Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-10-17
ANSWERS CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST.
Father K.rzsl Leaves Decision To The
Thinking Public.
Comm unica ted.
Annapolis. Md, Oct. Is, 1918.

tan COEiaAisls as HI answer 10 my
sermon last Sunday evening, let me
say:
First, that in regard to the sigma
ture, "a Christian Socialist" he
takes issue with Joseph Leatham, a
leader of Socialism, who declares in
his book. Socialism and Character, :"
that no orthodox christian can be an
intelligent Socialist. His words are
At the present / cannot remember
a single instance OF a person who is
at one and the same time a really
earnest an ! intelligent Socialist and
an orthodox christian. Those who do
not openly attack the church and
the fabric of Christianity, show but
scant respect to either the one or the
other in private. "
Secondly, would strongly advise
the inve stmant of a small amount of
money for the following Socialist
books and magazines:
l. Secret Societies in Switzer-
land, . by Carl Marx, from which,
take a quotation 1--WE shall do well
if we stir hatred and cor tempt
against all existing institutions; we
make war against all prevailing
ideas OF religion, of the state, of
country and patriotism. The idea of
God is the keystone Of perverted civ
ilization. The true root of civiliza-
tion, the true root of liberty,of equal
ity and of culture, is Atheism. "
q "Materialist Basis of His
tory" by Liebkneeht, in which the
author declares 81 am an Atheist.
do not believe in God. 1t is our
duty as Socialists to root out the
faith in God with all our might, nor
is any one worthy Of the name who
does not consecrate himself to the
spread of Atheism.
8. August Bebel, in an essay pub
lished in the "Vorwaerts Qeading
Socialist parer in Germany. Chris
tianity is the enemy of liberty and
civilization. 1t has kept mankind
slavery and oppression. The Church
and the State have always fraternally
united to exploit the people. Chris
tianity and Socialism are like fire and
water"
4. Herve, French Socialist leader,
"Interview, November 10, 1906
at is absolutely necessary to destroy
all vestige of religious idea-Catho-
lie, Protestant and Jewish, in order to
carry out the entire program of ad-
vanced Socialism, which depends upon
the disappearance of every form of
theological influence. .
s. Robert Blatchford Qeading So
,cialist of England, in "The Clarion:
IL do not believe that Christianity
or Buddhism or Judaism, or Moham-
madanism is true. do not believe
that any one of these religions is nec-
essary. | deny the existence Of
heavenly Father. ] deny the efficacy
of prayer. | deny the providence of
God. deny the truth of the Old Tes-
lament and the New Testament. |
deny the truth of the Gospels ] do
not believe any miracle was ever per-
formed. I do not believe that Christ
was divine. do not believe that
Christ died for man. ] do not believe
that He ever rose from the dead. ]
am strongly inclined to believe that
He never existed at all. -
6. John Spargo, in the "Comrade, -
MAY, 1903 How often do we see
quoted in our own press from the En-
clyclopedia Brittanica, that familiar
fallacy that the ethics of Christianity
and Socialism are identical. 1t is
net true; we do not ourselves in most
cases believe it, We repeat it be-
cause it appeals to the slave mind of
/ the world. 1t is easier SC to act, than
to affirm, what in our very soul we
feel to be true, that Socialism, as an
ethical Interpretation of life, is TAR
removed from Christianity and of
infinitely greater beauty and worth.
Socialism christianizt d would be Sc
cialism masculated and destroyed. "
Z. George D. Heron american
| Secretary of International Socialistic
Party Christianity stands for
what is lowest and basest in life.
| The church is the most degrading of
all our institutions, and the most bru-
taliziug in its effects on the common
life. For Socialism to make terms
with the Church is to take Judas to
its BOSOM.
8. New York Call. March 2, 1912
"There is nothing TO be gained by
holding out any false hopes that a
study of Socialism does not tend to
undermine religious belief. The tn :
| ory of economic deterinaism alone, If
thoroughly grasped, leaves no room
for belief in the supernatural.
9. The Worker, November 10,
1901: Christianity is huge aud
CHASTITY parasite, consuming billions
of treasure out of the labor and patti
ence of the e)ple, and is supremely
interested in keeping the people IN
economic and spiritual subsection to
capitalism. The spiritual deliverance
of the race depends on its escape from
this parasite.
10. The Little Catechism, published
BY Geringer, Of Chicago. and trans
lated from Boht imam by the New
York City Mission and Tract Society,
from which | take only few ques-
tions and answers:
@. What is God?
A. God is word used to designate
an imaginary being which people OF
| themselves have devised.
@. What is heaven?
A. Heaven is an imaginary place
which churches have devised as q
charm to entice their believers.
G. Has man immortai soul as
| Christianity teaches?
A. Man has no soul; it is only an