Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-15
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John Stuart Mil in Lii; autobiography
: =: I was brought mp from the first
v!.haut any religious belief. iu the ogdi-
l-a.-y occupation OF the term. My father,
.t.;,,.ssf--t Ia the creed Of Scotch Presty
.er.ali Il, had, hy his oy.n studies and
Z, 7lec,iais. len caI!y Id TO rsjsct net
CAV III le!Iei in rcsc lntiOn. but the
foundations of what Is coIau.on!y called
i.a;uT4I religion. NJ fathsr's r,jrc:!on
ii all that is called religious belief was
rot. as many might suppose, primarily
= matter o. logic and evidence. The
grounds of it were moral style, more
than intellectual. He found it impossi-
lie to believe that :. world so full OF evil
was the work of an author combining IN
finite power with perfect goodness and
righteousness. His intellect spuFned
the subtleness by which men attempt to
blind themselves to the open coItrl,tic-
ton. | have 4 hJlntrt times heard Inn
sa- that all ages ard nations have repre-
scented their gods as wicked IN con-
stantly increasing progression, tina. man
kline. have core on, adding trait after
trait OF wichedGess which the human
mind can devise, and have called tins
God. and prostratsd themselves before 1t.
This T.. y.lIts alilu OF wicket,nPss he con-
sidered 10 be embodied in what is CON-
monty presented: to mankind rs the Greed
OF Christianity, thir.k he used &c say
Of aBeiag who would make 2 heiI-vho
would create the human race with the
i.faliiLi- ledge. and therefore
with tie intention. that the great ma
i.9Itv q them were to be consigned 70
h5l1i L anil everlasting torment, The
tine. | believe. is drawing near when
this dreadful conception, rs an object Of
worship. viii be no longer identified with
CLristI.l.i-y, AMI when ali persons with
any sense OF mora! good and evil, viii
t.sr-k 1-ro.s It sith TIE same Indignation
with which ,ay father regarded it.
de IMPRESSED upon me, that the
manner in which the verdi cane into
existence was 4 subject on which nothing
was known; that the question w ho made
me- can't be answered. because We have
no experience, authentic information,
from which to answer II, and that any
answer only throws tine difficulty a step
further back, since the question imac-
dintely presents, Who made God:'
Il looked upon the TIotiera exactly as
I I'D anon :he aCcie,4: religion. rs some
thing which in no WY concerned me.
On religion. III pal icuiar. the time ap
pears 20 IRE 20 have come when i i the
DUTY # III he, beirgCualit;=j ii point Of
knowledge, have, by mature coLs.deTa-
ton satisfied themselves ;hs- the ou-rei.t
opinions are not only false. Gy.t hUsitUl,
- make their t::isssL; known. TIE world
world lie sss1ni>IIe,l II II knew how -,-ss,t
q proportion Of its BRIGHTEST cIraI.cnt,
- sr--l most Ji-tinruisLed even IN pop
r,gr z-.1ra::ou for wisdom and virtue
- rouoI=ta sep is il religion 81
unboIlsve5s $50 called, - well as ot he
4-s-ye1s there t- ,-,.1y sped =, i;--,y.,,iIs.;
almost every variety Of rIoI.al Typ.
Isy.t tie hest among tEem-as 20 one
who Eas opportunities OF really knowing
then. VII hesitate - aEiEIa-are more
generally religious, il the best sense q
the VOID religion than those Who cEclg:-
s.tl'y aEEcSate to themselves tie t.-le.'