Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
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that fact alone WAS not fatal to II; aat.
although be said some things which
we're rot unprej1dieed, nor charitable;
We are still pleased with his elastisiug
of the critics, and his plea for charity
and against prejudice. We have no
objection to his so llshias himself.
he fads fault at be;ag called an AZ
nostic And nos, too, after lahoring
SO earnestly on that SIDE, taking the
positions. using the arguments, aud be-
ing so sensitive about, and jealous, FOR
the great lights ~ and points of honor
! q Of tie unknowing. We may not
have been technically correct, in thus
designating Anxious, but submit we
we're and still are fully justified. Not
only. can no man gather, nor in any
way learn, from Anxious many fcwery
dissertations, W lat he is. except it be
al Agnosuc) but the sad and strange
fact is that he surely could not tell you,
were one TO ask him. White this posi-
ton, We concede, does not convict him
Of anything, nor take away his hight to
[ charitable treatment Of his opinions,
yet it is TIE present subject of our soil
citute. Unasked and unnecessary soii-
citude Amlcus will say, but still we
would like, so much, to get him some
where, located, placed, on some solid
facts or position. Does he not see.
that SO far as he is concerned, and in
so far as he has even taken, or argued,
or presented that side; he proves cur
suggestion about not arguing fairly.
What sort Of equity is there about
controversy where one side, one expon-
ent: has no position, no meeting place
or basis of attack or defense? In the
entire controversy limited at, what
equality or fairness is there, where
loose oenials and general negatives are
the entire ammunition and ordinance,
(no musketry) Of one side. To estab-
lish, or demonstrate fact, or line OF
facts, to the perfect and overwhelming
satisfaction of dozen, hundred, or
thousand good and thoroughly conipe
tent people, is useless, for these are
loftlly brushed aside by the Agnostic
with denial; and reason. authority and
logical argument are in vain. Is not
this plainly illustrated in my last,
about proving negative, and is it not
true Anxious? And who is '.the great !
est logician of modern times, in yonr |
opinion, for we may differ about it?
The wordy James Stuart Mil? Who
ever Anxious may have in mind, we |
venture this assertion, he did not win
that fame con.ending against religious
truth.
Tom paine arguments are obsolete, |
Remains obscene, Hume's absurd and
exploded, Darwin's self connecting;
while it is notorious that Ingersoll
scarcely ever made any. His stock in
trade, is loose and broad assertion, and
that too of the most Illogical aud con-
Trajectory sort, for his wheat; covered,
carried and filled with mountains Of
wit, humor and sarcasm for his chat.
And speaking again of prejudice and
of charity for opinions of others; who
so bitter in his mere prejudice, so quick
aud frothing mad as he, at the mere
mention of some of the church worth
les? Who so utterly incapable, (as was
so plainly demonstrated by the magnif-
cent old man of England0 of correctly
and logically arguing aay question?
We repeat, Bob is notorious for his
mere assertion and sarcasm, Jingliag
words Can ue strung together by al
most anyone. II they are sensible,
true, logical, they say something and
lead from something to something;
otherwise they are sounding brass and
tinkling cymbals."
Anxious calls this an ~axiomatic
proposition viz, for an Agnostic to
say. that 10 one knows. what he has
concluded or deemed to be indetermin-
able, without other qualification and
eomnisserates u that we do not con-
cede it What further proof do we
need of Anxious loose. very reckless use
of words, or perhaps as theughriess,
reading of them. Yea it clinches
another nail to our humble suggestion
about the logical fairness Of Aapos,ic
argument And Se might as veil both
state ans. admit right here, that such
saying of the Agnostic that no one
knows anything that he has concluded
TO be Understandable; is the ,rae state
meni Of his position aud oI Boss SINE
;houehs in other Language every
mud kinea.m afFi evrs! hr'iu
sovereign That is their creed and