What is the meaning of 根拠となる土台?


The 概説 for the word 奉仕 on Wikipedia reads the following

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> 往々にしてその根拠となる土台には宗教的な信念や、宗教的な意味合いの神奉仕[1]の形として、神ではないもののその代わりとしての、困難な場面におかれている隣人に手を差し伸べ、できる限りの援助を与えるというケースがある

Which I understood as: often 奉仕 is used to mean helping other who are in
apredicament or need as a form of religious ministration instead of God . I
however don't understand this "根拠となる土台" .




It is a bit redundant, but 根拠となる土台 itself means literally _the base that
becomes/works as the grounds (for doing 奉仕)_.

Personally, it seems to be a bit odd sentence to start a paragraph with, but I
suppose the whole structure parses as

  * 往々にして（その根拠となる土台には....与える）というケースがある
  * There are often cases where the base for doing service is to give help...

* * *

It should be a miswriting in the sense that 土台には does not connect with 与える
very well.

Another possibility is to try to connect 土台には with ケースがある, but to me, it
doesn't sound right either.




It is a bit redundant, but 根拠となる土台 itself means literally _the base that
becomes/works as the grounds (for doing 奉仕)_.

Personally, it seems to be a bit odd sentence to start a paragraph with, but I
suppose the whole structure parses as

  * 往々にして（その根拠となる土台には....与える）というケースがある
  * There are often cases where the base for doing service is to give help...

* * *

It should be a miswriting in the sense that 土台には does not connect with 与える
very well.

Another possibility is to try to connect 土台には with ケースがある, but to me, it
doesn't sound right either.

