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Does not the denial of religion mean the denial of marriage and chastity? Here again, one must reply by another question: Does the man who asks this question believe that marriage and chastity contribute to earthly happiness here below, or does he think that, while they cause misery here ...
As noted, Buddhism becomes a religion in which moral progress leaves the gods themselves behind. After a fashion, Hinduism does so also, since the devotionalistic Gods, like Vishnu and Shiva, represent Supreme Beings very different from the gods of the Vedas. So the old gods of India, as ...
6.God is both transcendent over and immanent in his world. On the one hand he is distinct from the world, does not need it, and exceeds the grasp of any created intelligence that is found in it. Yet on the other hand he permeates the world in sustaining and creative power, shaping ...
However, this view does not only resemble some influential strands in Eastern thinking, but is also close to “polytheistic” nature religions that preceded Western monotheism and preceded Eastern “religions”, for example “pagan” (that is, non-Christian) religion in Western Europe and Shintoism...
whatever religion it might be, and many other heresies. When we asked the person why they chose this church the sad answer was“It suits my lifestyle and fits in with my beliefs”. That’s how many people are – they don’t seek the truth; they are looking for a religion that suits...
The fact that God stands above and beyond his creation does not mean he stands outside his creation. He is both transcendent (above and beyond his creation) and immanent (within and throughout his creation).27 (Parentheses in original) ...
vague tendency or power or purpose immanent in evolution. Others, going still further, mean by "Christianity" merely a system of ethics which, since they are ignorant of history, they imagine to be characteristic of Christians only. When, in a recent book, I said that what the world ...
but analyses of metadata should be employed to draw more general conclusions. General problem formulations and underlying assumptions need to be considered. There is an immanent risk of making recommendations for communication based on individual studies, when the body of literature in fact presents con...
” Such forms are distinguished from merely “passive images” in that they are not just given, but are created by the human mind itself. Hence, an historic and analytic study of these various symbolic forms—language, myth, religion, art—can provide a “phenomenology of human culture,” ...