Free Thought 1911/6

Secularization

“A servant cannot serve two Lords either because he hates one and loves the other, or insists on one and hates the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon, ”says Luke.

… and the properties of the Roman and Greek Catholic denominations in Hungary amount to 1,956,829 acres. 1,956,829 acres are held by the two Catholic denominations, 123,745 acres by the Greek-Eastern Church, and 252,000 acres by the other denominations, when 1,280,000 dwarf landowners, including 4 million people with their families, receive only 2,150,000 acres of land.

The income of 1,675,000 acres of land owned by the Roman Catholic Church serves 80,000 crowns to support 12,000 people, which means that 7,000 crowns per year would be equally distributed to the poor servants of Christ, while in Hungary, , in the statistics of the Hungarian ecclesiastical estates, shows.

How did the Church gain possession of this immeasurable property? Was he a great farmer who got the best of the Hungarian arable land with sweat, knowledge and thrift? Perhaps the rewards of defending the country in public service are tremendous wealth?

The church, which bans its priests from a medical operation involving bleeding, also earned the honor of Tomorians' bloody combat and the military establishment of medieval lords (since the Archbishop of Esztergom and the Bishop of Eger according to the Act of 1435 each land a lord) with his conscience, his morals, his ignorance of his morals, and his respect for foreign law (the charters, estates, rights of the churches are forged in large numbers), he acquired the verbőczyek prosecutor's slavery (according to private law, however, since in ecclesiastical matters, a ecclesiastical court has ruled, - for the dying, the crucifixion alone established a will for the church [Péter Ágoston], but the most effective of the ways of obtaining it is by no analogy li concepts can be marked: the ecclesia militans acquisition [194] way, "The end justifies the means" combined with practical ethical norms fan fanaticism combat tactics.

The founders of Christianity and the Kingdom needed allied power against the opposition of the Gentile Hungarians: they received armed support from the Church; the livestock breeding and warring Hungarians had to be taught industry and cultivation, and the people's teachers at that time taught the priests. Providing credible places, writing documents required scribes, and who could do it other than a Christian priest who was brought up in Western culture, and who could teach the people other than typography and elementary knowledge? He nursed the sick, he established orphanages and orphanages. In order to accomplish all these purposes, the state could not provide quantified amounts, but gave land according to the custom of the age, from which it was necessary to maintain and maintain them, and to determine which dignity of the Church was obliged to pay for the possession of goods. From all these obligations, the Church slowly escaped. He closed his schools, abandoned his business, and shook off everything that was his duty to grab as much of what was rightful as possible. And the less he fulfilled the reward of possession, the more emphatically he claimed that the lands were not given for possession for the purpose of public purposes, but as rewards, although Mary Theresa half of all church property is to be seized for military purposes, and a whole host of measures prove that this right of ownership has never been recognized by our laws. II. József donated the property of the abolished monastic orders partly to the religious and partly to the educational foundation, József Ferencz I donated the property of Zalavár, Lakócsai, plot, etc. he donated the abbey's incomes for a period of time partly to help the religious and partly to fund the study. History, therefore, does not transfer ownership to the Church.

Legally, he could not derive the ownership of the church from the mode of acquisition, not only did the substantive law not establish ownership, but it did the opposite: The King of Hungary II. Unlike Pope Sylvester, his privilege, unlike ordinary church law, does not postulate, but appoints the reward, who is not the owner, but only the possessor of the reward, and the king is exercising custody without his permission. not charged. Pursuant to the regulation of 28 February 1890, the administration of the church property is controlled by the Hungarian Royal Minister of Religion and Public Education. What if it was not to emphasize the right of disposal of the state and thus its ownership?

Much more than a third of the vast estate is forest, most of which is meadow and pasture, the country's weakest national economy, employing few people and producing little food.

As a political factor, this immeasurable estate rests on the bishops with their vast wealth to the cultural and political life of rural cultural centers and stifles everything that serves the cause of culture and progress, maintains the press and creates politicians, organizing a army of reactionaries.

We strongly believe that the revision of the black conquest, unjustifiable by law and history, which is damaging in economic, political and cultural terms, is imminent. The near future can hardly be more important after securing a People's Parliament than secularization: enforcing state ownership of the 2 million acres of land that has been plundered.

Gathering arguments for this struggle and illuminating the issue from a political, economic, and cultural point of view will be the goal of a series of articles in which "Free Thought" will discuss the issue of secularization.
Miklós Tímár.

Papal exploitation in medieval Hungary

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Natural Science

The cycle of energy

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Darwinists and anti-Darwinists

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Enquiry

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Business - business. The Pope at that time labeled mixed marriages as marriages. It was an ugly and brutal attack on our laws, smudging and muddling the holiest emotions of a few hundred thousand people, but Protestants and liberals in the country came to the fore after some uproar. It was not from this site that they complained about "ne terriere". The papal pamphlet hurt a lot more than the others: the Catholic priesthood. It is truly a pig, says Christ's humble servants, that among the devotees of the one and only Savior, who are married to fiery heresies, it is even more of a disregard for the Church's ceremony to be searched out.

Enquiry

(England.-Spain.-Germany.) After the Chartist movements of the 1930s and 1940s, which had bloody and all external features of the class struggle, the struggle of the English working class had for a long time been calmer. Educated and well-earned workers organized themselves into trade unions and formed a real workers' aristocracy. The oldest of their political organizations is the still independent Socialist Democratic Federation, the Socialist League, founded in 1883, which mainly includes unskilled workers, and the much more opportunistic Fabian Society.

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Obstruction is the organ of the censorship parliament. There is no mistake in the rules of the house, but in the formation and composition of today's Hungarian Parliament. Money, brandy, violence make the parliamentary rebellion of parties suppressed with their help justified and inevitable. Healing the symptoms does not eliminate the troubles. Strengthening house rules is just a joke. And violent changes to house rules would have a demoralizing effect on public life as a whole and would not create the peace of mind that would ensure successful "national work." Even with today's House Rules, the Parliament for General, Equal, Secret Election would not be aware of the obstruction, as each party would think hundreds of times to risk its popularity against the watchful public. Where millions of people are interested in parliamentary struggles, the pressure and control of the public would make it impossible to disrupt the normal functioning of the parliament. So the antidote to obstruction is not a house revision, but a truly honest, democratic parliamentary reform. House rules were the only and last weapon of democracy against the feudal aspirations of domination. A House of Law revision without democratic reform of the electoral law would facilitate the emergence of the coldest party-dominated tendencies. House auditors are urging those who do not want parliamentary reform. The only constitutional tool against obstruction is not what István Tisza is enthusiastic about: violent house reform, but what Gyula Justh is enthusiastic about: honest, democratic parliamentary reform. So if István Tisza works against parliamentary reform, he is the biggest agitator of obstruction in Hungary. The real and honest enemy of obstruction in this Parliament, however paradoxical it may be, is Gyula Justh, who urges the enactment of universal, equal, secret suffrage. If the struggle of the minority was successful, it was the last obstruction in the Hungarian Parliament. If it does not succeed, the Tisza-Herostrales can fight the obstruction for a long time.

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Physical Education Congress. It turned out that the Physical Education Congress was militarizing he met for the sake of his endeavors. He also stopped his public appearances, but executive His committee is quietly working with violent malice. One September evening private held a meeting at which distinguished and noble ministerial officials befriended the with tutored teachers, gymnastics, Samu Hazai sent a note to committee, in which its support is "important for defense Physical Education, "come with a new congress in 1912 to educate children ordained soldiers will reason. And the Prime Minister is the Physical Education Council promises to organize. It all comes down to: Physical Education Council needs to have clericalism to exacerbate a burdened school with militarism, and the Liberal Education Council must skulls cooked in school steam, somehow showering freer ideas out there don't touch it. ó

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Esperanto and Freedom of Thought. More detailed coverage of the pages by The Hague Catholic congress, the catholics and the esperanto together can easily arouse the impression in the newsreader audience of the closer relationship between the two. And that Freemasonry has a much closer relationship with Esperanto than either Catholicism, like other anti-progressivity, the 7th Esperanto Congress in Antwerp its course is instructive. Although it was strongly emphasized by Catholic Esperantists they were Catholic and organized, free thinking to celebrate Congress.

Free-thinking Esperantists to win the free thinkers of Antwerp a big advocacy meeting was held in a much larger context, as planned. Esperantists also took care to spread free thought In the circle of. The Antwerp Tribunal printed a special Esperanto number for free distributed it among the Esperantists. This was very scandalous for Catholics, which was pronounced by pressing and distributing a "Protesto" in which he was accused free thinkers by jolting the neutrality (!) of Esperanto. Except for their religious affiliation and congresses religious rituals and worship programs included in his program are so strong and old The recent upheavals of neutrality as the propagation of free thought.

Free thinkers and socialists also held meetings rallies to promote Esperanto among their Antwerp comrades. Esperantist anti-alcoholists, the vegetarian association was successful and had labor-gathering meetings; in addition to three meetings of the International Scientific Society, several promotions gave a presentation, introduced the talking cinematographer, etc. The freest spirit, the, most serendipitous, it certainly showed that culture and human progress will become a strong factor as you receive the deserved acclaim. (Esperantista.)

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Movement

[223] The Galileo Circle
September's operation was the work of the organization. In response to the call made during the summer and at the beginning of the school year, college students enrolled en masse, more than last year. Newcomers had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the circles' awareness activities during the summer seminar presentations. Weekly member meetings were held to get a closer look at the circle and to discuss the organization and operation of the circle in relation to current events.

Due to technical difficulties, the opening session of the year was postponed until the 1st of October. Paul Szende gave a lecture entitled "Freedom", in which he gave a historical and social drawing of the fact that the interests of the ruling class transform certain freedoms into guarantees of privileges and privileges. The lecture was opened by dr. Károly Pólányi held it on the 2nd of the current month in the lecture hall of the circle. He presented "Student Tasks" to a crowded student audience. College students occupy a peculiar position among the strata of the intelligentsia. They are already in high school soul-slavery enslaved by the strict adherence to an anti-science curriculum, but not yet captured by the narrow financial interests of life. College is the only time to develop a unified, scientific worldview. Students need to transform themselves, thereby transforming intellectuals, and enabling them to carry out their cultural tasks: to change the country's sad state of affairs.

Started by the success of the summer seminar presentations, the circle repeats all three series with the necessary additions. For the time being, only the free thinkers and sociology seminar will commence; Each seminar will consist of 8 to 10 lectures that will deal with elements of worldview and sociology.

The opening speech of the free-thinking seminar was given by dr. It was held by Paul Dienes on the 3rd of the current month under the title "Science and Metaphysics". It started with a glimpse into the evolution of science, which convinces me of the illogical nature of science. Since science is a picture of reality, reality cannot be logical either. We do not explain facts that contradict logic, but accept them as realities, and construct the picture of the other realities on this basis. The world is not permanent, incomplete, not composed of isolated facts, but a living, evolving reality: few processes. Therefore, in science, we do not seek logic, but place ourselves in the center of the facts: science must bring life.

The opening lecture of the Seminar on Sociology will be given by Sándor Fazekas on the 6th of the current month entitled "Schools of Sociology".

The Officers' Renewal Assembly will be held at 3:00 pm on the current snow. After the management report, a new officer will be elected and the circle's future work program will be discussed.

The circle already has more than 500 members, showing an increase in last year's membership, which is expected to be different from last year's 1000 members.

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Original Publication: Szabadgondolat, 1.6, June 1911
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