PDF - Swami Vivekananda

Religion of The Twentieth Centuryand not upon scientific truths.Not very long ago, the Dean ofWestministerAbbey, London, said in the course of anaddress : "That much which was acceptedliterally by our forefathers could not be acceptedliterally by us to-day.The first chapterof Genesis no longer means to us that theworld was made in six days. The secondchapter of Genesis no longer means to us thatGod moulded clay into a human figure andbreathed upon it or that, He took a rib fromAdam and made Eve.These and many otherstories like that of the talking serpent and thetalking ass, we do not take now as historicalfacts, but as imagery which clothed certainspiritual lessons."Most deplorable is the mental condition ofthose who still cling to the belief that thescriptural texts are the revealed words of Godand that they are infallible. The eyes of themasses are now opened to scientific truths andthe world now demands absolute harmony15