Life of Ahmad — Page 315
as JESUS as IS DEAD 315 that he has supplied have caused an irresistible ferment in the world of religion. It was God who revealed the truth to the Promised Messiah as. Jews, Christians and Muslims are all questioning their beliefs. And the day is not distant when truth will be recognised by men in increasing numbers and the darkness of falsehood and doubt will ultimately disappear from the whole world. Staunch advocates of the doctrine of the death of Jesus as on the cross and his resurrection have already turned into wavering apologists, having no confidence in themselves and a growing sense of shame seems to have overtaken them. Strauss and Milligan allege that the early Christians were very enthusiastic about the resurrection and that therefore Jesus as must have died on the cross and risen again from the dead. To say that their enthusiasm itself is a proof of supernatural resurrection is only a fantastic conclusion of pure Christian credulity or sheer intellectual bankruptcy. As a matter of fact the New Testament does not even indicate that they had any enthusiasm at all (For a detailed refutation of this theory see the Review of Religions , London, Sept. 1938). There are others, a vast majority of the Christians of today, who have now ceased to believe in such inexplicable mysteries. Some of them even say that the death of Jesus as on the cross is not a fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith. This is the position which was taken up by Karl August Hase (1800—1890). When I wrote and