Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 54
54 when the revealed and un-revealed statements are com- pletely at odds with one another, the only way to resolve the incompatibility is to consider the un-revealed state- ments to be unreliable and mere exaggerations by the Gospel writers. The fact that they did exaggerate here and there is quite apparent, as we find in the last verse of John, with which the Holy Gospel ends. It reads: "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. " Can exaggeration go any further? Is the world, which con- tains all the wonders of heaven and earth, unable to accommodate a description of what Jesus did during three or so years of his life! Who will give credence to the state- ments of people who make such exaggerations! Hindus have written similar books regarding their Avatars. With cunning and deception, they too have built an edifice of lies. They too were influenced by these fabrications, and from one end of the country to the other, their hearts became filled with R a m and Krishna. Books which are replete with fabrications are like tombs that are made to look bright and shiny from outside, but contain nothing within. How is it possible for people to know the truth about these books, while they were born several hundred years later, and made to believe that these books are so holy and pristine as though they have only just descended from heaven. How can they