3218.—The So-Called New Bible—Oahspe
By Editor
A friend hands us a letter in which this so-called new Bible is said to be the history of this earth from the day it was first populated to our own time, carrying us back to nearly eighty thousand years ago; in which Jehovah is said to be the supreme ruler of the universe, while God is merely a superintendent of an inhabited world. The letter goes on to say that it teaches wonderful things regarding the use of vegetables for food instead of meat, etc. The teaching of this new Bible is akin to Mormonism. Its design is to exalt man instead of the salvation which comes through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have the true history of man, the creation of man, the fall of man, the redemption of man, and the great future of redeemed man set forth in the Holy Scriptures. The Scriptures have demonstrated and are demonstrating daily their truth. To turn from them to any of these other great schemes which men have devised is like turning from the cool snow-waters of Lebanon to the polluted and broken cisterns of humanity. In every false religion that exists, there will be found sooner or later and more or less the one thought of self-salvation—man his own saviour; man a god. It is one of the sure evidences that the religion is false. It is some form or other of the first temptation which came to humanity, "Ye shall be as God." So far as proper living is concerned the Bible teaches that just as truly as any other book which has ever been written, and does not teach it by degrading man to the beast or by elevating the beast to man. It teaches it because the proper living, the proper care of body, soul, and spirit, will glorify God. It is not a wonderful thing to give up flesh-eating. There are thousands upon thousands who have done that and have followed it for years to advantage. Oahspe or any other book or system of religion teaches nothing good but what may be found in the Word of God, and they have connected with them more or less of evil which is condemned by that Word.