Is it not curious that, whilst under the terrific onset of modern scientific research, all the old forts of Western dogmatic religions are crumbling into dust;
whilst the sledge-hammer blows of modern science are pulverising the porcelain mass of systems whose foundation is either in faith or in belief or in the majority of votes of church synods;
whilst Western theology is at its wit's end to accommodate itself to the ever-rising tide of aggressive modern thought;
whilst in all other sacred books the texts have been stretched to their utmost tension under the ever-increasing pressure of modern thought, and the majority of them are broken and have been stored away in lumber rooms;
whilst the vast majority of thoughtful Western humanity have broken asunder all their ties with the church and are drifting about in a sea of unrest,
the religions which have drunk the water of life at that fountain of light, the Vedas -- Hinduism and Buddhism -- alone are reviving?
-Swami Vivekananda,
‘Reply to the Madras Address’
whilst the sledge-hammer blows of modern science are pulverising the porcelain mass of systems whose foundation is either in faith or in belief or in the majority of votes of church synods;
whilst Western theology is at its wit's end to accommodate itself to the ever-rising tide of aggressive modern thought;
whilst in all other sacred books the texts have been stretched to their utmost tension under the ever-increasing pressure of modern thought, and the majority of them are broken and have been stored away in lumber rooms;
whilst the vast majority of thoughtful Western humanity have broken asunder all their ties with the church and are drifting about in a sea of unrest,
the religions which have drunk the water of life at that fountain of light, the Vedas -- Hinduism and Buddhism -- alone are reviving?
-Swami Vivekananda,
‘Reply to the Madras Address’
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