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But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force…
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It is only in times of social dissolution, as in the last age of the small Semitic states, when men and their…
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This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis, but it satisfies the conditions of a legitimate hypothesis, by postulating…
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That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree…
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In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical…
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We are so accustomed to think of religion as a thing between individual men and God that we can hardly enter into…
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Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to…
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The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.
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Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was…
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In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these…
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The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.
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The land of a god corresponds with the land of his worshipers.
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