Show A creed only becomes evil when it no longer represents best thought of or age dy by CYRUS H somo appear to think creeds in religion are an ovil evil and point to science as the benefactor of the past and tho the liopo hope of the future but do they not know that viewed from the theoretical side religion is a science science and that on the other hand every science has a creed creeds aro are statements of principles accepted as truo true they include not only facts fully demonstrated hut but also all reasonable theories and hypotheses in religion a creed in tho the best binse sense is a conception of tho the world on which is based a system of conduct A creed be becomes coines evil only when it continues to bo be maintained at a timo time mylien it no longer represents the best thought of the age whan this stage is readied reached the creed should bo be discarded ind and a new system of religious truth established in its place bob religious 9 lous truth can be only A part individualistic in part it must be universal and call it creed or platform whatever you like thero must bo be statement of cardinal tritt truths lis and moral jalcs no religious organization has a right to exist unless it teaches sol and unless it sincerely believes what it teaches intellectual dishonesty is probably the most prolific of all causes of corruption and crime and a close second is the disposition to obliterate the distinction between right and wrong and to oppose an objective standard of righteousness |