Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-29
DEFENSE OF UNA

J. lac Editor Of the Eagle:
Ia last weeks issue appeared an article
ssaed "Namyle,' purporting to be q reply
~ 81 article signed "Una," entitled A Belief
h. . cd. Now, sir, regard truth as one OF
~ mos, precious things, and as it is to be
sttncd only by sitting of various opinions,
may ! be allowed to east in my views on
iii interesting subject, rcligions
] have never publicly used arguments
against the current theology, but when this
srationed theme is bolstercd by arguments
pihh seem 20 me very unsound, or to use
Sanri's words, @need ventilation" feel
4 stiicd in so doing: "Socrates is my friend,
Pat, is ny friend. but truth is more my
fn."
III lea fact" saws Namyl, (which no one
,,~~d in the history of civilization. will
tfalys 20 deny, that civilization follows
3 tie wake of the Bible and never prccedes
r." II seems strange that well informed
q IN would make such statement. IL the
q sels Of christendom, which are now SO
Il ar ,ly on trial, are 20 pass their ordeal safe
" ii will NJ, be through aid Of such argu-
s.n.s. II the Bible has preceded civiliza-
Z aln some cases, or in all cases, il does
res slow necessarily that Il was the cause
al civilization. Granting. for argument
. se ;ha. il has been in some cases the
ssas. still II does not follow that it has
becn the cause in every case. Some things
fssve more than one cause. ! may fall from
m, and fracture an arm, or hurt myself
., bet Sise. bu, because have been hurt five
3 me-. who would nationally conclude had
s,llei Eve times from barn.
Blu lei Us look nj this little matter of the
..Bik always preceding civilization" Let
us 10 X first al India.
Tb, two great Observation-Disclosures and
ssado hism--hare hourished there since time
tslms rnori.l IL would be hard 10 prove
STAT the Bible has or ever had
a 70 thold there, or IL ], has the
.saiios have woefully fallen. for to-day
Isadd ,s.n alone numbers two-fifths of the |
lums race. (Scc Draper. "Hist. OF Int. |
Dew. 4 Errope"l. But Indian civilization !
sf1 n = VII l.r tAc btotf- rs tc hcf tusHk- I
RS, .thy were settling satisfactorily to |
thesns,elv = the deepest problems Of human
though, Thousand years before Christ.
Far b .avsnce Of anything that Gre sc can
.,sier, he intellectual history Of India fur
s..shes systems at once consistent snd inn
posin:-sysiems no; remaining useless spec
alasie a, but becoming inwoven in sccial
life. Draper. Il is 10 be questioned
hat hsaia has M; furnished at least one
rasn with mind unsurpassed-Buddha- Let
US hare word Of testimony from the ia
NOUS orthodox lecturer, Joseph Cock:
alndi, WAS old "a philosophy when Greece
wss " ing" Now. rs all scholars know
that ltropan civilization FIRST laGned in
Greece nsarly s.ooo ycar ago, Il is not hard
10 So hpw vas;iy farther back must have
been Ee civilization Of India, and all this,
too. hou; the Bibles aid
Lei rs pass To Egypt: The dawn Of her
civilh ;a II les. in the hcary antiquity. l.
Great advance are there manifested over
prisns al man, Tor some Of the monuments
81 Ne greatness remain. Her knowledge OF
,ss.- .Anicai powers must have been grsas,
fos With cur present advancement NC have
No eneins that EN- hcave sich esormc,n
ssone y those In the pyramids. This geo.
mstzie precision was woadeeful Tor ~ near
emotion the bases and sides Of the pyramids