The Social Basis of Religion
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Space reality demands a basis on which the shifting, unstable sensual appear- ances can rest. God thus becomes that from which all else springs and through which it obtains its unity. This concept of God is made real by the feeling of de- pravity so firmly associated with religious life. We feel that there is something in us that leads to destruc- tion unless our weaknesses are supplemented by a power higher and stronger than ourselves. To think of God as a residual force demands that we put th...e normal in the foreground, instead of missing functions and depravity. Both these concepts presuppose the normal, and would be meaningless without it ; and yet the ordi- nary person has had depravity so thoroughly impressed on him by the imperfections of life that he thinks of humanity as being in a subnormal condition, and thus without hope except by the intervention of the super- natural. The corresponding concepts in time reality are parts of experience. The subnormal, the normal, the supernormal and the residual are all within expe- rience and are separated by no absolute lines.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Space reality demands a basis on which the shifting, unstable sensual appear- ances can rest. God thus becomes that from which all else springs and through which it obtains its unity. This concept of God is made real by the feeling of de- pravity so firmly associated with religious life. We feel that there is something in us that leads to destruc- tion unless our weaknesses are supplemented by a power higher and stronger than ourselves. To think of God as a residual force demands that we put th...e normal in the foreground, instead of missing functions and depravity. Both these concepts presuppose the normal, and would be meaningless without it ; and yet the ordi- nary person has had depravity so thoroughly impressed on him by the imperfections of life that he thinks of humanity as being in a subnormal condition, and thus without hope except by the intervention of the super- natural. The corresponding concepts in time reality are parts of experience. The subnormal, the normal, the supernormal and the residual are all within expe- rience and are separated by no absolute lines.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Simon Nelson Patten to read onlineMoreLess
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