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postulates upon which MARKHAM social
ism rests HAS driven the followers Of
that cult to the necessity Of forming
new theories so widely different fr0n
those heretofore defended that the re-
suit is practical abandonment Of
the MARKHAM, philosophy. Economic
determinism" has been attacked from
SO many sides and SO fiercely that new
positions are being taken. The latest
| is work by Charles Kendall Frank
| lin Charles H. Kerr & Co., Chicag0),
entitled ''The Specialization Of HUI
mainly" Economic determinism as
laid down by Marx and Loria comes
SO near to fatalism, SO completely
eliminates the power of mind in shap-
ing events and the spiritual side OF
humanity is SO completely set aside,
that as soon as it is understood, think
ing men utterly repudiate it.
That man is incurably religious
seems To be acknowledged by this>au-
thor and to provide for that, he at
tempts to construct religion to suit
the circumstances, the major portion
OF the book being devoted to that pur-
pose. AS he found that he could not
have religion without god of some
sort, he manufactures one to suit his
purpose, this god is "socialized hui
mainly" He says: I'm Oriented per-
sons, the influence of ones social ma
ture upon ones individual nature, is
referred to as the influence Of GCd
upon the individual. Allegoricaliy
this is true, but instead of some I'm
aginary God, it is TO the real facts in
human life that we owe all of Our
morality, owe our social nature, our
spirituality and our intellectually.
The good, the true, the great, the SUI
blime-everything grew up in human
ity."
The word social" is always used
in the MARKHAM sense in the work.
Social sense" social state" social
morality etc., are only words to des-
ignate his new god.
| In trying to build up this new So
cialist religion, the author runs
against the same mysteries that con-
front all those who venture into the
region of the unknown.
He says: 1.-THE unity Of nature SCI
cured by the hypothesis of God only
adumbrates the perfection OF the unity
of nature which the facts some day
will establish; for, despite all our rea-
soning from the hypothesis of God,
man has never been able to explain
how an omnipotent God could let the
devil live, or how it was that per-
fectly pure and holy God could be the
author of anything, and yet not the
author of evil"
ANCAluCl Cdu MI. Iduhllu .eXpldlu
anything about it. He says, but that
does not explain anything, that none
Of these inevitable contradictions will
be found in the naturalistic explana-
ton of things, "monism." Everything
in the universe will be perfectly or
gained. The interdependence of the
inorganic, the organic, and society
will be given; and the individual, In
stead of referring things to the mys-
terry of God, will trace them to their
natural causes" That leaves the
mystery greater than ever. II things
are perfectly organized" there must
be an organizer. Natural cause"
must be the primary and original
thing and somebody will want to
know what that thing Is.
The truth Is. that this does not sat
isfy the intellect half M we'll as Mrs.
Eddy's explanation. She says there
Is no devil and no evil. All such
ideas are mortal error or ey0n the