The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-27
REV. DOUCHERTY
TO ADDRESS HIGH
SCHOOL SCHOLARS
1.-THE EXISTENCE OF GOD" is
SUBJECT SELECTED FOR
EVENT TOMORROW MORN
ING 1850 AT CONVENT

church, will address the High
School boys and girls at the Con-
vent tomorrow morning, beginning
at IL 80 o'clock, on the subject of
'The Existence of God" The fol-
lowing is the address in part as
will be delivered:
"The explanation of the speedy
spread of Atheism, particularly in
the United States is not simple
and easy, no single reason answers
for its popularity, however, its
progress is noticeable and alarm
ing.
much of the Atheistic wave has
its genesis in the actual feeble
ness of intellect, characteristic of
many even among our boosted in
telligentsia. They do very little
real thinking. What reasoning
they do occupy their minds with,
is often faulty and illogical. De-
spite their education and their
academic degrees, many are gull
liable as morons, and take down in
gulps whatever learned doctors,
journalists tell them.
lord Bacon's remark in his
Essay on Atheism" still holds
good-"It is true that little
philosophy inclines mans mind to
Atheism, but depth in philosophy
brings mans mind about to re-
ligion."
'No first class philosopher was
ever prOfessed positive Atheist.
Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Seneca,
Cicero. Augustine, Suarez, Kant,
Hegel, Spencer, Spinoza were all
believers. No true scientist can
disprove the existence scientific
ally.
"The modern mind has empha.
tically turned its face away from
reason as a guide to man. II
boasts of it's deliverance of the
naive and prescientific believers of
the scriptures. 1t will have moth
ing to do with a reason-proved
personal infinite God, the Creator
and Ruler of the physical and
moral world. Make anything else
you please, even a symbol with a
changing ideal value of your
changing subjective moods and the
modern mind will tolerate you.
"a QUESTIONABLE sent and an.
swered by the students of our
leading colleges and universities
revealed shocking results. At Dart
mouth over one-fourth of the stu.
dents had no belief in God. Fifty.
six percent of Princeton, Har.
ward, Yale, Chicago, Columbia all
closely followed one another
Atheistic Clubs are organized in
forty of our leading colleges and
universities. Inroads have also
been made into our high school
Boys and girls i'm their teens are
being taught to sneer at the God
idea, to ridicule and bulesque re-
ligion. The most violent literature
is spread among them. The Jun
Tor Atheist League numbers about
half million in the United States
"The explanation of the strange
anomolly is explained not by phil.
osophy but by history. The tradi.
tion that fear created the gods
that primitive man read the exis.
tenee of the Divinity in the
plaques and scourages, rather
than in blessings, that his craving
and experience evolved into the
God idea. like other natural ant
social processes, that Semiti,
Nomads from a Tribal Diet,
breathing vengeance, to the mer
ciful Father of the New Tesla
ment developed and grew like 9th
er systems of thought and culture
1.-THE existence of God wa,
known long before there was 4
Bible. Philosophy, which is the
use Of pure reason and scientific,
methods proves the existence Of
God before religion. Men who den,
the existence of God logically enc
by denying that human mind car
be certain of anything. Hence Il
doubt Gods existence means ulti
mately to doubt the power Of man
when it is understood that i
is the worst evil in life for the ma
ton and for individuals there i
reason to feel concerned abou
the prospects of our country
. When we realize that it is eloakes
in cap and gown under the dis
guise Of science in our education
centers. that the nation looks fol
its future leaders in thought ane
conduct. there Ii very grave rea,
son TO fear for the safety Of oul
nation ard the souls Of our chill
dren. II usonopoliEes the lttera
tpre in the current magazines oil
the day. It's evil cannot be ex,
aggerated.
Zone would be led to suFrniss