Sacred Texts: The Classics

Pagan Regeneration: Chapter X: The Social Significance of...

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ALL religious systems deserve to be evaluated by the pragmatic test of their functional significance for human society. The extent to which they meet the actual needs of individuals and groups in a given period is the measuring rod to be used in estimating their worth. Modern historical study has taught us to view the phenomena of religion in relation to the evolution of the human race and to regard all religious systems, without exception, as socially conditioned products.

Pagan Regeneration: Chapter X: The Social Significance of...

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