Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 21
? 14 Being to an empty shell. The criteria of true religion lie in the promotion of human belief in the person of God and faith in His attributes. In short, in these abbreviations, the attributive Divine name—the Sufficer, has been put against the Christian doctrine of vicarious atonement and the attributive Divine name the True Guide, against the Christian theory of redemption. These constitute the two fundamental articles of Christian Faith in direct conflict with Islam. The doctrine of the tripartite godhead is a secondary theorem, Christianity rejects Salvation and does not believe in the possibility of spiritual progress for mankind without a belief in the theory of vicarious atonement. These two beliefs negate the two Divine attributes, the Sufficer and the Guide. As a result, His two other attributes, the All-Knowing and the Righteous, are voided. These two fundamentals of Christian faith, it is thus evident, void the very idea of Godhead. If the teachings of religion ultimately contrary to the very basis of the godhead, we cannot but treat that religion as untruthful, for the obvious reason that religion essentially consists in promoting faith in the Divine Person. TRINITY No doubt, belief in trinity holds an essential place in the fundamental articles of Christianity. But, it is so strictly