The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-05

ubi 1 Snhdsf school cisss
church and teach those1hings
wfiat would he do IN 4 ciosed
classroom hefe liz no one
10 dispute his statementss Tits
professor uses his yoIcs andEpen q
great deal in fighting what he calls
obstructions of science and IN the
defence Of evolution.
Net Al Are Atheists.
There goes out occasionally
from somewhere-the publicity de-
Tpartment / suppose report de-
nying that there are men on! the
University staff who do not believe
In the Bible. This report, which
goes all over the state. gives you a
list OF the professors who they say
believe In the Bible and Christ and
ara good church members.
:" have never seen on that list
the name OF any one Of the profes.
sors who have been or are now
under fire for teaching these the
orles. One Of the men on that list
lie that stalwart Christian soldier,
Doctor Armstrong. Not ali are
atheists, agnostics and nom Chris
ttans. Some believe in God. I must
give the others credit for being
honest in that regard IL In nothing
else. for they do not come out ana
say they believe when they do not,
AT one public meeting. the pro-
teasors fired questions at me, l
imagine, for a half hour. j SEEM
ed to be the butt Of their attack
that night. One Of them, a profess
sor in the chemistry department,
wanted to ask me three ques-
tons.
She said: Might 1t not be pos.
sible that Ehrist's miracles were
the result Of some natural law OF
which we have no knowledge l
have Just said that no eyolutionIst
could believe In the miracles OF
Christ. The eyolutionist says God
does all things by natural laws
and that he does nothing by super
natural means.
"Bihle All Supernatural"
But the Bible from beginning
to end is almost ail supernatural
and miraculous. You can't harmon.
lie the Bibe which is supernatur.
al and miraculous with evolution
which is natural. The thought was
In the instructors mind that Christ
was just like US ony he had greater
knowledge than we have. II we
knew those things we could turn
water into wine, unstop the ears
OF the deaf, open the eyes OF the
blind and raise the dead from the
tomb. according to this instructor,
There's one wonderful thing
about these professors who say
that religion and evolution are re.
c%oncilable: they show that 1t can
not be by doubling the true works
ot God.
Tier second question was: DO
You not believe there may be some
laws in nature OF which we know
nothing?' l said, Surely; they may
be, and there may not be. l do not
know.
she then asked: Don't you
think the miracles OF Christ were
the result OF natural laws?-what
right have You to say that Christ
did not do these things because he
possessed knowledge OF natura.
laws OF which we know nothing?'
l answered: What right have you
to say he did?'
II find that evolution Is now be-
ing taught in the sociology classes
Of our high schools. In many OF
the textbooks the very first chap
ter treats Of the subject. The text
book in use In Morgantown High
School devotes the first two chap.
ters to evolution.
Such teachings leave an i'm
preston in tho minds Of the boys
and girls that the discovery OF
America by Chr. stopher Columbus
was no more important than the
discovery OF the theory OF evolu-
ton by Charles Darwin.
Not Surprised at Beliefs
II am not surprised that the boys
and girls absorb these beliefs and
have their faith undermined It is