The Holy War — Page 37
Proceedings—Debate 23 May 1893 37 was placed on the cross and then, after joining with the spirit, has been seated forever on the right hand of God Almighty. Now that it has been proven that the body has no connection with the attributes and qualities of the soul and whether a human or an ani- mal, it would be distinguished as a human or an animal according to its soul, and the body is constantly in a state of dissolution. So given all this, if the Christian gentlemen believe that the Messiah is truly God Almighty, then what need is there for them to say that he is a manifes- tation of Allah? Do we say that man is a manifestation of man? Similarly, if the soul of the Messiah as is not similar to a human soul, and he did not acquire his soul in the womb of Mary, the Ever-Truthful, in the way and according to the law of nature, as human beings do—in the manner which has been observed by medical science and doctors— then you must first present proof that the development of his foetus happened in some extraordinary manner. And then the question is why to make this belief [Divinity of Jesus] known to people, hiding and concealing it like someone afraid, couched in various ways and forms. Instead, you should just clearly state that the Messiah is our God, and there is no other God beside him. Considering, that God, in His per- fect attributes, cannot be divided up and the word ‘God’ cannot be applied to the being that lacks even one attribute from all God’s perfect and complete attributes. So in such a case, I cannot understand how they became three. When you gentlemen have yourselves already agreed and accepted that it is necessary for God Almighty to be the Possessor of all complete attributes, in that case, this division which has been done—that is to say, the Son of God, who is a complete God; God the Father, who is a complete God; and the Holy Spirit, who is a complete God—what is the meaning of these, and for what reason are these three names given? Because the names, being different, requires that there be some attrib- ute more or less in each. But since you have admitted that there is no increase or decrease with regard to the attributes, then out of these three persons of the