The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-04-27
CORRESPONDENCE.
sREKER,s REPLY.

inc the author instead of the second that
he can only attribute mans dissent from church dog
mas to the wiekedness of the human heart This spirit
times gave birth to the Inquisition do not
blame 'Truth-lover for it. No. indeed He came hon.
estly by it But my the inside of the
garrison walls at the siege of Londonderry.
He says that I'VE civilization to the acceptance
of the doctrines of the Bible" Nothing be wider
from the mark The Bible and the church came into
power just the downfall of Greek and Roman cviiza
ton and had glorious opportunity to have wrought
fabric of civilization mnch superior to that could
be produced by any other religion q diviney inspired
religion is ought to be, superior to human one-as
God is superior to For about thousand years. the
Bible and the church held most undsputed sway, and
what did they accomplish Instead of fostering science
genius liberty individuality and intellectual activity
without which civilization be attained the church.
behalf Of the Bible and Bible truths used its power
to crush them out For thousand years. it reveed in
superstition and upon ignorance As far its
influence spread it caused moral darkness settle
down upon humanity. The blseker the midnight the
luxuriany the church thrived and fourished 1t
fought science inch by inch step by and through
has the cheek to claim credit for what it
tried to prevent and could not. 1t should have credit
for civilization the it is entitled credit for
discovering and prOmulgang the truth of the earth
tundty and the other rut hs of solar system Had
the church succeeded in having her way would,
day be cropping along in the belief that earth
and stationary body the of the universe
the mOon and stars made expressly revove
over it and under it, and rule the day and night But
thanks to the brave thinkers dssenters skeptcs
heretics and martyrs who upheld the of liberty
science and truth in the face of dungeons and death
enjoy the light of civilization to-day.
Again, he says Infdeity is bgoted and that it would
rob God &c. &c. That Infidels a little bgotsd
is true. The only wonder is that they not
in view of the example the have had 1t is Truth lover
and t,a Cd "a.
Indels hold the Infinite Being in such great reverence
that they unwilling he should rest under such q
mountain load Of oblOquy portions Of the Bible
heap upon him. They not willing that the atrocious
crimes and butcheres and the endsh character there
attributed to him. should be laid to his charge Let Moses
and the other Jew murderers father their crimes
See Numbers XXI 1888; Kings, xii: e2.s3: Deut
xxxii ~ Ex., 3; Eek, l3i Ex, xxxiv: Il LAM
iii: 43i and hundreds of other passages.
Those discoveries 'heapng up" "testimoniAls
to prove the Bible than other histories to have
been inspired of God The Bible contains many historical
and geographical truths, well errors. Thousands
Of and do write history without the aid nsp
ration communication cannot be a revelation unless
it tells something did not know before and could
not find by MEANS Fourfths of the Bible is
historical and that be said to be Gods word
than is Pauls request in his letter Timothy have his
cloak brought along that he had off and forgotten
The other fifth of the Bible proverbs and good
moral exhOratiOns and sayings then current eo
quent rhapsOdes of praise to the Almighty but of
which show any evidence of having authorship in any
respect superior to man.
Sage Brush thinks the word spirit" shows evidence
of superhuman origin knowledge cannot see how |
The Jews well the Greeks called everything spir-
it that they couldn't Wind spirit breath
spirit And queer enough, their God told them
this chosen people anything about spirit or immor.
taty, and they knew nothing about it hundreds of
alism phenomenon. Out of that Of them guessed
spirit life OF Immortality but others continued disbe-
eve it to the last The idea of spirit spirits and mmor.
aty has existed in different forms in all nations and re-
igions. And now, since Sage-B rush" has mooted the
question want to ask him or "Truth-lover" to please
how me single sentence from the Bible Book of Nor
non Koran, Shasta, Zend Avesa, vedas, any other
oealed word of God that informs us of fact or truth
nat humanity did not know long before it written
hen book is produced which, in its faultless compost
ion, its harmonious parts its transcenent truths its
perfection and beauty and its moral elegance
'ury surpasses the highest attanable ability goodness
md knowledge of man. then it will be rational attribute
Is authorship to being superior to The works Of
he Infinite Being clearly dstinguishable from the
FORKS Of man. The writings of Milton Dante Sweden
org and Others might pass for nspra on were it not
Or the fact that though deep brilliant and highly
rought yet they tell nothing that any of supe
or imaginative ability might not have told Gods
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blities the Infinite is above the Finite Not line
the Bible, in my Judgment is beyond human ability ,
othing that COnfucius Zoroaster, Seneca, Tuppsr.
lick, Milton, Emanuel SwedenbOrg thousands of 9TH
might not have written in their natural and normal
,nditiOn.
As for that cloud of witne to prove the ant
city of the New Testament Truth lovers" church has
been at loss to prove anything set out to
rove. They made witness Josephus until older
wbi thai info alati |
&C ur Perhaps 'TruthOverr would like to see some of
e latest transations from Irenaus ST. Poiycarp and
hers There are some reasons for believing well Il
me reasons for doubling the alleged authorship OF =,
e New Testament books But granting it-what does a
prOyel Jnst nothing all ertainy not that God T.
rote them, that he dictated them Truth lover .
st be familiar with the axiom that while agreement of
Illnesses does not imply truth their rs to
iteal matters Of fact does prove-at least that some
has told hb or is giving the bearsay evidence of
who is reported by tradition to have said 80 and
The New Testament witnesses do disagree in many a,
rticulars.
But says ct }" lit is the safest to believe" do be-
all the good there is in the Bible in the church and -
ewhere may b ct that the safest for him =,
change the color Of his from blue black He w
do it well as believe any proposition in the ii,
e and eyes Of evidence To the contrary n,
ieve dsbeleve at his option. TRUTH over be- ro
what he thinks is true but greatly ncensed be-
Iva
As well say it is safest believe all religions
also in all the different branches Of the religion ~
as to have strings to ones bow possible ca
trust to only religion out Of any is much n.
holding only ticket in a lottery. Whether you
not is only question Of luck. Each religion r.,
inns to have Gods word to If God has made a | -,
satiOn to man. need another revea ton to tell e.
who has got it. the Christians have it. then third
eatiOn will be necessary to explain it, for part them
that Jesus Deity and part of them say that he
only human They do not agree in har dy anything =.
read the Bible and guess at its meaning like boy
king at his dumb watch aud guessing at the time of
And after they have got its meaning they don't
w any more about God. duties to Him. and to one
ther than they did before. All the Infde the Chris
, and the MOhammedan C an do is to do right and
IT in God.
gain he asks what gained by proving Christianity gu
audf have no wish to prove it a fraud. A fraud | sol
lies intent 1t is hard telling what religious zeal in m.
past has led people to do who will torture on.
kill his fellows for disagreement about religion it the
would not serupe fraud or forgery Bat .ni
ting the best construction possible upon the natter
system being the OutgrOwth of legendary traditions mi.
snpersttOus il s very easy conceive how it sne
ht have honestly and naturally accumulated its pres
invoice of miracles dogmas and unfounded claim. are
ink that Christianity will only ANYTHING .r.
infinitely gain by throwing overheard its eha and ~
D"' II IL chooses 70 cling TO all Of its bee
sb il certainly must go the bottom without hope