Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page xi
foreword to the present edition Christianity—A Journey from Facts to Fiction, by Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, (1928–2003), Khalifatul Masih IV, was first published in U. K. in 1994 by Islam International Publication Ltd. , and it is being reissued now. The book is a critique of the fundamental tenets of Christianity, or to put it in modern philosophical terminology—used here loosely—it is a deconstruction of the myth of Christianity. The critique or the deconstruction is based on forceful, flawless and impeccable logical arguments to dismantle the myth so that its entire fabric is unravelled just in about two hundred pages. At the very outset the author, in his foreword, says: ‘I have chosen to address the question solely from a logical point of view. I believe that this is the only platform, common to all, which can be used for a fruitful constructive dialogue. Otherwise any discussion on the basis of what the individual scriptures present, along with their various interpretations, would lead to a tangle of controversy from which it would be difficult to wriggle out. ’ When the author uses scriptural, scientific and historical evidence in the context of his discourse, he uses it only to develop his logical arguments which are his mainstay. Logic being his forte, no unprejudiced reader, Christian or non-Christian, would find himself able to defy his logic. However, when the author explodes the myth of ‘Christianity’, he—God forbid—does not mean to be disrespectful to Jesus