God Arises
The Life We Seek
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them has been really healed who did not
regain his religious outlook.
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Jung’s verdict is conclusively reinforced by the
words of the former president of the New York
Academy of Science, A. Cressy Morrison:
The richness of religious experience finds the
soul of man and lifts him, step by step, until
he feels the Divine presence. The instinctive
cry of man, “God help me,” is natural, and the
crudest prayer lifts one closer to his Creator.
Reverence, generosity, nobility of character,
morality, inspiration, and what may be called the
Divine attributes, do not arise from atheism or
negation, a surprising form of self-conceit which
puts man in the place of God. Without faith,
civilization would become bankrupt, order would
become disorder, restraint and control would be
lost, and evil would prevail. Let us then hold fast to
our belief in a Supreme Intelligence, the love of God
and the brotherhood of man, lifting ourselves closer
to Him by doing His will as we know it and
accepting the responsibility of believing we are, as
his creation, worthy of His care.”
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