Things are
not damned. It is men who are; and that is too bad to be talked much
about but when a man flings out of his foul mouth the name of Jesus
Christ'--here he lowered his voice--'it's a shame--it's more, it's a
crime.'
There was dead silence, then Rattray replied--
'I suppose you're right enough, it is bad form; but crime is rather
strong, I think.'
'Not if you consider who it is,' said Graeme with emphasis.
'Oh, come now,' broke in Beetles. 'Religion is all right, is a good
thing, and I believe a necessary thing for the race, but no one takes
seriously any longer the Christ myth.'
'What about your mother, Beetles?' put in Wig Martin.
Beetles consigned him to the pit and was silent, for his father was an
Episcopal clergyman, and his mother a saintly woman.
'I fooled with that for some time, Beetles, but it won't do. You can't
build a religion that will take the devil out of a man on a myth. That
won't do the trick. I don't want to argue about it, but I am quite
convinced the myth theory is not reasonable, and besides, it wont work.
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