Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-30
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 30 1906

swell" his self.esteem just a little
higher than Mt. Rainier-says: at
should be the object of Christians
to furnish themselves with the armor
OF proof for their own protection"
With this l heartily agree, and
think it would be much better than
hurting charges that connot be sus.
tanned at others.
The editors alleged "grandeur and
beauty of Gods works" is not so ap-
parent in a book so abundant in
ridiculous absurdities, as the Bible,
from my standpoint.
Let any sane person try aud imag.
inc an infinite God who is alleged to
have created worlds upon worlds roll.
ing in infinite space, coming to in
struct Aaron what length to make his
trousers, giving recipes for making
hair oil, and giving such filthy in
structions in cookery as may be found
in Ezekiel 4, Is. Surely, some peo-
pie have strange ideas OF beauty and
grandeur!
Such people as this Eastern Wash.
ington editor can even see Goods
mercy reflected in an everlasting hell"
where all those are to be cast who
have the manhood to repudiate the
countless infamies attributed to God
by the Bible. Paul is said to have
preached sermon on charity and
then wrote to the Galatians as follows:
" If any man preach any other gospel
unto you than that ye have received,
let him be accursed." Further on 1
read from the same pen, ~ would
that they were even cut off which
trouble you"
History abounds with the fruits of
such inculcations. We see IL in the
rack, the thumbscrew, the fsgot, and
the dungeon. We see the crusades in
which nearly twenty millions perished.
We see the Earth strewn with the
bones OF murdered heretics and schol-
ars, we see the prosecutions and BUTCH
cries of Constantine and others-see
the followers OF Godfrey in Jerusalem,
see the indiscriminate massacre Of
men, women and children. see the
mosques piled seven deep with muir.
dered Saracens, the Jews burnt in
their synagogues! We see Occur de
Lion slaughter in cold blood thousands
Of captive " infidels," we see the muir.
ders OF the Huguenots and Waldenses,
we witness Smithfield and Bartholo.
NEW, we see the Inquisition with
its countless instruments Of fiendish
cruelty, where heretics were stretched
upon the rack, disjointed and torn
limb from limb; we see them f1ayed
alive, their bleeding bodies scared with
red hot irons; we see them covered
with oil and pitch and set on fire; we
see their tongues torn out, their eyes
bored out with heated augurs, We see
them burned alive.
Yet these are only few Of the in.
famies resulting from the teachings
Of book which some brainy brilliant
2x4 would-be editors, snufing al
kali dust most part OF their existence.
would have me " accept in its entirety"
"as bedrock Of TRUTH" and tell me
that l must read it in "the right
spirit" and that my objections are
"quibbles" and that my writing shows
l am not person to be classed as hon.
est, or man OF his word, and this in
spite OF the fact that every branch oi
science gives it the lie direct, and bids
me throw aside the superstition OF q
barbaric age.
trust the Eastern Washington ed
itor now fully understands my opinion
on tho subject. LUE F. VERNON.