The Criterion for Religions — Page 22
22 Mi'yiirul Madhahib lery these people simply disappear, and the simple- tons who were hoping for ten fold multiplication are left bemoaning their fate. This is the retribution for the greed, which is carried to its limits by ignoring the law of nature. But what I have heard is that such swindlers have to declare all those before and after them to be frauds, bandits, villains, liars and ignorant of the formula. Similarly, Christians too seem unable to establish their bona fides until and unless they have declared all the holy Prophetsas_from Adamas on- wards-to be sinners and evildoers. 4 (2) The second possible reason why this pitiable son should have been crucified is that those who believe in his crucifixion may be saved from every kind of sin and wickedness, and that the appetites of their baser selves may not be allowed to find expression. Unfor- tunately, this condition turns out to be as much against decency and as manifestly false as the first one. If it is assumed that genuine faith in the Atone- ment of Jesus has the particular quality of making a true believer angelic, after which not even the thought 4 Woe betide the reason and understanding of the Christians whose attempt to turn Jesus into God was of no avail to the person of Jesus! On the con- trary, they were responsible for humiliating him in the eyes of the righteous. It would have been better had they offered alms for the elevation of his soul and had prayed for his well-being in the hereafter. What was the good of deifying a handful of dust! !Author!