Show t 2 e sv I 1 V i THE BI E rand I 1 f t MORALITY FROM I 1 our ay h odd 9 days until r T the time we e berei ble able to reason from cause W ib and to become in a limited degree eo familiar with the laws of nature and the laws 11 which govern gover 1 and abd regulate the universe regardless blaur of our likes or r dislikes we had been led to believe belie by the defenders the he up upholders holdem and the expound expounders ex era of the bible that it was impo impossible sAle for persons to form any aay J nigh high conceptions of morals and mois morality lity outside the morality whick which is contained within the lids of the bible and if we reject its ils ideal or standard of moral ity there is no way maj whereby WL we can become ad cognizant awant of the fact that it is ii absolutely absi tata wrong to lie steal 1 bifi kill dr toj other crimes F aple 1 ave the highest respect foit h 0 sew se w ho may entertain these adew ideas we must not lose sight of the ilice baet that morals or the practice of df morality thor alicy n is i uni universal venal while on ih the e other haud hand christianity and those believing in the teachings of the bible ara araL locaL As me uva heretofore stated it z I 1 IN is not our intention to east cast any reflections upon those who hav elfin 1 I 1 t in the ie baw but the arca 4 k ana fhe most beneficent I 1 J moi moral t MR maxims mai and tn percepts percepta have be been I 1 a i jax through h kc tf t hii jiju J I 1 iw dana nd il i i W I 1 I 1 if J I 1 kals jy y 4 V 1 incz iz cz iz 4 W J 1 C T ft kl v isten were destroyed mor aliby exist in the world in independent dedent of them ahem all the morality or ar the moral precepts winch are contained in the rig veda teda bible which was composed 2400 years before christ surpasses in beauty of capres aion non the sentiments in the th e bible I 1 e 1 1 its teachings about ejiu sin its revelations in tae ane ability of the gods to tor forgive give its belief that its tible bible t came 4 from god its rigid code oa I 1 its prayers pray era r V hymns 0 offerings and are all I 1 C I 1 1 ir I 1 amA jived up SE sf A A tz to by thai ct two I 1 hundred rac ired million people the aois Brai ims idea of the E 9 trinity corresponds with the ideas 1 4 which A 1 the people i f pr alf ft rm kilbi lil bi ity i ar aalthe the present dirae 1 10 j 41 bible i which s years older athali chow 7 e 1 k ai I 1 bl 6 contains I 1 I 1 UY 7 4 t 4 stif U amoral Vm 11 oral pre 1 t v S st cents S IB f in ibis z 1 i qi I 1 au a a I 1 ir t ta w ac 1 X demo demons us the I 1 ts t s t t affairs I 1 04 0 4 e i 4 0 ara iw ever a va V M w at 9 A I 1 afi ir fa 7 A zi borosk a i ii I 1 C 9 M 0 1 tj pro DW T r si P 1 41 molested molea ted 4 t itna man i i fj t W 1 I 1 ia A I 1 attl ST tl za sf I 1 which are iiii toj 1 those th a in the 5 1 41 Iez if g q jewish Z rv t A HO im U pi M s 4 sr 1 r l he e at 01 was w as 41 2 W X wi sat ii with the H 1 I 1 ta in ind d ax ml t w W faith J 4 I 1 a at dd it is I 1 ck 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immortality Z of the goals soul ghi hica teh their own religion did not teach they also borrowed from it their belief in R a multi multitude of angels angel sAud and in satan as the ruler of evil spirits for prior to that time lame no jewish writer nor the jewish people had the faintest idea idea of heaven or h 11 or the plurality of worlds buddha the awakened whose fb followers number moe than any ank other religious faith 0 op system is five hundred years older than christ or the bible ible the bibe which was constructed constricted by him contains many lofty od and elevating moral precepts it contains nothing to shock the minds of little child rennar rennor to blunt the finer sensibilities of men and women buddha taught that nothing ingon on J earth is stable nothing is real we life is as transitory as a spark of fire or the sound of a lyre there must be some supreme in intelligence tel ligen ce where hedw we could find rest ft if I 1 attained it I 1 could bring braag light ht to mm men if I 1 were free myself I 1 could deliver deber the world re he also said aid the me a succoring uc coring i 0 of f mother and 1 father the of and child and tw j ol lowing of a lawful bif calling in a lo 10 this is the greatest blessing the giving alms aid rendered rend area to relations blameless acts thesda this is ake I 1 eares i greatest tes blessin blessig mg ajl 1 the ab it staining g bvm I 1 fro m aasand sins an sand and the avoid 4 z 14 4 t e t 1 iii t I 1 eating drinks fowee 4 ni gence in good deeds reverence and humility contentment tent ment and gratefulness this is I 1 the greatest blessing those who having done these things become invincible a on all sides attain happiness on all sides this ia the greatest blessing he who lives a hundred years I 1 vicious and unrestrained a life of one day is better if a man is virtu virta busand ons and reflecting let no man malk 0 think lightly of evil saying in his heart it will not come arunta ne near anto me even bythe by the falling of water ater drops a w water ater pot is filled the fool becomes full of evil if he gif gathers it little by little let us live happily then not hating those who hate busill ns let us dwell free from hatred among men who hatel I 1 and not to commit any sin to c do 10 good and to purify ones ones mind after these most wholesome max 18 ims thus thera follows ten commandments ments of which the first five apply to all people they are not to kill r AO not t to steal suad not to commit adultery I 1 I 1 not to io lie not to get drunk etc aid e I 1 I 1 Z Bad buddha dha taught that it itis ia the duty jbf ax mv ato honor their I 1 parents ts s ch children adren coald to be aa tt 14 A at q J k and sor r art i azizi kea c iu in min mind a I 1 I 1 li aved iid moie in J aire than ih five I 1 X I 1 y at 1 s before v christ Chri christana stand ana Z monies I 1 which his A d J be e t IWAO i K t h abin jl L am a t M 1 am chuo I 1 I 1 ko Z 4 cah a n awo h L 0 O ak anif F 4 Z 3 j A im ww JA aloa 8 evl t a 14 arthe ar earll naona amma na onn wa g 4 I 1 i i iw r r 4 v 1 1 i IM i e 17 iamo ral 4 1 A AV tv Z ep 1 I 7 V Z in beff 4 WW adap I 1 V 5 11 r 1 carid 1 v L W 1 ag ft A 7 elro 1 I 1 I 1 iz 1 ax at A ai c i mv F al r I 1 1 1 as I 1 kat ass W I 1 liell ti g f ifft ar rj r j Z j 1 OW Z e I 1 17 th njg I 1 crioyo 1 R jwj 1 N 40 py I 1 sow 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 72 R V i U 5 bl W n ar fl tfx J I 1 azz Vs R 4 A m 5 A ifa W I 1 fa W jj e Z g I 1 17 arv honor seiei eem to me like a pas 19 cloud 4 4 7 AA V mahomet counseled his folio follower 5 9 to live good lives and to a strive ter th the e mercy 0 of f god by hsei I 1 kl charity and prayer he said baich aa 1113 mans true wealth here hereafter aier is ii the w k good he has m done to 40 fair hi tow 2 rap f r when he dies people 4 will ask k W property hat has he left behind h hiaam bi but bat the angels will ask WI what lat good I 1 deeds has he sent before babore iii hiss mahomet enjoined lim his i followers llo show mercy to the weak iq it or orphaned phaner and kiness kindness to bru brut teso espo abstain from gambling and at te 0 use of strong drink 4 out oat of one billion six hundred f million people who aiho are scathe scattered over the face of the earth more in aib than eleven hundred million believe k in the teachings of the great mo moral I 1 4 ests whom we have alluded to I 1 fj tin 1 A I j tat passing we cannot cefra from fro 1 ferring to egypt and those w tauri ui cr ful people who inhibit the val lipf the nile those strange people can trace their history back I 1 9 years before the christian era tija fiig morality which they practiced practice d and f the moral laws which they pla placed A upon their statutes cannot I 1 Q equalled equal led for ii instance istance it if ia s master of a slave caused the delik death of a slave the owner was also pah to death 4 I 1 I 1 no other country in the civilized world ever enacted suek such a law in america where all the slave holders were christians the slaves were ludt not m in the posses possession siou of any I 1 rights I 1 ti which their m masters were bao k I 1 1 IF i I 1 I 1 kaat it is admitted by all who are familiar with egyptian history that the ten commandments which moses claimed were written by the finger anger of gud god upon two tables of stone on mount M aunt sina came from egypt so it be apparent to all that tha morality is not dependent upon the bible our oar chief objection to the bible is that it places a premium gium on vice and crime while at the same time it puts pats its everlasting seal of or condemnation upon all honest and upright men and women who do not accept it as the infallible word of adall an all wise and mer merciful god go d |