N he exercises his freedom to disregard or ignore the relation. he cannot be considered good in so far as his status with God is concerned. He may be a good foot-ball player, a good mechanic, a good business man, a good doctor or a good lawyer, but by that fact he is not necessarily a good man. A goo: lawyer can be a very bad man. H goodness or badness as man is determined by his living or not livin according to his essential relation, the relation existing between him and his maker, and in the living of that relation is found religion. The practice of religion is nothing more or less than the performance of the duties and the fulfilment of the obligations that flow from man's relation to God. Religion, then, not something that is deter the-free will of man, but is something that springs from the very nature of God and the nature of man, and the only way yau can get rid of it is to change or destroy the nature of one of the terms-God or man; Since you cannot do that. you have a religion whether you like it or not. You are physically free to live or not live religiously, but you are not even physically free not to have a religion.
And what are these duties and
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