Men, Women, and Gods; and Other Lectures by Helen H. Gardener

Author:Helen H. Gardener [Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Free thought
Published: 2009-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

Is it because their religion is superior to ours that the Lapp women are better treated; that their comparative status is higher, and their family life purer than with ourselves?*

* "Though Norway with Ladies." By W. Mattieu Williams.

F.R.A.S., F.C.S.

The claim that superiority of civilization is due to Christianity, and that to it we owe the good things of the nations where it is the prevailing religion, proves too much. It will work just as well for any other religion as for our own. Its reach is too extended, its conclusion too comprehensive for its purpose. Christianity could not be made its sole terminus. It reminds one of the story of the brakeman who was persuaded to go to church. When he came out his friend asked him how he liked the preacher. He said, "Very well, on the main line. He had good wheels, his track was straight and level, and he carried a good head of steam, but he seemed to lack terminal facilities."

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