The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity.
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
When a culture has fallen totally away from spiritual pursuits into materialism, one must begin by demonstrating they are each a soul, not a material animal.
It is science, and not religion, which has taught men that things are complex and difficult to understand.
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.
It is a law in the universe that a wave of spiritual awakening is always followed by a period of doubting materialism, each phase is necessary in order that the spirit may receive equal development of heart and intellect without being carried too far in either direction.
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
There is only one issue: man's lack of experience in feeling his Divine self and his innate connection with the Divine. All other issues stem from this.
For more than 200 years, materialists have promised that science will eventually explain everything in terms of physics and chemistry. Believers are sustained by the faith that scientific discoveries will justify their beliefs.