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What they study is far from clear, but the Royal Fraternity's creed might be described as a theological goulash of Rosicrucianism, Christian Science, Christianity, Supermind Science, faith healing and How to Win Friends and Influence People. As to the number of middle-aged ladies he has attracted, "the Christian Science Church doesn't publish the number of its membership," says Mr. Schafer; "Why should we?" However: "Our organization is unorganized. You can't define a thing like that...
...unconscious mind," orthodox religionists will not thank him for the left-handed compliment. "What is usually and generally called religion," he declares, "is to such an amazing degree a substitute that I ask myself seriously whether this kind of 'religion,' which I prefer to call a creed, has not an important function in human society. The substitution has the obvious purpose of replacing immediate experience by a choice of suitable symbols invested in a solidly organized dogma and ritual. The Catholic Church maintains them by her indisputable authority, the Protestant Church (if this term is still applicable...
...Federal Government's ''immense corps of jobholders. . . . The dots, unfortunately, had to be made very small. . . . Even so, the chart is too large for the taxpayer to paste in his hat. Let him hang it, instead, on his parlor wall, between 'The American's Creed' and the portrait of Mr. Roosevelt. ... If there were no jobholders at all every taxpayer's income would be increased twenty-seven percent. Such is the bill for being saved from revolution and ruin by Wonder...
...which civilized people have been fighting for centuries. But this is a conflict of moral as well as political principles. Pastor Niemoeller is defending not only the rights of religious liberty and free speech, but also the fundamental tenets of Christianity as opposed to the doctrines of the Nazi creed. Only a firm stand by all who call themselves Christians can now save the central principles of the Christian Church. In the light of recent developments in Nazi policy, the action of the Berlin court takes on special significance, and may well be a large factor in determining the future...
...Church-State struggle has dealt a final blow to the Erastian principle of "Cuius regio, cius religio" of the German Reformation, which has now proved an unwelcome boomerang to Protestants. Christian principles and German liberties depend on an independent Church, holding to dogmatic beliefs diametrically opposed to the religious creed of Nazidom. It is interesting to note that the liberal elements both in the Church and State have completely succumbed to political pressure, and that only the Roman Catholic and "Confessional" Churches, firm in their convictions, remain in open conflict with the government. The Christian Church, claiming interest...