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Jl.l tlMilill II mm 11 III On Beliefs About God fjireai Ideas From The Great Hooks TODAY'S QUESTION By MILT LEIDNER The Capital Time pay JJ for each question submitted and used in Question of the Day," Winner I or question used today is Louise Skaalen Sunset Home, Stoughton. jTJEAR DR. ADLER: If we look back upon history, we see that man's religions have taken both monotheistic and polytheistic forms. What is the difference between monotheism and polytheism? Is It merely numerical, or does It Involve something deeper? How does monotheism differ from pantheism and other beliefs about God? Henry Dmochowskl 47 Stevens Avenue, Jersey City, 5, New Jersey By DR. MORTIMER Jl.

ADLER (Director, Institute of Philosophical Research) TEAR MR. DMOCHOWSKI: Literally, means the belief in one God, and "polytheism" means the belief in many gods. However, the distinction between Judaeo-Christian monotheism and the TODAY'S QUESTION Would you favor a sale tax for Wisconsin? WHERE ASKED Baraboo. THE ANSWERS Carl Higgins, Baraboo, Ceme tery Sexton I think it would be all right. It is vv polytheistic religions is not merely quantita-tive, but qualitative.

For a multiplicity of aspects or expressions of the one God is implied in the notion of God's "Spirit" and "Presence" in Biblical Judaism and in the conception of the Trinity in traditional Christianity. And some polytheistic religions include the idea of an absolute unity at the foundation of things. Polytheism sprang from the view held by ancient and primitive man that natural phenomena indicate the presence of a supernatural power or powers. Natural events, such as the rolling of the waves or thunder and lightning, were understood as the manifestations of personal beings, or gods such as pantheism, Judaeo-Christian monotheism is a rich and complex doctrine. It asserts a God who is both absolute and personal, both transcendent and immanent both beyond the world and also present in the world, both purely spiritual and also involved in material and historical events.

In contrast, the polytheist Jbelieves in many finite gods and the pantheist in an infinite God who is identical with nature or with a cosmic principle. Judaeo-Christian monotheism also contrasts with the type of belief called "deism" in the 18th century. For deism, God is transcendent but not immanent; he creates the world but has no intimate personal relation with it. He is completely detached from it. The God of monotheism not only creates the world, but He also sustains it, and enters in a personal relation with man.

1 Adler a tair tax, De- cause every one has to pay it. if 7 think it would en able them to lower the income tax. A personal deities invoked by the worshipper, but in an abstract, impersonal absolute. A famous Vedic hymn says: "The gods are later than this world's creation." In Judaeo-Christian monotheism, on the other hand, ultimate power is vested in a personal being. God is prior to the universe, which depends on Him for its origin and existence.

He is absolute there are no other gods or powers or principles before Him. He is also personal He has spiritual qualities analogous to human will and consciousness. And He is unified all divine expressions, aspects, and "persons" are those of the one and only God. The God of Judaism and Christianity does not differ from the gods of the polytheistic religions solely by virtue of His being a personal god, for they are personal too. He differs in that He is absolute and unified.

"The Lord our God is One," says the Jewish liturgy. On the other hand, the Judaeo-ChrLstian God does not differ from the God of the pantheistic philosophers by virtue of His being one, for their God is also one. But unlike the personal God of Judaism and Christianity, the pantheistic deity is an impersonal being, identified with the universe as a whole, or with the abstract idea from which the universe emanates. It is "the All" or "the One" of philosophers such as Plotinus or Spinoza, not the God whom Jews and Christians address as "Thou." sa'es tax might shift the burden to the poorer people. but it would get i i a lot of people no oon pay otherwise, especially people from out of state.

It would mean less of a tax load to all. Otherwise, Neptune or Thor. In ancient Greek religion, the gods were assigned separate functions covering the various aspects of nature and human life. A hierarchy was established with Zeus at the top, and in the later stages of Greek religion he was regarded as the moral ruler of the universe. But even when one god is looked upon as Supreme among the gods, he is not the ultimate power in the polytheistic systems.

In Greek religion, such power was assigned to the vague realm of Fate, which governed even the will of Zeus. In Indian religion, ultimate power was not embodied in the I wouldn't see any reason for it. You can win a 54-volume set of the Great Books of the Western World by writing a letter, not to exceed 150 words, incorporating a question of general interest for Dr. Adler to consider for inclusion in this column. Each week he will select as first prize winner the writer of the best letter.

He will use the letter as a basis for a future column and will answer it in terms of the intellectual heritage of the Great Books 443 works by 78 authors, spanning 30 centuries of thought. Address the letters to Dr. Mortimer J. Adler, in care of The Capital Times. William Kuball, Route 2, North Freedom, Farmer I think I'm in favor of a t.p though it depends.

on 'what it is on.s Far from being simple as compared with polytheism and I wouldn't want its on food, but I'd favor it on lux- uries more likePt a luxury tax on -On a Bicycle Built for 6 Tell Me MADISCf, Monday, 4jril 17, 1961 A need and can pp' along without. The; tl Why! income tax snould De Kept as a withholding tax. I think those, who have the income should pay on it. That is fair. Everett Binder, Route 2, North Freedom, Farmer I'd consider a sales tax with -rt dmmard What Were the Middle Ages? Christianity triumphed over Pa excepuons on cer- Fifty k'earg Ago san Eurone.

Tn the Middle Aeasltain things like 1 A TTu I. u. Kicnmond pro- the feudal svstem grew and then foo(J: cthing, and! medical expenses pow at Madison Park and 1 I'd most favor Win a valuable prize. Send your question, name, address and age to TELL ME WHY: care of Tne Capital Times. The Britannica Junior, 15 volume encyclopedia for school and home, will be awarded for the letter selected.

In case of duplicate questions, the author of "Tell Me Why" will select the winner. Today's winner is: John Robinson II, 14, Houston, Tex. Pleasuf Drive Association din aecayea in r-urope, ana we ioun-dalions for modern nations were laid. tax on soft-drinks. ner tit the city purchase the 1 A This was also the age of chiv say a penny or so a bottle; people would buy them old Alembly grounds for a city alry.

But there was also much cruelty. Lords expressed noble i parkhe says the site can be boug for $35,000 Turning out baseball at Stoughton High Schi Gilmore Mandt, Nels and romantic beliefs in flowery language, but they treated their serfs and slaves wuth inhumanity. Jerle, Raymond Homme, Earl rpHE STORY of mankind has been divided by historians into three great sections ancient times, the Middle Ages, and modern times. The Middle Ages cover the time between the fall This was a time when people tninn they could be classed as a food. Beer is taxed; why not --oft-drinks assessed as a sales tax.

If we had a sales tax, I'd be in favor of eliminating the personal property tax. S. J. Rooney, Route 4, Baraboo, Retired I'd oppose a sales fian, John Skavlem, Otto had unquestioning faith. In no other time did religion play so im Dof.

Fred Schroede, Paul Dona- beRoge, Levi Hellickson, Valde portant a part. The church and state were not only bound closely together, but often the church was lickson, Victor Johnson, Theo- of Rome and the beginning of df Jorgenson, Claire Egtvedt, modern times in the 15th century II Showers, and Sanford Frank Of course when you consider the state. Towards the end of the Middle Ages the popes began such a big period of time, it's The new Father 1 1 to lose their power in maHers rn--' difficult to give exact dates for hool, near St. Raphael's Church, that did not deal with religion. dedicated in a ceremony at- ax.

1 tigure it uts the poor people the ones with the big families wou'd pay more proportionally than those who -an afford it. It wouldn't cost me near as much as the beginning and the end. One age merges gradually into the Science did not make great pro iided by 500 people; a bazaar gress during tne Middle Ages. next. But the date most commonly used as the "beginning" of hens at the school and will be bnducted through the week Most of the literature of the time dealt with chivalry and battle.

last Side Civic Club meets at the Middle Ages is 476 A.D., when the last of the Roman emperors Bawthorne School; speakers are s.roy daughter with Architecture in the Middle Ages was expressed most fully in the magnificient Gothic cathedrals was dethroned. Its end Is usually S. Mens, Henry Loftsgordon, counted as 1453, when Constan W. Ellefson, and James Mel and their marvelous stained tinople, the capital of the Eastern ville Eugene Osborn, 241 Empire, fell to the Turks. The Haarklau family of Sun Prairie "looks sweet upon the seat of a bicycle" built for not two, but six persons.

Haarklau, a truck driver and L.angdon entertains at a party right) Gary, 9, Donna, 12, and Mrs. Elise Kasuboske. Haarklau plans to install a gasoline motor in the rear of the vehicle to provide locomotion. (Staff What was life like during -the tandem, six-seater vehicle in his repair shop. Each of the riders has a set of pedals to propel the bike, with the two front riders steering.

On the bike, nearest the camera, front to rear are Haarklau, Mrs. Haarklau, and Karen, 10. The rear line of riders (front to rear) are Dick Kasuboske, 15, Dar-lene, 17, and Dorothy, 13. Watching in the rear are (left to Modern commerce began in the Middle Ages with the search for I friends attending are Horace Middle Ages? What important Radcliff, Paul Aylward, Vilas six children. I figure a withholding tax on income tax is more fair.

I believe that property is over-taxed. The fairest form of taxation is income tax; those who have more pay more except that those with the biggest incomes are able to escape a lot of their fair share. Mrs. Earl Wicher, Route 2, Baraboo, Clerk I really don't things happened during this time? new sea routes to India and implement repair man, built this Hanks, Harry Sanborn, Leslie Photo by Carmie A. Thompson) This was the epoch during which Burwell, James Abaly, and An China.

FUN TIME (The Chuckle Box) drew Leith. Try wild Stump Mel So They Say: Except for spring (baseball) "I'm sorry," said the dentist Forty Years Ago Gilded Gal on the Dome STAMPS think we need the sales tax. I think we do all right with out one. It to the patient, "but you can't have, an appointment this afternoon. I have 18 cavities to fill." Then he picked up his golf bag and left.

training, Florida would be nothing except a big acre of swampland full of old shuffleboard players. Has a Badger On Bean THE FIRST of the coat lockers to be placed on the sidewalk for the convenience of policemen is installed adjacent to the police and fire telegraph alarm boxes at Pinckney and Main Streets; the locker is of heavy seems there are better ways of get 1 Frank Lane, general manager AP Newsfeatures ting the money. of Kansas City Athletics. By SYD KROMSH Though I haven't thought much pi Plus Globe, Eagle, and Hefty Weight; Farm Aspirant Told to Check Wife By HERB JACOBS A LETTER, plus a couple of phone calls, convinces me that it Three slightly deaf ladies met. "Windy, isn't it?" said one.

"No, it's Thursday," said the. second. "So am said the third. "Let's all go have a cup of tea." tin and galvanized iron and 6 feet high; it will eliminate the! about it, I know We (British) are trying to keep up with the Kennedy-Joneses and oppose a sales rpo COMMEMORATE "Africa Day," the third anniversary of a meeting of African leaders to discuss common problems, several time lost by a policeman going to the station for his raincoat the Khrushchev-Joneses by show- tax. When I so to Illinois and off gestures of expenditure on other places that have it, it seems is time to refresh people's memories about that gilded damsel who rides atop the State Capitol dome.

The letter is signed by a Atncan nations will be issuing diminutive rodent" student: arms and weapons. Britain's Lord Rea. THE PUZZLE BOX SNUPiL like such a nuisance. I much prefer to get along without a sales tax. special postage stamps this year.

Dear Sir: We have had a ques in event of a turn to inclement weather Norman Schoen-mann and Guy Reymann, Spring Green, go to Plain by bob sleigh Blackhawk Electric 301-05 State advertises the would shape up at a distance. 44H 0 Tunisia's set consists of four tion come up in our Spanish class. stamps each bearing an allegori The question is: what is the name chief's car, a Ford sedan, has been delivered to Chief Richard cal design within an outline map of the golden lady on our State Through glasses, I can tell you, she looks pleasingly plump. That Chicago man who read my book on beginning farming, of the African continent. The de Can you re-arrange these letters in a way so that they spell the name of an animal? This one is Widmann; it replaces a 1934 Reo capitol buildi dome, and what signs of this series were selected which he had been using by a contest of African artists tricky! See Tuesday's paper for "Laun-dry-ette" for sale; "it doesn't use a wringer whirls clothes wringer dry in one minute no buttons torn off on wash day" Irish setter dog, does she hold in but still does not seem able to Wisconsin Dells honor students the answer.

Ghana's set has three stamps! her hands?" Ra-I ft toncita, Spanish drums in the foreground and a map of Africa in the background, are Charlotte Cone, valedictorian; Edsel Murray, salutatorian; Har make the break between city job and farmwork, continues to get advice. A letter from an Iowa County woman clips the Farm BARBS By HAL COCHRAN Catching on to things is one good rule for success letting go' too easily is a good rule for failure. Remember that it won't take many weeds to keep your cabbage and lettuce from getting ahead. Student, Middle owned by G. W.

Mason 1115 Rutledge wins first prize in a map of Africa with 25 stars indi ton High School. vey Burkman, Elinore Reynolds, Madison's first dog show The statue HA" vJ mm is --s Send your tricks, riddles or puzzles to TELL ME WHYI Give your name, age and address. A set of two beautiful picture books, dictionary, or Atlas, will be awarded for the letters selected each week. Today's winner is: Sandra Copeland, 9, Tulsa, Okla. Help Wanted column from the Marjorie Blood, Jean Dyer, Dor eating the independent states of Africa, and a map of Africa surrounded by the flags of the Mrs.

Frank Doudna and daughter, called "Miss For Dodgeville Chronicle, and also othy Loebe, Dorothy Wenkman warn takino sends a couple of pages from the Frances, Poynette, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Emery, original eight independent states name from efy 1 state's mottou daU John Deere publication, the Fur when Africa Day was instituted, Stoughton, Aer Lineus (Irish International Marie Luke, and Stuart Thomas Helen Bunn, daughter of Prof, and Mrs.

Charles Bunn, is valedictorian, and Pamela row, which tells how inepme can "Forward." It Herb Jacobs be supplemented by furnishing Ireland will issue a special Twenty Years Ago weighs three tons and is 15 feet farm holidays for city people, stamp in June to honor the 25th ADISON WEATHER High, Rice, daughter of Prof, and Mrs, to fefeykTjru Li Adventures Airlines). There will be two denominations, a 6 pence and a 1 shilling 3 pence. Later in the year, probably in The letter adds a bit of advice: high, being cast of hollow bronze, gilded on the outside. 11 67 degrees; low, 41; .24 of William Gorham Rice, is saluta- Dear Sir: Would you please anniversary of the foundling of who have had a good time tell an inch rain A new firetorian, at Wisconsin High School. The right hand and arm are forward this material to the Chi cago man who wanted to go September, a special stamp will be issued to commemorate the stretched forward and upward, presumably further carrying out their friends back home.

The U.W. School of Commerce found the MARMADUKE 15th centenary of the death of St. 1 would like to add if the wife same thing when it checked, re- the state's motto, and in the left hand she holds a globe on which an eagle perches. She also wears fatncK. ihis set will come in three values.

and kids don't want to farm, sorts, and discovered "clusters," he'd better stay in Chicago. Also a pleased person who later on her crest or helmet a badger With a pair of fieldglasses you can The General Post Ottice in brought others from the same neighborhood. be prepared for many long hours and sometimes a lot of disap see this beast, which looks a lit BUU- MOOSE LOS3 HIS MICSHTy ANTLEKS Great Britain has announced it will issue the following stamps The Furrow List: American Youth Hostels, 14 W. pointment, but it also has its rewards. Mrs.

Langdon Jones, tle strange, sitting on top of her head. The statue was put up in BUT HE IS "FAK "FKOM PEFEUSEUSSS 'WHILE 1OK A NEW SET T0 WlTM SL.ASHIMO 4 yn, iIII Eighth New York 11, N.Y. Route 2, Barneveld. HORN- SHOT? POT2EFEET, HE WETEU this year: The centenary of the Post Office Savings Bank (three stamps), the second anniversary of the Conference of European 4 The article in the Furrow told Farm Camp Grounds, 516 Drexel 1917, and has been given a scrubbing and new gold leafing twice since then. MOST OT Hlto ENEMIES.

Decatur, Ga. of an Illinois couple, and said National Recreation Associa Postal and Telecommunications you don't get rich, but you meet a lot of interesting people. (Sounds tion, 14 W. Eighth New Yorki I suppose you could call her Administrations (three stamps), 11, N.Y. like the newspaper business).

the opening of the Conference of anything you like, and still per Farm Vacations and Holidays, the Commonwealth Parliamentary It doesn't really pay unless you have a minimum of four or five haps be correct, because nobody really knows what was in the mind 500 Fifth New York Association (two stamps). Farm Vacations, Jessup, of the sculptor, Daniel Chester guests, charge $35-45 for adults and $25-30 for small children, and Maryland. French, when he fashioned her. Sweden celebrates the 250th an American Camping Association, He is the man who did the statue feed them largely stutt youve niversary of the birth ot Carl Bradford Woods, Martinsville, Ind. of the seated Lincoln Memorial in raised yourself, the article de Gustaf Pi'o (1711-1792), one of its Canadian Youth Hostels Associ-1 Washington.

greatest painters, with the is clares, ation, 606 Jarvis Toronto Canada. To get an idea how Miss Flor-ward would look 270 feet. up in the air, French did a model the suance of two new postage stamps. The designs of the stamps Ihe same for both, features a detail from Pilo's painting "Thr Some of these organizations I wrote to the Furrow for its list of organizations catering to farm hosts and guests, and the like Farm Vacations and Holi 'i. -Milk.

same size and placed it on the Palisades across the Hudson river 4te(5wi Jays, charge for a farm listing Coronation of Gustaf III in the IStockholm. reply stated that word-of-moulh advertising is best, when people Qutnlwtd tor kuw FmUitm SyBcbcat in an annual publication. from his studio, ta see how it Hey, fellas! The ice cream manl.