Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-28

ing the bones of his victims, were only
few of the devices resorted to by the priest
hood to perpetuate Christianity. Thus the
world groaned under the iron wheels of
Christian savages for more than a thous-
and years, when every government of
Europe, like its people, become the forced
slaves of the Christian system. The church
made and unmade kings. princes and en-
perors and forced them to do her bidding.
Poverty, rags and starvation were the lot
of all, save and except the priesthood, who
lived in luxury and Righteousness
Every thought act and move out of har-
mony with the church was rebellion. not
only against the church but against the
DEGREES of heaven to crush which by force
of arms. the church and its priesthood
were but the spiritual agents of the Al
mighty. All Europe and the parts of Asia
and Africa under Christian rule were but
slaves. Liberty was crushed. but not dead:
truth still 1urked in disguise under the
forms of Christianity Thousands. hun
dreds of thousands. and millions went
down to torture and death. under the fate
of heresv, in ones. twos, tens and hundreds
ut time not one known hereto was
shared. The number of violent deaths In
this wav and in the wars forced by the
church 70 spread Christianity has been esti-
melted 1T 9nn 200 600
This represents the fruit Of Christianitv
church was in power. but the terrible pic.
'ure of torture and suffering inflicted on
so MANY. cannot be gone into here. When
the neople Of Europe could no longer en-
dure Christian rule a few of the leading
mon of Ttalv came together and secretly
resolved 70 stor Christian rule Out Of this
was born tho Renaissance. revival Of de-
cencv and learning All Furone arose in
her r,ioht IN the end the ecclesiastical
mower If tho church was overthrown and
civil government restored The bloody
bond Of Christianity STAYED unbelef everv-
whore can'e 70 the front. IF Christianity
bod been truo or possessed any semb1ance
of truth or even decencv, why all these
crimes. and this force TO nernetuate II?
These were things which the sensible poo
Mo Of the world at the time If the Renais-
sancn were thinking end revolving In their
minds and these are some Of the matters
and things which sensible neonle are now
revolving IN their minds and talking about
Put tho dead part Of Chrietiantv Is ONLY
. small mart of what scholars and other
men OF sense are thinking and talking
ohout. Thew want 70 know who this Hebrew
ond &c md who this second God Christ IS
who and whence the HOLY Ghost rs we'll
how n possible for child to he
horn of virgin begotten bv a dove and
how nhNrt miracles. resurrection from tho
dead. divinity vicarious atonement ard
numerous other things TAUGHT in the Bible
and hv the priesthood
AS TO the more scholarly people. thew
have learned that everything claimed by
Christianity. has been borrowed from rag-
anism: not only this but thev know that
Christianity. as we'll ms al other relioions
are at war with the we'll known principles
of natural law, at war with each and every
branch of science. all of which are predi-
Gated on natural law The better informed
of the clerics. Protestant and Catholic,
know these things and thev realize that
Christianity does not satisfy their con-
sciences: that II Is not true but Il keeps
thoir food tra,,eh Ia rri..o IN .,raaah