Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-20 | Page 3 | Open-Minded Bigotry is Bennett's Topic

OPEN MINDED BIGOTRY IS BENNETTS BENNETT'S TOPIC Unitarian Pastor Declares Against Complete Unity of Religious Bodies At tho Unitarian church Rev ne Fred Fred- crick M. M L Bennett on tho the topic An Open Minded Bigot lIe He said In ir hi part Tho phrase Is certainly a contradiction tion lion if It wo YO mean b by bigot ono One who Is unwilling to grant that anyone anone is 13 right except himself But Eu t tho the fact tact is Is one can change chango hl hi his opinions and still keep loep a forceful atti attI- tude tucle Ono One ma may be positive and consistent consistent con can In ill his convictions and yet open- open minded Some fundamentals in life chango change only through increase and enrichment en en- One may hold to these and accept their changes and additions to their worth without being a narrow narrow- minded d bigot or fickle in his Judg jUdg- ments Tho The individual ual must bo ho himself BeIng DeInS' DeInS Be De- ing InS fully assured In his own mind ho he must b bo be self solf But t tho self re person who has a a. philosophy philos ophy and is willing to assume the tho responsibilities re ro ro- ro of oC It H should be willing to grant tho same samo privileges to all alt other persons 1 If ho he Is willing to live or dlo die for tor his convictions he ho should I expect to find others who are aro of or like mind and attitude Much luch Is said of ot the prospect and need of unifying tho the rell religious lous denominations i nations It is easy to distinguish three I general g types of ot Christians The Tho conservatives conservatives conservatives con con- who depend on ancient authorities authorities au au- au- au the eYan evangelicals somewhat uncertain of authorities who maintain In man many matters like attitude and ef et et- fort tort and the tho modernists who look to the tho present an and future in rell religion on and who ho have havo ceased to depend upon in In in- Tho The future futuro may bring these more mOIe nearly together tog tog-ethert but ono one must question the benefit wh which eh a a. complete completo com corn pleto unification of religious bodies would bring Unity forced through wel weight ht of ot au authority nu- nu would bo be public calamity Tho The modern movements of religious thought which mako make for unity aro are coming through the time free exercise of or tho the different different dif dif- ferent systems of thought Not ot th the tho unit unity forced by authority and organization not the unity of repression but the time unity of freedom and growth and expression tho the striving after atter the tho higher his lifo lIo in n tho the freedom of or the individual Is s bringing to U light ht tho the unities and possibilities pos pos- of ot religion I