Section 11
the truth of God in righteousness, living accord ing to our nature, listening to our conscience, and caring for our proper reasonings. If we ob serve all these things, we will be restricted from every kind of evil.
THE CONDEMNATION
ON THE RELIGIOUS— THE VANITY OF RELIGION
Human culture is the best human invention, and within this culture the foremost item is reli gion. Human culture needs religion, for without it culture is wild. If religion were eliminated from human culture, culture would remain crude.
Among the human race the two best religions are Judaism and Christianity. These are the typ ical religions. They are the genuine, sound, and fundamental religions. Both proceeded out of the same source, the divine revelation in the Bible. Along with these two religions, we have Islam, a counterfeit of Judaism. The Koran, the sacred book of the Moslems, is actually an imitation of the Old Testament.
Strictly speaking, besides Judaism, Christian ity, and the counterfeit religion of Islam, there are no other religions. Buddhism is not a religion; it is nonsense. A religion teaches people to worship