“The central ideas of Christianity — an angry God and vicarious atonement — are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions. Christians well know that the much-decorated statue of the Church, as it now stands, is not of pure chiseled marble, but of clay, cemented together by blood and tears and hardened in the fires of hatred and persecution. And still we hear the cry, 'The whole world for Christ'.” GodScienceJesusChristNatureChurchChristianityFireBloodTearsEnlightenmentJesus ChristHatredAspirationPersecutionImmoralFactAtonementJainismChristian PersecutionAngry GodPreposterousBlasphemous Book:The Monist Source: The Monist
“All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, — all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted. But Christian clergymen are well aware that if they were to attempt to purify Christianity and bring it back to the religion of Christ, the result would be to reform it out of existence. Christianity stands to-day completely explained. Every step in its development is laid bare and shown to be due to purely natural causes, and it is easy to see how much Christianity adopted from other and older religions.” ReligionJesusChristChristianityJesus ChristCorruptionReformSuperstitionPlagiarismClergymenCopyPurifyJainismNatural CausesPagan Influence Book:The Monist Source: The Monist
“All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted.” KnowsHas BeensNamesChristEffortChristianityCenturyChangedTaughtReturnOriginalsWorthyDoctrineStandpointNineteenth CenturyGreat Effort Author:Virchand Gandhi
