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John Bascom Prophet

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Introduction - The Man - The Conflict Between Science, Philosophy and Religion in Dr. Bascom's Time - Dr. Bascom's Contention that Mechanical Evolution is incomplete - Spiritual Evolution and the Modification of Religious Beliefs Resulting from this Conception - Constructive Realism / Science of Mind / "unity of mind and matter" / "the world is the product of God's thought" / The Solution of Philosophical and Religious Problems - Dr. Bascom and Present Thought - Contents -

each successive stage of the universe and of our world as a part of it from the previous stage, by the operation of physical forces only. Thus everything is foreclosed from the beginning to the end. The forces of nature, effective at the dawn of time, determine everything. This was rejected by Dr. Bascom because it is an extreme statement not involved in the facts to be explained; because the origin of the successive changes is in no way accounted for and because it makes no provision for the spiritual side of the world. He accepted a spiritual evolution. By that he meant one of distinct increments and of an overruling purpose which in its entire process contains and expresses personal spiritual power, in the means employed in the formation of the world as well as in the actual development of the world. The evolution of the universe is compared to the growth of a language or the development of an art. Physical forces throughout all time are permeated and carried forward by spiritual forces. The physical side and the

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