What hypocrites Christians are! What a farce it is for men and women to call Jesus lord and master! They do not obey his slightest command, and they ignore his teachings as undeserving their regard. There is not a precept, that the Christian church teaches came from the lips of Jesus, that Christians honor by practice, not one. Never did a lord receive so little honest respect from his vassals; never a master so little true obedience from his servants.
Men and women are not sincere when they profess [pg 041] to accept Jesus as their lord and master. They doubtless feel grateful to him for saving them from the fires of hell hereafter, but they look upon him as a mighty poor example for them to follow here. As everybody knows, the church does not require that its members shall practice the precepts given by Jesus. If she did demand this of men and women her membership would speedily be reduced to zero. We do not regard a man as honest, or worthy of respect, who calls Jesus his lord and master and turns his back in contempt upon the precepts he gave his disciples to practice.
You cannot stuff your minds with the lives of saints and grow good on the stuffing.
Some persons are remembered solely for their virtues and others solely for their faults. This is why we have a Jesus and a Judas.
Are Christians Intelligent Or Honest
Future generations will regard the men who accept the Christian superstitions either as simple or dishonest.