Nature and Man

succeeded it as regards the relationship between man and nature. In both these ages, man failed to discover the proper relationship between nature and himself. In both ancient and contemporary times, man remained unaware and ignorant of this vital matter. The fundamental error of ancient man was that he took nature as his deity, although nature is, in reality, a creature of God in the same way as man is. As a result of this error, humankind fell prey to debilitating superstitious beliefs and practices. Man fell so deeply into the pit of these falsehoods that his religion and culture were thoroughly imbued with crass superstition. In this matter, the case of modern man is just the same as that of ancient man. The difference between the two is only at the superficial level or at the level of mere appearances. In actual reality, there is no difference between them at all. Ancient man’s fundamental error was that he had come to regard nature as God. Modern man’s mistake is that he believes nature is everything. When he investigated nature, modern man discovered