Word: religion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...many radicals have long been annoyed by Upton Sinclair. One of the things that annoys both of them (for different reasons) is that he says he believes in God. Last week, in a little (140 page) book he told anyone who cared to listen all about the "practical religion" he has created to meet his own everyday needs. "It is book number 54 in my list; and that is a long time to have let God wait." Unsympathetic readers closed No. 54 with the feeling that Author Sinclair had once more had his say but that God was still waiting...
...better to be happy than sad, better to be active than impotent." He admits that he has taken a good deal on faith: "I have made my ethical code out of the hunger and thirst after social righteousness. Such a formula makes life comparatively simple, and it makes religion simple. I took God's help for granted in the work I was doing." A pragmatist who believes that the proof of the pill is in the action, he defines truth as "ideas which aid us to build more capable minds and bodies." A hard worker, never strong, with...
...Christian Science healer once saved his life when he was dying of hiccups. Coue technique cured his wife's varicose veins. Sinclair deplores the lapse of the Church's healing powers, remarks feelingly: "Many people feel that it is beneath the dignity of an inspired religion like Christianity to concern itself with people's bunions and piles. I used to feel that way myself, but I changed my mind when I had suffered a great deal...
...always asked to have the Bingvilie Bugle comic strip read to him. He entered Gonzage University (Spokane) after a taste of running away from home, and did what theatrical people in college seem to do, organized an orchestra and paid more attention to drums and clarinet than philosophy and religion...
...questions range from intimate studies of the attitude of the student towards the opposite sex to his ideas on religion. Such questions as "Are you nervous when alone with a group of women?"; "How often do you go out with girls?"; "What studies do you like best?"; "Has your choice of an occupation when you leave college changed from what it was originally?" and "Do you believe in the necessity of religion...