[493] LECTURE XXXVIII, March 20, 1956 [A very snowy day!] I am very glad that as many as there are of you could come! I am surprised and full of praise for you! Of course not everybody could come, probably, and so I would like to ask whether you have questions about this very actual problem we discussed last time about religion, university, theological faculty, etc. It was of course not complete, the discussion, but I hope it brought out the main problems. So if someone has talked about it or thought about it, [and] has a question, please let me know. QN: About religious education: you said that the important thing for a young person was to understand or be aware of the difference between the literal and the symbolic significance of the

Bible, and other religious symbols^a. You said it was important for teachers to try to suggest aht.that. [sic.] Can you give ANY concrete means at all by which this could be done for a person of about nine or ten years of age? PT: Yes, now the person of 9 or 10 years is individuality already. Don't forget that it is already after birth, perhaps before birth, very individual, if you have ever seen a baby. In any case

it is very difficult to make a general rule here. But there are moments in which, for instance, children ask: "Is this true?" You know that question! Now this is one of the wisest and most difficult of all POSSIBLE questions, because each of these words---"this" and "true", both these words---are extremely difficult. What does a child mean with "this"? It means a miracle story, or