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...every need--except that of his existential fulfillment. Even the non-believers do not wish to reject all possibility of God, for this too imposes restrictions upon their habits of thought. With the possibility that a God may exist always within reach of his clutching hand, the agnostic may proceed to fashion his own religious philosophy and take or reject the convenient fruit when he ultimately sees...
...teach religion, on the other hand, is to deal with issues which arouse division. To teach at most about religion thus seems a necessity in a college which desires to maintain diversity without strife and to provide a haven for many points of view. Buttrick recognizes this necessity. In his course on the New Testament, Humanities 124, he is concerned with showing the influence of Biblical "categories of thought." He states that "a university is for understanding. Our concern is not to say whether you should believe or not believe." Buttrick thus provides another example of the split that exists...
Liberality in doctrinal interpretation is well illustrated by the canon of immortality Nearly every one of the 68 Protestant denominations in this country preaches external existence, but only 31.5 per cent of the Harvard Protestants accept this doctrine. On the other hand, nearly 75 per cent of the Harvard Catholics polled living in the same pragmatic, rational atmosphere retain their belief in immortality...
...Reactionary" proposals, on the other hand, find favor only within a small clique at the College: only a twelfth back either repeal of antitrust legislation, or "marked reductions" in our Mutual Security program. This is the Fortnightly crowd--laughed at when they are not ignored...
Once a week or so, an elderly Negro woman stalks down the crowded sidewalks of Harvard Square and Massachusetts Avenue, crying out in a dire, haunting voice, "Prepare to meet your God!" Her hat and dress are bedraggled, and she carries a worn paper shopping bag in one hand while the other is raised in ominous prophetic warning. The passers-by either smirk or ignore her or shake their heads: the last thing any Harvard or Radcliffe undergraduate expects to do on the public streets or elsewhere is to meet his God--at least in any literal sense...