quote-390

The religious mind 'sees' that everything in the world is interconnected and interdependent. To be intelligently concerned with the part, one must be concerned and knowledgeable of the Whole. The religious mind has no difficulty sensing the extraordinary intelligence in the whole set-up and has no embarrassment in admitting the probability, if not the necessity, of a Higher Intelligence/God behind it all.
The religious mind uses the word 'GOD' as the ALL THAT IS. And also sees that the 'all that is' shows every sign of being intelligent and not merely an accident of nature. The religious mind says, in addition, "I may not know the Truth, but obviously ALL THAT IS is the Truth and thus if I am to have any chance of coming into an understanding or harmony with IT, I must be uncompromisingly careful in regard to the truth, large or small, that falls within my realm." In other words, only the truth can lead to knowing the Truth. So obvious and so perverted is this simplicity.