Excerpt: ...the ancient civilization and the Vedic literature and the study of Sanscrit had made some progress in the Universities. The idea, however, that these antiquities had any vital interest to us, beyond curious myths and obsolete superstitions, had not been perceived, much less admitted. The antiquity of man, and the Philosophy of Evolution, had opened new fields for thought, and necessitated a revision of all previous concepts of man and nature. Old records and interpretations were everywhere revised, and the ...
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Excerpt: ...the ancient civilization and the Vedic literature and the study of Sanscrit had made some progress in the Universities. The idea, however, that these antiquities had any vital interest to us, beyond curious myths and obsolete superstitions, had not been perceived, much less admitted. The antiquity of man, and the Philosophy of Evolution, had opened new fields for thought, and necessitated a revision of all previous concepts of man and nature. Old records and interpretations were everywhere revised, and the interpretations of the Mosaic records were challenged at every point. Popular religions were up in arms and were compelled to adjust themselves to the new regime. But even after this century of progress and enlightenment, it has scarcely yet dawned on the mind 112 of theologians that the challenge of science was, after all, insignificant, compared with that which was to come, and for which modern science had paved the way. The whole realm of theology, and the foundations of religion, were to undergo revision. Facts incontestable were being gathered and proofs established beyond all possible denial, or controversy, that all modern theologies and religions were copied and adapted from Vedic and ante-Vedic sources, antedating our present era by more than two thousand years. The superficial and devout churchman, whose faith is fortified on the one hand by superstition, and on the other at least borders on fanaticism, is apt to be resentful in the presence of these facts, and, falling back on the infallibility and plenary inspiration of the Bible, to declare that if his own superficial interpretations are questioned or denied, Religion will be done for and mankind left in utter darkness. He does not perceive that the facts of nature and the essentials of religion are one thing, and man's interpretation of them another thing entirely. He does not perceive how these ignorant and superstitious interpretations of men have set at naught the real life..."
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