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Spiritist Message
of the Month
The
Alliance between Science and Religion
Science
and religion are the two levers of human intelligence, one revealing the
laws of the material world, the other revealing those of the moral world.
But seeing that these laws have the same principle, which is God, they
cannot contradict themselves.
If they contradict one another it would
stand to reason that one was right and the other wrong. However, God could
not have intended the destruction of His own work. Therefore the
incompatibility that apparently exists between these ideas proves that
they have been incorrectly interpreted, due to excessive exclusiveness an
both sides. For this reason we have a conflict which bas given rise to
incredulity and intolerance.
We
have now reached a phase upon this planet when the teachings of Christ
most be completed and the intentional veil cast aver some parts of these
teachings lifted. A time when science must desist in its exclusive
materialism, so taking into consideration the spiritual element; when
religion must cease to ignore the organic and immutable law of matter, so
that bath may became two forces, each leaning an the other and advancing
together in mutual concourse. Then religion, no longer discredited by
science and no longer being able to oppose the overwhelming logic of the
facts, will acquire an unshakable power because it will be in agreement
with reason.
Science
and Religion could not come together till this time as they could only see
matters according to their exclusive points of view, which in turn caused
them to be reciprocally repelled. Something more was needed to enable them
to close the gap that separated them, something which could unite them.
This missing link is contained in the knowledge of the laws which govern
the spiritual universe and its relationship with the world of matter.
These laws are as immutable as those which govern the movement of the
planet and the existence of all the beings. Once this relationship could
be proved by experiments, a new light would begin to shine as faith began
to be directed towards reason, and reason, finding nothing illogical in
faith, could finally defeat materialism.
But,
as in many other matters, there are always those who remain behind until
the general wave of movement towards progress drags them along. If they
choose to resist instead of accompanying this movement they will
eventually be crushed. So, after an elaboration which has lasted for more
than eighteen centuries, a moral revolution is now in progress, operated
and directed by Spirit, as humanity reaches the climax of its present
potentialities and marches towards a new era. It is easy to forecast the
consequences which will cause inevitable changes in social relations and
be impossible to withstand, because they are determined by God and derived
from the Law of Progress which is God’s law.
Allan
Kardec
The
Gospel According to Spiritism
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