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— 6 — actually making money, but to argue their eternal truth, or even their value at that time, is a further and false step. Does the fact that a cobra is alive prove it to be innocuous ? With the reported murder of Jesus of Nazareth I am not concerned ; but Vespasian’s “ Ut puto Deus fio ” is commonly thought to have been meant as a jest. Our Romanticist’s unique and magnificent dramatisation of the war between the sceptic or lover of truth, and the religious man or lover of life, may be well quoted against me. Though Vespasian did jest, thou…
1904 · PDF PAGE 2
…el the poe- tical nature of the books of a religion ? Does he suppose that they do not rea- lise the immense importance of believing the truth ? But Mr. Crowley has got something into his soul stronger even than the beautiful passion of the man who believes in Buddhism ; he has the passion of the man who does not believe in Christianity. He adds one more testimony to the endless series of testimo- nies to the fascination and vitality of the faith. For some mysterious reason no man can contrive to be agnostic about Christianity. He always tries …
1904 · PDF PAGE 4
…g by the graves of their descendents. Any sound philosophy must be first destructive of previous error, then constructive by harmonising truths into Truth. Nor can the human mind rest content with negation ; I honour him rather whose early emotion is hatred of Christianity, bred of compulsion to it, but who subdues that negative passion and forces his way to a positive creed, were it but the cult of Kali or Priapus. Here, indeed, modern Agnostics are at fault. They sensibly enough reject error ; but they are over-proud of their lofty attitude, …