The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-29

in their beastly ways. Peter is known
as dirty drunken character. No in
hibition, moral, religious or social ham
pered his actions. He immured his
sister, discarded his first wife, ex
humed and defiled the corpse of his
uncle; tortured and murdered his son
If spiritual leader (black monk OF
white priest) came to a peasant and
demanded his wife, his daughter, his
son, his COW, his horse, the poor ig-
norant, religious superstitions, sub
missive peasant must acquiesce.
So runs the history of the Greek
church and it's hateful, degrading re-
gime in old Russia from Vladimir to
and including the reign of the last
Tar, an unfortunate sap who was
ruled by his Tzarina, who, in turn,
was swayed by the hypnotic influence
of the greedy, licentious black monk
Rasputin.
"Outside of the Christian way there
is no nobility Of character, no loyalty
of friendship no hope of a blessed
Immortality, no saints" l presume it
is useless to speak of the hosts of
noble men and women of all races,
periods, and chimes who were not af-
filiated with any brand of the Chris
tian faith; and yet, because of their
innate goodness they served humanity.
However, | must call your attention
to the following non-Christians, Luther
Burbank, Thomas Edison, Karl Marx,
Eugene v. Debs, Bob Ingersol, Oscar
Ameringer, Mr.. Gandhi of India.
AS for Saints" l, personally, do
not like saints" of the past, present,
or those in the making. / prefer we'll
meaning human heings with their mix
ture of good, bad and Indifferent traits
| understand such folks, because I've
much in common with them. Those
lifeless saint specimens with halos of
well, I've never met
any of that type among working folks
nor any other class
mo hope of Immortality You make
me laugh! What faith, Christian or
pagan, is without that hope? l dare
to think the hope for a future life
has a deplorable feature, as it causes
some people christian and pagan to
focus too much attention upon a pos
sible future blessed state, or condi- |
ton. Such people go around in semi
trance, quite forgetting, or ignoring
he obvious essential fact that at pres
snt we are functioning upon a very
plane, where we should be
LONG our best to make it decent,
happy spot in which to
i've If there is a continuity of life,
unaffected by the change called
death" Gas my brand of pagans think
ogical) it will be an orderly, progress
i've affair, where the imps, devils and
ears of little human beliefs do not
rouble.
mo loyalty of friendship among
agans." Too bad, Mr.. Robertson,
hat you can not know the friendship
nd tested fellowship of some of the
indians, Chinese, Hindus and Russians
f my acquaintance.
In closing, l want to ask you to
cad Sigmund Freud's Totem and )
'aboo," subscribe for and read 1.-THE
merican Guardian" get few issues
"The Friends Intelligencer," I'm
ians at Work" magazine; get an au- =
history of Russia Shake
0urself mentally free from the musty,
lslaving ideas of eternal torture"
AN, that old fear-fable isn't ethical; =
not conclusive to morality; lacks
ny fiber of spirituality and has no ?
ghtful place in the expanding con- i
,iousness of free minds. Snap out =
it. o
Your Indian Pagan friend, !"
BON WHEALDON. q,
PS. I believe it was Bobby Burns g
ho wrote 1.-THE fear of hell is the az
.ngman's lash to keep the wretch in
der" Too long has that same cruel pa
sh beaten the bare backs, empty is
lilies and mentalities of the masses. in
re the fear of hell is a prod in the tn
srceless hands of the masters to st
ep the workers submissive.