Part One suggested that modern man, who looks down on ancient or contemporary societies which believe in the supernatural, is himself caught in the grip of the worst myth of all.
Life is explainable from within the world of sense experience.
The assumption is that in most of life it is possible for us to find our way without any help from outside. We began to look for evidence of this perspective by considering that political science is thought to operate without any reference to religious influences or factors. We continue, now, with other areas in modern life where the great myth is evident. That the first fruits of each harvest belonged to the Lord was only one of the indications that economic life was, from the beginning to end, intertwined with and dependent upon the law of the Lord for his people. For well over a thousand years in the Christian era, but particularly through the end of sixth century, the church looked at economic activity as essentially sinful.