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Show Issues Between Fundamentalism and Modernism Are Vital and Clear By EEV. JOHN ROACH STRATON, New York, t . ,L - ' ' Modernists, rationalists and so-called liberals do not concede any external ex-ternal religious authority, but say the final authority is in the individual consciousness. Every man, they say, is conscience-bound to obey only ths inner voice. This conception, when logically followed out, leads inevitably to religious anarchy, It (lows out of the evolutionary philosophy, which is the real foundation of modernism. Modern educational principles flowing from the false teachings of Freud and others, which carry with them the exalting of the Individual judgment as the real seat of authority are what are doing most of tbe mischief mis-chief today. The foolish idea is given to our children that they can cut loose from the teachings and traditions, restraints and inspirations of th past and do as they please in their so-called "search for truth," "(guest for reality," "self-expression," "personal right to happiness," etc. The motto mmim to be "Nothint old is true and nothing new is fa'se." |