New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-10-04
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He Thinks tie If Religions VIII
Remove RI ndaieas and
q Characteristic Rel tha l3reat ra-
Tor % the Questions q "a Inter
Though he Was moi 81 yit etl q take
part. u its deliberation there is probsbS
Is no man ins this q no Is watcl,.
Ing, more closel the oceedings Of thu
lament Of 81 ions il Chicag than
Col. Robert /, the leading
America agnostic, says ,,.,ss1
dispatch. The follo wing converse ION
was held with him recent
hat effect IS the Of re-
Iigions likely 70 have On the future ef
Ecreeds e.
1T was q good thing 70 get the repre-
sentatiyes Of all creeds to meet and tell
their brliefs. The tendency, { think, IS
to do away with pref uiIiice, with proyin-.
cialism with otism. We know the.
lence between the great rel ions, so
ffarsas belief Isl concerned, alno cunts to but
little. Their Gods have different names.
but in other aspects they differ but lit.
tie. They arelall cruel and ign ora t -
do you think it likely that the time.
is coming when all the religions & in the.
world will be treated with the liberality.
that IS now characte rizing the attitude.
q, one sect to another in christend ON rs
es, because I think hat all reli gio1s3
will be found to be Of equal authority
and because believe that the supernat-
ural will be discarded and that man will
give up his vain and useless Efforts to get
back Of nature-to answer the questions
Of whence and whittier. AS a matter Of
fact. the various sects do not love one
another. The keenest hatred is religious
hatred. The malicious most malice is
found in the hearts Of those who love.
their enemies. Z
Bishop Newman in replying to d
learned Bud dhist at the parliament OF re-
ligions, said that Budd h;sm had given To:
the world no helpful literature, no soci-
al system, and no heroic virtues. IS this
true 81
Bishop Newman is 9 very pref udiced
man. Probably he got his information.
from the missionaries. Buddha was un-I
doubtedly q great teacher. Long before
Christ lived Buddha taught the brother
hood Of man. He said that intelligence
was tie only lever capable Of raising
mankind. His followers, to say the least
Of them, are as good as the followers Of
Christ. Bishop Neuman is q Methodist
IA follower Of John Wesley and he
has the prejudices Of the sect to which
he belongs. Wemust remember chat all
pref ndices are honest. III
III ow can society be reconstructed
tnat all this horrible suffering resu. tant
from poverty and It's natural associate,
crime, be abolished, or at least reduced
to a nlinimum2'' was asked.
In the first place, I'VE should stop sup
porting the useless. The burdens Of SUI
perstition should be taken from the
shoulders Of industry. IN the next place
men should stop bowling to wealth IN
stead Of worth. Men should be Judged
By what they are, instead Of the property
they have. Only those able to raise and
educate children should have them. Child
|Sren should be better born, better educa-
tied. The process Of regeneration will be
slow, but twill be sure. The religion
of our day is supported by the worst, by
1.-THE most dangerous people il society
lido not allude to murderers or burglars
OF. even to the little thieves. mean
those who debauch5 courts and legiisla-
tures and elections those who make
mil lions ~ legal fraud. Z
sIs il possible for men to ~ good and
honest without tie hel 81 hristianity 4
IS III