The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-22
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JAMES J. SULLIVAN

AASUAOAAs 3NVsAAAA6 ID IABA4be W1Lkl kllk1l, And if things are going somewhat smoothley, he will hasten to point out that dark days are ahead.
 There are those who have dedi- cated their lives to denying there is a God. The science professor
 will, very unscientiflcalIy, peer
 through a microscope and find, not a quivering bacillus, as you
 might think, but a legend printed in large letters There Is No God
 The astronomer will spend hours focusing his telescope on some
 distant chain of stars and stag.
 ger back in surprise. They spelled out the legend, like . celestial
 marquee There is No GOd.' We
 needn't add that these irrespon- sibleS make use of the term scien-
 list much to the disgust of the competent men who have been
 looking through microscopes are
 to scientists what the denier-Of-
 Santa Claus is to clergymen.
 There isn't much one can do about them, except pray for them.
 They have certainly, selected . perpleXing vocation. If there is no God, why go around founding soc cieties about it. Why waste paper and effort denying it2 Personally, I don't believe in the Buddha, but I don't belong to any anti-Buddha societies, either. l read of certain sect who go around sweeping inc sects out of their paths lest they crush them, for life is eAcredl I find that rather whimsical and feel no urge to 90 out and tramp on tn- sects for revenge.
 We encounter, on occasion, the individual who has dedicated his life and effort to opposing Catliol. icism. He is infuriated by the pagan practice of abstaining from meat on Friday. He SickenS at the primitive desire of the Catholic for . large family. That u11hapy individual would have a much more pleasant existence if he were c little philo. sophical in his approach to the Catholic question. Certainly the Catholic abstention from meat on Friday contributed to some small degree to tise general welfare during the meat-shortage. Certainly the primitive notions on the family con- tributed to no small degree to build ing up an army when 1t was needed. (The ideal would be, of course, to have them for fighting, but not for voting. But we never really attain the ideal in this life. That's why there must be 6 heaven.)
 So, we pause to add up She
 denials Of the time and we find:
 nO morals, no marriage, no chil-
 dren, no faith, no hope, no char
 ity, no Christ, no God. Add them
 up, ever % slowly, and the total
 will come cut: no nation. For
 nothing can endure on . diet af
 denials. It would be like trying to
 live on . diet of dOughnut holes.
 Uncle srylOck, Again?
 We are, told that there was .
 story among the peasants of Eu.
 rope that the streets of America
 were paved with gold. And many
 JUkG nus DoeW tOR0 w eMG AkAaAAsA~
 grants rude awakening when he
 got here to discover the humble
 cObblestone doing the duty of the
 supposed gold d-bricks. It seems
 now, that the story has been taken
 up by the ruling classes in Eu.
 rope. They want 'lend.lease' Co 60
 on and on. They want everything
 for practically nothing. They all
 want tD borrow money from us,
 while they lend it to each ether.
 They try to taunt us by saying they fought our war Americans have always been thin-skinned to taunts. Like the little boy who will do anything If called Q sissy they think we will 90 to any lengths to avoid the name Uncle Shylock.' We must be realistic, as realistic as they are. MT. Churchill pointed out in no uncertain terms that he had no in- tentions of seeing the empire dis- solve. We may answer and say we have no intention of seeing America go bankrupt. We won our war, and helped tremendously all the other winners. As long as avery one else is getting down to business. we may
 as well do likewise.