Four Questions by Mr. Sirajuddin, a Christian, and their Answers — Page 13
Four Questions by a Christian and their Answers 13 sacrifice and will he be free to usurp people’s rights and to permanently lead a life of adultery? This obviously cannot be so, for it would be the way of evildoers to commit sin and seek refuge in an accursed sacrifice. It seems that Paul, too, had some misgivings about the truth of this doctrine. That is why he said that Jesus had sacrificed his life only for the first sin and he cannot be crucified again. But here again he invited trouble for him- self, for if it is true that Jesus made the accursed sacrifice only for a man’s first sin, would Prophet David, for in- stance, not deserve eternal damnation—God forbid—be- cause, according to the Christians, he committed adultery with the wife of Uriah and then kept her in his house all his life without Divine permission. This woman also hap- pens to be the holy grandmother of Jesus from the side of his mother Mary. David also kept as many as a hundred wives which is unlawful according to the Christian doc- trine. Hence this sin was not his first, for it was committed again and again throughout his life. Since this accursed sacrifice cannot prevent sin, ordinary Christians, too, must have always committed sin as they do today, and since none of their subsequent sins are par- donable according to the Pauline doctrine, they will surely be punished with everlasting hell and not one of them will deserve to be delivered from it. Mr. Sir a judd i n need not look further than his own self. At first he believed that the Son of Mary was the son of God and received baptism in the name of 'the accursed sacrifice', but when he came to Qadian he once again became a Muslim and confessed that