But when it came to defining religion, he found the task to be much more difficult. Instead of defining religion, then, he preferred to describe his concept of a religious person. His idea of a religious person was one whose life was dominated by super-personal values. It is the position of The Truth Tree that the various religions of the world are of equal dignity. Every religion is potentially dangerous.
Religion is more poetic than scientific.
It is more esthetic than it is empirical. The world's religions, however, undeniably do provide something for people which could not be readily supplied by any other immediately discernable method. It is interesting to see what happens when attempts to abolish religion are made. In Roman times Christianity finally became dominant over Paganism, but the Russian communists failed to abolish Christianity in this century. Apparently religion can be abolished only by substituting another religion for it.