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Religion op The Twentieth Centurywere but personifications of natural forces orevents, some were the developments ofmetaphors, some were the survivals of earlysuperstition ;while others were the exaggeratedaccounts or descriptions of some realevents in the life of some great spiritualleaderor holy personage who was * diefied by thepeople.Prof, Bacon of Yale University says : "Theearliest narratives of Genesis are already propheticin character, because they turn to themass of mere folk-tale and legend current inthe eighth or ninth Century before Christ".Regarding Abraham, for instance, the learnedProfessor says : "The figure of Abrahamappears purely and simply as the type of prehistoricIsrael brought from the far off East byYahveh to inherit the land of Cannan". Healso says: "The Abraham of the New Testamentwould not be the historic figure, if therewere one ; it would be but the ideal heir ofYahveh. The true Abraham is the ideal and18
Religion op The Twentieth Centurythis Abraham lived only in the minds of Prophetsand Seers". The story of the Delugeand Noah's Ark has been proved to be absurdand meaningless by Huxley and other scientists.A parallel for the story of Noah, is to be foundin the mythological story of Deulcilionamongthe ancient Greeks ; such stories existed amongthe ancient Hindus, the Chinese and othernations.The accounts of immaculate conception andof the virgin birth are to be found in connectionwith the lives of all the great Saviours ofthe world, most of whom lived long beforeChrist was born. The healing miracles ofiEsculapius (Esclepius), the ancient Greekphysician, suggested those of the New Testament.Thus, we see that the scientific researchesof the 19th Century have removed thehistorical prop of the traditional religions.Those who believe that Christian religionstands on faith alone, abuse the true meaningof the word "Faith" and mistake the sheerest19
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