The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-06-10

r|ea "t the Christian religion. w
may now come 10 the main inquiry
Ought they 70 he 'ue. whether the,
are or not 7 Remember that the quos
ton is not whether christianity is 81,
pe,ior 10 other syesma Of faith, no
whether II has more Influence III civil
ized countries thanany other Th'
question il not. whit We should be
leve il we discard hla. nor whether
,loralify and virtue are be'tes thar
vice aud immoral'ty these arc not ih'
questions now. lHut is this. Ought
these ch,iatlan dogma to be true. evct
If they are not 2 Oult this Christian
creed-as distinguished from all othc,
crecdn TO be tue J. sho,t--
Ouqht mankGd TO be in fallen
state. lost 2"
OugM there 70 bc ,eviI with pox,
or to ruin the race
Onuhf tho Eternal Psrnt to be-
come the pcrscc"for instead Of the
Protector o; hls iniurceoIlspripg'
O"pM the entire hman race hc
eietnallv damned hccalr the first par
cuts were deceived. or III astrav z
Onphf nesro''om, cuolty and the
most d'abo'cal injus'lceto character
lze the acts Of the Surre,n Father 10
ward his children ssd Gual|y.
Onghf the most ahsud, l,nr"asnna-
'ble and lcmoralz'rg docincS be true,
even il the, are not !
Every thinking mind lust fri that
these fundamental dncI'its of Chris
tianity ought not--cannohe true.
# your the"logy Is To, If your
Faith 's worth depcnd'ng.stand forth
and be lis champion, Turu nerer
finches before RraSon " | contend
sir, that you say these th'ns onght to
-lbc 50 Can you. (or a"y ne) chow
That the basis of Modern Christianity
's not composed of just 81" prepos-
terous ard insane stuff ~ l,avc rep
resented II You can. thcmo r.
You cannot. II you deny ,esc dog
mas. You deny your Thcogy, the
very foundations of clni~tanv. Let
Judgment. reason. inste1ct. cncience.
intention ha 'nterrogated | your
d'gmas. They ofYro' % on, CRED
ur'rr. Nor TO our REASON
Now s'fr. here is the rrori qmna Of
dispute between tho christ'anid the
rational or skDtical world -at no
false issues be- allowed to mislcI the
Judgment. These arg the ,ssuenpon
which The mentality Of the prcs't era
is 10 decide. This is THE q"cSm Of
this age, and THIS Ago MUST aver
it. The h"e question IL net heeen
Catholicism and Professionalism nor
between these and The Greek, o,nv
other rcligiotS Faith. 20 sir, the rue
question, tho ultimate rruhlc,nis.
whether REASON or StrERsr1oN
shall prevail, Whether MrrnoL,y
and Old 7heoloaics shall reign VI.
prcmc on the earth. or COMMON SEE
and soana PhiloSophy 1t il. who
CT absurd religious creeis and doq,s
shall continue to held the hpuaon mi :
M slGsery and fear. or be rcpulial !,
aud condemned as anmorthy Of the y.
Nghtcned mind. Let the Frcc-ho
mind assert ifs prcroga'ivc Of Fr
Thought l.et them marshal the ,
forces and vindicate the rights of IRE $
men 70 do their omn Minhing. aud |
cypress their own thoughts. Fear no j,
but desliw the threats and score-crou
of pricstcratt, invented to intimidat
and to lead you by the nose. BE moi,
afraid % trust TEuTn. for there is m
other SAVIOR that can elevate the race
from its present discordAnt condition
10 state Of harmoav, happiness and
Heaven. Suffer not the supcrcllious
and bigoied priesthood to brow beat,
nor the frownings ot' public opin
ion to gag and silence you. Think
not, that Ivy pros'i'u'l"g your reason
'ng faculties and declaring your be-
licfin chimencal and incorgruous dog
mas, you thereby, keep your mind on
the safe side. The ONLY safe side
IS the Truths side, Irrespective Of
crceds and auatucnas.
Seize upon Truth where C;eg tits found
On christian or on hedNGs ground,
Among your friends, among your foes,
The flowers divine where eer ii grows.