T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , MARCH 3, 1898.
Im m ortality.— A Symposium.
pretended rap tu re over the crowns
and harps ami the “ song of Moses
and the Lamb”. A nnihilation is
nothing, and nothing is not prefer­
able to anything.
I). P riestley .
Newberg, Ore.
f r e e :— tu itio n — f r e e :
IN T H E
The C hristians are alw ays teach«
ins about the im m o rtality of the
-oul, and try to m ake us believe
tht re is a heaven, where we will
¡ive after we are dead.
I, as a
freethinker, much prefer to live as
^•,ve ll as I can here, for to my m ind
I he definition of “ im m ortal” is
immortality is nothing but a m yth. eternal, everlasting and unchange­
E t h e l B a il e y .
able. If this is true, in a state of
This is a R em arkable Offer!
Portland, Ore.
im m ortality we could not be made
Some One is G oing to he Benefitted!
any better nor any worse, any h a p - i
The idea of a future existence as pier nor be punished. 1 do not be- '
taught by the church is purely a lieve th a t hum an beings possess
From February 1 to August 15, 1898, we have decided to
'bubble of the im agination floating any such thing as an im m ortal
in the darkness of superstition, but soul.
make th is R e m a rka b le O ffe r.
Hie party sending
us the largest num ber of Y early Subscribers to the T orch
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vanishing in stan tly in the light of
of R eason , at the regular subscription rate of One D o lla ra
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science. It is sim ply a dream , a
form of orthodox “ soothing sy ru p ”,
Year, will receive F re e .T u itio n and B oard ilt tlle
which the student of n atu re refuses
One of the twin g ian t delusions. Liberal 1 m versity, at Silverton, Oregon, for (hie School
to swallow.
It implies eternal existence in the 5 ear. The person sending the Second Largest num ber of
iibscribers at one do llar a year, will receive fre e
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future of w hat began a short period
The w inners of these prizes m ay
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ago. It im plies absolute indestruct­ T u itio n one year.
ibility by dynam ite, starvation, choose any course of study given in the U niversity.
Rem em ber the Liberal U niversity is the O nly School of
Although death renders m an in­ poison, guillotine or crem ation —
It im plies in v u ln era­ the kind, and an offer like this is Indeed R em arkable.
visible, th at he still exists can be absurdity.
proved to m any persons by their bility against wear, tear, age, de­
mental experience. We prove the cay, death and destruction — all
existence of the invisible electric conditions unknow n in nature. It will receive free tuition for a •/ year and free board besides.
current by its action on any in stru ­ does not mean optional, but eternal
ment suited to its mode of action. com pulsory existence — the boon of
will receive free tu itio n for a year.
The existence of the spirit m ind is death forever denied us. It would
m aniacs!
proved in a sim ilar m anner by its m ake us undying raving
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Question: Is there a conscious the devils and the gods.
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And his im aginations were w ith­
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Another question: Is a n n ih ila ­ was on the face of his thoughts, and
tion preferable to etern al life?
TO R C H OF R E A S O N ,
i the spirit of fanaticism moved on SILVER TO N .
OREGO
Answer:
T h a t depends upon the face of society.
circumstances. If we were sure of
And the priest said, Let there be
a happy hereafter for all m ankind, delusion, and there was delusion.
future life would be som ething
And the priest called the d ark ­
grand to contem plate; but when w e ness day, while the light he called
are aware th a t th e m ajo rity of be­ night.
lievers in a future life believe also
And the priest said, Let there be
in happiness for a few and eternal strife in the m idst of the people,and
torm ent for m any, we become dis­ let it divide them sect from sect.
I
gusted with such ideas and can And it was so.
honestly say, while we live let us
And the priest said, Let super­
tr v to do good and help our fellow stition and slavery bring forth vic­
man, and when we return to our es after th eir kind, yielding seed
common Mother we shall be satis­ after bis kind.
fied with etern al rest.
And the priest saw th at it was
H arry T. S m it h .
good for him.
Saxton, N. Y.
And the priest set two great
darks— the priestcraft dark to rule
“ How Souls Grow.” —Souls grow the m ind, and the kingcraft dark
in and through the im agination, to rule the body. He made their
and decay and vanish as people ac­ flunkies and parasites also.
And the priest m ade the persecu­
quire courage and sense.
Soles grow by secretion, and de­ tor after his kind, and the hypo­
Resrxtctfully invite you to visit
crite after his kind, and all the
cay by oxidation.
th e ir estab lish m en t anti con­
“ No F u tu re Life.”—The dead are creeping things th a t crawl Ufxm
vince vourself th a t th ey are
dead. The earth is the burying the earth after their k in d .—[Ex.
show ing the g reatest line of
ground of vanished races. None
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after death.
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