Pocahontas star herald., 1926-03-25
GOD & CHRIST OR EVOLU-
TION AND ANTI-CHRIST
(By W, H. JohnstOn)

trial hose opposed to evolution were
referred TO as ignorant and backwOOds
yokels.
Since that time we frequently see in
the daily papers such expressions as
Il cannot see how we are to avoid
preaching evolution" 81 do not say,
YOU must believe in the divinity of
| Christ, but you should honor him be-
cause of his wonderful personality"
81 accept the theory of evolution, l
also believe in the Bible and its divine
Interpretation. The man who talks
as If they are incompatible is behind
the times and gives evidence of that
most dreaded by all maladies, n Mid
Victorian mind"
If men will collate the two teachings
and compare them carefully, surely
they will either change their opinions
or give some reason for entertaining
| them.
If evolution and the Bible are com
patible, why not try to show Ignorant
people the harmony that exists between
them instead Of tantalizing them with
ugly and unpleasant epithets?
If man cannot avoid preaching
evolution, he must have some reasons
for believing evolution better than the
Bible. If so, why not give these poor
ignorant. backwoOds yokels these rea-
sons? They might possibly be able to
understand them, If they will tell it
plainly
When a preacher says ~ do not say
you must believe in the Divinity of
Christ" ii reads very much like
Thomas Paine. Paine said IL believe
there was a man named Jesus Christ,
believe he was the wisest and best
man that ever lived, and 1 believe he
was the son of God, just like all other
men are the sons of God" What is
the difference between Paine and the
preacher?
These men remind us of wnat Paul
said to the Jews. But even until this
dav. when Moses is read, the vail is
upon their heart. Nevertheless. IL 1t
turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken
away"
Evolution teaches that man descend
ed from a lower order of animal life.
The Bible teaches that God formed
man of the dust of the earth and
breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life.
If man, gradually. by slow process,
y
lower order of life, and primarily
from one simple cell, the Bible story
of mans creation cannot be correct.
There could have been but one thing
created: that first cell. The whole
man was not created, he evolved.
Neither did God breathe life into his
nostrils. The whole story is untrue.
One writer who seems, at least, to be
- L.. ffxr
for q Creator"
Evolution teaches that man has al
ways been growing better-evolving to
higher and higher planes of life.
The Bible teaches that God made
man in his own image-pure and holy.
II also teaches that man disobeyed
God and fell from that holy estate and
became depraved. II further teaches
that Christ came to redeem man from
that fallen condition, and to save him
in Heaven.
If man has continually grown better,
has constantly risen to higher and
higher life, the story Of the fall OF
man cannot he true If man has CON
stantly grown better. he could not have
fallen. IL the story of the fall Is un-
true, then, of course, the story OF
Christ. the Redeemer, is untrue. We
have no use for Christ. We need no
Redeemer. because we never fell. III
man never fell, the statement: GOD
SO loved the world that he gave his
only begotten son, that whosoever be-
lieyeth In Him should not perish but
have everlasting life," properly be.
longs TO Heathen Mythology. The COM
mandment: go We therefore and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
IL a foolish and misleading fabrication.
There is no Father, there is no Son,
there is no Holy Ghost
IL seems. therefore. impossible that
n true. well informed Trinitarian could
accent the theory of evolution, or thal
n we'll read believer In evolution couid
accent the doctrine of the Trinity; at
leasf. until the vail is removed from
his heart. ,.s
30 long as this propaganda is DIS
seminated through the Associated Press'
we have little to fear as to Its sue
cess. But, oh, for Heavens sake, Keep
the pernicious doctrine out of the pull
nits ont 6f the schools and away from
tho children. because, early impress
sions are the more lasting run ~
n child in the way he should go anu
when he Is old he viii not depart from
h" when the blind lead the bilnu'
all fall into the ditch together,
ooh. Timothy, keep that which Is
committed to thy trust, avoiding pro
fame and vain babblings and oppos,,
tions of science falsely so called, wnien
some processing, have erred concerning
the faith"