensitivity]] for [[truth]] [[discernment]] and [[unity]] [[perception]].
102:3.3 [[Material]] [[feelings]], [[human]] [[emotions]], lead directly to [[material]] [[actions]], [[selfish]] [[acts]]. [[Religious]] [[insights]], [[spiritual]] [[motivations]], lead directly to [[religious]] [[actions]], [[unselfish]] acts of [[social]] [[service]] and altruistic [[benevolence]].
102:3.4 [[Religious]] [[desire]] is the [[hunger]] quest for [[divine]] [[reality]]. Religious [[experience]] is the [[realization]] of the [[consciousness]] of having found [[God]]. And when a [[human]] [[being]] does find [[God]], there is [[experienced]] within the [[soul]] of that being such an indescribable restlessness of triumph in [[discovery]] that he is impelled to seek [[loving]] [[service]]-[[contact]] with his less [[illuminated]] fellows, not to disclose that he has found [[God]], but rather to allow the overflow of the welling-up of [[eternal]] [[goodness]] within his own [[soul]] to refresh and ennoble his fellows. Real [[religion]] leads to increased [[social]] [[service]].
102:3.5 [[Science]], [[knowledge]], leads to [[fact]] [[consciousness]]; [[religion]], [[experience]], leads to [[value]] [[consciousness]]; [[philosophy]], [[wisdom]], leads to [[co-ordinate]] [[consciousness]]; [[revelation]] (the substitute for [[morontia]] [[mota]]) leads to the [[consciousness]] of true [[reality]]; while the [[co-ordination]] of the [[consciousness]] of [[fact]], [[value]], and true [[reality]] [[constitutes]] [[awareness]] of [[personality]] [[reality]], maximum of [[being]], together with the [[belief]] in the possibility of the [[survival]] of that very [[personality]].
102:3.6 [[Knowledge]] leads to placing men, to originating [[social strata]] and [[castes]]. [[Religion]] leads to serving men, thus creating [[ethics]] and [[altruism]]. [[Wisdom]] leads to the higher and better fellowship of both [[ideas]] and one's fellows. [[Revelation]] [[liberates]] men and starts them out on the [[eternal]] [[adventure]].
102:3.7 [[Science]] sorts men; [[religion]] [[loves]] men, even as yourself; [[wisdom]] does [[justice]] to differing men; but [[revelation]] [[glorifies]] man and discloses his [[capacity]] for [[partnership]] with [[God]].
102:3.8 [[Science]] vainly strives to [[create]] the brotherhood of [[culture]]; [[religion]] brings into being the brotherhood of the [[spirit]]. [[Philosophy]] strives for the brotherhood of [[wisdom]]; [[revelation]] portrays the eternal brotherhood, the [[Paradise]] [[Corps of the Finality]].
102:3.9 [[Knowledge]] yields [[pride]] in the [[fact]] of [[personality]]; [[wisdom]] is the [[consciousness]] of the [[meaning]] of [[personality]]; [[religion]] is the [[experience]] of cognizance of the [[value]] of [[personality]]; [[revelation]] is the [[assurance]] of [[personality]] [[survival]].
102:3.10 [[Science]] seeks to identify, [[analyze]], and [[classify]] the segmented [[parts]] of the limitless [[cosmos]]. [[Religion]] grasps the [[idea]]-of-the-[[whole]], the entire [[cosmos]]. [[Philosophy]] attempts the identification of the [[material]] segments of [[science]] with the [[spiritual]]-[[insight]] [[concept]] of the [[whole]]. Wherein [[philosophy]] fails in this attempt, [[revelation]] succeeds, affirming that the [[cosmic]] [[circle]] is [[universal]], [[eternal]], [[absolute]], and [[infinite]]. This [[cosmos]] of the [[Infinite]] [[I AM]] is therefore endless, limitless, and all-inclusive—timeless, spaceless, and unqualified. And we bear [[testimony]] that the [[Infinite]] [[I AM]] is also the [[Father]] of [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]] and the [[God]] of [[human]] [[salvation]].
102:3.11 [[Science]] indicates [[Deity]] as a [[fact]]; [[philosophy]] presents the [[idea]] of an [[Absolute]]; religion envisions [[God]] as a [[loving]] [[spiritual]] [[personality]]. [[Revelation]] affirms the [[unity]] of the [[fact]] of [[Deity]], the [[idea]] of the [[Absolute]], and the [[spiritual]] [[personality]] of [[God]] and, further, presents this [[concept]] as [[our Father]]—the [[universal]] [[fact]] of [[existence]], the [[eternal]] [[idea]] of [[mind]], and the [[infinite]] [[spirit]] of life.
102:3.12 The pursuit of [[knowledge]] constitutes [[science]]; the search for [[wisdom]] is [[philosophy]]; the [[love]] for [[God]] is [[religion]]; the [[hunger]] for [[truth]] is a [[revelation]]. But it is the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] that attaches the [[feeling]] of [[reality]] to man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]] into the [[cosmos]].
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.
102:3.15 [[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.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_102 Go to Paper 102]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 102 - The Foundations of Religious Faith]]
