,illustration3 ,emil ,edward ,kusel ,humanitarian ,philosophy 99 99 99 99 99 ,by ,,emil ,,edward ,,kusel ,extracts ,from ,his ,letters ,fourth ,edition 99 99 99 99 99 ,thou shalt not kill4--,bible4 ,the individuality created by ,god is not carnivorous4--,mary ,baker ,g4 ,eddy4 ,kill not but have regard for life4--,buddha4 99 99 99 99 99 ,los ,angeles1 ,california #aiab ,copyright #aiab by ,emil ,edward ,kusel4 ,all rights reserved4 ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,,note4 ,when one meets with adversity and all the world seems bitterly against him or when one realizes the short duration of life and hopes for a splendid immortality1 no doubt it is a consolation for many to read the inspired and lofty sentiments of the ,bible4 ,therefore in writing the following epigrams condemning inhumanity1 ,i felt confident that kindly people would see that it is far from my motive to cast reflection upon any individual inclined to accept the comforting and humane passages of either the ,old or ,new ,testament4 ,i merely aimed to prove the inhuman ,mosaical law giving man the idea to kill is not a law of a kind and loving ,god4 ,i also aimed to prove that the flesh-eating religionist is an accessory to a crime more bestial in the sight of ,god than any other sin known to the human family4 ,,emil ,e4 ,,kusel4 ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,,kind ,,words4 ,humanitarian ,philosophy has taught me that ,god and conscience are in unison4 ,i would have liked to condemn the writer for opening my eyes to the truth1 but the ,lord is on his side4 ,humanitarian ,philosophy is an eye opener for the true religionist who never before thought on the wickedness of killing4 ,humanitarian ,philosophy is a blessing for those who wish to live the ,christ life1 although it will not appeal to the religionist who is inhumanly self-righteous4 ,since digesting ,humanitarian ,philosophy ,i know a conscientious person can read the stinging truth without a selfish protest4 ,the truth is mighty4 ,humanitarian ,philosophy at first reading made me angry1 but praise ,god1 the vegetarian's heart is in the right place4 ,humanitarian ,philosophy is an inspiration4 ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,,complimentary4 ,have always been very much interested in the subjects of our able ministers1 but since receiving a copy of ,mr4 ,kusel's philosophy against flesh eating ,i am a convert to the doctrine that neither minister nor congregation can be a child of ,god until they are vegetarians4 ,it is impossible for me to now believe otherwise on account of the tremendous cruelty and horror of taking the life of animals4 ,i never thought of the truth as ,mr4 ,kusel puts it forth1 and ,i am surprised to think preachers never preached against blood food4 ,i also thought it would be meet and proper to criticise shoe1 glove and belt wearing1 but the leather using is a secondary proposition2 the animal is first killed for food purposes and secondarily to avoid the waste we may utilize the hide1 and still we should discourage that argument4 ,mr4 ,kusel is defending ,god ,almighty nobly in his ,humanitarian ,philosophy and has given the church doctrines a slap no man can gainsay4 ,when we favor meat eating we favor killing1 and when we favor killing in the name of ,god we know we are liars and murderers1 for ,god is kind and loving1 and surely opposes the taking of life4 ,let churches preach the murder of animals1 but pray do not say wickedness 7killing7 is ,god's will4 ,the world needs more conscientious men like ,mr4 ,kusel to protect ,god ,almighty from defamation4 ,t4 ,j4 ,w4 7,from ,los ,angeles ,herald47 ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,a ,,noble ,,woman4 ,mr4 ,emil ,edward ,kusel1 ,los ,angeles1 ,cal4 ,dear ,mr4 ,kusel3--,i have been wonderfully guided and blessed by reading ,humanitarian ,philosophy as it is truly an inspired work that should be thought upon by all religious people4 ,the beauty of your blessed reasoning is that you cast all biblical chaff to the four winds and look to ,god in the true light of love and mercy4 ,yes indeed1 you show the inconsistency of a religion that gives us an evil right to kill things while every last one of us1 without exception1 cling to life with the tenacity of a coward4 ,you fully convince me that false prophets had a hand in writing the ,scriptures because ,god in ,his ,infinite ,love could not have created the dear innocent lamb our ,savior carried in his bosom to be killed nor could he have created the sweet little baby calf to be slain and eaten by human beings4 ,you convince me that ,god is not in the slaughter-house1 neither in the midst of those who patronize the butcher any more than ,he is in the heart of the wild beast of prey4 ,i do believe in a personal ,god as ,i could not live without hope for a blissful future life beyond the grave4 ,this pilgrimage1 to me1 without religion would make this world a very dreary and lonesome place4 ,heretofore ,i lived a carnivorous life1 always wondering why ,god created poor sentient things for human food but now1 thank ,god1 ,i realize1 without humanitarianism spirituality is not a reality and ,i applaud such men as ,mr4 ,kusel for standing out boldly on a grand philosophy that puts all church doctrines to shame and presents a religion consistent with reason4 ,your trend of thought1 my dear brother1 is indeed marvelous from a gracious heart and ,i believe some mighty power is preparing you for a special great work4 ,yours very truly1 ,,mrs4 ,j4 ,r4 ,b4 ,st4 ,paul1 ,minn41 ,may #af1 #aiaa4 ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,,the ,,hermit4 ,no flocks that roam the valley free1 ,to slaughter ,i condemn1 ,taught by the power that pities me1 ,i learn to pity them4 --,goldsmith4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in religion1 what damned error but some sober brow will bless it and approve it with a text1 hiding the grossness with fair ornament4 --,shakespeare4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the untold suffering the human family sanctions through a wrong conception of what is right1 should make every ,christian heart ache4 --,platt4 99 99 99 99 99 ,when men go hunting 7to kill7 they call it sport but when the hunted animal 7perhaps wounded7 turns to fight for its life1 they call that ferocity4--,shaw4 99 99 99 99 99 ,let all creatures live1 as we desire to live4 --,tolstoy4 ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,,the ,,religion ,,of ,,buddha4 7,an ,idea from ,light of ,asia47 ',twere good to be humane to the helpless beast2 ,better than to deplore the sins of the world ,with priests who pray for mankind1 ,and yet have no mercy on ,god's dumb creatures-- ,they pray for mercy ,whilst they themselves are merciless4 --,kusel4 ,illustration3 ,decorative ,border ,humanitarian ,philosophy ,by ,emil ,edward ,kusel ,no doubt some of the conscience-stricken readers will brand the author of the sentiments herein as an extremist rather than a humane enthusiast1 but bethink yourself it is far better to be an extremist on a logical1 noble basis than to be inconsistent under false pretense4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the author is presenting truths from an absolutely rational standpoint standing firmly on a real philosophical basis that cannot be overthrown by a cyclone of protests from the religious flesh-eating faction4 ,the idea is to show that man1 when he gets right with ,god1 drifts away from the customs of ancient times and reasons from the ,golden ,rule foundation which is consistent with a higher life and makes him religiously humane as well as pious4 99 99 99 99 99 ,you may allow your quasi-religious principle to prevail against reason2 you may pout and cry against the ,humanitarian's noble philosophy2 you may dream of the imps of hell awaiting his quietus2 you may consult your ,bible to bless your inhumanity and yet mercy for our dumb fellow-creatures is unselfish1 pure and gentle1 resultant from a proper conception of man's superiority and his ,god4 ,if a man's religion is pure and good and undefiled it would be wrong to present facts to blast his belief 7be it ever so superstitious72 however1 when he insists upon inhumanity toward any sentient creature1 he should be severely criticised4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the scriptural passages that are well flavored with indecency and the scriptural inhumanity written in ,god's name are not one whit more inspired than are the objectionable lines of sensational literature4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,bible has caused more bloodshed1 more hatred2 made more hypocrites and caused more suffering than all else combined4 ,it is a book containing some lofty ideas and moral laws by good men1 but the many inconsistencies therein have caused superstition1 imagination1 insanity1 contemptibility and horrible cruelty that haunts the brain of the honorable thinking masses4 99 99 99 99 99 ,it is proper to impress indelibly in the minds of the pretenders of the several creeds ,thou shalt not kill2 neither shalt thou be accessory in the killing by encouraging the slaughter through patronage4 ,you may erect your massive temples and dedicate them to ,jehovah2 you may pray to your heart's content and sing psalms until doomsday1 yet the earthquake1 the cyclone1 the tornado1 the volcano overthrows the synagogue1 the cathedral1 the church1 the brothel and the saloon without distinction4 ,evidently the god of ,abraham1 ,isaac and ,jacob is not omnipresent to protect an institution that stands for inhumanity4 99 99 99 99 99 ,one of the most noticeable inconsistencies ever presented to thinking people is the representation of ,divine ,love portrayed under the title ,peace1 symbolized by a child leading the cow1 the calf1 the lion1 the leopard and the lamb4 ,this taken from the ,bible1 is supposed to represent1 ,and a little child shall lead them4 ,just think of symbolizing ,peace with an innocent child leading animals we actually murder6 ,no doubt every religionist looks upon that painting as a masterpiece--an inspiration4 ,yet most of them sanction the slaughter of innocence by relishing a lamb chop or a veal cutlet4 ,and a little child shall lead them6 ,whither8 ,to the slaughter8 ,is not that a miserable symbolization of ,divine ,love and ,peace8 ,such inconsistency painted in the name of religion is an abomination and deserves strenuous criticism4 ,not the least in the realm of inconsistency are the ,jewish people who fast on their day of atonement and break the ,sabbath fifty-two times a year by bartering4 ,now where is the consistency in such an atonement when the ,bible says explicitly3 ,remember the ,sabbath day and keep it holy4 ,such incongruity is practised universally among the orthodox as well as the reformed element4 ,like the ,gentile1 the ,jewish religionist1 notwithstanding that he admits the horror of viewing the death throes of a butchered animal1 eats his flesh food kosher to satisfy his palate rather than live up to the promptings of conscience4 99 99 99 99 99 ,judaism1 ,catholicism1 ,protestantism1 and ,christian ,sciencism alike disregard the sacredness of all animal kingdom1 and yet1 after admitting the horror of the slaughter pen1 they all encourage the merciless killing under the cloak of the ,bible4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the devil can cite ,scripture for his purpose may well be applied to the religionist who upholds the killing of our dumb fellow creatures4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the fact that the ,bible encourages the murder of an animal proves it is not entirely from the pen of holy men4 ,the individual who professes religion and says it is right to slay and eat when he can live without taking sentient life1 on the vegetation which nature so bountifully provides1 is a liar1 a murderer and a hypocrite in his own higher conscience4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the so-called devout man wants to live and enjoy life1 but he eats of the innocent animal that has been battered to death by the blow of the ax2 he contends that a body which suffers pain was created for slaughter to satisfy his beastly palate4 ,such a man is destitute of the very essence of ,god-life be he minister1 church-goer or layman4 99 99 99 99 99 ,above all things the minister of the ,gospel and the church attendant should be kind and considerate toward all animal creation and should construe the ,scriptures and preach to prove the sacredness of their ,holy ,bible4 ,they should do ,god's will one earth as it is in ,heaven1 absolutely abstaining from the fleshpots of ,egypt1 thereby discouraging the blotting out of animal life1 proving conclusively by their lives that their ,god is just and kind and merciful4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the man who opposes the spilling of life blood of ,nature's creatures is on the higher plane of life4 ,after searching for a mode of living through which we might find perfect peace on earth and good will toward our fellow-men1 we become partially interested in the different religions1 but we cannot conscientiously close our eyes and believe a meat-eating1 gormandizing religionist is undefiled and passing on to spiritual perfection to ultimately1 at dissolution1 burst into a glorious immortality4 99 99 99 99 99 ,read the memorable ,sermon on the ,mount1 supposed to have been delivered by ,christ ,jesus1 and note the humility1 the tenderness1 the love and all therein that is grand and noble--then decide that such a meek and lowly ,nazarene could have eaten of the fleshpots or even have sanctioned the killing of any living creature1 and you deprive that character of the very essence of divinity4 99 99 99 99 99 ,flesh eating man's religion cannot emanate from a kindly heart because with all his intellectuality and knowledge of right and wrong1 his animalistic tendencies are in excess4 ,his horror for the slaughter pen is conclusive and positive evidence that the higher consciousness is dormant proving that carnivorous man hath no pre-eminence above the beast4 ,we fail to see any ,christianity in the present-day ,sunday churchianity1 and we positively know there is nothing sacred in the person upholding the merciless slaughter of animals4 ,through all this we are made to fully realize the inconsistency of nearly all religious professions4 ,we finally study the ,laws of ,nature1 and we live from that time on according to the dictates of conscience and reason1 with some little faith in addition4 ,the first thought that impresses us is the inhuman custom of taking life blood1 knowing that every man1 woman and child1 who possesses an atom of feeling1 would shudder to look upon the butchery of our dumb fellow-creatures1 and we know if the horror of the slaughter pen is admitted1 it surely is a heinous crime to slaughter4 ,then we begin to delve deep into the real scientific subjects of real scientific men and really discover the real body builders are proper food1 proper mastication1 proper air and proper breathing1 and occasional proper fasting1 etc4 ,we live the life as recommended by these noble logicians and benefactors4 ,now we look from the heights to the vast expanse of empty faith cure1 cults and isms1 creeds and dogmas1 and theories1 and realize how narrow they all are by not embodying humanitarianism and the laws of health and hygiene in their teachings4 99 99 99 99 99 ,from a spiritual conception1 it is just as reasonable to recommend human cannibalism as the eating of butcher shop carrion4 ,the #beth day of ,december is the day set aside to present gifts to our sweethearts1 wives and friends2 the day ,santa ,claus brings toys to our little ones to overflow their little hearts with gladness1 but mainly to commemorate the birth of one of the kindliest characters the world has ever known4 ,that holy day is horribly desecrated by the quasi-pious element throughout our ,christian land in the killing of countless numbers of ,nature's sentient creation4 ,thanksgiving ,day1 likewise set aside for a sacred purpose--to thank ,god for the many blessings bestowed upon our great nation--is also desecrated by religious people as well as by the laity4 ,on the day we should send our thanks to that invisible something 7,the ,first ,great ,cause7 we praise an imaginary personal deity by killing things to satiate the craving of the palate4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,bible condemns the eating of swine flesh 7,deut4 #ad3 #h2 ,is4 #fe3 #d71 but what care the pharisee so long as he intends pleasing the palate rather than obey the law of his ,god and conscience8 99 99 99 99 99 ,when we reach the ,holy ,mountain 7consistent religion7 we will abstain from eating flesh food and have a heartfelt desire for all creatures to live and enjoy life as we wish to live 7,golden ,rule47 ,selfish civilized intellectual human takes his gun and repairs to the forest and wantonly slaughters wild game4 ,perhaps he kills outright2 perhaps he wounds2 perhaps the animal he has wounded is dying a slow1 painful death2 perhaps he wounds or kills a mother and the young are starving in nest or lair1 and perhaps a professed ,jew1 ,catholic1 ,protestant or ,christian ,scientist is relishing the seasoned carrion while the little ones are dying for the want of that mother's care4 ,god forbid the belief in such a god6 99 99 99 99 99 ,the huntsman1 who wounds the wild game1 goes to his couch and rests peacefully while the poor dumb1 wounded animal is dying in the forest1 suffering most excruciating pain4 ,the deer1 the dove1 the quail and all of ,nature's blood creation must suffer with horrifying wounds at the hands of the thoughtless1 cruel hunter2 upheld by so-called religious people who contend that such inhumanity is permissible in ,god's sight4 ,this very day thousands upon thousands of our dumb fellow-creatures are suffering agonizing deaths caused through wounds inflicted by the merciless hunter2 and thousands upon thousands of professed ,jews1 ,catholics1 ,protestants and ,christian ,scientists worship the god that tolerates such cruelty4 ,hypocrisy6 ,inconsistency6 ,shame6 ,sift mankind down to his noblest thought1 and he must admit the life of an animal is just as sacred as his own4 99 99 99 99 99 ,knowing that all humanity feels the horrors of taking the life blood of defenseless animals1 you are compelled to condemn every religious institution that does not embody within its creed the vegetarian diet4 99 99 99 99 99 ,animals instinctively flee from danger1 and suffer pain1 which proves the brute creation has a right to an appointed time upon the earth4 ,when man slaughters these helpless creatures under the selfish idea that they were created for that purpose1 he is destitute of divine principle4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the almighty dollar is the god of the civilized people--mankind takes the sacred life blood of ,god's creatures and barters the carcass in exchange for money4 ,nearly all clergymen and the laity eat of the murdered animal4 ,shame6 99 99 99 99 99 ,let us be at least considerate and reason on the side of mercy4 ,if your religion sanctions the killing of innocent animals1 well then1 in the name of all that is pure and good1 lay aside your religion and get your soul in tune with the ,infinite1 and then use your faculties of reason to develop up to the highest ideal4 ,condemn the killing of innocent1 defenseless animals1 and do away with the fleshpots of ,egypt1 and praise ,deity for endowing you with reason sufficient to realize the wrong of shedding life blood1 and then sing hosannas for the nobility of living according to the promptings of higher conscience4 99 99 99 99 99 ,do not think of the savory beef and mutton as it hangs in the market place1 but turn your mind and heart to the abattoirs and see the horror of slaughter and then acknowledge that if ,god is not in the slaughter house to hinder the killing of a dumb brute he is surely not in the churches reserving crowns and halos for a sanctimonious element whose palate takes precedence of principle4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the church folk encourage the killing of quadruped1 fish and fowl and then have the audacity to say grace at meal time1 thanking ,god and imploring ,him to shower blessings upon them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,you believe in all that elevates man to the highest standard of excellence and yet in the eating of a slaughtered animal you are an accessory to the crime of murder--a crime that is far more morally wrong and horrible than any so-called venial sin4 ,the man who believes and has faith solely for his soul's safety through fear rather than through love2 the man who affiliates with the church with mercenary motive2 the man who testifies with lying tongue to the virtue of his carnivorous unfeeling religion2 the man who shifts the blame of his cussedness to the mythical ,satan2 the man who is weak and bent toward religious emotionalism2 the man who sees the mote in every eye but his own2 the man who stands on the street corner preaching hell and damnation1 fighting the devil1 are the sorts of men who decry that all beings have an equal right to live4 99 99 99 99 99 ,if perchance a fellow human becomes tired and weary of the vicissitudes of this world and cancels his own captivity 7suicide71 we frantically throw up our hands realizing the enormity of such a crime4 ,his life is his own and he may do as he pleases2 his sin of self-destruction is between himself and his ,god1 and yet we grieve at such a sad exit4 ,the very same man who shudders at the uncanny thought of another's self-murder will uphold the killing of a dumb brute to satiate the human palate4 ,the animal does not want to die yet the intelligent man who has a merciful loving ,god makes murder permissible taking his authority from the book he calls ,the ,sacred ,bible4 ,the ,proverbs1 the ,psalms1 the ,sermon on the ,mount1 and many other portions of the ,good ,book are beautiful1 and no doubt the writers of the select passages were inspired1 but the evil spirit was surely predominant in the man who depicted the ,prince of ,peace1 in all his humility1 as a flesh eater4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a pitiful story to be told about a little girl whose father was supposed to be very devout1 and in whose residence the motto1 ,,godi ,s ,,now ,,here ,i ,,nour ,,home adorned the wall1 confusedly printed by her illiterate parent4 ,one beautiful day1 as all nature seemed in perfect harmony1 the child strolled to the barnyard where the hired man was killing the petted calf preparatory to having a great feast in honor of the son1 returning from a western college of theology4 ,a thought struck the child as she saw the life blood of an innocent animal ebbing away1 through a horrible knife wound4 ,she hastened back to her father's home1 sad but wiser1 and appropriately divided the motto on the wall3 ,,god ,,is ,,no ,,where ,,in ,,our ,,home4 or as ,daniel interpreted ,king ,belshazzar's dream1 the thinking child weighed her papa in the balances and found him very much wanting in ,god principle4 ,many so-called pious people throughout the land condemn theaters1 dancing1 sociable drinking1 prize-fighting1 card playing1 pastime smoking1 ,sunday recreation1 the innocent custom of ,santa ,claus and the comic supplements of our ,sunday newspapers1 yet none of these pleasures and pastimes could be half so abominable and sinful as the encouragement of slaughter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,every church member construes the ,scriptures to please his own individuality2 sometimes he construes literally but when the passage does not coincide with his appetite or manner of living he invariably finds a figurative meaning4 99 99 99 99 99 ,we justify almost any sort of life by the ,holy ,bible1 but we cannot pull the blinds over the eyes of conscience4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,women's ,christian ,temperance ,union cannot influence towards reformation effectively2 the women of this religious order are trying to defeat liquor and cigarette traffic1 yet loth to realize under their profession of ,christianity1 they are sinners greater than either the unfortunate cigarette fiend or the drunkard1 because they all admit the horror of killing1 at the same time relishing a mess of carrion1 thereby virtually encouraging the killer to kill more4 ,the tiger pounces upon the giraffe and rides it to death1 all the while tearing the flesh from the bleeding animal2 the puma pounces upon the mountain goat2 the hyena tears the entrails from its living prey and the cat pounces upon the beautiful song bird and takes its innocent life--where is your merciful1 loving1 personal ,god8 99 99 99 99 99 ,the religionist who lives on hallucination or believes that faith alone is the substance of things hoped for1 the evidence of things not seen1 and will not reason1 is living in the dark ages still4 99 99 99 99 99 ,if one desires going into absolute truth concerning the killing of helpless animals1 he may justly condemn the wearing of leather shoes1 gloves1 etc41 all of which are worn contrary to ,nature's ,law4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the self-styled religious element send missionaries to foreign lands to spread the gospel of love when they1 themselves1 as well as those they send1 are insufficiently human to recognize the brutality of slaughter4 99 99 99 99 99 ,take man to the slaughter house to view the butchery1 and then if he contends ,god created helpless1 dumb brutes for the slaughter pen1 he is positively heartless4 ,if he shudders to witness the hideous butchery1 that proves conclusively that ,god is not omnipresent4 ,if man wishes to disregard spirituality and remain an agnostic1 infidel or an atheist1 that is his privilege and he may continue eating carrion and encouraging slaughter1 from the lower animal plane1 but when he steps over the threshold into religion and affiliates with the churches and talks of man's pre-eminence above the beast he must of necessity be in sympathy with his dumb fellow creatures and abstain from flesh-eating to discourage all things not in harmony with ,god4 7,higher self74 99 99 99 99 99 ,does it not hurt the innocent lamb when you cut its little throat8 ,does it not hurt the little calf when you take its tender life8 ,does it not hurt the cow when you wield the axe with tremendous force against its forehead8 ,does it not hurt the sheep when in the agonies of death8 ,does it not hurt when the goat pitifully gurgles the sound ,oh ,lord1 as its life-blood is passing the butcher's knife8 ,if pain does attend this horrible inhumanity of man1 what right then has he to establish for himself a ,god in ,heaven when in reality he hath no more feeling in his miserable carcass than hath the cannibal of the uncivilized isles4 99 99 99 99 99 ,all things may be possible to ,god1 but the idea of placing the breath of life into our fellow-beings to be snuffed out by a superior intellectual animal is the absurdest of all absurdities4 ,dancing1 theater-going1 rag-time music1 and all other pleasures to kill the monotony of daily routine1 are under the ban of the churches4 ,we carry ourselves aloof from these awful 787 sins and walk in the attitude of solemnity to impress ,almighty ,god with our piety4 ,we preach against liquor and tobacco while we ourselves are addicted to the use of tea and coffee 7stimulants74 ,we condemn everything we ourselves do not care for and we jealously admonish others to be just like us4 ,now if dancing1 theater-going1 rag-time music1 etc41 and the immoralities of life are sins of venial proportion1 of what colossal magnitude must be the sin of taking life we cannot restore and how immeasurably hellish are the churches that uphold the killing in the name of a merciful ,god6 99 99 99 99 99 ,the dumb animals were created by ,nature same as man 7except that we are a little above the animal in intellect71 and have a divine right to live out their respective allotted time same as man 7minister1 church-goer or layman47 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,buddhist who regards all animal life sacred is on the right path to spirituality1 while the carnivorous ,jew1 ,catholic and ,protestant are drifting in the rut of dark age fantasy and fanaticism4 ,,questions ,,and ,,answers ,q4 ,are you not a little bit radical on the subject of ,humanitarianism8 ,a4 ,to you ,i may be a little bit radical because ,i oppose all religions 7yours inclusive7 which make mankind selfish and unfeeling4 ,q4 ,if the ,bible teaches me to slay and eat have ,i not a right to eat flesh8 ,a4 ,yes1 a legal right and your ,bible right1 but not a moral right4 ,q4 ,do not some people believe it is right to slay and eat lower animals8 ,a4 ,yes1 from their palate1 but all honorable conscientious men see a wrong in taking life4 ,q4 ,has not environment throughout one's life something to do with our eating of flesh8 ,a4 ,yes1 but come out of it and be in line with a grander1 nobler and consistent life4 ,lay aside your palate and let your conscience rule4 ,q4 ,is not the devil in your philosophy8 ,a4 ,it seems so to you because it is an expos of churchianity1 proving beyond question the nothingness of the flesh eating religionist's piety4 ,q4 ,suppose man lives in a country where he cannot find vegetarian food8 ,a4 ,then he might be justified in eating flesh to preserve his life4 ,q4 ,if there is no personal ,god1 who created this world8 ,a4 ,it is a scientific proposition1 and so acknowledged by all thinking men4 ,q4 ,do church people get angry at your philosophy8 ,a4 ,yes1 sometimes1 as when their conscience is seared by a hot iron4 ,q4 ,have not vegetables life8 ,a4 ,not life which suffers an evident pain nor do they flee when you threaten to pluck them4 ,such a question is invariably asked by a carnivorous wiseacre4 ,q4 ,why are all ,vegetarians lank1 lean and skinny8 ,a4 ,because you like the taste of meat and intend to continue eating it4 ,q4 ,i know animals have fear and pain1 but supposing ,god did place them on earth for man to slay and eat1 what then8 ,a4 ,god is no better then than your devil4 ,q4 ,what were animals created for8 ,a4 ,what were ,,you created for8 ,q4 ,what is your conception of ,god8 ,a4 ,nature4 ,higher self--,conscience4 ,q4 ,do you not kill insects when you drink water2 and do you not cripple and trample harmless bugs to death with every step you take8 ,a4 ,yes1 but involuntarily and not with pre-meditation and not selfishly to satisfy an inhuman desire or appetite4 ,q4 ,would you swat a fly or kill a flea or a snake8 ,a4 ,if a pest or venomous reptile disturbed my peace and quiet ,i would be justified in protecting myself4 ,q4 ,is not the survival of the fittest a natural law2 consequently being superior ,i may slay and eat8 ,a4 ,that's your idea because the fittest is yourself--in your own estimation and power2 but there's no godliness in such a contention4 ,it is your selfish conclusion that might is right at the expense of sentient life4 ,q4 ,do ,i not work hard and do ,i not know that ,i need meat to sustain me in my manual labor8 ,do ,i not know what my system needs4 ,a4 ,your system does not require food which must come from a murdered animal6 ,when you contend that you must subsist on flesh1 you know not whereof you speak4 ,you are talking to uphold your inhuman appetite4 ,q4 ,where would medical research be were it not for vivisection 7torture7 and killing animals for experiment in the interest of science8 ,a4 ,i do not know1 but ,i do know scientific men have not a moral right to torture and kill harmless1 helpless animals4 ,experimenting in surgery1 etc41 should be done on humans who believe in the advancement of medical science at the expense of life4 ,q4 ,do you object to the infidel eating flesh food8 ,a4 ,i do not object to anyone eating flesh food--eat whatever you like1 but ,i do point out the wrong of taking life and ,i emphatically say the religious institution upholding slaughter is a farce and a pharisaical monument to a man-made deity4 ,q4 ,do you actually consider flesh eating the most abominable of sins8 ,a4 ,yes1 absolutely the most abominable4 ,q4 ,what do you think of religious emotionalism and ecstasy8 ,a4 ,if from the mouth of a carnivorous worshipper it is sham and pretense--a mockery4 ,q4 ,is not your feeling toward animals mawkish sentimentality8 ,a4 ,there is no such thing as mawkish sentimentality in decrying inhumanity4 ,q4 ,do not the lower animals prey upon one another1 and do not the big fish eat the little fish8 ,a4 ,you profess to be above the inferior animals and you profess to have a soul2 you also have a ,golden ,rule supposed to have been handed down by a kind and merciful ,creator4 ,q4 ,what shall we do with all the animals if we do not kill them8 ,a4 ,is that why you eat flesh8 ,q4 ,do you really think carnivorous churchites are not of ,god8 ,a4 ,i don't think it1 ,i know it absolutely1 because ,i know it is wrong to kill and ,i know they know it and ,i know they search the ,scriptures for proof to satisfy palate while ,conscience rebels4 ,q4 ,what do you think of a religionist who says1 ,i am living under a new dispensation since ,christ came and went1 and ,i now eat anything the ,lord sets before me8 ,a4 ,if he means he can eat at the expense of sentient life he is not a ,godly man2 he is not living in harmony with the ,golden ,rule2 he is not living according to the promptings of a higher self1 consequently the ,god spirit is dormant4 ,the church carnivora's favorite ,bible quotations to justify his inhumanity are invariably quoted from a petrified conscience and the region of the palate4 ,here are several of the passages3 ,there is nothing from without a man1 entering into him can defile him2 but the things which come out of him1 those are they that defile the man4 99 99 99 99 99 ,for one believeth that he may eat all things2 another1 who is weak1 eateth herbs4 ,but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean to him it is unclean4 99 99 99 99 99 ,now the spirit speaketh expressly1 that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith1 giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils4 ,speaking lies in hypocrisy2 having their conscience seared with a hot iron2 commanding to abstain from meats1 which ,god hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them1 which believe and know the truth4 ,for every creature of ,god is good1 and nothing to be refused1 if it be received with thanksgiving2 for it is sanctified by the word of ,god and prayer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in a trance ,i saw a vision2 a certain vessel descend as it had been a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners4 ,i considered and saw four-footed beasts of the earth and beasts and creeping things and fowls of the air2 and a voice said unto me1 ,arise1 ,peter1 slay and eat4 ,,in ,,and ,,between ,,the ,,lines ,the ,bible says3 ,be not among eaters of flesh4 ,the ,bible says3 ,it is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the hymns of fools4 ,the ,bible says3 ,if an animal dieth of itself do not eat it but give it to thy neighbor and let him eat thereof4 ,the ,bible says3 ,who knoweth that the spirit of man goeth upward and the spirit of the beast goeth downward8 ,the ,bible says3 ,your stomachs are an open sepulchre4 ,the ,bible says3 ,blessed are the merciful1 for they shall obtain mercy4 ,the ,bible says3 ,prove all things and hold fast of that which is good4 ,the ,bible says3 ,do not be as the hypocrites are1 testifying in public places and yet living apart from ,god4 ,the ,bible says3 ,reason is too high for a fool4 ,the ,bible says3 ,he that follows after mercy findeth life4 ,the ,bible says3 ,the wise man's eyes are in his head 7he reasons71 but the fool's eyes are neither here nor there1 he walketh in darkness4 ,the ,bible says3 ,when a man's ways are in harmony with higher consciousness he maketh his enemies be at peace with him4 ,the ,bible says3 ,the ,spirit of ,god made ,samson a murderer4 ,the ,bible says3 ,the beasts of the field shall honor me4 ,the ,bible says3 ,fool thou art to believe all that the prophets have said4 ,the ,bible says3 ,god sent plagues to torment his people4 ,the ,bible says3 ,shed not innocent blood4 ,the ,bible says3 ,praise the ,lord every living creature--the beasts of the field1 the birds of the air and earth1 the fish of the waters and all mankind4 ,the ,bible says3 ,thy will be done on earth as it is in ,heaven4 ,the ,bible says3 ,thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting4 ,the ,bible says3 ,there are many false lords and false gods the people are worshipping4 ,the ,bible says3 ,come now1 let us reason together4 ,the ,bible says3 ,faith without works is dead4 ,the ,bible says3 ,he that killeth an ox is as if he slew a human4 ,the ,bible says3 ,beast and man have one breath2 so that man hath no pre-eminence above the beast2 as one dieth so dieth the other4 ,the ,bible says3 ,thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter for thy heart is not right in the sight of ,god4 ,the ,bible says3 ,every moving thing that liveth 7grain1 fruits1 vegetables1 nuts1 etc47 shall be food for you1 but flesh with the life thereof which is blood shall ye not eat4 ,the ,bible says3 ,god blessed every creature4 ,the ,bible says3 ,behold ,i have given you every herb bearing seed1 which is upon the face of the earth and every tree1 on the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed2 to you it shall be for food4 ,the ,bible says3 ,all that cry ,lord1 ,lord1 are not of ,god4 ,the ,bible says3 ,they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my ,holy ,mountain4 ,the ,bible says3 ,i am ,god1 ,i change not4 ,the ,bible says3 ,do a little consistent heart cleaning so that the human mind's eye shall be spiritual to see and segregate right from wrong4 ,the ,bible says3 ,christ taught love1 leniency1 forgiveness1 tenderness and mercy4 ,the ,bible says3 ,dead flies cause the apothecary's ointment to send forth a stinking savour4 ,capital punishment or legalized murder is another miscarriage of consistency2 it does not dovetail into mercy and it does not blend into the law that ,god has given man an allotted time upon the earth4 ,what right have twelve jurors to virtually cancel the life of a murderer8 ,incarcerate the offender under a life sentence with proper food and training1 and ultimately that murderer's heart and soul might be purer than ,judge1 jurors and all connected with the courts of justice4 99 99 99 99 99 ,if a criminal under excitement or cool pre-meditation takes the life of a human being1 the cool1 considerate jurors1 responsible for the death penalty1 are just as guilty of murder as the prisoner4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the butcher is rejected as a juror on a murder trial on the ground that his business has hardened his heart1 and yet the ,judge of the ,superior ,court1 the sheriff and his deputies and the eligible jurors all eat of the beef the butcher slaughters4 99 99 99 99 99 ,despite the protests that may come to the surface in reading the inspired1 pointed truths1 the fact should be reiterated that ,justice1 ,kindness and ,mercy for every living creature is in the heart and soul of the true religionist4 ,the sand-blind carnivorous faith curist 7who reads his ,bible through a pair of eye-glasses not made by ,god ,almighty7 tells us of a divine healing power4 ,we hear many testimonies from the lips of these people praising this wonderful 787 curative agency1 but when sensibly considered we know the power removes only visionary ills4 ,imaginary tumors1 etc41 hypochondria and other nervous troubles readily yield to this mythical physician1 but no disease or defect in reality1 can be removed until we remove the physical cause4 ,if we continue living regardless of natural health laws all the belief and all the faith and all the ,blood cannot offset the inevitable result of continued disobedience4 ,they sometimes speculate as to the stubbornness and apparent incurability of an ailment and finally lay the blame to a spiritual insufficiency4 ,ridiculous6 99 99 99 99 99 ,mankind is filled with patriotism when a victorious war is ended1 forgetting the awful gloom pervading some poor mother's home4 ,the higher self should make us grieve with those that grieve rather than be exultant at the loss or downfall of any nation4 ,we should love all nations and nationalities as we do our own1 and be bound together by inseparable bonds1 realizing that we all must pass to the final tomb of man on the same level4 ,a bow of horse hair coming in contact with the gut strings of a violin produces exquisite harmony that thrills every fibre of our being with ecstasy4 ,we can attribute the melody to the spirit of the deceased animal appealing to the human heart4 ,strange that after life has departed we can charm the muses with tones produced on a stringed instrument4 ,what human being has ever bequeathed to the world a substance to awaken the emotions of our soul through concord of sweet sounds like unto the gut of a deceased animal8 ,evidently there is more harmony in the entrails of lower creatures than we find in the entire carcass of religious civilized carnivorous man4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the scientist who upholds painful experimental surgery in the interest of science should give over his own body for experiment instead of encouraging the cruelties of vivisection4 ,it hurts being cut to pieces1 consequently the heartless scientific fellow1 instead of offering his own body for the dissecting table1 tortures a poor friendless dog or other animal4 ,the horrible suffering thousands of helpless creatures have undergone through the process of vivisection is heartrending4 ,there should be stringent law against such inhumanity4 ,a ,,devout 787 ,,admonition4 ,e4 ,e4 ,kusel1 ,los ,angeles1 ,cal4 ,sir3 ,i read your ,humanitarian ,philosophy booklet and ,i take it as a mass of devil talk4 ,it is not in favor of the ,holy ,bible and it says it is wrong to kill animals4 ,this is crossing ,god's word4 ,you say it says swine meat is forbidden4 ,that is the only true statement in your book but that is the law for the ,jews only4 ,you say it says thou shalt not kill2 of course it does1 and that has references to the human family only4 ,you say the religious man that does not shudder at the works of a butcher is heartless and godless4 ,you tell a falsehood there4 ,i have been a believer fifteen years and ,i know all animals were made for man4 ,i can see the devil has a powerful influence over you as it had over ,voltaire1 ,paine1 ,ingersoll1 ,edison1 ,hubbard and other non-believers4 ,you infidels preach against ,god's ,bible and will be burned in the everlasting fires of hell for it4 ,you will be glad to have a drop of cold water in your suffering1 but god will not have mercy--it will be too late then4 ,hell is full of agnostics and infidels and non-believers burning and suffering and ,i warn you to have a care as to what you say4 ,the ,catholics and ,christian ,scientists are as much of the devil's doings as you are1 so you'll have company if you do not repent of your infidelity4 ,you are adding to ,god's word and it is punishable by his wrath 7,rev4 #bb3ah47 ,your book is a lot of lies and infidelity4 ,n4 ,s4 ,w4 ,birmingham1 ,ala41 ,jan4 #cj1 #aiaa4 ,a ,,reply4 ,mr4 ,n4 ,s4 ,w41 ,birmingham1 ,ala4 ,my dear sir3 ,in reply to your letter of ,jan4 #cjth1 concerning my ,humanitarian ,philosophy1 ,i wish to candidly tell you that ,i am not at all afraid of your sort of god4 ,the ,god ,i worship is not very likely to materialize in a selfish fanatical subject1 but always comes to the surface in the heart and soul of honorable1 conscientious thinking men--men who either profess nothing and live according to custom or in men who profess religion and uphold their ,god as kind1 loving and merciful4 ,this latter man is an ethical vegetarian and will not accept the cruelties and inconsistencies of the ,bible but says it is an error in translation4 ,as to the lower animals1 one preying upon the other1 the conscientious1 devout ,bible believer presents the theory of his own freeing ,god ,almighty from the sinful responsibility4 ,he divides ,bible truth from ,bible error--he accepts the lofty and beautiful and holds fast to that which is good4 ,if you intend to preach a gospel of ,love you will find it an utter impossibility to do so if you do not live a ,humanitarian life--a life that forbids the killing of any thing that suffers pain1 and fear of death as you yourself may sometimes suffer4 ,in conclusion ,i wish to impress you with the fact that your letter is sufficient proof that you read the ,bible in a haphazard style and know not its contents4 ,every assertion1 every quotation and every conclusion in my ,humanitarian ,philosophy1 my dear sir1 is absolutely true and justified4 ,respectfully1 ,e4 ,e4 ,,kusel4 ,,from ,,the ,w4 ,a4 ,t4 ,l4 ,the tobacco smoking on street cars has been very much discussed in your valuable paper recently4 ,now1 ,i will suggest that all persons who object to the poisonous effects of tobacco register a protest every chance they get and spend some good money1 as ,i am doing1 to back up their argument against the most deadly plant used by human beings4 ,there is no traffic so degrading in its influence and effect as tobacco4 ,it goes hand in hand with liquor1 and when we stop the youth of the land from using the weed1 then the saloon will have no customers4 ,g4 ,l4 ,r4 ,founder ,world's ,anti-,tobacco ,league1 ,los ,angeles1 ,cal4 7,from ,los ,angeles ,herald47 ,,the ,,worst ,,sin4 ,the church element construe the ,bible to blend into their own desires and appetites and then in the name of their god 7little g7 they commit every iniquity under the sun1 the most abominable of which is the eating of a beef which has been battered in the head by the blow of an ax or mutton which has had its throat cut from ear to ear4 ,get yourself in touch with the ,infinite and you will see that the taking of animal life for food is a greater sin than smoking1 drinking or satisfying animal desires4 ,the three last named are only sinning against the body but not commendable by any means1 while the first is the horrible sin of taking life4 ,carnivorous reader 7church people included7 think these lines over well and then move thy tongue seven times before thou speakest of sin6 ,e4 ,e4 ,,kusel4 ,los ,angeles1 ,cal4 7,from ,los ,angeles ,herald47 ,,man ,,and ,,beast4 ,what queer and wild notions religious faddists get into their heads4 ,t4 ,j4 ,w4 wants us to quit killing cattle and hogs1 etc41 in fact all kinds of animals and birds because ,god has put them on earth4 ,i would like ,mr ,w4 to tell us what would become of us if we followed his advice4 ,why1 the animals would crowd man off the earth in a short while4 ,the farmer could not raise any crops4 ,cattle1 deer1 hares and sheep would eat his grain1 the coyotes his chickens and the lions would eat him4 ,c4 ,v4 ,pasadena1 ,cal4 7,from ,los ,angeles ,herald47 ,,vegetarian',s ,,reply4 ,if you please1 ,mr4 ,v41 ,i am not a religious faddist4 ,i am not religious at all4 ,i am a firm believer in the ,golden ,rule1 applying it to man and beast4 ,in reply to your query1 ,mr4 ,v4 ,i will answer briefly3 ,self-preservation is the first law of nature1 so protect yourself against the presumed invasion of tame and wild beasts1 birds1 etc41 but do not presume we have the right to take life of anything which endures pain or runs away from impending danger unless occasion calls for it4 ,my letter to the ,herald1 if you please1 was for those who profess to be godly and in the kingdom4 ,religious people must be strictly humane or they are minus the ,god character and their profession is either a phantom or hypocrisy4 ,of course men like yourself1 who are afraid of being crowded off the earth1 have a special self-given right to raise and cruelly slaughter any living creature for eating4 ,meat eating will continue until the end of the world1 no doubt1 but the ,humanitarian will not eat it2 it will be devoured by ungodly church people and outsiders who like the flavor of flesh food1 regardless of the wrong of premeditated killing4 ,t4 ,j4 ,w4 ,compton1 ,cal4 7,from ,los ,angeles ,herald47 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes ,obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected4 ,the repetition of the headings ,,questions ,,and ,,answers on five and ,,in ,,and ,,between ,,the ,,lines on three consecutive pages has been removed4 ,italics are represented thus italics4