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Title: The Christian Foundation, April, 1880

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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION, APRIL, 1880***

The Christian Foundation,

Or,

Scientific and Religious Journal

Vol. 1. No 4.

April, 1880.

CONTENTS

Is There A Counterfeit Without A Genuine?
Design In Nature.
An Atheist Is A Fool.
Blunder On And Blunder On--It Is Human To Blunder.
Draper's Conflict Between Religion And Science.
Facts Speak Louder Than Words, Or What Christianity Has Done For
Cannibals.
Are We Simply Animals?
Our Relations To The Ancient Law And Prophets--What Are They?
The Funeral Services Of The National Liberal League.
Huxley's Paradox.
The Triumphing Reign Of Light.

IS THERE A COUNTERFEIT WITHOUT A GENUINE?

My object in this lesson is to present the myths, the ancient, fictitious
and fanciful narratives concerning the gods, in such a manner as to enable
you to see the utter absurdity of the idea that the religion of the Bible
is of mythical origin. _Myths_ are fictitious narratives, having an
analogy more or less remote to something real. From this definition you
discover that a myth is _always_ a counterfeit, and as such always appears
in evidence in favor of something more or less remote, that is true. Now,
if the Bible had a mythical origin, it sustains some analogy to something
found in the mythical or fictitious and fanciful narratives concerning the
gods, and is therefore the myth of a myth; the counterfeit of a
counterfeit. If such be the truth in the case, where do we find the origin
of the myths from which "Bible myths" have descended? Is it found in the
true God presiding over the elements of nature and the destinies of men,
as well as the events of creation and providence? Or, can it be possible
that we have many counterfeits _without a genuine_? Many myths sustaining
no anal