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Show Fred M. Bennett authority of the reason, he had his followers pope and, being afraid to stand on his own other ground on which to stand. He and no regarded revelation. This the Bible as a has been assumption closed and pushed to a completed remarkable and has caused many mistakes. "But the attitude toward the scriptures is extreme gradually chang deposit ing. religious writings that it took a thousand years to write. It is a history of human and religious writings and not an inspired authority. Human reason is the authority on which we must stand. Freedom comes through choosing the best, however, and not through The Bible is a of rich license. "Doubts souls. see are the voice of God There is keen the truth in joy erroneous an allowance for on fallible no room in putting questions to our pursuit and we should learn to doctrines. Freedom The always makes who dwells personal equation. weighs his deeds on his own scales. Reason is not infallible, but struggling on such a foundation we may look forward to a more perfect one. "There is no infallible authority in religion and none is needed. If there were an infallible authority, there would be man reason left for faith and love and there would be religious history. Because of this exercise faith and he builds on partial man truth has been able to no to the ideal truth. memory, reason, history, tradition and conscience learn to love God and this leads to freedom that lifts us Through we above the petty The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 things of life. September 1912 " 227 |
