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Show The Value The value of religious principles princi-ples lies in the fact that they restrain re-strain individuals and often persuade per-suade them to determine conduct upon a basis other than selfish interest. Human beings are easily convinced con-vinced that the profitable course is proper. Only when the individuals indi-viduals possess firm conviction along definite lines do they test decisions upon the basis of right, rather than advantages to be gained. The disadvantages of organizations, organiza-tions, speaking for large groups, is that the individual is required, through mass loyalty, -to stiffle the investigation which conscience con-science suggets should be made before definite decisions are put into executon. i i. wad wad am ham hamoao A group of labor leaders, fori example, determines the course oi all "loyal" members. Farm 1 leaders, likewise, tell the mem-beis mem-beis of their groups what to do. , Politicians, appealing for votes have little difficulty in proclaiming proclaim-ing the virtues of the cash-in policy. The same tendency is even dis-! cernible in some religious organ-' izations, where members are not -taught to think for themselves but to follow what they are told, without questioning of any kind ' |