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heavy load of heresy or dead orthodoxy and still
live"
"Crowding system in some way conceived to
be true, IS entirely wrong, because it has refer
ence to subjective truths which may be conceived
differently by different minds. When it comes to
crowding what Is conceived to be true By an ind
vidual mind In the moral order, without being GER
tain that what he crowds is Gods law. it is I'M
position those who conceive the truth to be DIFF
ferent. Only objective truths, for which there is
ample evidence and logical proofs, can be crowd
ed. The laws of the land are effectively true We
have evidence of their enactment. They can be
crowded, and will be enforced, too. But Gods
law, which pertains to conscience. is entirely dit
ferent. minister, whose training and environ
ments lead all his thoughts in a certain chan1s.
and who ''conceives his system in some way to be
true will crowd other minds far superior to his
without any evidence logical proof. When the
minister himself is crowded for evidence or proof
all get is an assurance, with the hand over the
heart, Il know in there it is true" and to confirm
that Il know in there it is true they will bend
you down to hard literal. undiscerning reception
of texts with greater assurance and authority than
the infallible Pope. Mr.. Munger's broad compr-
hension and logical mind sees this and as anti
dote for the lack of objective truths and crowdng
subjective truths, he tells the churches TO
look well to the charities as hiding place against
the coming storm. If men churches doing
good, they can carry a heavy load of hercsv or
dead orthodoxy and still live
He pays tribute to the Catholic church but
does not discuss her claims. 4 Catholic pnesi
does not scrowd system which in same way be
conceives to be true but one which he Is certain
to be true. He has back of him the Church which
Jesus commissioned to teach the whole world. de
has all the evidence that his reason demands thai
Jesus established his claims to be belief OF the
whold, and commissioned his Church to teach ID
His name The priest gives what the Church tells
him to preach He does not crowd, but tries 10
enlighten the inquirer by giving reasons for til,
faith he processes. Beyond the dogmatlc anu
moral truths for which the Church voucheS, he
not responsible, and would be the first 10 condemn
'the harmless superstitions' to which Mr.. Nunge.
refers. As evidence that he Is fair-minded' We
give the following quotations from the article II
ferred to.
"And here we are brought to consider one OF I Is
most immediate questions before us-that OF u.
Roman Catholic church. The family; obedlenc[
to law; labor; these are the problems with "nIg4
the nation and the churches are struggling oa
church is doing more to safeguard these wa
interests than the Roman Catholic The que'l"r
how it happens to have this influence may go ",
that 1t has it is sufficient at present. 1t Uouu
worse than idle, It would be ealamitous. to opp
the Catholic church in the present junctre OF ~,
affairs. 1t is full Of supersttions most Of p e.,
harmless. while some hide a truth. 1t STAMPS la
sound ethics, for humanity for learning ana I Int
for science and progress and modern thought Ia
III somewhat hampered sense-encyeheaP
MED, but practically recognized