The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-13
osnsinisn versus Christianity.
JBy e. Nathan)


An unfoldinE 3 development. as. for
Instance the evolution Of 3 bad into
a Leaf. or ot An egg into a bird or an
animal
Nov mach Of the dimeulty on this
suhisct has arisen from the unwar.
rzntsbie confusion or identification Of
Evolution with Darwinisn.
AT this juncture il would not be out
OF place 10 say that Darwinism Is a
THEORY Of the process OF evolution.
and both on account OF the skin tf0r
Nr. Darwin vas q nan Of brilliant
Psrss.) with which i vas originally
presented, and Of the singular eni-
nenoe Of It's propounder. obfasnes for
a time a very remarkable prestige.
But fear that the gentleman who
writes under the nom De plane of
Observes" has become 50 sOp-brxized.
OF oueSi6ea- and 50 hardened asziast
the Bible and Christianity. 50 asro-
phie1 On the ethical SIDE q his mind.
thar i would hs hard 10 convince hin
thaS there Vas really q diEersnce he
tween D2r~iaisa ana Ero.atSou il. The
trae scientific ssz<e- Ju5gins from lis
latest c02zaniczSsoz ore wozEz az
ITALY infer this- i wO1ld 1lnnsSz ~ :
DIrze2e e convert An sso1st q his
stamp II fast hare 10 f1Srk "a be-
iieve thzt i eCUsd - 6o1e unless the
Greater Eoul5 II Erzrs hessOx upon
ain = new set e brains Sch men
seen 10 have been nm into = z1zrrsx.
Ike ; plaster q Pzrss cast and anyI
e@o-1-O change then wogld prove dis
sSt-ous 10 The cast. OF nan. Or what
|ever i Is
Any DAn no xii wEfse 6owa an op-
Poaeut- gwithous certain kzoxlesee in
the ezse.A tAz1 he 5 Isrorzar and
unzhle 10 pass an Intelligent opinson
upo1 snsh vital zzes1iozs zs Re have
aean eons5dsrsng recently, = man who
assumes ID know i al. and from
whose profound decisions there can
q 10 appeal q mz1 Who accuses the
6esszdsrx Of Christ5snIsy q noz oaly
beng ignorant bat fall Of -hypoc-
risy and superstition. mzn xho
climbs 10 The top 0f a pedestal q il
h5sl zSsazap-iol and iooEs down OF all
tAase wka believe tie Bible 10 be ghe
Vezg Word q God. and lhzt The no
szze zeeslnt e tte creation IS the
sruth- Ia opposition to The Dzrwiaian
zsserzsoa 70 ne CONTRARY. > nan xh0
bszSiz himself u se q disciple Of Oar
Nin and advocates thai DARK and IN
certain system Of negztioa. and de-
elzres i 70 be the gospel for these
dzTx-ucA nan Is either moral
nszrot5e or an example q eoa1enpiible /
Ezosism persouided.
Azd iris Is rot sad IN the spirit Of ]
intolerance 8at Is simply The truth
Observer seems 70 think that e /
NzzhAn's library IS composed of
Bihla. eommeatary. Foxs Book Of
Martyrs. Pilgrims Progress. and q
feE other obsolete tones xhen i Is
barely possible thar the ovner oI these
exesllent works hzs. in addition.
among hss Numerous volumes o. his
library shelves, the very latest word /
o. ali these momentous qnestians.
Further. II mar b. that there are
teN people in viaita,s 5.eo8 population
Who are Is fully posted on the latest
developments il philosophy as is he.
who have reached beyond him n thsir
general knowledge. because. physiolog-
ieally. they are not afflicted with that
common disease OF lnfdels. b0nehead-
edness. With such men q diamond
driIi, netaphorieally speaking. could
n5t penetrate their thick skulls. and
even il this dificnlt operation was
success. the drill would find an insur-
nsoantable resistance in the scared
and calloused conscience underneath,
There is an old Eastern axiom some
thing like this. The Wild ass OF the
desert is un-amzble~ Vow. according
10 the DsrwiniSn theory. whenever the
differentiation Of species took place.
some spores. by fOrtuitous chance or
laws. some protaplasmie master. some
measly little bioplaSts. must have
sloughed OF from the Wild ass. and in
the course Of limitless ages eventnated
IN producing living creatures Of ~Ob-
servers type. No kick coming here,
for il is Darwiaianism in the concrete
u assert thar such results would lie
within the limits Of the possible. Tol
tame an infdel Of Observers type,
Or impart any real intelligent informa-
ton, would be as easy as to change
the nature OF the Wild ass,
VIII the reader pardon the forego-
ing diversion from the main topics