The Greenville times., 1902-03-08
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The origin OF myths is accounted for II
divers ways:-sQmetines invented b,
hierarchy as vehicles Of es0teriO doc
trines known only BY the initiated
Isometimes the result OF Ignorance 0l
-misapp Handed down b.
tradition, they undergo changes il
their transmission. until finally crys
taIized IN written form.
Strauss says This miracle fsthe mar
raiQe FEAST ls not truasbut a myth in
veHtsd bys the disclples that Iesui
migalb be accounted DO whit iafefior tC
Mo5es and Elisha WHO chahgea the
bitEef waivfs 0f Maran and 1eridlO u
sYeett BaNr denies mythical Origin
Of theAnarrative and assures rs that
John invented this storyon the basi;
of Christ's words concerning the two
ldispensations, Jewish and Christian
-''put new wine into new bottles u
The water in the vessels represents
thus, the insufficient qualifications Of
fered by Judaism and the baptism oi
John. The worse wine is also Judaism
destined TO give way TO the better wine
''parody OF criticism I"
You will observe that all these So
called criticisms are only bold denials
of the narrative. The Jewish adver-
saries of Jesus never denied the realty
OF His miracles, but charged Him with
being in collusion with Satan. The
Talmud has recourse TO this explana-
ton: The son of Stada Ia nickname
applied to Jesus in eth e .Talmud)
brought charms from Egypt in an in
cision which he had made in his flesh. "
Had they known they known that he
wrought no miracles they would not
have attempted this, nor any other
explanation, it being sufficient TO deny
their reality.
THE MULTIPLICATION OF LoAvEs AND
FISHES
is recorded in all four Gospels. Paulus
got rid Of the supernatural thus: "Je-
sus and the disciples brought out
their provisions, generously offering a
share to their neighbOrs, who follow
ed their example and as each gave
what he had every man had enough.
Renan uses these words: Jesus with
drew into the desert. A large number
of people followed, him. Thanks to an
extreme frugality, the pi0us company
had enough to eat; they believed OF
course that they saw In this amiracle." !"
This provokes laugh, for if the facts
had been as Renan- represents-if6 3 900
men besides women and children were
indeed bountffully fed with the lunch
es from the wallets OF II men, then in
deed the multitude did see a miracle,
but miracle of NJ. Remains imagina-
tion. He however doesn't call his sub
stitute miracle, for in his judgment
the miracle iR only the unexplained.
But lis for him to explain his expla-
nation, for9how can 1000 people, say,
feast on IL lunches that are iNoTmulti-
Piled q rl.s
II no miracle was wrought it re-
mains for the. destructive critics to ex-
plafn the mufJitude's ardor to make
Jesus a King; to explain also the words
of Jesus:9'Ye seek me not because ye
saw the miracles (signs) but because
We ate of the loaves and were filled."-
How disingenuous If Jesus did no mi
racle.
Keim too thinks thes story myth
in some such incident as
2enan ipagines and then mythically
exagerat TIA m order to put Jesus on a
footing with Moses in the supply Ct
Mamma and with Elisha who fed an
hundred men with twenty loaves of
harley, saying: "Thus saith the Lord
they shall eat and leave thereof" He
sUfmised that the narrative was a
myth embodying the Christian idea of
the food of the soul.
--Some commentators argue that Je-
sus through his knowledge of the
'spontaneity of natural forces"as they
put -accelerated- the reproductive
processes Of nature. This idea Strauss
Justly rftfcufes By askfng what law of
nature converts raw, food into bak ed
loaIes and 'brQiIed fishes.
{ T5F STILL 6 Of THE STORM
presents Unusual difficulties for those
who insist ON eliminating the su-
StRanss- maintains it Is
pure myth. Kelm will not go so far,
5ut Thinks tue Story na0 gf6undation
)f fact in some incident which took
place on the water and which has been
idealized" in accordance with the
9th Psalm: "He maketh the storm
/ calm, so that the waters thereof are
'till;" and the words addressed by
,he seamen to Jonah: Awake, o
deeper" The simple meaning of this
in plain. English is, that
hese words ofshelS writ, o9 some oc.
;asiQD4qf tba'eatened dange4 suggested
he fabrication of 9Farn. -
> Observation-Disclosures OF EAzARUs
md others is especially difficult for the
'keptic. At the gates of Main. Jesus re-
stored to life the Widows son. Renan
8 sarcastic. He says: Faith in a
orce, which penetrates to the dead,
sven through the wood of the bier
belongs to the Evangelist
Luke but it is n9 ours" Strange
thats iRnoranoe Sdh4 one point should
have exaggerated the difficulty Reach
the dead even through the wood of
the belr"-he says. Renan ought to
have known THAT the dead. was. NOT
confned, kHdt ISL branded, and resting
upon a,plank 4llghtly raised Na4s stlse
sides. Such was the bier.
ySOme who~jll not lStep TO thesuper-
natutal maintaif ltb It, he yoAnk man
was net reilly Head Gut IN q JeJhargy.
1t may have been noticed that all at
tempGed efasfng Ur tng iniracfe HAS on
y SubStituted new and insuparable diff
tcyliiks. So here, the theory of leth-
argy eupposes a miracle of knowledge.
EEi6ept!E shs Eidaxea methsS ana ID
dead. Jesus is total stranger, just
ontthei scenet HOW d0eslrHG
know tha4the1gRspg man isdsRlyiiRa
/ stfauss and Rein pFoahSSd4haSce pFtoahSSd4haSc lKIseasa
and the raising Of theIadkiighter Of
JaiHus purHi my thsy withoutyanv founeI
datien ip fact. AsshoEt distance,.from,
Main, at Shpnem, we are told, in the
Old Testament that Elisha bfBukKt,i
a Tt1G'td lIfe'Ahd the zeal 7Ofs 6llenTdIseiuI
pies would nobpemit JesusttO be- OUT
done, and SO They jRFentsdr the story.
But here a, greater difficulty stares us
in tHe face: WHY should t6esse PEOPLE
be. #iaqing to endure poverty, speflls1