64 THE PORTAL OF EVOLUTION 



GOD equals 2 males and I female equals Infinity. 

 MAN equals i male and 2 females equal Immortality. 

 ANIMALS or ANGELS equal i male and i female equals 

 Death. 



This works out as follows :- 



GOD who being INFINITELY PERFECT can neither 

 SIN nor DIE. 



MANKIND who being FINITE, when perfect must sin but 

 cannot DIE. 



ANGELS or ANIMALS which being for ever IMPER- 

 FECT cannot SIN but must forever DIE. 

 For had man not learned to sin he could never have evolved 

 a Will of his own and thus would never have been able to 

 merit any reward for acts performed and there would be no 

 need of Heaven, for there is no virtue in being good because 

 you do not wish to do wrong (see chapter on Virtue and 

 Crime), for it is only when we overcome wrong that we merit 

 reward. But do not imagine, dear reader, that I wish to 

 advocate sin at the present time, any more than I would have 

 advocated peace in the past, though since I have discovered 

 this table I am convinced that the day will come when wars 

 will be no more and crime will practically be a thing of the 

 past. But it .is only a few months back that I held very 

 strongly to the opposite opinion, and would have argued just 

 as firmly that it was absurd to imagine that wars would ever 

 cease. The reader must realise that sin is weakness and folly 

 as apart from vice or crime. 



It also follows that if Man should become perfect, and at 

 the same time cease to sin and gain immortality, he would 

 then be God's equal, which would of necessity evolve two 

 Infinite beings, for man is made in the likeness of God, and 

 logic will not admit of two Gods, for if such a thing were pos- 

 sible, there would logically be no sin in idolatry; so you see 

 what a mess you get into if you start to dispute this equation. 

 On the other hand, if he ceased to sin and should not become 

 perfect, he must forever remain no more than a high-class 

 animal and be unworthy of Immortality, for it is only his pre- 

 rogative to sin that places him above the animal kingdom ; which 

 in many other respects are more perfect than he is. So that 

 when you take all these matters into consideration, I must 



