Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 52
52 came from Jesus’ own mouth, everything else in the Gos- pels was written by their compilers according to their own way of thinking and in their own wisdom and understand- ing, and it cannot be considered free of errors. This concept, as I have learnt from the everyday writings of clergymen, is now being expressed publicly. It is now be- ing commonly admitted that the miracles which the Gospels mention as historical facts, are not the revealed word, but have been written by the compilers of the Gos- pels in view of their own surmise, hearsay, or whatever they learnt from external sources. With this admission, the clergymen have sought to deflect much of the criticism that is levied at the Gospels, and they now admit that about nine-tenth of the Gospels is the word of man and only one- tenth revelation. One of the many losses they have incurred due to this admission is that they have forfeited the mira- cles of Jesus as , and no longer have any evidence to prove them. Although the Gospel writers have recorded Jesus’ miracles as historical facts, his own unsullied account, which is called the 'revealed word', appears not only to be at odds with their account, but presents quite the opposite picture. Jesus as , in his own statements that are known as 'revealed', has often refused to show any miracles, and clearly refused to show miracles to those who demanded them. Even Herod, when he asked Jesus as for a miracle, was not shown any. Many other people also wanted to see his signs and asked him to show them, but he declined and could not do so. So much so, that he prayed to God all night for the sign that he should remain safe from the hands