“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.” (Mark vi. 11.)—_How evangelical!..._ “And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.” (Mark ix. 42.)—How _evangelical!..._ “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it fa better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” (Mark ix. 47, 48.)—The eye is not precisely what is meant in this passage.... “Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.” (Mark ix. 1.)—Well _lied,_ lion![6] ... “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. _For_ ...” (_A psychologist’s comment._ Christian morality is refuted by its “For’s”: its “reasons” refute,—this is Christian.) (Mark viii. 34.) “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged.” (Matthew vii. I, 2.)—What a strange notion of justice on the part of a “just” judge!... “For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more _than others?_ do not even the publicans so?” (Matthew v. 46, 47.) The principle of “Christian love”: it insists upon being _well paid_.... “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew vi. 15.)—Very compromising for the “Father” in question. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew vi. 33)—“All these things”—that is to say, food, clothing, all the necessities of life. To use a moderate expression, this is an _error ..._. Shortly before this God appears as a tailor, at least in certain cases.... “Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward _is_ great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.” (Luke vi. 23.)—_Impudent_ rabble! They dare to compare themselves with the prophets.... “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and _that_ the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, _him shall God destroy;_ for the temple of God is holy, which _temple ye are._” (St Paul, I Corinthians iii. 16, 17.)—One cannot have too much contempt for this sort of thing....