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GOD.
This alone is sufficient to show that the idea of creation is altogether an untenable one. The evidence or appearance of design, which is the strongest argument in favour of the theory of creation, is more than counterbalanced by the evidence of imperfections all round.
If the pious theologian would only reflect on the problem calmly, he would soon perceive that his explanation-that God is the maker of the body-does not tally with his own notion of the dignity of his Supreme Being, whom he thus hastily puts at the beck and call, not only of every virtuous couple but of all those who sin in adultery, fornication and incest as well. If God unequivocally condemns-and theology assures us that he does -certain departures from the code of sexual purity laid down by him, how can he be accredited with the creation of children born in consequence of a violation of his own commandments? To make him bless and fructify the very act which he emphatically condemns is to put him in the category of maniacs and babes. The theologian might now take refuge behind the angels, and maintain that they are responsible for the making of the body, but the angels only do the will of the 'Father,' so that the making of the child in every case of adultery, fornication and incest must be sanctioned by him.
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Besides, it would be interesting to know how God makes a body-with his hands, like any ordinary labourer, or without them, i.e., by a mere word of command? If we now say that he makes it with his hands, then an infinity of hands are required to make all the infinity of bodies of all kinds of living beings, in the
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