The Necessity of Atheism Part 23

ALBERT C. DIEFFENBACH

The plain truth is, thousands upon thousands of men and women have gone out of the Church. They take no stock in its obsolete teachings to which they once subscribed in order to become members. After great tribulation, they have made their declaration of religious independence.

They have taken the right turn for their own salvation. The churches as a whole do not know that today there is a violent intellectual revolution among all people who think. The so-called theism that is embalmed in the old theology and is still preached is utterly defunct for many persons of this generation. Like it or not, that is a fact.

DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT

The creeds of the churches contain conceptions of G.o.d's nature and of his action toward the human race which are intolerable to the ethical mind of the twentieth century. The conception of one being, human or divine, suffering, though innocent, for the sins of others, is revolting to the universal sense of justice and fair dealing. No school, no family, no court, would punish the innocent when the guilty were known.

This conception of G.o.d is hideous, cruel, insane, and no Christian church which tolerates it can be efficient in the promotion of human welfare and happiness.