Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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total absence of all reference to it in the sayings of Jesus himself. If it were a fact that the wise men of the East had taken the trouble to travel all the way from their native land to pay homage to the Divine Baby,' we should have heard more of them. But they never took any further interest in him or his doings, and seem to have evaporated into thin air, as if they had never existed before. Surely an historical fact (if it had been one) like that of Herod putting all the children in his kingdom to death, for fear of Christ destroying his power, could not have been ignored by the contemporary historian. These are some of the circumstances which, render a belief in the legend utterly impossible. The advance of civilization and the immense progress made by the Natural Sciences have rendered it imperative for man to build his religion on the rock of knowledge. The opposite method of superstition and mystic rite, though at times impressive and of great service in strengthening faith, must undergo thorough overhauling and modification on scientific and philosophical lines. The tendency of the modern man is to know the reason why, before embarking on any enterprise ; and who can say that he is wrong in insisting on the point. How unreasonable we are in matters religious, becomes apparent at once when we compare our attitude towards religion with that towarels “business." No one ever invests even a small sum of money in any concern without satisfying himself as to the safety and stability of the business ; yet, the same man never troubles himself to find out whether there is any security of the concern in which he invests his whole spiritual well-being !