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THE BRAHMUNICAL MAGAZINE.
I do not wonder, that our religious principles are-
compared with those of atheists, by one, whose ideas
of the divine nature are so gross, that he can consider
God, as having been born* and circumcisedf, as having,
grownX and been subject to parental authority,§ as
eating and drinking,|| and even as dyingU and as having
been totally annihilated (though for three days only,
the period intervening from the crucifixion of Christ to
his resurrection,); nor can it give me any concern, if a
person, labouring under such extravagant fancies,.,
should, at the same time, insinuate atheism against us,
since he must thereby only expose himself to the
derision of the discerning public.
As to his sixth and seventh queries, viz. " Do not
" wicked actions proceed in this world from the depravity
"of mankind?" 7th. "By what penance can that
guilt be expiated, which men contract by the practice of
wickedness ?" I beg to observe, thai: a desire of indulging
the appetites and of gratifying the passions is, by
nature, common to man with the other animals.
But the Veds, coinciding with the natural desire of
social intercourse implanted in the human constitution,
as the original cause of sympathy** with others, require
of men to moderate those appetites and regulate those
passions, in a manner calculated to preserve the peace
and comfort of society, and secure their future happi-
ness ; so that mankind may maintain their superiority
* Luke II. 7. t Luke II. 21. J Luke II. 40. § Luke II. 51.
II Matth XI. 19. IT Mark XIV. 34.
** Even birds and beasts sympathise with their associates of
the opposite sex and with their young, in proportion to the extent
of their desire for social enjoyment.
THE BRAHMUNICAL MAGAZINE.
I do not wonder, that our religious principles are-
compared with those of atheists, by one, whose ideas
of the divine nature are so gross, that he can consider
God, as having been born* and circumcisedf, as having,
grownX and been subject to parental authority,§ as
eating and drinking,|| and even as dyingU and as having
been totally annihilated (though for three days only,
the period intervening from the crucifixion of Christ to
his resurrection,); nor can it give me any concern, if a
person, labouring under such extravagant fancies,.,
should, at the same time, insinuate atheism against us,
since he must thereby only expose himself to the
derision of the discerning public.
As to his sixth and seventh queries, viz. " Do not
" wicked actions proceed in this world from the depravity
"of mankind?" 7th. "By what penance can that
guilt be expiated, which men contract by the practice of
wickedness ?" I beg to observe, thai: a desire of indulging
the appetites and of gratifying the passions is, by
nature, common to man with the other animals.
But the Veds, coinciding with the natural desire of
social intercourse implanted in the human constitution,
as the original cause of sympathy** with others, require
of men to moderate those appetites and regulate those
passions, in a manner calculated to preserve the peace
and comfort of society, and secure their future happi-
ness ; so that mankind may maintain their superiority
* Luke II. 7. t Luke II. 21. J Luke II. 40. § Luke II. 51.
II Matth XI. 19. IT Mark XIV. 34.
** Even birds and beasts sympathise with their associates of
the opposite sex and with their young, in proportion to the extent
of their desire for social enjoyment.