The Holy War — Page 42
42 24 May 1893 Statement by DEPUTY Abdullah Atham First of all, I am pleased to hear that the argument of reasoning by induction does not apply to Adam and Eve, which means that an exception is allowed to the general rule. First— You state that the body of Christ was in a state of decay; therefore, it could not atone, nor be of any other use. In reply to this, I submit that we do not declare the human body of Christ to be Christ; but rather, that whole human part of him that was free from sin and, except for sin, in all other things, was equal to us and mortal. And apart from being human, he was also the manifesta- tion of Allah; that is to say, the place for the manifestation of Allah in humanity to take upon itself the burden of the sins of all, and the Second Person of Allah [the Son of Allah] enabled that weight to be so carried. And, thus, compensation for sins being done, the atonement of sins was completed. What then was the need for another physical body to remain eternally? Second— Your second objection is that if Christ is God Almighty, then what is the need to call him the manifestation of Allah? Do we call man the manifestation of man? Answer : Why is Christ, the man, held out to be the likeness of the Divinity attached to his per- son? In a human, the body is actually a separate thing, and the soul is separate, and the life-force is a separate thing. Thus, the soul is