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 1 2    |            At the foundation of all religions lies faith. Faith is an
 2 3    |            also based on belief. As religions are formed on faith in the
 3 6    |              Not one of the ancient religions was a stranger to symbolism.
 4 7    |           and well-known historical religions. Psychological analysis
 5 9    |        essential part of almost all religions known in history. This points
 6 10   |                         10. Natural religions.~In a general survey of
 7 10   |             survey of pagan natural religions, we come to the conclusion
 8 10   |           conclusion that all these religions represent in themselves
 9 10   |         decline. The sources of all religions bear witness to the fact
10 10   |             this, the ancient pagan religions portray more than just a
11 10   |      religious point of view, pagan religions will forever remain monuments,
12 10   |              All systems of ancient religions are guilty of distorting
13 10   |        spiritual nature of man.~The religions of paganism did not elevate
14 10,1 |             number of folk and cult religions. Most of them attempt to
15 10,1 |      beliefs from the various world religions. This results in a kind
16 13   |      Testament religion.~Of all the religions in the world, only the Christian
17 13   |     religion from all other natural religions which also contained, to
18 13   |            one of the ancient pagan religions ever rose to a true understanding
19 13   |     pantheism. Standing among other religions like a lonely mountain in
20 13   |          teachings of other ancient religions concerning the origin of
21 13   |            any of the known ancient religions. Nature was accepted as
22 16   |           Not in one of the natural religions do we find a clear and full
23 16,2 |         polytheistic, mytho­logical religions.~The Old Testament concept
24 18   |             numerous as the world’s religions and philosophic schools.
25 20   |         common basis of all ancient religions. The tendency to reinstate
26 20   |      serpent.~ All myths of natural religions represent but “dreams and
27 22   |        superiority over all natural religions and in view of its clearly
28 24   | Christianity differs from all other religions only in its moral superiority
29 24   |    investigation of nature.~ Of all religions, only Christianity does
30 24   |        barren monotheism of ancient religions, not impregnated by the
31 App,1|           what we know of the pagan religions and the intertestamental