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of one true God, still their conception of Him as a national
Deity of Israel, their priesthood, sacrificial rites and cere-
monies, and then the non-existence of any positive articles of
belief in the immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the
dead, the last judgment, the eternal life in heaven or hell,
and many other deficient points, make it absolutely unfit and
insufficient for the peoples of diverse languages, races, di-
mates, temperaments, and habits. As regards Christianity,
it, with its meaningless seven sacraments, its beliefs in original
sin, the incarnation of a god - unknown to all previous reli-
gious and mythological literature - and in a trinity of indivi-
dual gods, and finally because it does not possess a single line
in scripto from its supposed founder, Jesus Christ, has done
no good to mankind. On the contrary, it has caused divi-
sions and sects, all inbued with bitter feelings of hatred and
rancor against each other.
Deity of Israel, their priesthood, sacrificial rites and cere-
monies, and then the non-existence of any positive articles of
belief in the immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the
dead, the last judgment, the eternal life in heaven or hell,
and many other deficient points, make it absolutely unfit and
insufficient for the peoples of diverse languages, races, di-
mates, temperaments, and habits. As regards Christianity,
it, with its meaningless seven sacraments, its beliefs in original
sin, the incarnation of a god - unknown to all previous reli-
gious and mythological literature - and in a trinity of indivi-
dual gods, and finally because it does not possess a single line
in scripto from its supposed founder, Jesus Christ, has done
no good to mankind. On the contrary, it has caused divi-
sions and sects, all inbued with bitter feelings of hatred and
rancor against each other.