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It also has the tendency to evoke the chosen few phenomenon. "Only when religion assumes that it is in some way superior to all others, and that it possesses exclusive authority over other religions, will such a religion presume to be intolerant of other religions or dare to persecute other religious believers." (1486)
When we deliberate on our level of spiritual progress, perhaps an acid test is to ask ourselves: have we succeeded in eradicating those mental poisons of "fear, anger, jealousy, and intolerance."
We do this through being in constant communication with our indwelling Adjuster who thereby enables us to undertake the effortful task of acquiring the conscience of a cosmic citizen:
"Only ethical consciousness can unmask the immorality of human intolerance and the sinfulness of fratricidal strife. Only a moral conscience can condemn the evils of national envy and racial jealousy. Only moral beings will ever seek for that spiritual insight which is essential to living the golden rule." (597)
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