{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 100/1907-06-22/p029","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Only those who know the law of Karma and have insight into it are called upon to play an active part in the course of history.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"VII. 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Aber nie hätte der Materialismus Platz gegriffen im praktischen Leben, wenn nicht die Menschen dazu eine Vorliebe gehabt hätten. Es hätte auch keinen Büchner und so weiter gegeben, wenn nicht der Mensch vorher das Materielle so geliebt hätte. Am allerschädlichsten wirkt sich aber der Materialismus aus auf dem Gebiete des religiösen Lebens, das heißt in der Kirche; gerade sie steuert seit Jahrhunderten auf den Materialismus hin. Wieso? Wenn Sie zurückgehen in die ursprünglichen Zeiten des ersten Christentums, hätten Sie nie gehört, daß man angenommen hätte, daß sich das Siebentagewerk wirklich in sieben Tagen vollzogen hätte, wie es ja heute tatsächlich vielfach angenommen wird, und daß man unter dem «siebenten Tag» sich so etwas vorstellen kann, als ob sich einer nach einer schweren körperlichen Arbeit auf einen Stuhl setzt und ausruht. Von der Wirklichkeit dieses Siebentagewerkes weiß das materialistische Zeitalter nichts mehr. 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