The JACKSONVILLE MINER
BOOGEY MANS IN
RELIGION HOOEY
JIBES REYNOLDS
Prospector-Poet, With 71
Years Background, Un­
burdens Self on Religion
and War Against Devil
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I see by the paper« that this
flock of evangelists, who have re­
cently descended on southern Ore­
gon, have resuscitated and brought
to light again that nearly defunct
■pecter (the Devil) we used to
hear so much about year« ago. but
who ha« been practically ex­
cluded by the country1« foremost
preacher« for some time, because
of the fact that people everywhere
had become fed up on it and had
ceased to attend church In oonae-
<|uence Or at liBMt such is the
complaint of several of our leading
church Journal«
However, It seems to go over big
In thia section and if the Idea gain*
sufficient popularity among the
ma«Hc«, it will only be a step
backward to the days of witch­
craft und the old attractive pas­
time of burning victlma alive at
the stake. And from there a «light
pu«h would shove us right back
again Into the Dark Ages which,
us all men know, retarder! the
growth of the world's progress for
one thousand years.
One can hardly blame thoae who
make their living by teaching thia
doctrine for at riving to revive thia
old belief, as It is plain that re­
ligion la founded on a mythological
heli, from the torments of which
none may ear-ape unless allied by
the efforts of these self-appointed
deliverers
If there were no hell there would
bo no devil, nothing to be saved
from and consequently no need of
religion nor of preachers. Per­
sonally, I care leas than nothing
what my neighbor's religious be­
liefs may be. If he can get a kick
out of loading down his mind with
a lot of unnecessary grief. It is
all right with me. But why, may 1
ask. out of the hundreds and
thousands of devils recognised by
the many religious denominations
of thia earth, has our Devil been
selected aa the great “I AM"? And
why 1s It necessary to aid hla cause
with so much free advertising ? Is
It good business sense to advertise
your worst enemy’s activities and
merchandise ? Why not let this
Imaginary IX-vil do his own ad­
vertising ? In which cast» he would
soon die a natural death and cease
to annoy suffering humanity
There is something wrong some­
where. Somebody must be getting
a rakeoff out of it.
I am an evolutionist myself, and
a free man. I am not pinioned
down by the weight of enormous
invisible shackles. I have a con­
science which tells me the differ­
ence between right and wrong
When I go wrong. I do not try to
hide behind an imaginary Devil
and whine about how he tempted
me That kind of excuse doesn’t
go with my conscience. The most
terrific punishment I ever received
was from that conscience of mine.
And as I have to live with him. I
make It a point to keep him in
good humor.
I know how to behave without
being scared into it by some wild
threat of a Devil who started out
us a snake, afterward turned into
a roaring lion und eventually
wound up as a drugon. Ahead of
anything else In the world I be­
lieve in the teachings of science
When a scientist evolves a new
theory, thounands of the most bril­
liant and giant Intellects Jump on
It in the interests of truth und en­
deavor to pick it to pieces. If one
little flaw is discovered, the new
theory is discarded and relegated
to the scrap pile. So when science
evolves u theory that cun with­
stand the onslaught« of the world's
keenest minds, you may bet your
last dollar that It is true.
Science has explored the realm
of space in every direction. It has
Investigated every hole and comer
of our entire earth. It has segre­
gated and analysed the 92 ele­
ments of which our universe Is
composed. And science states there
is no place for u Devil In our uni
verst, no need of u Devil, und that
there is no Devil. Ho that's that»
It may sound queer, after saying
I do not believe in a Devil, to stute
that I saw him when I was seven
years old. I was living then in
Providence, R. I., u city of about
100,000 [Mipulation Near where we
lived was a cemetery covering sev­
eral square blocks The city had
grown up around it. We kids used
to play In It quite a lot. The grass
was soft and clean and the grave­
stones
made excellent hiding
places for our games. One bright
moonlight night the Devil ap­
peared. Raised up from behind a
gravestone and looked at us
One look at his horns and fiery
eyes and we instantly became full
of velocity. There were no Jack­
rabbits going our way or w* would
have run right over them. After
that no kid could be induced to go
anywhere near that cemetery.
Some weeks later my uncle and I
were returning home on another
bright moon light night and, ar­
riving al the stile leading into the
cemetery, he started to go In, as
it was a shortcut to our home, but
I very decidedly declared I would
not go that way. He Inquired why,
so I told him about the Devil in
there How he did laugh and. grab­
bing me by the hand, went right
in and as I couldn't break loose, I
was dragged along We were half
way ncross when oh migosh! the
Devil himself raised up from be­
hind a gravestone and looked at
us. Never had I been so scared. It
was a wonder I didn't die right
there from fright. I fought like a I "Why did my father allow such a
wildcuHt to break away but my dangerous beu»t in my room which
uncle held me tight and strode
[ might mangle or mutilate me at
straight up to Mr. Devil, und whut
any moment?" We had go« in our
do you think it was? A darned old
house and my dad always Insisted
billygout that had been feeding
| that there must tie a dim light in
on the grass among the' graves.
every bedroom, turned down and
But he sure looked demoniacal in
shaded, so that any time in the
the moonlight. After that I always
night full light could be had quick­
associated the Devil with a goat,
ly if needed. I became so expert
and I saw to it that he never made
in dodging that booger that I could
a goat out of me
run into my room, leap Into the
Previous to that time I had an­
center of my bed and cover up so
other experience that may be
quick that a «hooting star would
worth relating. I had two aunts
have seemed slow in comparison.
who used to come to our house
Then I would congratulate myself
and slay a month or two at a time
on the way 1 had fooled him and
These aunts were supposed to be
fall asleep. One night, not being
good, respectable church members v?ry sleepy, I began to have a
who would scorn to tell a He. Yet
great curiosity to see him so, slip­
they amused themselves by load­
ping very quietly, an inch at a
ing up my little noggin with a
time from between the covers, and
mens of nonsense, for which I have
ready to dart back to safety if he
never forgiven them I presume I
sprang
at me, I finally got into !
was considerable of a nuisance,
position where I could see under
like all kids of that age are. and
the bed. I looked and looked, but
after being started for bed at 7:30
could see nothing. He wasn't there,
I would put on my nightgown but,
but I wax so badly hypnotized that
Instead of getting into bed, would
I simply imagined he had taken a
slip out again to the sittingroom,
night off, but would be back the
where I liked to stick around and
next night. Being determined to
listen to the talk going on there.
have a look at him, I went through
My father seldom came home from
this performance night after night,
his business before 9 o'clock, so
till even my kid brain began to
he never knew what they told me,
realize that there was a screw
or he would have made them quit
loose in the machinery somewhere
it. And I never thought to men­
and eventually I grew so bold that
tion It to him. They said that at
I would stop and peek under the
Just h o'clock there was a most
bed before getting in and shout
terrible booger who slipped into
"Boo!” loiter on, I got so daring
the house and hid under my bed.
that I would sit down on the rug i
If I went to bed at S o'clock like
with my back to the bed, under
a grssl little boy, he wouldn’t
which the booger was supposed to
bother me, but if I did not get
right into bed and cover up, he
would bite off my toes or fingers,
maybe my nose, if I stuck It out.
He had been known to bite a whole .
leg off of naughty boys and some- j
times he carried them away and
their mothers never heard of them
again. And I believed every word |
of it. Many questions 1 asked i
about this booger and finally 11
knew all about him. I knew how
many rows of sharp teeth he had. |
all about the stinger on the end I
of his tail, and the long talons he i
grabbed bad little boys with and |
his slimy scales and everything I
I knew he was under my bed and j
that he was simply waiting his!
chance to catch me dead to rights ,
and perhaps carry me off and eat I
me. In my mind I could see him I
as plain as if I was looking 1
straight at him. and nobody could .
have convinced me that I was mis­
taken about it. I never thought to !
isk myself the simple question,
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Nine times out of ten it’s NERVES that make you
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ever, there is a remedy. These
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of the same amount of energy of
thought.
The greatest sin of all sins, in
my opinion, is to allow anyone to
force you to believe something
that your own good common sense
tells you is not so. Nearly 30 years
(Continued on page four)
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be. All this may not be of much
interest to my readers, but it was
one of the best experiences of my
whole life as it taught me how eas­
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mind and, by lending it one’s ener­
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fearsome being that in time ac­
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allowed it to gain a foothold. How­
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