{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 166/1916-02-08/p039","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"We can actually prove this all over again in the present time. Just try with an open mind to really listen to the way religious impulses are spoken of nowadays. People feel most comfortable if they are told nothing about why they should accept one or the other impulse, but are spoken to in such a way that they become enthusiastic, fired up, they are given ideas they cannot fully grasp and that surround them with mystery. And the most highly acclaimed speakers are the ones who fill people's souls with fire, fire, and yet more fire, and who pay least attention to whether everybody has conscious hold of himself. The dreamers come along and say, “We examine the Gospels. Even if we go so far as to admit to the existence of Jesus of Nazareth, we find no evidence at all that there was in fact a supersensible being dwelling in him.” We need only remember how many dreamers there are who simply deny the existence of Christ because it cannot be proved on the external physical plane. On the other hand, there are theologians who cannot prove it either, and who therefore speak about the Christ in as vague a way as possible, appealing as much as possible to the feelings, drives, and instincts.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture V","site_heading":"The I, Will, and Human Evolution's Spiritual Crisis","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. 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Versuchen Sie einmal wirklich, aber unbefangen, auf die Art und Weise zu hören, wie heute über religiöse Impulse gesprochen wird. Da fühlen sich die Menschen am wohlsten, wenn ihnen nur ja nichts gesagt wird, warum dies oder jenes impulsiert werden soll, sondern wenn ihnen gesprochen wird so, daß sie ins Feuer kommen, daß ihnen Begriffe, über die sie nicht ganz zur Besinnung kommen, in die sie nebulos eingehüllt werden, beigebracht werden. Und denjenigen Redner auf diesem Gebiete wird man für den vorzüglichsten halten, der Feuer, Feuer, Feuer in die Seelen hineinbringt, der möglichst wenig darauf sieht, daß jede einzelne wirklich von Besinnung durchzogen ist. Die Träumenden kommen daher und sagen: Wir prüfen die Evangelien. Da finden wir nichts davon, daß in dem Jesus von Nazareth, wenn wir sein Dasein schon zugeben, wirklich irgendein außerirdisches Wesen gelebt hat. Wir brauchen uns nur zu erinnern, wie viele von den Träumern kommen und das Dasein des Christus eben einfach leugnen, weil es nicht auf dem äußeren physischen Plane nachgewiesen werden kann. Auf der anderen Seite stehen solche Theologen, die es nun auch nicht nachweisen können, und die daher über den Christus möglichst so reden, daß sie Begriffe bringen, die möglichst unklar sind, die möglichst zum Gefühl, zu den Trieben, zu den Instinkten sprechen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":219,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/166/1916-02-08/p030"}],"english":["GA 166/1916-02-08/p039"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":219,"en_words":216,"ratio":0.99,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.98,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":9740,"original_word_count":9892,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Pauline Wehrle","identified_edition":"AP1988","book_title":"Necessity and Freedom","publisher":"Anthroposophic Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA166/English/AP1988/19160208p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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