Evening star., 1925-07-22

tbs creation. HnO 1naI ne mace
woman from the ribs OF man.
=. That after death the organic
elements of which the living body Is
composed disintegrate and decom-
pose, SO that they cannot be reas-
sembled 10 make q long dead human
live again. whereas the Bible tea ches
that the dead bodies OF each huma
being that ever existed or viii exist
will he resurrected alive on Iuds-
ment day.
3. That maj evolved from apeiike
ancestors and still is evolving. where
as the Bible teaches that man was
made perfect in the physical image
of God and later fell because Eve.
wife OF the first man. disobeyed
specific command of the Divinity.
Ape Theory Declared Taught.
Z. That man evolved from ape-Iike
ancestors. whereas the Bible teaches
that the sons Of God married the
daughters of men and that they had
children. thus providing divine. super
natural blood OF God In the veins Of
men"
s. That supply OF blood is essen.
tial to keep the human body alive
which. the petition declares. is not in
accord with certain biblical state
ments.
s. That one elemental matter can
not be chang into another elemental
matter and that something cannot be
made out of nothing. whereas the
Bible teaches that God changed dust
into man and made the whole earth
out of nothing.
l. That the rainbow is a natural re-
hection and retrsction of light rays
on water I'm the clouds whereas the
Bible teaches that God placed a rain
DOW In the sky as reminder OF his
promise 10 Noah that he never would
destroy life again with q Hood and
that every rainbow is placed in the
sky specifically by God to remind Him.
self of that promise.
Ascension 10 Issue.
s. That II is impossible. for a liv-
ins body 10 overcome the influence
or the gravity OF the earth suff1ciently
10 ascend beyond the limit OF vision.
whereas the Bible teaches that Elijah
ascenoed TO Heaven while stil1 alive
in 8 whirlwind. and that the dead
shall be bodily resurrected and ascend
bodily into Heaven on Judgment day.
3. That life has existed on the
earth for millions OF years. whereas
the Bible teaches that the earth was
created out OF nothing less than 5000
years ago
10. That the sun is the center of
Inc solar system. that the earth In
round. that many stars are vast suns
ana that the earth rtVolVes around
me sun once A year. whereas the
Bible teaches that the earth is the
center or the universe. that the sun.
moon and stars were SCI in the sky
TO provide light FOR the earth, that
the sun. moon and stars 60 around
the earth every - hours. that the
earth Is nat and on a foundation. and
mat the sun and moon stood still for
whole day at the command OF
Joshua
speech Is Taken Up.
il. That language and speech are
gradual outgrowths Of thought
brought about by the evolution Of
man, whereas the Bible teaches that
the whole earth has one language and
speech until man decided TO build a
tower that would reach 10 heaven.
and that God, TO circumvent the plan,
suddenly confosnded the speech of
the builders SO that they could not
understand each other
Mr. Wittner. al one time candi.
date for the HOUSE OF Representatives
from Illinois. and later stump
speaker for La Toilette in the last
presidential campaign. figured prom.
inentlv in District courts once before.
when he filed suit demandins an
Interpretation of certain sections OF
the recla ssification act.
No Penalty Provided.
Mr.. Lusby. one of the defenda nts.
said today that he ca n only await the
outcome OF the suit but he pointed
out that the appropriation act pro-
Vldes no penalty for such viola lions.
The appropriation act also, it was ex-
planned, provides that salaries shall
be withheld from any school official or
teacher who permits to be taught or
teaches anything which would lead
student to form political preferences
and that this also might bring up
touChY questions II it was made the
ba sis of court action. Thus a teacher
attributine greatness TO Thomas JEFF
accused OF Great ting a prejudice in ia
vor Of the Democratic party and
teacher attributing greatness to the
acts of Theodore Roosevelt, might be
accused Of creating prejudice for the
Republican party.
The act also provides against pay.
ment OF any teacher who teaches that
the United States has an inferior form
OF government. a clause evidently di-
rected against Bolshevistic- teaching
but which might be brought up TO
withhold the salary of any teacher
who taught that Great Britain had a
better police system than that of
the United States or a more efficient
court action.