virtuous who do not hold that faith.

The differences between the religious and the scientific theories,
or, as I should put it, between superstition and rationalism, are
clearly marked and irreconcilable.

The supernaturalist stands by "creation"; the rationalist stands by
"evolution." It is impossible to reduce these opposite ideas to a
common denominator.

The creation theory alleges that the earth, and the sun, and the moon,
and man, and the animals were "created" by God, instantaneously, by
word of mouth, out of nothing.

The evolution theory alleges that they were evolved, slowly, by
natural processes out of previously existing matter.

The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God,
and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.

The rationalist alleges that religion was evolved by slow degrees and
by human minds, and that all existing forms of religion and all existing
"sacred books," instead of being "revelations," are evolutions from
religious ideas and forms and legends of prehistoric times. It is
impossible to reduce these opposite theories to a common denominator.

The Christians, the Hindoos, the Parsees, the Buddhists, and the
Mohammedans have each their "Holy Bible" or "sacred book." Each
religion claims that its own Bible is the direct revelation of
God, and is the only true Bible teaching the only true faith.