Necessity of Religion
THENECESSITYOFRELIGION. OWING to the confusion introduced by false theories about god and the universe, modern thinkers have puzzled themselves and others as well by inventing at least forty different definitions of religion some of the true but narrow and inadequate, others false in proportion to the amount of falsity which exists in their system. With all these variations we need not concern ourselves here. In the foregoing articles we have maintained and proved that god exists as a personal being, , creator and ruler of the world . It follows from this, first,that God is in himself a wonderful being, worthy of all admiration and respect; secondly, that he is the author of our existence that we are the work of His hand,and therefore we belong to him in a far deeper sense than a picture belongs to the artist who has painted it. Thirdly,since we are not mere things but persons, He stands to us as our lord and master,to whom we owe acknowledgment and service. Fourthly,God has con...