"Religion did not exist for the saving of……" — William Robertson Smith
"Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged."
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18 Quotes by William Robertson Smith
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But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no…
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It is only in times of social dissolution, as in the last age of the small Semitic states, when men…
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This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis, but it satisfies the conditions of a legitimate hypothesis,…
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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…
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In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions…
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We are so accustomed to think of religion as a thing between individual men and God that we can hardly…
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Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a…
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The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.
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In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people...…
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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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Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires…
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