For Ritschl religion rests upon the values of men, not upon the truth of science. Science tells us the facts, things as they are; but religion weighs the facts and counts some more valuable than others. “The great fact about man is that, although he is a product of nature and evolution, he has a sense of values.” We can explain this only if we recognize that the universe creates not only atoms and molecules but also values. “God is the necessary postulate to explain this sense of worth in man.” Many Christians in the late nineteenth century, says Hordern, found Ritschl’s approach helpful. It
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