Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 125
Trinity 125 Having denied that there is any reference in the Bible to Jesus as being worshipped, it is left to us to explain the only reference relating to this, in Luke 24:52 *. Many claim that these verses provide evidence of Jesus as himself exhorting his followers to worship him. Contemporary Christian scholars are well aware that these verses have been proved to be spurious and have no right to be treated as a genuine part of St Luke’s Gospel. Let us now turn to the question of common practice, whether it is supported by evidence in the Gospels or not. According to the common practice, in many sects of Christianity today, Jesus as is indeed being worshipped as the ‘Son of God’. Yet they all agree that the same Jesus as whom they worship used to worship God the Father and Him alone. In vain I have often enquired from knowledgeable Christian scholars as to the reason why Jesus as should have worshipped God the Father if he himself was an inseparable part of God and was so completely merged with Him so as to create a sense of unity despite there being three persons? Did he ever worship the third constituent of the Trinity, that is the Holy Ghost? Did he ever worship himself? Did the Holy Ghost ever worship Jesus as ? Did the Father ever worship either of the remaining two? If not, why? Perhaps the answer to these questions would compel the Chris- tians to confess that a distinct superiority is certainly established of God the Father over the remaining two constituents of the * The Bible translated by James Moffatt, published by Harper & Brothers, printed in the USA.