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Show cernible In some reliH nations, where mem? 8 0tr-taught 0tr-taught to thlnkS" to follow what they Zi out questioning 0f aj : The Value Of Religious Principles Told i The value of religious principles lies in the fact that they restrain individuals and often persuade them to determine conduct upon a basis other than selfish interest. Human beings are easiy convinced con-vinced that the profitable course is proper. Only when the individuals individ-uals possess firm conviction along definite lines do they test decisions upon the basis of right, rather than advantages to be gained. The disadvantage of organizations, organiza-tions, speaking for large groups, is that the individual is required, through mass loyalty, to stifle the investigation which conscience suggests should be made before definite decisions are put into execution. ex-ecution. A group of labor leaders, for example, ex-ample, determines the course of all "loyal" members. Farm leaders, lead-ers, likewise, tell the members of their groups what to do. Politicians, Politi-cians, appealing for votes, have little difficulty in proclaiming the virtues of the cash-in policy. The same tendency is even dis- |