Obsolete Misleading Theologies Bear The Same Relation

All Scientists Have Found That Preconceived Notions, Dogmas, And All Personal Prejudice And Bias, Must Be Set Aside, Listening Patiently, Quietly And Reverently To The Lessons, One By One, Which Mother Nature Has To Teach, Shedding Light On That Which Was Before A Mystery, So That All Who Will May See And Know. She Conveys Her Truths Only To Those Who Are Passive And Receptive.

The Theory Of Reincarnation, Which Originated In India, Has Been Welcomed In Other Countries. Without Doubt, It Is One Of The Most Sensible And Satisfying Of All Religions That Mankind Has Conceived. This, Like The Others, Comes From The Best Qualities Of Human Nature, Even If In This, As In The Others, Its Adherents Sometimes Fail To Carry Out The Principles In Their Lives.

Let Us Read The Bible Without The Ill-fitting Colored Spectacles Of Theology, Just As We Read Other Books, Using Our Own Judgment And Reason, Listening To The Voice Within, Not To The Noisy Babel Without. Most Of Us Possess Discriminating Reasoning Powers. Can We Use Them Or Must We Be Fed By Others Like Babes?

A Theory Of Personal Resurrection Or Reincarnation Of The Individual Is Untenable When We But Pause To Consider The Magnitude Of The Idea. On The Contrary, I Must Believe That Rather Than The Survival Of All, We Must Look For Survival Only In The Spirit Of The Good We Have Done In Passing Through.once Obsolete, An Automobile Is Thrown To The Scrap Heap. Once Here And Gone, The Human Life Has Likewise Served Its Purpose. If It Has Been A Good Life, It Has Been Sufficient. There Is No Need For Another.

Let Us Read The Bible Without The Ill-fitting Colored Spectacles Of Theology, Just As We Read Other Books, Using Our Judgment And Reason. . . .