Ralph Waldo Emerson People tend to look at earlier and collective metaphysical ideas, which have been associated with religion, into which they happen to be born.
Religious concepts change as mankind changes.
It is said that mankind is given the religion it needs for its current state of development, in the same manner as a child is assigned to the grade in school needed for his or her current state of development. Faith is experiencing a modern resurrection where we need to re-examine our old theological ideas, viewpoints, and teachings to see if these really fit our present state of development. We do not need to put a cap on our understanding, but we need to be constantly developing it further and further. Let us learn the revelation of all Nature and thought, that the Highest dwells within us, that the sources of Nature are in our own minds. As there is no screen or ceiling between our heads and the infinite heavens, so there is no bar or wall in the soul where we, the effect, cease, and God, the cause begins.