light(?) not
simply of science but even of a false science, and thus compels unproven
hypotheses to deny the truthfulness of the scientific and historical
references of the Bible, thereby forcing into primacy a realm of truth that
is not primary. And all of this because he refuses to follow the formula of
the spiritual Textbook and put faith above reason and the Bible above
science in his approach to truth. How can a man follow such methods and yet
imagine that he is scientific?

One more thing remains to be said before this argument is completed. We
started out with an unproven, though self-evident premise. Turn back to the
very first paragraph in the book and you will find that the falsity of the
pantheistic theory was assumed but not proved. Its falsity was assumed on
grounds that have come to light as the argument has proceeded, and that
might easily be turned to account now as conclusive proofs. For example, to
refer to one of them, the self-evident distinction between the realm which
contains the Creator and that which contains His creation science proves to
be a real divergence in kind by being compelled to cease investigation with
scientific apparatus the moment the boundary line of the spiritual realm is
reached. And if there is as real a distinction between God and His
creation as this indicates, the doctrines of pantheism are impossible.

But the theory of evolution fosters a doctrine of the "immanence of God"
which is nothing but a modern form of pantheism. For example, Prof. Josiah
Royce, of Harvard, has said:

God is the spirit animating nature, the universal force which
takes the myriad forms, heat, light, gravitation,
electricity, and the like.

And Prof. George B. Foster said:

God is a symbol to designate the universe in its ideal
achieving capacity.

This is pantheism, pure and simple, for God and His created universe are
not distinguished from each other. And this blots out the distinction
between the natural and the spiritual realms.

Realizing, therefore, that no matter how perfect a course of reasoning may
be or how inevitable the conclusions resulting it all falls like a house of
cards if the premise is false, it becomes necessary to determine whether
pantheism is false or true, in order that we may know whether we started
with a valid premise.

Is pantheism true?

One thing we know is true. The Bible clearly and sharply distinguishes
between God and His creation.