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<p> FAITH IN A FATAL DECLINE</p>
<p> Howbeit, their pulpits and their press are lugubriously vocal
with <ent type='PERSON'>Jeremiads</ent> bewailing the ever-swelling tide of Unbelief in the
with <ent type='NORP'>Jeremiads</ent> bewailing the ever-swelling tide of Unbelief in the
land, -- throughout <ent type='ORG'>Christendom</ent>. The <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> statistics, notoriously
padded after the <ent type='ORG'>Biblical</ent> model of the Censuses in the <ent type='ORG'>Wilderness</ent>,
padded after the Biblical model of the Censuses in the <ent type='ORG'>Wilderness</ent>,
can claim at most some forty-odd millions of adherents -- many of
them by lip-service and non-paying (therefore negligible), and
others many non-distinguished for piety or common honesty -- out of
@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ Reverend Rector of <ent type='ORG'>Trinity</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> in
wealthiest dead-hand tax-free land monopolists in <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>) -- thus
bewails: "In <ent type='GPE'>America</ent> we are dealing with a country, the majority of
whose inhabitants are pagans. ... Only forty percent of the
population acknowledges affiliation with any <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>." (N. Y. <ent type='ORG'>Times</ent>,
population acknowledges affiliation with any <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>." (N. Y. Times,
March 15, 1930.) The ex-<ent type='ORG'>Sec</ent>retary of <ent type='ORG'>the Home Missions Council</ent> of
one of the great <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>es bemoans: "There has been a tremendous
revolution in the history of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>. ... The country church is
waning and dying. ... The revolution under our eyes is found in the
mode of thinking of the whole country." (N.Y. <ent type='ORG'>Times</ent>, Jan. 8, 1930).
mode of thinking of the whole country." (N.Y. Times, Jan. 8, 1930).
An effective cause is found in the recent survey report of the
Federal Council of <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>es, to be in "the acceptance of a
scientific view of life ... general questioning of formerly revered
@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Box 926, <ent type='GPE'>Louisville</ent>, KY 40201
FORGERY IN <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIANITY</ent></p>
<p>mentality of a fifteen-year-old youth. ... Half the people of the
United <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>s have the mentality of a fifteen-year-old youth. Most
United States have the mentality of a fifteen-year-old youth. Most
church-goers enjoyed the 'children's sermon' more than the one on
religious philosophy. ... The average man can carry only one idea
at a time." (Herald-Tribune, Jan. 28, 1930.) -- Verily, "Of such is
@ -151,34 +151,34 @@ communicants last year (1929) was 50006566," of which number it
assigns a total of 18051680 to the fourteen <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ts of <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent>
dis-Unity (Herald-Tribune, April 26, 1930); though the figures of
<ent type='ORG'>the Catholic Directory</ent> are 20178202. (Ib. April. 16, 1930). Under
the alarming caption -- "Warns <ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> it is Lagging,"
the alarming caption -- "Warns Protestant <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> it is Lagging,"
the Report of the Director of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> Survey bemoans: "The
<ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>America</ent> is not keeping pace with the
population. ... <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> <ent type='NORP'>Protestantism</ent> increased from 7 in each 100
Protestant <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>America</ent> is not keeping pace with the
population. ... <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> Protestantism increased from 7 in each 100
of the population in 1800 to 24 in each 100 of the population of
1900. During the past thirty years <ent type='NORP'>Protestantism</ent> has not increased
1900. During the past thirty years Protestantism has not increased
its ratio of the population as much as one member more per
hundred." -- This is a very notable disclosure: that for a whole
century the very vocal and intolerant <ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent> population of this
century the very vocal and intolerant Protestant population of this
country has varied between 7% and 24% of the total population, and
is today less than 25%: -- yet this petty minority dingdongs that
this is a "<ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> country," and imposes its ludicrous medieval
"<ent type='ORG'>Blue Laws</ent>" and tyrannous proscriptions -- as will be noted -- upon
"Blue Laws" and tyrannous proscriptions -- as will be noted -- upon
the great anti-clerical majority of the people. And further
striking figures follow from the same source: "A study made in 1912
-- [i.e. before Woman Suffrage], -- "exclusively in cities, found
two-thirds of the <ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent> city membership consisted of [ix]
two-thirds of the Protestant city membership consisted of [ix]
women. ... There has been a steady proportionate decrease of
interest in religion among women of <ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent>. ... It was
interest in religion among women of <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States. ... It was
also found [in this present Survey] that only 18 percent of the
country population is in <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> membership, although it is
customary to think of country people as highly religious. -- [They,
too, are becoming more educated.] In <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent>, the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>
population is reported equally divided among <ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent>s, <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent>
population is reported equally divided among Protestants, <ent type='NORP'>Roman</ent>
<ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent>s and <ent type='NORP'>Jews</ent>. Only about eight percent of the population are
members of the <ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent> churches," -- thus only some 24% of the
members of the Protestant churches," -- thus only some 24% of the
people of <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent> among all three much-divided <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ts. (N.Y.
<ent type='ORG'>Times</ent>, May 5, 1930.) In a recent abusive set of letters by three
Times, May 5, 1930.) In a recent abusive set of letters by three
True Believers of the same family name (one a Rev.), addressed to
the Editor of a <ent type='GPE'>Metropolitan</ent> paper for writing sanely about the
Tabooed Subject of Birth Control, this was denounced as an "insult
@ -197,19 +197,19 @@ FORGERY IN <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIANITY</ent></p>
<p> The true significance to the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> of the great slump in its
membership -- and hence revenues, is crudely "given away" by the
Very Rev. <ent type='ORG'>Episcopal</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>Long Island</ent>, lamenting like
Very Rev. <ent type='ORG'>Episcopal</ent> Bishop of <ent type='GPE'>Long Island</ent>, lamenting like
conditions in his Diocese: "The growth of population during the
last decade on <ent type='GPE'>Long Island</ent> has been a challenge to the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>. ...
The <ent type='ORG'>Episcopal</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> of the diocese advocated [in a public address]
The <ent type='ORG'>Episcopal</ent> Bishop of the diocese advocated [in a public address]
a drive to bring into the church the wealthy residents of Long
Island." (Herald-Tribune, May 6, 1930.) The Most Rev. <ent type='ORG'>Episcopal</ent>
superior of the last-lamenting has made a famous discovery, and
with oracular gravity which evokes a smile he assigns its cause:
"There are no great poets, painters, writers, nor musicians --
[only great Manikins of <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent>s] -- today, and the cause of this
[only great Manikins of Bishops] -- today, and the cause of this
artistic deficiency can be found in the moderns' total disregard
for religion." (Episc. <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>Manhattan</ent>: Herald-Tribune, April.
21, 1930.) And the Highly Rev. <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> of <ent type='ORG'>the National Capital</ent> thus
for religion." (Episc. Bishop of <ent type='GPE'>Manhattan</ent>: Herald-Tribune, April.
21, 1930.) And the Highly Rev. Bishop of <ent type='ORG'>the National</ent> Capital thus
portentously, and truly, glooms: "There is an organized movement,
world-wide in scope, to unsettle <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> ideals and <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>
institutions, both in <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> and elsewhere" (Ib. May 13, 1930); --
@ -222,17 +222,17 @@ reason is truly stated by the pious Editor of Atlantis in a
<ent type='PERSON'>Jeremiad</ent> of confession before <ent type='ORG'>the Institute</ent> of Citizenship just
held in <ent type='GPE'>Atlanta</ent>: "For a thousand years, ever since <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> became a
<ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> country, and more especially in the last 200 years, when
the <ent type='PERSON'>Czar</ent> became the official head of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, the <ent type='ORG'>State</ent> religion
the Czar became the official head of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, the State religion
in <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> was one of the means whereby the <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent>n people were
oppressed, exploited and kept in ignorance. The <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent>n people had
a score to settle with the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> after the revolution, and they
took full advantage of it" (N.Y. <ent type='ORG'>Times</ent>, April 8, 1930), a like
took full advantage of it" (N.Y. Times, April 8, 1930), a like
chance for which all <ent type='ORG'>Christendom</ent> is looking. The very religious
Editor continues to confess: "It is useless to deny that the
<ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, in most instances, has lost its hold upon vast majorities
of the people." (Ibid.) At the <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> Herald Institute of
Religion held this year at Buck Hill Falls, Pa., a perfect
symposium of <ent type='PERSON'>Jeremiads</ent> bewailed Faith on the <ent type='GPE'>Toboggan</ent>: "Unless
symposium of <ent type='NORP'>Jeremiads</ent> bewailed Faith on the <ent type='GPE'>Toboggan</ent>: "Unless
emphasis on elaborate creeds does not cease, we will deliver
ourselves into the hands of the <ent type='NORP'>Humanists</ent> for the defeat which we
deserve." ... "The <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> is simply going to pieces in the small
@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ and keep the Fold of Christ divided into mutually-hating Flocks;
precisely so that the olden <ent type='NORP'>Pagan</ent> sneer at the early <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>s is
perfectly befitting their successors today: "There is no wild beast
so ferocious as <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>s who differ concerning their faith."
(<ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, Rationalism in <ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent>, ii, 31.)</p>
(<ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, Rationalism in Europe, ii, 31.)</p>
<p> <ent type='ORG'>BANK</ent> of WISDOM
Box 926, <ent type='GPE'>Louisville</ent>, KY 40201
@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ FORGERY IN <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIANITY</ent></p>
<p> To conclude this review of pregnant figures and confessions,
two luminous revelations are in one day made of cause and effect.
Says the eminent Rev. President of <ent type='ORG'>the National Bible Institute</ent>:
Says the eminent Rev. President of <ent type='ORG'>the National</ent> Bible Institute:
"... because the Bible has ceased to have authority either in the
pulpit or in the pew. Decline in church attendance and decrease in
church membership are almost invariably traceable to unbelief in
@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ circumspectly with the whole religious inheritance lest the virtues
[?] which are involved in the older traditions perish through your
iconoclasm. That is a formidable task and a harassing one; for one
can never be quite sure where pedagogical caution ends AND
DISHONESTY BEGINS"! (Quoted by <ent type='PERSON'>Alva Johnston</ent> in N.Y. <ent type='ORG'>Herald Tribune</ent>, March 8, 1930.)</p>
DISHONESTY BEGINS"! (Quoted by Alva <ent type='PERSON'>Johnston</ent> in N.Y. <ent type='ORG'>Herald Tribune</ent>, March 8, 1930.)</p>
<p> The great <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> Father, <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> St. <ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent> (of whom more
<p> The great <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> Father, Bishop St. <ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent> (of whom more
hereafter), was wise to the psychology of -- at least -- <ent type='NORP'>Pagan</ent>
religion -- the mode of its incipience and the manner of its age-long persistence. The priests and the priest-taught, he tells,
instilled the virus of superstition into their victims when "small
@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ their mother's milk."</p>
<p> This truth is strikingly stated in an eloquent period by
<ent type='ORG'>Ingersoll</ent>, and stunningly confirmed and confessed by the syndicated
<ent type='PERSON'>Prophet</ent> of <ent type='NORP'>Protestantism</ent> below to be quoted. The former opens his
Prophet of Protestantism below to be quoted. The former opens his
classic Why I Am an Agnostic, with these trenchant words:</p>
<p> "For the most part we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs
@ -455,14 +455,14 @@ tribes, ignorant of the "Light of the World," to clamp the infant
heads between boards so as to produce the hideous deformity of
skull so aesthetically popular among them; but how pleasing to gods
and priests to fetter the child mind in the bonds of Faith, and so
to dwarf and deaden the mind's most precious faculty -- <ent type='PERSON'>Reason</ent>! "To
to dwarf and deaden the mind's most precious faculty -- Reason! "To
succeed," eloquently said <ent type='ORG'>Ingersoll</ent>, "the theologians invade the
cradle, the nursery. In the brain of innocence they plant the seeds
of superstition. They pollute the minds and imaginations of
children. They frighten the happy with threats of pain -- they
soothe the wretched with gilded lies. ... All of these comforting
and reasonable things are taught by the ministers in their pulpits
-- by teachers in Sunday schools and by parents at home. The
-- by teachers in <ent type='LOC'>Sunday</ent> schools and by parents at home. The
children are victims. They are assaulted in the cradle -- in their
mother's arms. Then, the school-master carries on the war against
their natural sense, and all the books they read are filled with
@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ zest. The <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>es, <ent type='ORG'>the Federal Council</e
God and his adjutants, all ply amain the arts of enslaving the babe
in the cradle, the child in the school. In the Encyclical of
December 31, 1929, the right of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> to the child is
proclaimed as above that of parents and <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>; the <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ular public
proclaimed as above that of parents and State; the <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ular public
schools are damned, and the prole of the Faithful are forbidden to
attend and mingle with the "irreligious" <ent type='ORG'>State</ent> pupils: "the
attend and mingle with the "irreligious" State pupils: "the
frequenting of non-<ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> schools, namely, those which are open
to <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> and non-<ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> alike, is forbidden to <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent>
children," as such a school is not "a fit place for <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent>
@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ for the purpose of "boot-legging" the forbidden supernaturalism
into them; a work so wide-spread and active, that the Cardinal
Archbishop of the City, addressing over 2000 of the <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent>
Teachers Association, "praises their work of teaching faith in City
Institutions." (N.Y. <ent type='ORG'>Times</ent>, Nov. 25, 1928.) And every rationalist
Institutions." (N.Y. Times, Nov. 25, 1928.) And every rationalist
effort to counteract such illegal propaganda and to free the
schools from the pernicious influences of superstition, is
denounced and opposed by the Bible bootleggers of every brand of
@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ children of that <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>-cursed land from the superstitions
priestcraft.</p>
<p> In an ironical letter to the <ent type='NORP'>English</ent> press, in which he
"enters the lists against the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> critics of <ent type='GPE'>Moscow</ent>'s anti-clerical policy," <ent type='PERSON'>George Bernard Shaw</ent>, writing under a transparent
"enters the lists against the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> critics of Moscow's anti-clerical policy," <ent type='PERSON'>George Bernard Shaw</ent>, writing under a transparent
<ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent>n pseudonym, says: "In <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> we take religious questions </p>
<p> <ent type='ORG'>BANK</ent> of WISDOM
@ -524,13 +524,13 @@ clergy, and bringing up children to be scoffers to whom religion
means nothing but hypocrisy and humbug." (Herald-Tribune, April 7,
1930.)</p>
<p> Thus the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> enchains the <ent type='PERSON'>Reason</ent>. The proudest boast today
<p> Thus the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> enchains the Reason. The proudest boast today
of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> for its ex-<ent type='NORP'>Pagan</ent> Saint <ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent>, is that: "as soon
as a contradiction -- [between his "philosophy" and his religious
doctrines] -- arises, he never hesitates to subordinate his
philosophy to religion, reason to faith"! (Cath. Encyc. ii, 86.) So
this great ex-<ent type='NORP'>Pagan</ent> Saint of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> surrenders his reason to
faith, and avers: "I would not believe the <ent type='PERSON'>Gospel</ent>s to be true,
faith, and avers: "I would not believe the Gospels to be true,
unless <ent type='ORG'>the authority</ent> of the <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> constrained me"!
(<ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent>, De Genesi.)</p>
@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ and forgeries of religion and the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>.</p>
<p> Taking up now more particularly the <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ond phase of my
subject, I here propose to treat of the inveterate forgeries,
frauds, impostures, and mendacities of <ent type='ORG'>Priestcraft</ent> and its
frauds, impostures, and mendacities of Priestcraft and its
Theology. I shall be explicit and plain spoken, and unmistakably
state my purpose and my proofs. For nearly two thousand years the
priestcraft of <ent type='ORG'>Christendom</ent>, for purposes of domination by fear and
@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ FORGERY IN <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIANITY</ent></p>
<p>misbeliever, has become the synonym for everything foul and
criminal in human nature. The day of reckoning and of repudiation
is at hand; <ent type='ORG'>Priestcraft</ent> has here its destroying answer, in very
is at hand; Priestcraft has here its destroying answer, in very
plain and unafraid words.</p>
<p> This book is a grave indictment, impossible to be made or to
@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ ecclesiastical graft and aggrandizement through conscious and most
unconscionable imposture.</p>
<p> 6. That every conceivable form of religious lie, fraud and
imposture has ever been the work of <ent type='PERSON'>Priest</ent>s; and through all the
imposture has ever been the work of Priests; and through all the
history of the <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, as through all human history, has
been -- and, so far as they have not been shamed out of it by
skeptical ridicule and exposure, yet is, the age-long stock in
@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ Box 926, <ent type='GPE'>Louisville</ent>, KY 40201
.
FORGERY IN <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIANITY</ent></p>
<p> As the <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent>-<ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent>-Skeptic Bayle, of seventeenth
century fame, said: "I am most truly a <ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent>; for I protest
<p> As the <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent>-Protestant-Skeptic Bayle, of seventeenth
century fame, said: "I am most truly a Protestant; for I protest
indifferently against all systems and all <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ts" of religious
imposture.</p>
@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ he doth never know." The same critical cleric at another place
said: "Still less was it ever intended that men should so
prostitute their reason, as to believe with infallible faith what
they are unable to prove with infallible arguments."
(<ent type='PERSON'>Chillingworth</ent>, Religion of <ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent>s, pp. 66, 412.) With
infallible facts I purpose to blast the false pretenses of <ent type='PERSON'>Priest</ent>-forged Faith.</p>
(Chillingworth, Religion of Protestants, pp. 66, 412.) With
infallible facts I purpose to blast the false pretenses of Priest-forged Faith.</p>
<p> It is matter of fact, that for some 1500 years of this Era
there was but one "True <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>" of Christ; and that <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> claims
@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ beneficiary. All the other <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> <ent type='ORG'>sec<
severed from the original One True <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>; -- "all other forms of
the <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> religion . . . originated by <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ession from the True
<ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, ... and their founders ... were externally members of the
<ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>." (CE. vii, 367.) All these <ent type='NORP'>Protestant</ent> <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ts, therefore,
<ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>." (CE. vii, 367.) All these Protestant <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ts, therefore,
with full knowledge of the guilty facts and partakers in the
frauds, found their claim to Divinity -- and priestly emoluments --
upon and through those tainted titles, and thus yet fully share the
@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ original Forgers of the Faith.</p>
<p> The proofs of my indictment are marvelously easy. They are to
be found in <ent type='ORG'>amplest</ent> retore of history and accredited ecclesiastic
authorities, and in abounding incautious admissions made by the
<ent type='ORG'>Recredited</ent> spokesmen of the Accused: upon these I shall freely and
Recredited spokesmen of the Accused: upon these I shall freely and
fully draw for complete proofs of my every specification. These
damning things of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, scattered through many clerical
volumes and concealed in many archives, are not well known to the
@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ article by the Encyclopedia, -- very many others will follow in due
course from the same source:</p>
<p> "Substitution of false documents and tampering with genuine
ones was quite a trade in the Middle Ages. <ent type='PERSON'>Innocent III</ent> (1198)
ones was quite a trade in the Middle Ages. Innocent III (1198)
points out nine species of forgery [of ecclesiastical records]
which had come under his notice." (CE. vi, 136.)</p>
@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ may plead <ent type='ORG'>the authority</ent> of the Fathers for Forgery, Corrup
mangling of Authors, with more reason than for any of their
Articles of Faith." (p. 96.)</p>
<p> <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Eusebius</ent> of <ent type='PERSON'>Caesarea</ent>, the great "Father of <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>
<p> Bishop <ent type='PERSON'>Eusebius</ent> of <ent type='PERSON'>Caesarea</ent>, the great "Father of <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>
<ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>ory" (324 A.D.) whom <ent type='PERSON'>Niebuhr</ent> terms "a very dishonest writer,"
-- of which we shall see many notable instances, -- says this: "But
it is not our place to describe the sad misfortunes which finally
@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ letter which he wrote to his own <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, of the non-natura
in which he accepted it." (Cath. Encyc. v, 619.) As St. <ent type='PERSON'>Jerome</ent>
says, "<ent type='PERSON'>Eusebius</ent> is the most open champion of the <ent type='NORP'>Arian</ent> heresy,"
which denies the <ent type='ORG'>Trinity</ent>. (<ent type='PERSON'>Jerome</ent>, Epist. 84, 2; N&amp;PNF. vi, 176.)
<ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Eusebius</ent>, as we shall see, was one of the most prolific
Bishop <ent type='PERSON'>Eusebius</ent>, as we shall see, was one of the most prolific
forgers and liars of his age of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, and a great romancer;
in his hair-raising histories of the holy Martyrs, he assures us
"that on some occasions the bodies of the martyrs who had been
@ -812,10 +812,10 @@ found alive in their stomachs, even after having been fully
digested"! (quoted, <ent type='PERSON'>Gibbon</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>ory, Ch. 37; Lardner, iv, p. 91;
<ent type='PERSON'>Diegesis</ent>, p. 272). To such an extent had the "pious frauds of the
theologians been thus early systematized and raised to the dignity
of a regular doctrine," that <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Eusebius</ent>, "in one of the most
of a regular doctrine," that Bishop <ent type='PERSON'>Eusebius</ent>, "in one of the most
learned and elaborate works that antiquity has left us, the Thirty-<ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ond Chapter of the Twelfth Book of his Evangelical Preparation,
bears for its title this scandalous proposition: 'How it may be
Lawful and Fitting to use Falsehood as a <ent type='ORG'>Medicine</ent>, and for the
Lawful and Fitting to use Falsehood as a Medicine, and for the
Benefit of those who Want to be Deceived'" -- (quoting the <ent type='NORP'>Greek</ent>
title; <ent type='PERSON'>Gibbon</ent>, Vindication, p. 76).</p>
@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ Box 926, <ent type='GPE'>Louisville</ent>, KY 40201
FORGERY IN <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIANITY</ent></p>
<p> St. <ent type='PERSON'>John Chrysostom</ent>, the "'Golden Mouthed," in his work 'On
the <ent type='PERSON'>Priest</ent>hood,' has a curious panegyric on the clerical habit of
the Priesthood,' has a curious panegyric on the clerical habit of
telling lies -- "Great is the force of deceit! provided it is not
excited by a treacherous intention."' (Comm. on I Cor. ix, 19;
<ent type='PERSON'>Diegesis</ent>, p. 309.) <ent type='PERSON'>Chrysostom</ent> was one of the <ent type='NORP'>Greek</ent> Fathers of the
@ -875,10 +875,10 @@ again, of the incentive offered by the gullible ignorance of the
Faithful, for the glib mendacities of the priests: "There is
nothing so easy as by sheer volubility to deceive a common crowd or
an uneducated congregation." (Epist. lii, 8; p. 93.) Father
<ent type='PERSON'>Jerome</ent>'s own high regard for truth and his zeal in propaganda of
Jerome's own high regard for truth and his zeal in propaganda of
fables for edification of the ignorant ex-pagan <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>s is
illustrated in numberless instances. He tells us of the river
Ganges in <ent type='GPE'>India</ent>, which "has its source in <ent type='LOC'>Paradise</ent>"; that in <ent type='GPE'>India</ent>
Ganges in India, which "has its source in Paradise"; that in India
"are also mountains of gold, which however men cannot approach by
reason of the griffins, dragons, and huge monsters which haunt </p>
@ -930,9 +930,9 @@ Hermit, N&amp;PNF. vi, 299 seq.)</p>
and pretenses "to the glory of God," that St. <ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent>, about 395
A.D., wrote a reproving treatise to the Clergy, De Mendacio (On
Lying), which he found necessary to supplement in 420 with another
book, <ent type='ORG'>Contra Mendacium</ent> (Against Lying). This work, says <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent>
Wordsworth, "is a protest against these 'pious frauds' which have
brought discredit and damage on the cause of the <ent type='PERSON'>Gospel</ent>, and have
book, <ent type='ORG'>Contra Mendacium</ent> (Against Lying). This work, says Bishop
<ent type='PERSON'>Wordsworth</ent>, "is a protest against these 'pious frauds' which have
brought discredit and damage on the cause of the Gospel, and have
created prejudice against it, from the days of <ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent> to our own
times." (A <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>ory, iv, 93, 94.) While <ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent> disapproves
of downright lying even to trap heretics, -- a practice seemingly
@ -958,11 +958,11 @@ or speaks of things temporal pertaining to edification of religion
or piety, to conceal at fitting times whatever seems fit to be
concealed; but to tell a lie is never lawful, therefore neither to
conceal by telling a lie." (<ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent>, On Lying, ch. 19; N&amp;PNF.
iii, 466.) The great <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> did not, however, it seems, read his
iii, 466.) The great Bishop did not, however, it seems, read his
own code when it came to preaching unto edification, for in one of
his own sermons he thus relates a very notable experience: "I was
already <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> of <ent type='PERSON'>Hippo</ent>, when I went into <ent type='GPE'>Ethiopia</ent> with some
servants of Christ there to preach the <ent type='PERSON'>Gospel</ent>. In this country we
already Bishop of <ent type='PERSON'>Hippo</ent>, when I went into <ent type='GPE'>Ethiopia</ent> with some
servants of Christ there to preach the Gospel. In this country we
saw many men and women without heads, who had two great eyes in
their breasts; and in countries still more southly, we saw people
who had but one eye in their foreheads." (<ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent>, Sermon 37;
@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ eyes, listening intently without ears, and understanding perfectly
without brains, the spirited and spiritual harangue of the eloquent
and veracious St. <ent type='PERSON'>Augustine</ent>. And every hearer of the Sermon in
which he told about it, believed in furness of faith and infantile
credulity every word of the noble <ent type='PERSON'>Bishop</ent> of <ent type='PERSON'>Hippo</ent>, giving thanks to
credulity every word of the noble Bishop of <ent type='PERSON'>Hippo</ent>, giving thanks to
God that the words of life and salvation had been by him carried to
so remarkable a tribe of God's curious children.</p>
@ -1038,12 +1038,12 @@ ages of using the hyperbolical style to advance the honor of God
and the salvation of men." (<ent type='PERSON'>Free Inq</ent>. p. 83; citing Jo., <ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>.
Eccles. p. 681.)</p>
<p> <ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, the distinguished author of the <ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>ory of <ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent>an
<p> <ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, the distinguished author of the <ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>ory of European
Morals, devotes much research into what he describes as "the
deliberate and apparently perfectly unscrupulous forgery, of a
whole literature, destined to further the propagation either of
<ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>ity as a whole, or of some particular class of tenets."
(<ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>. of <ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent>an Morals, vol. i, p. 375.)</p>
(<ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>. of European Morals, vol. i, p. 375.)</p>
<p> In his very notable <ent type='ORG'>Hist</ent>ory of Rationalism speaking of that
<ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> "epoch when faith and facts did not cultivate an
@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ acquaintance," the same author, <ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, thus describes t
intellectual and moral obliquity into which the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> had forced
even the ablest classes of society:</p>
<p> "During that gloomy period the only scholars in <ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent> were
<p> "During that gloomy period the only scholars in Europe were
priest and monks, who conscientiously believed that no amount of
falsehood was reprehensible which conduced to the edification of
the people. ... All their writings, and more especially their
@ -1084,11 +1084,11 @@ combatted, and therefore prophecies of Christ by Orpheus and the
Sibyls -- were forged, lying wonders were multiplied. ... Heretics
were to be convinced, and therefore interpolations of old writings
or complete forgeries were habitually opposed to the forged
<ent type='PERSON'>Gospel</ent>s. ... The tendency ... triumphed wherever the supreme
Gospels. ... The tendency ... triumphed wherever the supreme
importance of dogmas was held. Generation after generation it
became more universal; it continued till the very sense of truth
and the very love of truth seemed blotted out from the minds of
men." (<ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, Rationalism in <ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent>, i, 396-7.)</p>
men." (<ent type='PERSON'>Lecky</ent>, Rationalism in Europe, i, 396-7.)</p>
<p> There is thus disclosed a very sharp and shaming contrast
between the precept of the Lord <ent type='PERSON'>Buddha</ent>: "Thou shalt not attempt,
@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ another." (Quoted Opera, Ed. Gron., p. 3806.) We shall see all too
well that the <ent type='NORP'>Pagan</ent> estimate holds good for the <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>; that, as
said by the "universal scholar" Grotius: "Ecclesiastical history
consists of nothing but the wickedness of the governing clergy, --
<ent type='PERSON'>Qui</ent> legit <ent type='PERSON'>historiam Ecclesiasticam</ent>, quid legit nisi Episcoporum
Qui legit historiam Ecclesiasticam, quid legit nisi Episcoporum
vicia?" (Epistolae, p. 7, col. 1).</p>
<p> The universality of the frauds and impostures of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>,
@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ Holy <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>: "And no man surely can doubt, but that those,
would either forge, or make use of forged books, would, in the same
cause, and for the same ends, make use of forged miracles" (A Free
Inquiry, Introd. Discourse, p. lxxxvii); -- as well as of forged
<ent type='PERSON'>Gospel</ent>s, Epistles, <ent type='PERSON'>Creed</ent>s, Saint-tales -- vast extensions of pious
Gospels, Epistles, <ent type='PERSON'>Creed</ent>s, Saint-tales -- vast extensions of pious
frauds of which we shall see a plethora of examples.</p>
<p> The proofs here to be arrayed for conviction are drawn from
@ -1143,12 +1143,12 @@ Box 926, <ent type='GPE'>Louisville</ent>, KY 40201
.
FORGERY IN <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIANITY</ent></p>
<p>taken verbatim from the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>'s own histories and historians.
<p>taken verbatim from the Church's own histories and historians.
These clerical works of confession and confusion are for the most
part three ponderous sets of volumes; they are readily accessible
for verification of my recitals, and for further instances, in good
libraries and bookshops; the libraries of the Union Theological
Seminary and of <ent type='ORG'>Columbia University</ent>, in <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent>, were the
Seminary and of <ent type='GPE'>Columbia</ent> University, in <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent>, were the
places of the finds here recorded. Cited so often, space will be
saved for more valuable uses by citing by their initials, -- which
will become very familiar -- my chief ecclesiastical authorities,
@ -1157,14 +1157,14 @@ towit:</p>
<p> The Ante-Niceite Fathers, cited as <ent type='ORG'>ANF</ent>.; A Collection of the
extant Writings of all the Founders of <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>ity down to the
Council of Nicaea, or Nice, in 325 A.D. <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> Reprint, eight
volumes. The <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> Literature Publishing Co., Buffalo, N.Y.,
volumes. The <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> Literature Publishing Co., <ent type='GPE'>Buffalo</ent>, N.Y.,
1885.</p>
<p> The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, cited as N&amp;PNF.; First and
<ent type='ORG'>Sec</ent>ond Series; many volumes; same publishers.</p>
<p> The <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> Encyclopedia, cited as CE.; fifteen volumes and
index, published under the <ent type='PERSON'>Imprimatur</ent> of Archbishop <ent type='PERSON'>Farley</ent>; New
index, published under the Imprimatur of Archbishop <ent type='PERSON'>Farley</ent>; New
York, <ent type='ORG'>Robert Appleton</ent> Co., 1907-9.</p>
<p> The Encyclopedia Biblica, cited as EB., four volumes; Adam &amp;
@ -1182,24 +1182,24 @@ We shall see.</p>
furious din of religious intolerance, bigotry and per<ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ution;
pestiferous medieval laws are imposed to stop the voice of Science
teaching truths which impugn the ignorant myths of Bible and
Theology. <ent type='GPE'>Tennessee</ent> and several <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>s of the Union have passed
Theology. <ent type='GPE'>Tennessee</ent> and several States of the Union have passed
laws making criminal the teaching of scientific facts which
contradict "the story of the divine creation of man as taught in
the Bible," and like Hillbilly legislation is sought in all the
<ent type='ORG'>State</ent>s. The True <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> lays down this amazing limitation on
States. The True <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> lays down this amazing limitation on
learning: "When a clearly defined dogma contradicts a scientific
assertion, the latter has to be revised,"! (CE. xiii, 607.) The
civilized portion of the world has just been shocked at the
potential judicial murder and outrage sanctioned by law in <ent type='PERSON'>North</ent>
Carolina, as likewise in a number of other <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>s, making outlaws
Carolina, as likewise in a number of other States, making outlaws
of honest persons who, as parties in interest or witnesses in
actions civil and criminal, refuse to take the ridiculous and
degrading Form of Oath "upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God,
degrading Form of Oath "upon the Holy <ent type='NORP'>Evangelists</ent> of Almighty God,
in token of his engagement to speak the truth, as he hopes to be
saved in the way and method of salvation pointed out in that
blessed volume, and in further token that, if he should swerve from
the truth, he may be justly deprived of all the blessings of the
<ent type='PERSON'>Gospel</ent>, and be made liable to that vengeance which he has
Gospel, and be made liable to that vengeance which he has
imprecated on his own head." (Consol. Stat. N.C., 1919, <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>. 3189.)</p>
<p> <ent type='ORG'>BANK</ent> of WISDOM
@ -1220,33 +1220,33 @@ outlaws -- refused "the equal protection of the law"! In <ent type='GPE'>Marylan
later in the same year 1929, a chicken-thief, caught in the act of
robbery by the owner, was discharged in court because the owner of
the property, a Freethinker, was not permitted under the infamous
similar statute of that godly <ent type='ORG'>State</ent> to give testimony in court
similar statute of that godly State to give testimony in court
against the criminal: the case would have been the same, if the
life or liberty of the <ent type='NORP'>Infidel</ent> citizen had been at stake, -- he was
an outlaw denied the "equal protection of the law"! The benighted
<ent type='ORG'>State</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>Arkansas</ent> -- ("Now laugh!") -- declares infamously in its
State of <ent type='GPE'>Arkansas</ent> -- ("Now laugh!") -- declares infamously in its
Constitution: "No person who denies the being of a God shall hold
any office in the civil government of this <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>, nor be competent
any office in the civil government of this State, nor be competent
to testify as a witness in any court"! (Const. Ark., Art. XIX, <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>.
26.) Under this accursed act of outlawry, <ent type='PERSON'>Charles Lee Smith</ent>, of New
<ent type='GPE'>York City</ent>, a native of <ent type='GPE'>Arkansas</ent>, went to his home city of Little
Rock in the Fall of 1928 to oppose the degrading proposition
proposed as a law in a popular initiative election, forbidding the
teaching of Evolution in the <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>-supported schools and
teaching of Evolution in the State-supported schools and
universities; he made some remarks reflecting upon the personal
integrity of the Almighty, as well as denying his existence; twice
was he arrested, thrown into jail, convicted, and was denied the
right to testify as a witness in his own behalf; he is today on
bail to answer to the decision of <ent type='ORG'>the Supreme Court</ent> of that <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>,
bail to answer to the decision of <ent type='ORG'>the Supreme Court</ent> of that State,
an outlaw, denied the "equal protection of the law" of the land!
The hypocrisy and self-stultification imposed by such detestable
laws, is finely illustrated: At the recent annual meeting of the
<ent type='ORG'>American Law Institute</ent>, I denounced this Article to a leader of the
<ent type='NORP'>American</ent> Law Institute, I denounced this Article to a leader of the
<ent type='GPE'>Arkansas</ent> Bar, and appealed to him to "start something" to get rid
of it. He shrugged his shoulders, smiled in sympathy, and said: "It
is in the Constitution, and too difficult to get it out." Then,
dropping into Spanish, so that others at the table might not
understand, he added: "Yo no <ent type='PERSON'>creo</ent> nada, -- y no digo nada -- I
understand, he added: "Yo no creo nada, -- y no digo nada -- I
believe nothing -- and I say nothing"! While these infamies are
inflicted upon the citizens of this country by law imposed by a
bigoted and ignorant minority of superstitious parsons and their
@ -1254,12 +1254,12 @@ docile dupes; -- aye, even if imposed by an overwhelming majority,
or by authentic decree of God himself, -- the free and fearless
defiers of <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> and despisers of its Superstition will fight it
on to the death, till every trace of these infamies is purged out
of the statute books of these sovereign <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>s! This is due and
of the statute books of these sovereign States! This is due and
solemn notice and defiance to the intolerant religious oppressors
and their deluded dupes.</p>
<p> Medieval laws against the fictitious crime of "Blasphemy"
survive in a dozen <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>s, protecting by law the <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>
survive in a dozen <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> States, protecting by law the <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>
superstition of the old Hebrew God. A model of them all is this
infamous enactment of the <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>-ridden <ent type='GPE'>Massachusetts</ent>: "Whoever
wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or
@ -1279,23 +1279,23 @@ shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one
year or by fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and may
also be bound to good behavior." (Gen. Laws Mass., 1921; Chap. 272,
<ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>. 36.) Expressed contempt is held in lighter pecuniary
estimation in the Yankee "Nutmeg <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>," the fine being only
estimation in the Yankee "Nutmeg State," the fine being only
$100.00, plus the year in gaol. (Gen. Stat. Conn., 1918, <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>.
6395.) In both <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>s, under these infamous laws, persons have been
6395.) In both States, under these infamous laws, persons have been
indicted, tried and convicted within the past two years! Throughout
the Union are odious religious statutes, "<ent type='ORG'>Blue Laws</ent>" and Sunday
the Union are odious religious statutes, "Blue Laws" and <ent type='LOC'>Sunday</ent>
Laws, penalizing innocuous diversions and activities of the people
on days of religious <ent type='ORG'>Voodoo</ent>: Sunday, as we shall see, being a
on days of religious <ent type='ORG'>Voodoo</ent>: <ent type='LOC'>Sunday</ent>, as we shall see, being a
plagiarization from the religion of <ent type='ORG'>Mithras</ent>, and created a <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>ular
holiday -- not a religious <ent type='EVENT'>Holy Day</ent> -- by law of the <ent type='NORP'>Pagan</ent>
<ent type='PERSON'>Constantine</ent>. Such laws sometimes prove troublesome to the pious
<ent type='NORP'>Puritans</ent> themselves; an amusing instance of their boomerang effect
being now chronicled to the annoyed and sneering world. Some "400"
of the True Believers of the "Holy Name Society" of St. Peter's
R.C, <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> of New Brunswick, in the saintly <ent type='ORG'>State</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>New Jersey</ent>,
R.C, <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> of New Brunswick, in the saintly State of <ent type='GPE'>New Jersey</ent>,
including several City "Fathers" stuck their legs under the loaded
tables of the local hostlery for a "<ent type='ORG'>Holy Communion</ent> Breakfast" the
past Sunday; as they began to eat they discovered to their pious
past <ent type='LOC'>Sunday</ent>; as they began to eat they discovered to their pious
dismay that there was no bread on the tables, although the
reservation had long before been made, with particular stress on a
special brand of rolls, made only in the godless town of <ent type='GPE'>Newark</ent>.
@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ warning," and he consummated the violation by delivering the
forbidden rolls to the angry Holy Namers. (Herald-Tribune, May 14,
1930.)</p>
<p> Now, throughout the <ent type='ORG'>State</ent>, and in far off <ent type='GPE'>Ohio</ent>, at the
<p> Now, throughout the State, and in far off <ent type='GPE'>Ohio</ent>, at the
instigation of the parsons, these pestiferous pious laws are being
forced into enforcement, headlined -- "Blue Law Net Busy in
<ent type='GPE'>Jersey</ent>," and recorded: "hundreds of names and addresses were in the
@ -1323,11 +1323,11 @@ or operated trolley cars, busses or trains in this capital city (of
column, a dispatch from <ent type='GPE'>Dover</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Ohio</ent>, that the police used tear-gas
bombs to dislodge the operator from the projection-box of a local
"movie" theater, who, with the owner and four employees, was
"arrested for violation of the Sunday closing law"! (N.Y. Sun, May
"arrested for violation of the <ent type='LOC'>Sunday</ent> closing law"! (N.Y. <ent type='LOC'>Sun</ent>, May
26, 1930.) And all this medieval absurdity of repressive penal
legislation to enforce obsolete religious observance by
disbelievers, in a land whose every constitution proclaims the
complete separation of <ent type='ORG'>State</ent> and <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>! But for the defiance of
complete separation of State and <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>! But for the defiance of
fearless heroes of Rationalism who have through the ages contended,</p>
<p> <ent type='ORG'>BANK</ent> of WISDOM
@ -1354,15 +1354,15 @@ liberties and the innate rights of man. The <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>, too, t
the ages has been and yet nefariously is "in polities," seeking to
dictate and dominate and impose its malign superstitions by law:
witness the two last presidential campaigns, and the pernicious
activities of <ent type='ORG'>the Methodist Board</ent> of Intolerance, Meddling and
activities of the Methodist Board of Intolerance, Meddling and
Public Nuisance, as now being revealed by the Lobbying
Investigation Committee of <ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Senate</ent>, whereby it is
Investigation Committee of <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States Senate, whereby it is
shown seeking to ruborn and subordinate all to its intolerant
superstitious dominance. In most <ent type='LOC'>Europe</ent>an countries the True <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>
superstitious dominance. In most European countries the True <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent>
maintains its blatant "<ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> Party" in the elections and in the
parliaments; here it operations are via the "grape-vine" route,"
but effective, as through the corrupt machinations of St. Tammany;
while <ent type='ORG'>the Methodist Party</ent> and <ent type='ORG'>the Baptist Party</ent>, and their allies
while the Methodist Party and <ent type='ORG'>the Baptist Party</ent>, and their allies
the Ku Klux Klan pursue the same evil ends through vocal
frightening of cheap politicians and of large <ent type='ORG'>sec</ent>tions of the
people and press. The very pious Editor of the <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> Herald has
@ -1371,14 +1371,14 @@ cynical frankness he asserts its right and discloses its odious
methods.</p>
<p> These odious things are all the work and blighting effects of
the unholy '<ent type='ORG'>Odium Theologicum</ent>' of <ent type='ORG'>Priestcraft</ent>, poisoning men's
the unholy 'Odium Theologicum' of Priestcraft, poisoning men's
minds with the rancor of obsolete superstitious beliefs.</p>
<p> Remove the cause, the cure is automatically and quickly
effected. To contribute to the speedier consummation of this
supreme boon is the motive and justification of this book. It gives
to the unctuous quack "Doctors of Divinity" a copious dose out of
their own nauseous <ent type='PERSON'>Pharmacopaeia</ent> of <ent type='PERSON'>Priest</ent>ly Mendacity. As it takes
their own nauseous Pharmacopaeia of Priestly Mendacity. As it takes
its deadly effect upon themselves, haply their "incurably
religious" duped patients may begin to evidence hopeful symptoms of
a wholesome, speedy and complete cure from their priest-made
@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ hear, hear; and govern himself accordingly. Every awakened Believer
must feel outraged in his dignity and self-respect, and in disgust
must repudiate the <ent type='PERSON'>Creed</ent> and its impostors.</p>
<p> When a notorious <ent type='ORG'>Criminal</ent> is arraigned at the bar of <ent type='ORG'>Justice</ent>
<p> When a notorious <ent type='ORG'>Criminal</ent> is arraigned at the bar of Justice
and put to trial for deeds of crime and shame, it is his crimes,
his criminal career and record, which are the subject of inquiry ,
-- which are exposed and denounced -- for conviction. No weight in
@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ confessions of its criminality, for condign judgment upon it.</p>
<p> <ent type='PERSON'>Goliath</ent> of Gath was a very big <ent type='ORG'>Giant</ent>; but a small pebble,
artfully slung, brought him to a sudden and violent collapse, a
huge corpse. This <ent type='ORG'>TNT</ent>. bomb of a book, loaded with barbed facts, is
huge corpse. This TNT. bomb of a book, loaded with barbed facts, is
flung full in facie ecclesiae -- into the face of the Forgery-founded <ent type='ORG'>Church</ent> and all her discordant broods. The "gates of hell"
will be exploded!</p>
@ -1440,15 +1440,15 @@ June 1, 1930</p>
<p>Foreword: vii</p>
<p>I: PAGAN FRAUDS-<ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIAN</ent> PRECEDENTS 3</p>
<p>I: <ent type='NORP'>PAGAN</ent> FRAUDS-<ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIAN</ent> PRECEDENTS 3</p>
<p>II: HEBREW HOLY <ent type='ORG'>FORGERIES</ent> 45</p>
<p>II: HEBREW HOLY FORGERIES 45</p>
<p>III: <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIAN</ent> "SCRIPTURE" <ent type='ORG'>FORGERIES</ent> 91</p>
<p>III: <ent type='NORP'>CHRISTIAN</ent> "SCRIPTURE" FORGERIES 91</p>
<p>IV: THE SAINTLY "FATHERS" OF THE FAITH 123</p>
<p>V: THE "GOSPEL" <ent type='ORG'>FORGERIES</ent> 172</p>
<p>V: THE "GOSPEL" FORGERIES 172</p>
<p>VI: THE CHURCH FORGERY MILL 238</p>
@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ adviseable to take note of these oft-used references now. EFF</p>
<p> Abbreviations for most often used sources:</p>
<p> The libraries of <ent type='ORG'>the Union Theological Seminary</ent> and of
<ent type='ORG'>Columbia University</ent>, in <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent>, were the places of the finds
<ent type='GPE'>Columbia</ent> University, in <ent type='GPE'>New York City</ent>, were the places of the finds
here recorded. Cited so often, space will be saved for more
valuable uses by citing by their initials, -- which will become
very familiar -- my chief ecclesiastical authorities, towit:</p>
@ -1488,13 +1488,13 @@ very familiar -- my chief ecclesiastical authorities, towit:</p>
the extant Writings of all the Founders of <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent>ity
down to <ent type='ORG'>the Council</ent> of Nicaea, or Nice, in 325 A.D.
<ent type='NORP'>American</ent> Reprint, eight volumes. The <ent type='NORP'>Christian</ent> Literature
Publishing Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1885. [xxx]</p>
Publishing Co., <ent type='GPE'>Buffalo</ent>, N.Y., 1885. [xxx]</p>
<p>N&amp;PNF.; The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, cited as N&amp;PNF.;
First and <ent type='ORG'>Sec</ent>ond Series; many volumes; same publishers.</p>
<p>CE.; The <ent type='NORP'>Catholic</ent> Encyclopedia, cited as CE.; fifteen volumes
and index, published under the <ent type='PERSON'>Imprimatur</ent> of Archbishop
and index, published under the Imprimatur of Archbishop
<ent type='PERSON'>Farley</ent>; <ent type='GPE'>New York</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>Robert Appleton</ent> Co., 1907-9.</p>
<p>EB., The Encyclopedia Biblica, cited as EB., four volumes;