Show A creed credd only becomes evil when it no longer represents best thought of age i by some persons appear to think creeds in religion fire are an evil and point to science as the benefactor of the past and the hope of the future but do they not know that viewed from the theoretical side religion is a science and that on the other hand hana every science has a creed creeds are statements of principles accepted as true they include not only facts fully demonstrated but also all reasonable theories and hypotheses in religion a creed in the best sense is a conception of the world on which is based a system of conduct A creed becomes evil only when it continues to be maintained at a time when it no longer represents the best thought of the age when this stage is reached the creed should hould be discarded and a new system of religious truth established in its place religious truth can be only in part individualistic in part it must be universal and call it creed or platform whatever you like there must in be definite statement of cardinal truths and moral rules no religious organization has a right to exist unless it teaches something and unless it sincerely believes what it teaches intellectual dishonesty is probably the most prolific of all causes of corruption and crime and a dose close second is the disposition to obliterate the distinction between right and wrong and to oppose an objective standard of righteousness |