Failure to Recognize the Manifestation
6.5
the revelation of God at its appearance.
The failure of the generality of humankind in this respect has, time and again, condemned entire populations to a ritualistic repetition of ordinances and practices long after these latter have fulfilled their purpose and now merely stultify moral advance.
Sadly, in the present day, a related consequence of such failure has been to trivialize religion.
At precisely the point in its collective development