Charles L. Allen Quotes
It seems to be a general belief that the will of God is to make things distasteful for us, like taking bad-tasting medicine when we are sick, or going to the dentist. Somebody needs to tell us that the sunrise is also God's will. There is the time of harvest, the harvest which will provide food and clothes for us, without which life could not be sustained on earth. God ordered the seasons-they are his will. In fact, the good things in life far outweigh the bad. There are more sunrises than cyclones.
Allen, Charles L. God's Psychiatry. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1953.
Bahaullah, the Bahai founder, sent letters to the Queen and most of the other major rulers of the world. Only Victoria responded positively. The Bahai believe that as a result Victoria, who came to the throne when most Englishmen felt that she would be the last British monarch, went on to rule for more than 60 years, the longest in history. All the other recipients who ignored their letter including Napoleon, the Pope, the Czar—all came to a relatively rapid end of their reign. Many Bahai believe this was divine will at work.
Even in free America, Allen had a very difficult time getting this work printed because it was so controversial culturally.
This was a very interesting quotation in that there was no scripture of any religion that even mentions the United States nor which nations would lead the world and which should follow.
This is a very important historical quotation regarding the conflict between Science and Religion. What this quotation shows it that the accusation that the study of science undermined religious belief was a common accusation in the 17th century as well as today. Here Boyle gives the best argument against the accusation, However, despite the fact that this then seemed to be an irrefutable argument and it seems so today even, the accusation is continuously made with small fundamentalist religious factions attempting to reduce the influence of science on society.
By morally subjugating the existing laws, the scriptures, public opinion to the law of nature, Spinoza distressed many of the clerics and civil authorities of the day. Spinoiza's views were so threatenting to the established religious authorities that he was the only man in history to have been excommunicated by the Jews, the Catholics and the Muslims.
Charles Livingstone Allen was an American ordained United Methodist minister most notable for his work as a Pastor.
