To Be Religious Is Not To Feel,

There Are Evidently Limits To The Achievements Of Science; And There Are Irresolvable Contradictions Both Between Prosperity And Virtue, And Between Happiness And ``the Good Life,'' Which Had Not Been Anticipated In Our Philosophy.

The Intimate Relation Between Humor And Faith Is Derived From The Fact That Both Deal With The Incongruities Of Our Existence. Laughter Is Our Reaction To Immediate Incongruities And Those Which Do Not Affect Us Essentially. Faith Is The Only Possible Response To The Ultimate Incongruities Of Existence, Which Threaten The Very Meaning Of Our Life.

The Jews Were The Money-lenders Of The Middle Ages So There's A Stereotype Of The Slightly Or More Than Slightly Dishonest Business Man And This Stereotype Covers And Obscures All The Facts.

While It Is Possible For Intelligence To Increase The Range Of Benevolent Impulse, And Thus Prompt A Human Being To Consider The Needs And Rights Of Other Than Those To Whom He Is Bound By Organic And Physical Relationship, There Are Definite Limits In The Capacity Of Ordinary Mortals Which Makes It Impossible For Them To Grant To Others What They Claim For Themselves.

When A Church Reaches Up Beyond Its Group And Tries To Enforce Its Standards Upon A Society That Doesn't Accept These Standards, And Perhaps For Good Reason, Perhaps For Bad Reason, But Anyway This Is The Problem We Face In Pluralistic Society, That Not Necessarily Every Standard That Every Church Tries To Enforce Upon The Society Is From The Society's Standpoint A Good Standard.