The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-04-26
some QUESTIONS AND ASSERTIONS ANSWEREDI
Why This Paper PubhedWhy It Anhgoniz So-Ced Catholic
Faith Of Minister Local Protestant Parish
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to define that faith and impose il
upon humanity.
"THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION
"What is our object in condemn,
ling the Roman Catholic religioni'
We do not condemn that reli
gion, for we have found no such
religion to condemn. If there are
any fragments Of the Christian re.
ligion left in the papal system
they are so deeply hidden as to re.
sist discovery; but, if there is any.
thing religious therein our only
condemnation could be agains,
mixing religion with Roman Cath,
olic politics, intrigue, meddling in
American national affairs, and at.
tempted corruption of American
life.
If Roman Catholics have reli,
gion, they are welcome to it. Re.
ligion is a private matter. But
politics is a public matter; and il
is Roman Catholic politics that We
condemn. Some people seem toe
stupid to see the difference, but
their lack of perception is no fault
Of ours. We can give them the
facts and argument, but we can.
not supply them with brains and
understanding.
MALICIOUS ExAGGERATIoN
"What is the reason for these
malicious remarks, which, as you
know in your own heart and soul,
are outrageously exaggerated2"
If the Rev. ]. G. M. refers to re.
marks which this paper has made,
he might specify what remarks he
considers malicious or exaggerated.
We are not mind readers, and are
therefore unprepared to answer a
question until it has been asked in
the customary way. If it is some
thing we have said which provokes
the incoherent query, we must
frankly admit that we do not
know what he is writing about.
If he refers to his own malicious
and exaggerated remarks which
appear in his query, then the bur-
den Of reply rests upon himself.
To us it seems that, to accuse an
other Of malice and exaggeration,
without specifying the offense, is
really and truly malicious and ex-
aggerated in itself. Such illogical
outbursts indicate that our inquisi-
tor has let his feelings run away
with his judgment. Such mental
lapses are more common to the
pope's reverends than to Protes-
tant reverends, even when the lat
ter minister in Protestant
parishes.
HUMAN FAULTS
"Was there ever a man, woman,
or child without some little faultY"
Probably not. If permitted to
express an honest, even though un-
complimentary opinion, we should
say that all of us have little faults,
and most of us have big faults.
We go so far in agreeing with
the Rev. ]. G. M. as to say that
the popes and their clergy have
faults, Notwithstanding their
claim to special divine connections; ;
and it is those faults which we feel
justified in condemning.
We are in such perfect agree
ment with our correspondent as to
believe that even the "infallible"
popes are faulty, and their chief
fault lies in their claim to fault
less infallibility. One of our
fundamental claims is that popes
are made of the same material as
other men, with the same propen-
sites, limitations, ambitions, and
need Of social correction.
1t is the faultiness of all that un-
fits one man to dictate to others.
The dictator is possibly as faulty
as the one or several to whom he
dictates. Human experience
teaches that the majority may die
tate to the few with less likelihood
of error than one or few can die
tate to the many. 1t is the lesson
of that experience which approves
majority rule in preference to mi
nority or one-man rule Of any
kind.
It is the human fault of popes
ana their arrogant agents to eXalt
themselves with consequent abase-
ment of others.
THE Y, N. G. A.
"Why does every soldier con-
denim the Y. M. G. A. regardless
Of faithf Why do they all praise
the X. of O., Red Cross and Saliva
tion Armyf"
This is half question and half
assertion. We do not know that
every soldier condemns the Y. and
praises the pope's Knights. It|