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...anti-religion a religion? Agnosticism is surely not; it is a shrug, a raised eyebrow. Atheism is more like its antithesis; the late Robert Ingersoll adored his Nothing as fiercely as St. Paul his Christ. Contemporary atheists preach their Nothing, write about it, argue it. Freethinker Joseph Lewis is fervently proud to be called "Enemy of God." But in New York State atheists may preach as they like and still their atheism is no religion. The New York Court of Appeals so decided last week in Albany...
...unto himself, doing what he thinks will make for his own individual happiness. What kind of country would we have if this were done?" So last week spoke a New York lady whom everyone knew to be as good as she is rich. She was flaying that horrid bogey, ATHEISM. If there was any apparent incongruity in her denunciation of a "law-unto-oneself." it was because she was Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard, favorite daughter of that prodigious, puny, black-bearded buccaneer, the late Jay Gould, who made a fortune, knew no law. But there was no incongruity...
...atheism was not enough. Still seeking, Mrs. Besant became a Socialist, joined the Fabian Society, and organized the first successful strike among English working women. One day she reviewed a big two-volume book, The Secret Doctrine by Mme H. P. Blavatsky. It excited her; she went to meet the author, succumbed to Theosophy. Her rise as usual was rapid. Long secretary of the Society, at 60 she was made president. Theosophist headquarters are at Adyar, Madras, India, and there Mrs. Besant has lived off & on for 40 years. Considering herself a Hindu by adoption, she early championed Indian nationalism...
...with other evangelical Christians is much more important than what they hold in distinction from them. In fact while they will be as unflinchingly opposed to Rome as were their fathers they will not be blind to the fact that as the lines are drawn today-theism over against atheism; Christ the God man over against the man Jesus; the cross as a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice over against the cross as a symbol of self sacrifice; salvation as a divine gift over against salvation as a human achievement; the Bible as the revealed Word of God over against...
...would be idle to deny that organized religion is sore beset in the present age. Agnosticism and atheism are on the rise...