The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-06

power. Jesus was then young hut possessed u
D. powerful intellect, he successfully opposed
ihein WIN the Worship Oi living God. lie
wished to abolish these religions and make
men believe in him. On looking through the liitle
wei nd that most of is taken M with the strug-
Gle carried On lby MINI with these two. II was in
conscduence Of this that he said 3" am not come
To bring peace into the world, but to create
strife Again, by telling his followers OF the
punishment which those VINO did not believe in
nun would receive and the prosperity when
wOald accrue To tho who did believe In him,
be strengthened them In their convictions, and
thus they assisted one another In opposing the
otncr religious. standing nrm III their own be-
lief. they labotcd strenuOusly to prove the flsc-
ness OF the other doctrines. ConsCquchily the
adhcrents ~ these last mated the followers ~
Jesus n Tough thew had been demons or nOX-
ious REPTILES, aud these latter exalted Jesus to
the position ~ master among themselves. and
wished to make Rim King. and therefore u was
that the ruler Of that country was offended with
thcm. Ibis Is tie cause oil Jesus beng cru
Ii Jesus had been DESTROYS - sacrificing his
own life To atone for the sins Of the whole world,
II stlnds to reason that on the night preceding
his dc4th he would have been composed and
have experienced no mental suffering. Bat 1t
auuems that, on the contrary, the thought Of
Il attn gave him great pain. lie passed the night
without steering, md even kept waking NJ his
disciples, VINO were In attendance on him, to
converse win them. Added to this there is the
TACT that Jud g. coveiinv the sum OF thliy rios,
sold him, and thus ne did not deliberately and
OF his own free will give himself NJ to I've killed
jesus not knowing that hswus To ie BETRAYED Sc
l'ct'd the very man wio attcrwaru bettayeu hiii'
and made him one Of his twelve disciples.
His ignorance In this respect !. stupendous.
And judging from this instance OF his Ignorance,
how could he possibly know that his death
would he an atonement Tor the sns Of The
whole wOtid2 IL is imposs ible thai he could
have known. when he appeared to his disciples
on hi- return to llfc after DEATH he taught them
differently to what he did before his Death.
what :, sus said about living for ever without
uyiup. he said with reference to the soul. Now
II the iOdv he once DESTROYED, II mot bc
renovated. Jesus atght his disciples ON thus
piincple. and stated vi. inly that u tho BODY ue
on stroyed. ~ cannot he renovated; How
ever. he nevertheless restored his own BODY to
lie again. In thus rcnuvating his body, did he
not place hieh value on to the neglect Of his
Jesus Intended To- ascend into heaven. Now
the hcavcni @ void space. Even If lie did raise
his BODY again to- liie and sccndcd into tho
Vuidl, he would have had nowhere to ulare his
lcrs. There IL no use for the body In he ven.
his is clear; consequently Jesus. when he was
dying. cried out iu loud voice" Father to
had really returned to life aud shown this
miracle, he would have done well to have mixed
with the people IN the world. ana made more Il
them believe in his religion. But he only spoke
(ottrr his return to lile) to his disciples and
to some old women. 1t was this which made
pe pie In general DOUBT the truth Of the AT ir.
In leading mems mines astray bv the display
u Supernatural hlres, IN despising the Cuiu ana
no doctrine and cxal,tnR then own OOds, IN re-
gar ing the pcriOd Of LIE as Of little value. and
luoA'n0 To happiness after death as the all-im-
pDrtant end. and In encouraging men hN the
them al the 5, me time by the prospect of hell
the teaching Of Jtsus Is the same as NAT of
two is the BUDDHIST principle OF transmigrati pu
which Is not mentioned hs Jesus. The prictIce
of Budihism m this country Is Of old date, and
WHY should the latter oppose the teaching Of
Jesus t>ince the two arc 80 siuilTf'
Iue above is the opinion of gnorant reople.
Now thrre NAV nc some rc-cinhlance between
Buu dhl-m and the teaching of Jesus. out on
comparing the Two l.ltuuusn they are ootn
3 tul We uui tuts dlf renee that tine evil Of the
Inst s slirNt, while that II the second 10 great
that the ono l. harm, tni the other iniun-
GUS. The teachers of buddhism say " Leave
d " A
from the world liut nevertheless parents
are Is not a spised. but rtlaid. Jcs = how
ever, makes the master I'D parent onlV teu-
puraL Buddnism enIuins ncu TO pray for the
future welfare - tuc master and parent. Thus
the " sui ven u found n buddhism. la tie
teaching Of jesus every hing nnshes with ueatn;
up masses ,r prayers are STA Tor the DC d. II
We look OF this. It is like tue conduct OF dl.s
ana hui-t7 hinduism has recn pf~citsed tor
"a long time IN this country. ana now It has
L. rnt To- obey the country ldNs. The teachius
ui Jesus Is arrogant ami Boosting. II does mot
bow to the autnOriy Of the sovereign II any
GO iniry. IL = not for me TO explain these
thirgs Tor the benefit of soVeTCigns n gcn,ral-
but Whit fear On tue event 81 THIS rel gion being
shntld lie abolished and Disturbance created
Jehovah called himself tue jealous God, ana
DID not permit his followers to worship any
Otntr Goa. Jesus strengthened this law N ore
AMI moro. and swore tnst he would destroy
Utner GODS. IL VS. therefore that ne said q"
ana noi come 10 bring peace into the world, but
60 create strife" should then this religion be
adopted TIE shrines of Jlmmu Ienno, and II tie
various cmperors and mobiles, anu tnose dedica-
feu 10 alrlOtlc ana INDUSTRIOUS men VIII have to
he DESTROYED, aud the whole nation. down to the
Ordinary siutrfti and lower cl.S.es. viii have 20
give M offering masses Tor the ,ouls Of their
parents ana ancestors. How 6 uld our customs,
on winch the Chm doctrine exercises such a
great influence, eDu re ihisl
Tue Arguments on wnich Christianity rests are
very shallow. and the advantage, to bee gained
bN rs ursCtiCe are snowu ~ the urst Consil ia
tion. People fear death: therefore, Ia ching
them, eternal life Is held out as an tnduceincnt.
People like wealth; they are therefore urged ON
and tempted by the promise OF imperishable
b a. lt.ua Fl.t. ID.
ion are frightened by the threat Of uuqueuch-
able IRE. Those people who iuve pruut II they
be led away deceived by this religion, by on
couragirg one another vii soon acquire num-
beers aud strength, sud joining Issue with those
VINO WORSHIP otuer Gods. Will try aud m ke
them believe In their religion, aud ugh ing to
the death Will combat them. Ana II H. to be
fc req that their attack VIII be icrcer than tue
I, sistuuce offered to the teaching Of Jesus hv
the followers OF Buddhism. Il Christianity tie ar
rested midway IN lis Ir gless, and prohibited,
the followers OF this religion will pruvs stub
born, and resisting the autnoriu SWIM stop only
when they have got all that they wish for. lhe
rebels Of Aniaki WHO foso against the Gov
erhment some time back, are q proof OF this.
IT, therefore, TINS religion he once allowed to
spread. afterwards, even II II wished to tut a
stop to lt, ms religion cannot be rrohihted
without putting {" death Its followers n IL he
asked why, the reason Is that the followers Of
this religion teneve chat II they die for Jesus
Care must accord ngly be taken.
have heard that the followers Of this religion
Ia Western countries have become divided into
lea they have become divided into twenty-nv
Different sect-, and that these are all at variance
with each other, aud will none OF them give In
on a single point. | nave also been given 10
understand that when people quarrel Oh any
other cause thRn religion, oyertuTcs for rec N
ell ton from one paItyto another are accepted,
bLt that II armies are opposed III religious strife.
no Submission ~ accepted by either adversary
from his opponent, and no quarter being gwen,
one ~ the other Il eGterminated. Now religion
secures the proper Government OF nations, and
causes tranquility to reign ~ the world cut
n b PRODUCES ID
nGnung Tor tueir respective beliefs XIII, and end
BY OK terminating one anOther. How can this
be called relgiony These twenty-five sects
(Which exist IN America II equally have Jesus
as Their basis. l hs ulferen, es On account Of
wtich theyquarrvl must he very slight nut still
they hill edcn other, nd give no quiter Bu ID
liisn Is what these Christians call "A wurship of
Images, aud they wish 10 attack II and de-l roy
IL al oeetheT Again. there l. the Shni religion
the strength Uf which Is small, but the sects II
this religion are all founded on the worship Of
the eud-. II thcse three religions be carried on
together there will be no outing an emu to
the stnis which will ensue.