The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-08-17
You Who are Sowing Dragons
Teeth, How Can You Hope to
Win Against Such Odds?
By w. o. SAUNDERS

Attacking the religion holds hi"g attacking
religion he holds is quite another thing
Your freethnker hold that all religions forgeres in
the OF God RnlShIy 10 piie'US
edicts precepts and dogmas
freethnker would hold that all religious institutions are
because they founded upon guesSes and
falsehoods.
Anv religion makes accumuaes more rub
bsh with age; the older greater the errors and
the that be identified with it.
Aho claiming divine origin the human componentS OF any
religious institution human componenS Ihere
is no human organization which vicious sef-seekng and i'm
moral elements attach themselves The Roman Catoc
church has had more is old and had
its roots laid when the general run of humanity
very wretched and very Vlle
Now it is all very expose the historic evils and the
nfalbity CT eccesiasicals religious group but IN
world essentially religious and which most men incline
to an organized religion kind another Is extremely
had manners to devout individual COM
muncan of any particular sect for the history and principles
Of the organization which he happens to be member
The religious nstgaed by the Protestant preachers OF
America against Alfred Smith because he Roman Catholic
is only extremely bad manners it damnaoy mkind m
fair unsoca.
There are bad Catholics good Catholics There are bad
Metbodists and good Methodss Baps and good Bap
lists strumpets in Protestant church chos anu oo
soaks on church boards In one OF our nelgoo
ING counties charges immortality have been brought on tou
Protestant clergymen in a little more than decade
There are upwards eighteen million Roman Catholics in
America Forget your preacher about the Catholic
church and 60 over your what know about
Catholics mental inventory OF the Cathoncs you per
sonalv know and ask yourself the question they are not
morally socially spiritually the equals not the superors
of any of other religious denomnaton' lhS
IF YOU to-day would you fnd ProteSCanS
anywhere charitable sympathetic more hep1u more
generous neghboTy than CathocS' You "ouo ho
And assaed by foreign Zoe To-Day "ouo
YOU find responding with more alacrly 70 Ce ~
for volunteers homes and our flag tnan oa
oics? You would not. w
Do YOU hear speakers OF the Catholic 1aith going
around the country making denouncng
not 49,. .,,,o
DO you papers attacking the Protestant fathP
You do not.
Maybe a Catholic door to you or in the same
block or Catholic friend You admit hat ne
is as good and patriot YOURSELF you ADMIT thaC ne
is and marvel at his religious snceCy
Would YOU condemn that Catholic neighbour OF yours
or pcrsecue him for his faith? You would not
And just that thing you are one Oh aI
large group in this country aligned WOn ANU
the election of Alfred Sltn Oh
Neu York is and sincere Catholic
In making Smith because he is Catronc
and hurt to every good ana loyal
Catholic Citizen all Catholics in all other lands lnk
ve not that yor shall reap what you have sown
The eighteen million Catholics in America are but few OF
the millions thruout the world What DO you eX-
pect to gain by making yourselves hateful and despcao IN e
ewes of 3 Catholics and l44OOOOO OrthodoX
lands? There only 2o6ooooo OF
world Catholics outnumber you more
than two prepared for this religious war winch
YOU started? You are not
You are having heuva good time, maybe IN hatlng ana
stirring up hatred against Catholics What are you going 10
do when you succeeded in making all Catholics hate you'