A handbook of Freethought : $b containing in condensed and systematized form a vast amount of evidence against the superstitious doctrines of Christianity
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A handbook of Freethought : $b containing in condensed and systematized form a vast amount of evidence against the superstitious doctrines of Christianity
Christianity -- Controversial literature; Free thought
Por.--Why didn't you call your adversary a fool?
Sir Hugh.--My God! I forgot it!
The Objects of Orthodoxy and Liberalism.
Liberalism, like all reform movements, is poorly understood by all
the masses. The more ignorant of the clergy know nothing of its real
objects, and the few who do understand it dare not tell the truth,
therefore we can not refer to its real objects too often. In this
article we propose to place side by side the principle objects of
Orthodoxy and Liberalism without comment so that our readers will be
able to study them in contrast and see which is the more reasonable.
Orthodoxy seeks first and above all to glorify God; Liberalism seeks
first and above all to glorify man.
Orthodoxy seeks to save men from hell; Liberalism seeks to save them
from vice, ignorance, and superstition.
Orthodoxy teaches men how to die; Liberalism teaches them how to live.
Orthodoxy says believe and be saved; Liberalism says behave and
be saved.
Orthodoxy promises happiness to the elect in another world; Liberalism
seeks to make all happy in this one.
Orthodoxy encourages men to seek for mansions in the skies; Liberalism
encourages them to secure homes on earth.
Orthodoxy teaches men to rely on God and pray; Liberalism teaches
them to rely on themselves and work.
Orthodoxy teaches self-abnegation; Liberalism teaches self-respect.
Orthodoxy tells you what the Bible means; Liberalism takes it for
granted the Bible means what it says.
Orthodoxy says salvation is by faith only; Liberalism says it is by
honesty, education, and industry.
Orthodoxy offers a substitute for the sins of such as believe;
Liberalism expects every man to answer for his own acts. (Independent
Pulpit.)
CHRISTIANITY AND MATERIALISM COMPARED.
Christianity Teaches: Materialism Teaches:
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