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Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Bob Landis: Photo Ed., Bruce
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Editorial Staff: Night editor, George Bairey;
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Safety Valve
Author Defends Stand
Readers who wrote into the paper yesterday
have ma(Je the assertion that my editorial was
an attack on the Christian Faith. It was not.
It was inspired by a comment often made by
people defending their faith. It runs like this:
“There is nothing-wrong with Christianity—it is
the humans in it.”
The editorial was andniended blast at those
people referred to in the comment. They do
just what was said: worship the Golden Rule
and the Ten Commandments and the Faith.
Worship in the form of lip service. But as far
as responsible thinking concerning these
things, "they have not caught on to the teach
ings of Chrisf."
I was asking that men search' their souls and
take on some of the responsibility that is being
dumped on God’s doorstep.
,This being Lent, I thought that it might do a
little good to set students thinking about their
faith. If I have!done this, I am glad.
When I mentioned the “dubious trappings of
faith,” I was remarking about the greatest of
all religious evil: self-righteousness, dogmatism,
and narrowmindedness.
In regard to churches making little headway in
human decency, I was pointing at atrocities like
those committed in every Christian nation since
one A.D. Man, morally has not improved too
much and I still think so.
—Robert Landis i
Fallacies Pointed Out
TO THE EDITOR: In regard to the recent
editorial “More Responsible' Thinking Is Need
ed” by Robert Landis, I would like to present
the argument of the Christian faith as I have
learned it.
First, to point out some obvious errors in
Mr. Landis' remarks, the Christian does not
worship the Ten Commandments and the Gol
den Rule. These are teachings that are be
lieved in, not worshiped. We worship but one
God. The second obvious fallacy is the state
ment that "Christianity has not caught on."
Christianity started with one man, and has
spread, in spite of persecutions and misinter
pretations so that it is now the major religion
of the world. \
Now to Mr. Landis’ argument that Christianity
has ■ not improved the world. That is a hard
thing to judge, but if Mr. Landis will read his
Bible he will find that Christ does not promise
that the world will ever be a perfect place in
which to live, nor even a better world than
the one he lived in as a man. But he does present
by his life and teachings a way of living for
the individual that will work in this world as it
is. In other words, he came to show men how
God would have us live on this earth.
It is my viewpoint that man has been trying
to better himself by responsible thinking since
history began and that this is what makes the
world as it is, not the activities of Christians.
• Letter Cut —Roger Mauchline
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Safety Valve
Landis Upheld
TO THE EDITOR: There is. no heed to apolo
gize for Mr. Landis’' recent editorial criticizing
our use of Christian doctrine as a shield for un-
Christian action. Mr. Landis merely says that
the world’s troubles stem, not from a lack of
faith, but from an overabundance of blind faith.
Christian doctrine has become more and more
ambiguous down through the years, until, now
we have so many interpretations of what- action
or actions are, Christiaii, that most any cause
can masquerade under the protective wall of
Christianity. In South.-Africa today we have a
Christian minister at the head of a government
that literally has enslaved the majority of its
citizens. Yet. Malan excuses the enslavement
of the Negroes in South Africa by pointing to
his minority group as “God’s chosen people.”
Would we condone racial supremacy on the
grounds that it is Christian doctrine?
Let us look back into history for a mo
ment to further illustrate the. apparent mis
use of the word Christian. Christian doctrine
■was the fuse that ignited the 30-years war in
Germany, a war that many historians feel has
been responsible today for many of Germany's
ills, despite the 300 year interval; Can anyone
believe that the inquisitions of past ages were
expressions of Christianity in action? Was it
not true that Germany was a nation that, at
least in its church affiliations, was Christian
when the German people allowed their rulers
to lead them into a campaign of brutality that
has scarce been matched anywhere in history?
All that Mr. Landis has tried to point out,is
that Christianity, no matter how good its inten
tions were and have been, has shown that it can
not be used effectively as a means for saving the
world from any disaster that history may have
: n store for it.
Idea Poorly Stated
TO THE EDITOR: Quite a stir has been raised
over Bob Landis’ editorial dealing with faith
and responsible thinking. The whole uproar
could have been avoided if Mr. Landis had
said what he intended to say, and if people
had read the editorial carefully before jump
ing to ill-founded conclusions.
Whether or not Mr. Landis believes in God
and religion is beside the point. This is
America, where a person should have not only
the right to worship freely in his own religion
but also not to have a religion if he sees fit.
This right, however, does not give him the
orivilege of ridiculing the thing most people
hold very highly:—their religion.
Mr. Landis’ main premise was well taken
—that man cannot sit back and expect God to
get him out of a distressing situation without
at least making some attempts on his own to
relieve the problem which has been brought
about by his own blunders and ignorance. Un
fortunately, this premise was hidden by words
and phrases which could not help but create
antagonism toward his stand. On the other
hand, 1 have little use for people who look only
at the words and phrases and totally ignore the
main premise.
God Not to Blame
TO THE EDITOR: I was astonished to read
the editorial entitled “More Responsible Think
ing Is Needed.” Evidently its author is blaming
God for today’s troubled world. God is not the
cause of it. People like you and me who do not
live up to what is expected of us by God are
responsible.
According to Mr. Landis, the world should
be a much better place in which to live with
all the praying that is going on. He goes on
to criticize those of us who celebrate Christ
mas. Easter, and even observe Lent. I wonder
if he thinks it is wrong to celebrate these
holidays or just the ignorance of the masses. \
of which he evidently does not feel he is a
member.
His statement that “Christ just doesn’t seem
to catch on” only, proves that it is he who,
doesn’t catch on. The cause of war is not that
people are worshiping God; but that they are
not worshiping Him. The very precepts that
Mr. Landis is advocating are the cause of the
mess we are in today.
• Letter cut
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Little Man On Campus
"Did she make a,good speech. Professor?—l was so
busy checking "gesture," I didn't stop to think."
Interpreting the News
Possible Significance
Of Stalin’s Death?
Despite polite expressions of the moment, the Western nations
have been waiting avidly for years for the death of Joseph Stalin.
Yet now that it has occurred, they are scared out of their pants
lest Russia produce someone worse. _. .
Also, Western diplomats are repeating so consistently the belief
that the dictator’s, passing means no change in Russia’s world atti-
Safety Valve
Protests News Play
TO THE EDITOR: I find cer
tain policies of The Daily Col
legian -hard to understand. The
misunderstanding . arises out of
the emphasis your paper gives. to
certain types of news.
Yesterday, the lead story on the
front page pertained to a fra
ternity being put on social proba
tion. The same fraternity, only a
short time before, had instituted
on its own initiative a program
that said a great deal for itself
and cast a good light on the en
tire fraternity system as well as
on Penn State. Your coverage of
that event was appreciated. The
item appeared on Page 3.
There have been many bene
ficial things accomplished by in
dividual fraternities at State this
year. All feel the coverage .of such
events has been adequate. But let
a house step out of line, and the
Collegian always gives such an
incident maximum attention.
And yet, members - of your staff
become indignant that the IFC
executive committee continually
refuses to give information to
your reporters regarding such
cases. The reason should be ob
vious.
—Arthur Rosfeld
President, IFC
Larceny Charges
Dropped on Lacue
Ronald Lacue, fifth semester
arts and letters major, arrested
last week on larency charges,
paid restitution Thursday for ar
ticles he stole, and the charges
were dropped.
Lacue, accused of “shop-lifting”
numerous articles from the Ethel
Meserve store in State College,
paid. $105.63 in restitution at a
hearing before Justice of the
Peace Guy G. Mills. He also paid
costs.
Lacue pleaded guilty to the
charges at a preliminary hearing
Saturday and was released on
$3OO -bail. ' ; : ' j
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1953
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
tude that they may .be freezing
their minds against what may be
one of the greatest opportunities
they have ever been offered. -
It may not come immediately.
But it seems inevitable that Rus
sia will go through a govern
mental upheaval before this year
is out. Both the history, of Russia
and the history of all despotisms
testify to it. It is up to the West
to recognize its approach and be
prepared for .whatever opportuni
ties it offers.
One of the great speculations
before. the wor 1 d today is
whether a new Russian govern-:
ment cam command'the loyally
of Communist leaders'in- satel
lite countries as Stalin did.
This leads directly to the ques
tion of whether the free world
can do anything to drive wedges.
Stalin, walking hand in hand
with the ghost of Lenin, and of a
Marx whose theories he perverted
into unrecognizable weapons of
aggression, occupied a unique
position in world communism,
being first and only.
- That' the relations of his suc
cessor can be the same is wholly
out of the question. Whether they
can be as strong, if different, is
very doubtful. The tissue of ideo
logical ties may well begin to fall
apart, especially if there is a drop
from the expertness with which
Stalin manipulated Communist
theory for purposes of. political
and economic control of the cap
tive countries. That would leave
Russian hegemony stripped to the
bare bones, of its fundamentals,
which always was force or the
threat of force. - ,
Ambitious men could use the
Russian crisis for their own
purposes. Hitherto loyal men
might become doubtful. For the
sake of their positions, these
men have seen their countries
milked by Russia's expert eco
nomic thieves. Tito pulled out of
the Russian sphere because of
it. Others may now be em
boldened to try.
Mao Tse Tung of China, him
self an expert manipulator of
Communist theory, may consider
Russia’s leaders, without Stalin,
as beneath him. It is possible that
he could succumb to some of the
many traditional Chinese at
titudes which mitigate against a
binding tie with Moscow.- Es-
By Bible
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