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Chap.§43.II]SCIENCE AND SIN107the fact of sin must henceforth claim a more serious consideration.Naturally the terrible phenomenon of sin initsentirety can have no place in these introductory sections.This belongs in Theology to the s ...
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108 the§ 43.[Div. II(4) A fourth evil resides in our In a normal condition the self-consciousnessresults.finalimagination.would beSCIENCE AND SINable at once accurately to indicate the boundar}'-between what enters into our con ...
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^Chap.§ 43.II]SCIENCEANDSIN109approved by the spirit of the times and inculcated in us, in it becomes clear that our mind, which of itself lies ensnared in allthe face of the fact that they are fallacious, andmanner of deceptio ...
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110§ 43.SCIENCE AND SIN[Div. IIbut communicate itself disastrously to our entire study? All this refers merely to the formal working of sin upon our mind. But this is not all. Sin also works upon our consciousness through an endless variety of moral motives. "Everybody ...
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Chap.II]SCIENCE§ 43.insanity ensues.ItANDSINmust be granted that111 sin liasthe energy of thought, so that in all the fulness ofwondrousthisgift manifests itself onlyweakened itsnow and ...
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112SCIENCE AND SIN§ 43.ButthereisThemore.[Div. IIdisorganization whichistheresult of sin consists not merely in the break in the naturallife-harmony between us and the cosmos, but also in a More than one br ...
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;Chap.§ 43.II]SCIENCEANDSIN113God, and causes us in love to go If, now, experience shows that this sense has not worn awaj^ entirely^ and that this impulse has not ceased altogethet-, but that, in virtue of its own motive, sin has weakened t ...
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114 intellectualdomain andway[Div. IIin the building-up ofIgnorance wrought by sin theTRUTH§ 44.isyourscieiice.the most difficult obstacle inof all true science. § 44.TruthIn a preceding section refe ...
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Chap. II]§ 44.Andserpent does not die.newTRUTH115Proteus-like, the false and untrueform, and the battle oflife and death between truth and falsehood begins anew. Obviously, therefore, the lie is no mistake, nor a temporary dominating ...
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116§ 44.TRUTH[Div. IIHenceitis" truth "islegitimately only a result of sin.none too stronglysaid, that the struggle forScienceisyou imagine our human development without sin, the impulse to know and ...