Modern Spiritualism utterly refuses the test of Scripture. Its antagonistic attitude towards the Bible is notorious.
A well-known spiritualistic author, writing under the nom de plume, "Oxford M.A.," says:- " So long as you reply to our arguments with a text, we cannot teach you. Any one who can so reply is beyond reach of reasonable teaching."
Evidently this writer, recognizing that the Bible condemns his position, would fight on the mock-heroic ground of first disarming his opponent of his only true weapon-the sword of the Spirit. Undermining faith in the Scriptures is a favorite tactic of Satan.
Another writer on Spiritualism says:- " To assert that it [the Bible] is a holy and divine book, that God inspired the writers to make known His divine will, is a gross outrage on, and misleading to, the public.... The truth is the Old Testament is neither more nor less than Jewish history.... The New Testament is made up of traditions and theological speculations by unknown persons. A book so full of errors... requires to be read with care." " Outlines," pp. 13, 14.
Language could not be plainer. The old Testament, only history; the New Testament, made up of traditions and theological speculations by unknown persons. Refusal of the Bible could not be more explicit.
The reader will scarce credit it, that immediately following the quotation just given, the Author of "Outlines" has a sub-heading, " The Bible not Opposed to Spiritualism." The effrontery of first condemning the Bible as unreliable and then quoting it for support is amazing.
Either the Bible is what it claims to be; inspired of God, or it is the wickedest book in the world. It is the pure truth of God, or the darkest error. It is either " worthy of all acceptation," or to be utterly and absolutely refused.