Religion and Science
7. The ‘Religion’ of the Modern Age
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anatomy, physiology, biology, chemistry,
psychology,
metaphysics,
pathology,
medicine, and also have a thorough
acquaintance
with
genetics,
nutrition,
development, pedagogy, aesthetics, morals,
religion, sociology, and economics? It seems
that such an accomplishment is not
impossible. In about twenty-five years of
uninterrupted study one could learn these
sciences. At the age of fifty, those who have
submitted themselves to this discipline could
effectively direct the construction of the
human being and of a civilization based on
his true nature.
The making of man requires the development
of Institutions wherein body and mind can be
formed according to natural laws. The already
existing organizations have to undergo
important changes in order to become fitted
for the work of human renovation. They must,
for instance, eliminate the remnants of the
narrow mechanisticism of the last century,
and understand the imperativeness of a
clarification of the concepts used in biology, of
