ABSTRACT
By the dissolution of their ancestral ways men have been deprived of their sense of certainty as to why they were born, why they must work, whom they must love, what they must honor, where they may turn in sorrow and defeat. It may be that clear and unambiguous statements are not now possible in people's intellectual climate. But at least people should not forget that the religions which have dominated human history have been founded on what the faithful felt were undeniable facts. The popular gods are not indefinite and unknowable. They have a definite history and their favorite haunts, and they have often been seen. For while this God may satisfy a metaphysical need in the thinker, he does not satisfy the passions of the believer. This God does not govern the world like a king nor watch over his children like a father.
