Show NEWS ad BEHIN brici THE THEN by PAUL released by western newspaper union PEOPLES INTEREST TURNS TO RELIGION philosophy washington three or four ot of us were sitting around chewing the fat and an ex marine said right to my face he wondered if people were really interested in reading columns any more he said the old W washington ashington chitchat chit chat about who was fighting whom or prophesying dire things which never happen well that sort of stuff did not seem to be wanted by so m many any people in these perilous times I 1 failed to blush but put on my best puzzled expression he went on to say chehad dropped past a bookshop and had found the window filled with literature about mental health and happiness and how to get along in the kind of world we live in get along pleasantly as we can by our inspirations and thoughts religions ideals philosophy was what the people wanted he said good simple every day reasoning on the plain philosophy of life they all looked at me my philosophy is to keep quiet about such matters and profit in my own thoughts by what others say but they were in earnest and troubled about questions such as a whether there will be another war whether the unions have captured the republicans or vice versa and where Is it all going anyway so I 1 suggested we get together to see if we could agree on a recipe for the troubled ex serviceman we started with questions and answers HOW ABOUT WAR Q will there be another war A wars arise from the desires of men within each man normally there li is a desire to get ahead to excel and conquer now man has not been able to civilize aliese desires within himself to an extent where he can live in peace at home how can he do on an international scale what he cannot do on a national state or local scale we agreed wars always have arisen the last few from weak nations but many from strong nations and it would be impossible to prevent wars by simply making strong nations weak or weak nations strong we agreed that yes there always will be wars Q Is education essential to happiness tor for man A the questioner was nearly shouted down of course not the happiest people most frequently are the least educated people one fellow said he never had seen a discontented cow but we also agreed that education enables man to attain higher appreciations of life to enjoy more things Q what la Is the best religion A this stumped us for a while we finally agreed that it was whatever r religion you believed in it if you were born in it you would very likely seek in its realm for your inspirations spi rations and spiritual solace but one of our group held out against a unanimous decision without reservations in a way like the supreme court which writes three concur tiring opinions he said he be believed in the religion of nature GOD AND THE UNIVERSE Q what in the world Is the religion ot of nature A the theory of god as manifested through christ and the scriptures but not necessarily by any particular church it is the theory that god created the universe in which there exists the spirits of both good and evil nature itself Is a struggle agle for survival a struggle tor for existence in a well balanced conflict it is a test you might say its elements are both good and evil in man himself there are both good and evil inclinations thus nowhere in this world is there perfection only a conflict of these simplest forces in which every man must be tested Q but Is this a religion or simply an observable philosophy A it is the foundation of all religion except anti religions like atheism which teaches that man Is god therefore all religions are philosophically good and teach a sound philosophy of life urging man to improve himself we all agreed man must believe in something or he will lack inspiration totally if h he believes man himself is god or in a religion of sell self alone he will lack any greater inspiration than himself that would only answer the yearnings of ego which is a dangerous thing whereas religion answers the yearning of man for a greater inspiration RUSSIA HAS COLLECTED the american news dispatches from the moscow conference said our delegation was embarrassed and the americans shifted uneasily in their seats when molotov pulled from the secret flies files of the past the yalta agreements agreement promising russia rusia half of 20 billion dollars reparations from germany there was no valid reason for any reasonable ble person to be embarrassed the truth Is russia probably has taken more than her allotted halt already rady al |