The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-14
A do" Religion.

Editor The News:
In the issue of The News Of Dec. II
under the above head you commend the
recent address of Arthur Nash which
was reported in The News of Dec G. |
read that report and thought some
things he said were very misleading
and harmful He Is reported as saying:
"IIe (Jesus) said that He WAS the Son
of God, and also the Son of Man. Jesus
is our elder brother; He Is divine. as
we are all divine; believe in the di-
vlnity Of Christ as much as the most
rigid Trintaran, but | also believe in
the divinity of Christ's brothers"
This places our Lord Jesus Christ on
an exact equality with man. The kind
of divinity that Jesus claimed was that
lie was God in every sense that
God the Father claims to be. Then,
according to Mr. Nash ] am God and
you are God. He boldly asserts this
when he says: Humanity is divine; all
of us are n part of God"
II man Is God he is responsible to
no one and the matter OF sin is elm
inated-there can be no sin, because sin
Ia transgrcssion of law enacted by n
higher authority than the sinner. to
whom the law applies. This is the
| Religion" leads us It makes man his
own savior, Mr.. Nash admits this in
his vapor parable OF life illustration.
No matter where the rain drops fall
! they all reach the ocean, which scien-
| fists tell us has process Of purifying
| Itself The ocean represents humanity
| In the aggregate But Mr.. Nash does
not leave us In doubt as to what he
| means He says mankind belongs
| to the family OF God. and can save
| Itself We are free moral agents and
| it's IN to us"
This eliminates the Bible plan Of
! salvation at one stroke Any one who
/ has read his Bible carefully knows that
| 1t teaches exactly the opposite Of this.
But It makes but little difference
| with these self-confdent "do religion"
| advocates what the Bible teaches or
| what a man believes. lust so he Is do
| Ing some supposedly good work
Jesus told His disciples to beware Of
| the doctrine" of the scribcs and phori-
sees, and ST John tells us that "Who-
soever transrresseth, and abideth not
In the doctrine OF Christ hath not
God" and says further. "It there come
any unto YOU. and bring not this doc
trine. receive him not into your house,
neither hid him Godspeed"
It matters tremendously what we be-
lievo as we'll as what we do. Germany
| Is wreck today because she beloved
and acted on the theory Of evolution
"the survival ~ the attest" and dis
carded the authority Of the Bible and
perverted its teachings.
The Bible teaches that God IL "The
| f''l nav N'lIll NIltus IN'I9D, lnc y am
OGX, iii:lb, having life In himself
| Gohn v;2G), and has brought into ex-
istcnce NIL other life, TO teach that
man Is God would present us with the
sncctaCle OF God making Himself, We
might expect such teaching IN pagan
countries, but who would expect 1t II
America!
Yet these ideas Of Mr., Nash are beinf
taught In various ways and more ol
loss under cover by large number o
the leaders In the educational and re-
) ligious movements Of the present dav
II is surely tho snirlt Of "anti- Christ
spoken OF by Paul and John
]. NJ. STANFIELD.
! Cleveland, Tenn.
(The address OF Arthur Nash insofa
: ms It related to the practical app,ica
tion Of Christie nifty and the Colder
Rule In ordinary commercial life wa
what was commended IN The New
! editorial OF which Mr. Stanfeld ha
reference. That IL the "dn" Of his re
, ligiou; Mr.. Nash has MANY theological
hc'iets that do not CORRESPOND exactl,
| with those Of the editor Of The News
but his practical manifestations OF hi
, rclirion merit the warmest commenda
Z on.--Fditor The NewsO