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William Robertson Smith Quotes

The land of a God corresponds with the land of his worshipers Picture Quote #1

The God can no more exist without his people than the nation without its god Picture Quote #1

But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers Picture Quote #1

In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual Picture Quote #1

In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual Picture Quote #1

Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged Picture Quote #1

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Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin Picture Quote #1

The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain the interest of the worshipper... no one cared what he believed about its origin Picture Quote #1

This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis, but it satisfies the conditions of a legitimate hypothesis, by postulating the operation of no unknown or uncertain cause, but only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost Picture Quote #1

Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory as a part of the true religion, nor was it supposed that, by believing, a man acquired religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods Picture Quote #1

The God, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people Picture Quote #1

This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths Picture Quote #1

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This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis... Only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost Picture Quote #1

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The land of a God corresponds with the land of his worshipers (William Robertson Smith Quotes) The God can no more exist without his people than the nation without its god (William Robertson Smith Quotes) But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers (William Robertson Smith Quotes) In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual (William Robertson Smith Quotes) In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual (William Robertson Smith Quotes) Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged (William Robertson Smith Quotes) Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin (William Robertson Smith Quotes) The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain the interest of the worshipper... no one cared what he believed about its origin (William Robertson Smith Quotes) This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis, but it satisfies the conditions of a legitimate hypothesis, by postulating the operation of no unknown or uncertain cause, but only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost (William Robertson Smith Quotes) Belief in a certain series of myths was neither obligatory as a part of the true religion, nor was it supposed that, by believing, a man acquired religious merit and conciliated the favour of the gods (William Robertson Smith Quotes) The God, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people (William Robertson Smith Quotes) This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths (William Robertson Smith Quotes) This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis... Only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost (William Robertson Smith Quotes)