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The law of cause and effect takes care of the punishments or rewards. THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT TAKES CARE OF THE PUNISHMENTS OR REWARDS
modern people! JOHN: Oh, heavens! are you going to drag in fictional characters to illustrate your tirade? I feel the yawn coming. ELINOR: Then I will state what to me are the facts of religion. I believe that I personally, and each one of us, have received from God, for the term of our sojourn on earth, a spark of Himself, and, since He has had the intelligence to construct this planet and a number of others, He cannot be so wholly wanting in logic as deliberately to throw this spark of Himself into temptation, and then deliberately to punish it for falling. If I believed God capable of that I should utterly despise Him. JOHN: It sounds mean. ELINOR: Of course. Now think a moment. Each unit being a part of the eternal scheme, the soul of each unit being a spark of the Divine Consciousness, it follows surely that the basis of all religion is that we must not soil our souls--not from the fear of hell or hope of heaven, but because they, being lent by God, must return to Him untarnished. N OF THIS LOAN THAN ANY OF ITS MODERN PEOPLE JOHN OH HEAVENS ARE YOU GOING TO DRAG IN FICTIONAL CHARACTERS TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR TIRADE I FEEL THE YAWN COMING ELEANOR THEN I WILL STATE WHAT TO ME ARE THE FACTS OF RELIGION I BELIEVE THAT I PERSONALLY AND EACH ONE OF US HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD FOR THE TERM OF OUR SOJOURN ON EARTH A SPARK OF HIMSELF AND SINCE HE HAS HAD THE INTELLIGENCE TO CONSTRUCT THIS PLANET AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS HE CANOT BE SO WHOLLY WANTING IN LOGIC AS DELIBERATELY TO THROW THE SPARK OF HIMSELF INTO TEMPTATION AND THEN DELIBERATELY TO PUNISH IT FOR FALLING IF I BELIEVE GOD CAPABLE OF THAT I SHOULD UTTERLY DESPISE HIM JOHN IT SOUNDS MEAN ELEANOR OF COURSE NOW THINK A MOMENT EACH UNIT BEING A PART OF THE ETERNAL SCHEME THE SOUL OF EACH UNIT BEING A SPARK OF THE DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS IT FOLLOWS SURELY THAT THE BASIS OF ALL RELIGION IS THAT WE MUST NOT SOIL OUR SOULS NOT FROM THE FEAR OF HELL OR HOPE OF HEAVEN BUT BECAUSE THEY BEING LENT BY GOD MUST RETURN TO HIM UNTARNISHED
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