is not; the Apostles had imbibed too freely of wine and their
dizzy heads imagined all sorts of queer things.

Q. Did Christ ascend into heaven?

A. He did not; what the church teaches is a nonsensical fable,
because there is no heaven, and there was no place to ascend to.

Q. Will Christ come to this earth?

A. He will not because no dead person can come back.

Q. Will Christ return on judgment day?

A. There will be no judgment day; that is all a fable so that
preachers could scare people and hold them in their grasp. Man has
no soul, neither had Christ a soul. All these things have been
invented by the church.

Q. What is the Holy Spirit?

A. The Holy Spirit is an imagination existing only in the minds of
crazy religious people.

Q. Is Christianity desirable?

A. Christianity is not advantageous to us, but is harmful, because
it makes us spiritual cripples. By its teachings of bliss after
death it deceives the people. Christianity is the greatest obstacle
to the progress of mankind, therefore it is the duty of every
citizen to help wipe out Christianity. All churches are impudent
humbugs.

Q. Is there communion of saints?

A. No, because there is no God, no saints, no soul, and therefore
our prayers are wholly useless, and only a waste of time, which
should be spent in more useful things.

Q. What is our duty when we have learned that there is no God?

A. We should teach this knowledge to others.

Q. Should we take the name of God in vain?

A. Yes, because the name of God has no meaning."

Isador Ladoff, a Socialist of Cleveland, Ohio, and a candidate for
office in 1911, speaks very frankly about religion on page 11 of his
pamphlet, "Socialism, The Anti-Christ":

"The church knows that Socialism in spite of the declaration of
neutrality of the latter in religious matters, undermines the very
foundation of the former. The church realizes that Socialism is
anti-Christ. For the church it is a question of life and death, a
struggle for existence. Why, then, should the Socialists not engage
in an open aggressive campaign against the church? Would not an
honest war between Christ and anti-Christ be more dignified, more
wise and more effective, than a false pretence of neutrality and a
defensive attitude toward the