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MODERN SPIRITISM
ego?) have not come to destroy Christianity but
to fulfil it.'" (This, at least, makes it clear Spiritism
does not desire to be fatal to it; as the same writer
states elsewhere.)
Blood-Shedding Abhorrent
The Rev. W. Stainton Moses, a clergyman of the
Church of England, under the influence of Spiritism
gives utterance to some remarkable views. He can
find no place for redemption or atonement, and
declares that the entire concept of blood-shedding is
abhorrent to the spirit world. (Which spirit world?
Of the good we read, "Worthy art thou . . . for
thou wast slain, and did'st purchase unto God with
thy blood, men of every tribe, and tongue, and
people, and nation." Rev. v. 9.)
He writes further: "The idea of a good (sic) God
sacrificing his sinless Son as a propitiation for man
is repudiated as monstrous. Man is his own saviour."
(Has he forgotten that the "sinless Son" "offered
Himself without spot to God.")
The Rev. W. Stainton Moses absolutely denies Hell
(not so Swedenborg); it drops out altogether, as an
"odious and blasphemous conception" (of the
Bible!).
No Vicarious Sacrifice
He is quite clear, not only that no vicarious
sacrifice is required, but that no anthropomorphism
takes place, "as in our creed" (his creed also).
It is true elsewhere he writes of the multitude
and malignity of evil spirits; but there is no Devil.
Further, "Far too much stress is laid on Christ's death.