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19 world to lay down his life for the sins of the devils or to stop them from sin? If no such arrangement was made, it would prove that the 'God' of the Christians has always been pleased to burn the devils-who, according to the Christian belief, outnumber even the sons of Adam-in the everlasting fire of hell. Since no such son ever existed, the Christians were forced to admit that their 'God' created devils only for hell. Thus, ever since they have pronounced the Son of Mary to be 'God', the poor Christians find them- selves in all sorts of troubles. I do not believe that even a day passes when their own souls do not look at this belief with contempt. Another predicament they face is that, upon investigation, no final cause can be ascertained as to why he was crucified, nor was any useful purpose served by his crucifixion, for there can be only two possibilities: all the kingdoms of the world and assured him that he would give him all these things if he worshipped him. In fact, these words of the devil con- tained a great prophecy and also were a pointer towards the fact that when the Christian people prostrate before him they will be given all the king- doms and riches of the world. And so did it come to pass. Those whose master claimed to be God and yet followed Satan-i. e. , went along with him-little wonder, therefore, that they prostrated before Satan. In short, the Christian riches and kingdoms are the result of their prostration before Satan. It is quite clear that, in keeping with satanic promise, the kingdoms of the world were given to the Christians only after they had prostrated be- fore him. !Author!