Many Infallible Proofs

Оглавление

Dr. Henry M. Morris. Many Infallible Proofs

Отрывок из книги

Many Infallible Proofs

Evidences for the Christian Faith

.....

Animism is a sort of generic term for a great variety of religious beliefs, ancient and modern, centering in the worship of nature and the spirit beings who control the various processes of nature. Though it has no scriptures (except in the form of ancient traditions handed down in each tribe) and no common center or acknowledged founder, it nevertheless is essentially the same religion the world around, whether among the black tribes in Africa, the Indians of the Americas, the natives of the South Pacific, or the aboriginal tribes of Asia. In essence it is not much different from the polytheistic religions of antiquity, from the spirit and ancestor worship of the modern eastern religions, nor from the widespread spiritism and other occult religions found even in Christian countries today.

All of the above religions, as well as various other smaller systems, while diverse in many details, are really one religion of works-salvation, centered in man's own authority and philosophical insights. The same judgment could be lodged against even many so-called "Christian" systems, to the degree in which they also teach salvation by works, and interpose some human authority instead of the Lord Jesus Christ as a necessary mediator between man and God.

.....