The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-08
Answer to Captain White.

| Mf. EQltOf. captain Wnlte IN his
article entitled, "The Trouble With
Infdelity," makes the assertion that
try to prove the Bible is not inspired
/ by showing the wickedness of men.
Let me tell him ! have refrained from
that and only have taken the funda-
mental parts. In my last article,
which got all mixed up in printing,
gave the two genealogies of Christ,
by Mathew and Luke, as they did not
appear l will give them again. Accord
ing to Mathew there were twenty-eight
generations, namely, Christ, Joseph,
Jacob, Matthew, Eleazar, Eliud
Achim, Eadoc, Azor, Eliakim, Abiud
Zorobable, Salathiel, Jechonias, Josias,
Anon, Manassas, Ezekias, Achaz
Joathan, Azias, Joram, Josaphat, Asa
Abba, Roboam, Solomon, David. Ac-
cording to Luke there were forty-three
generations, namely, Christ, Joseph
He'll, Matthat, Levi, Melchi, Janna,
Joseph. Mattathias, Amos, Mawm,
Esli, Maggie, Maath, Matthathias,
Semei, Joseph, Juda, Joanna, Rhesa,
Zorobabel, Salathiel, Neri, Melchi,
Addi, Cosam, Elmodam, Er, Jose,
Eliezer, Joram, Matthat, Levi, Simeon,
Juda, Joseph, Jonah, Eliakim, Melea,
Menan, Mattatha, Nathan, David
Now Capt, which of these accounts
is right? Which is the word of God.
AS the average of each generations is
about twenty-six years this makes
about three hundred and ninety years
difference in time of birth. No doubt
you believe this to be Gods word, but
the early church historians tell us
that in the fourth century, A. D., at a
council of Nice these books were voted
on to be the inspired word SO it is the
vote of these old church fathers you
believe from that council we got the
Athanasiun creed and from then be-
gins the dark ages.
Now Captain you handle the truth
very careless, when you assert that
no event in history is better authenti-
cate dthan the resurrection of Christ.
1t is not as well authenticated as the
landing the pilgrim fathers. It is not
as well authenticated as the signing
of the declaration of independence.
The fact of the matter is it is not au-
thenticated at all, the book of Mat
them. chapter 2S, says there was a
great earthquake for the angel of the
Lord came and rolled back the stone
from the door and sat on it. Mark
claims that the angel was in the
'sepulchre sitting on the righ side. Mat
thew says the angel sitting on the
stone told the two Marys. Mark says
the women seeing the stone rolled
away went into the sepulchre and the
angel on the right side told them he
had risen. John says it was Christ
himself that told Mary Magdaline. The
guard claims that his disciples stole
the body away Matthew % chapter,
verse Z, makes the angel sitting on
the stone to tell the two Marys, Be
hold he goeth before you into Galilee,
there you shall see him, 10 have told
YOU" In the 9Th and 10th verses Mat
thew makes Christ himself to speak
and tell the two Marys and they ran
to tell the disciples. The eleven of
them went away to a mountain in
Galilee where Jesus had appointed to
meet them. But John 20 chapter, 19
verse, then the same day at evening
being the first day of the week the
same day that it claimed he rose, that
when the doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled Jesus came
and stood in the midst.
There is no agreement in the evi-
dence this like his birth depends to
much on the word of Mary. It is no
use for me to go further on the resur-
rection question every intelligent
reader can see that the whole story is
mass of superstitutious stories told
by nobody knows who, but tdopted by
early Catholic churches for their own
purposes. The Captain claims that
the last inspired word came when he
said lam Alpha and Omega, Now ii
is only an accident of birth tfat makes
Capt. White talk that way IL he had
been born Of Mormon parents he
would have sworn by all the saints
that Joseph Smith was the true