the TORCH of REASON, SIL V E R T O N , o R E tiO N , T H I'R S D A Y , -H LV ■>!>, 1st', Church M eeting. self-evident tiu th th a t the universe so-called heavenly holies are kept Atheism and Agnosticism . ¡s w ithout limit. But really, you There will lx? a regular business in place. If there was a lim it, be don’t know , ami so you are some m eeting of the Silverton Secular yond which there were no such E iutok T oki ii of R eason : what agnostic. We cannot conceive We find in vour issue of J u * v i bodies, there would lie nothing to C hurch at Liberal H all next Sun the universe or anything w ithout a 8th. the following, to which we de- ho|(j tbe o u t|ying ones in place, day. The principle business coin lim it; neither can we th in k of it sire to make a few suggestions, a> rtl,d they would fall into the n ex t ing before the meeting will he the wi h a limit. We cannot, therefore, we cannot accept your statem ent near„st> a nd the attraction having adoption or rejection of a resolution conceive of a center; neither can we th at the existence of a God cannot been withdraw n by the displace- amending the constitution so as to c *nc ive of a thing w ithout a center. be disproved: “ We believe that me|1^ of ^be first, they too, with J conform with the S tate I Ilion. It We no not know , and we still m ust atheism and agnosticism are both ^jiej r increase, would fall into the is of the utm ost im portance th a t remain atheistic a n d agnostic. right If we were asked the que next nearest, and all would coin* all the mem bers he in attendance tion do you believe there is a , toj, eth er in <»ne common mass at co th at an intelligent vote may be E q u a l-R ig h ts For th e Boy. G od?’ we Could truthfully answ er one COI1|I1JO11 center. A common had. ‘n o ,’ and this belief makes one an (.e i|le r js> therefore, logically an As the requirem ents for m em ber If a man had a $50 hull pup lie atheist. If, however, we were ¡m jM)S!*ibility for tu.it which Iris n » would look after it carefully and ship now stan d any one may become asked the question ‘do you know | | m j( can j1;|Ve center Ami as not h*t it run around at night all a m em ber by signing the objects of there i.-no God?’ we would answer, tfaer can be nQ cel,ter. there can over town. But if he has a boy it the church, and no fees or dues are •no, we do not positively know ;’ and be no central source ruling ami is different. He is turned loose at required. T his does not ap p ear to th is lack of absolute knowledge governing the uuiver-e, and tr<>m a tender age to go f » 'h e devil, and be a safe way, since the church makes one agnostic.” which all au th o rity and law- em a then people wonder where the owns considerable property and W hile we fully adm it it is im nate. g reat arm y of tram ps, bum s, dead- should, of course, he very careful possible to prove there is a God, It is sim ply an imp'»ssibility, ami in regard to m em bership. If the it would seem quite easy <d dein from these sell-evident tru th s, the beats, loafers, gam blers and d ru n k organization is worth belonging to onstration th at there can he no such conclusion is irresistable, there can ards come from each decade. They at all, it is worth paying for and thing as the C hristian Go 1, if any , be no such th in g as a God ruling are germ inated from pure seed, surely every true Seculsriet would credit is given to the logic of re a and governing t n* universe. I he gathered from our homes ami sown be willing to pay a sm all m em ber son. T he first proposition is based point where your university is lo - , broadcast on our streets and alleys, ship fee and thereby assist in getting en tirely on faith w ithout reason, cated is as much the center as any it may he th at your boy is m aking At all I some funds into the Church treas and no th in g hut the fancies of im other conceivable point, and any ; a trrowlh in this direction. agination to support if, while the other conceivable poi.it is as m uch events the hoy ought to he given an ury bv which w’e can oetter < a n \ latter is as susceptible of dem on th e center as it. The sim ple tru th equal showing with the hull pup.— on our work. A M embek . stration as th at one and one make is, the laws w hich govern the uni- Ex. two, or the geom etrical proposition verse, and all things w ithin it, are th at the square, described upon the a part of it, and alw ays have been. base of a right angle triangle, is They are of it, and a part of it. equal to the sum of the squares de They em anate from no central scribed on the two sides. These source, for there is and can he no are reasoning processes, based on central source from which to e m a self-evident tru th s, and m ust he nate. They operate only when correct, as they prove them selves. conditions perm it, a id tlicv create The so called pagan delegated to the conditions u »on which to oper different objects suprem e powers, ate. attrib u tes and au th o rity . Each The C hristian conception th at god w ithin its own sphere being God is an enlarged m an, ex istin g suprem e. I he C hristian God com at some central point and com bines all these attrib u tes, powers m anding ami directing all things is and auth o rity . He is the one su not tenable. It is co n trary to preme central source, com m anding known facts, and co n trary to the and directing all things from one logic of reason from known facts. central source, and from this cen Such a God is an im possibility. tral source all laws and all things The proposition cannot he m ain pertaining to the uni verse em anate tained by facts or reason. T he This claim presupposes a common . . . . . «„hi , , . , , ,. wicked pagan had as m uch rig h t , center, from which such directions . . . . to delegate these powers to any v ls- come, and from which such laws “ Keep the Torch of Reason Burning ible object their fancies m ight se em anate. If, then, there is no cen lect, as the modern C hristian to a ter there can be no central source fancied enlarged m an. from which directions come, or Both are pure products of fancy, laws em anate, and the theory or and the world is rapidly coming to claim of a central governing C hris know and understand this, and are tian God m ust tall by the very looking hevond m an-m ade Gods fa d s of the situati..... for the tru e solution of the pro!.- We believe it to he a sell evident 1 Price, Ten cents. tru th that the universe is w ithout lems ot the u n i\c i-e . C has K. 'T e n n e y . lim it. At h a st it is so adm itted IJoifGh ©f 1 « S o n g Book 1. by those who are not blinded by W isconsin. prejudice, and whose minds can , • v. o r , f . ... .. . T h a t’s right, B rother le n n y , let’s get beyond the lim its ot a forty- , , * ' .. ta k about these things, and perhaps acre lot. To illustrate our position, , , . , .. ... . . r wc and our friends may lx? lead to wre m ight, if possible, sta rt from , . . , discover some tru th s, anv point on this earth , and going . - 1 We like your criticism , and are in a straight line in anv direction, • , s e , perfectly well satisfied th a t vou are at the rate of a billion miles a sec- ' . • . . , „ , right in believing th a t there is no ond, fo ra billion years and we would , . . ... i . , such being as a m an-like god, or be no nearer the limit than when ? . . th a t there is one particle of proof we started. 1 here would still be a , ' v . , . .« . o f any god w hatever. \ ou see, we beyond, and there is no place at J e ’ ¡ 1 ,» i i are atheistic. But when we talk of which there would not be a beyond. , .. .. „• . knowing , we have to adm it that we The law s of a ttra c tio n and gravita- ’ ti >n dem onstrate there can be no don’t know very much, lim it. 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