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138 Christians] as to the particular meaning ascribed to them, then how can you say that these are proofs? You should also remember that your saying that Signs were neces- sary only for the time of the disciples and that the disciples were the ones who were being addressed is proven false by this following argu- ment. If the fact that the disciples were addressed about a certain mat- ter is to mean that in that matter the things mentioned should only remain limited to the disciples, then surely in such a case the whole Gospel is lost because all the moral teachings that the Messiah gave were addressed to the disciples. Now, you have the opportunity to say that we do not need to turn the other cheek if we are slapped on one since this was only enjoined to the disciples. I am surprised at your inquiry about the comparison between Ramchandra and Krishna on the one hand and Jesus, the Messiah, on the other; and your argument that if ten people make the same claim, can one of them not be right? I am surprised at what you have writ- ten. I was merely arguing that if by making a claim anyone could be right, then there are many in the world that make claims. If there is one among them whose claim is true then let him present his proof; other- wise, we or you have no justification for selecting one from among the ten claimants without any proof. This is exactly what I have been saying and writing repeatedly, that you have not presented—thus far—any rational arguments in support of the Divinity of the Messiah. And the scriptural prophecies which you go on presenting, have no value, being disputed as they are, which you translate to mean one thing, the Unitarians another thing, and the Jews something else again, while the Muslims have their own under- standing. Therefore, how can those be considered to be decisively conclusive? You know that only that merits being called an argument which is decisively conclusive and in its own right illuminating and manifest and affirmative of something, and not that it should itself be in need of proofs; for, a blind man cannot guide another blind man to the right path.