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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 -

material itself. This idea of creation was derived from man's own mechanical work. Evolution is directly opposed to this theory of the world. Under the conception of evolution the world is not so much a construction as it is a growth. The changes involved in creation have been continuous through all time. Each stage prepares the way for the next stage and passes into it.

This conception of evolution, as Dr. Bascom conclusively shows, not only makes religion, philosophy and science thoroughly consistent with each other, but it also clarifies each branch of thought. Our religious beliefs are comprehended much more firmly when it appears that they are a real part of the life of the world. Faith is an achievement. It must be grasped by each man for himself. To one who is determined to believe the opposite we cannot prove from the facts of the world that it came to be what it is through a God who is perfect in wisdom and love, and yet no one has ever presented a theory which, conceiving

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