Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 61
61 less deaths before. It also necessitates that, like the Par- meshwar of the Hindus, His attributes must have been suspended. Just think! Can God be so humble and weak that He should be unable to do any good for His creation without first committing suicide? Can such weakness and helplessness befit the Almighty God? What was the result of the death of the Christian god? Nothing. Their god died, but Satan and his workshop remained unaffected. The same Satan and his friends are present today as they were before. The same crimes—theft, robbery, adultery, murder, fraud, drinking, 52 gambling, world-worship, infidelity, unbelief, polytheism, atheism, and countless other sins—which had existed before the crucifixion of the Messiah, exist to this day with the same, nay, greater intensity. 52 According to recent newspaper reports, the British Empire spends 130,060,000 pounds in the production and consumption of alcohol. One correspondent, M. A. , writes that alcohol is responsible for hundreds of suicides in London alone. Among the 3,000,000 inhabitants of the city, there are hardly ten thousand who are not habitual drinkers. Otherwise, all men and women indulge freely in drinking and toasting. There is no party or social gathering in which brandy, sherry and red wine are not the first to be served. Wine is considered the main feature of every occasion. Amazingly enough, prominent clergymen of London, though they call themselves virtuous, are themselves first-rate drinkers. [The correspondent writes that] in all such gatherings where I happened to go, with the introduction of my friend Mr. Nichollette, I invariably met some young reverends and priests as well. Drinking is not considered a vice, and drinking in public is so common that, while going around London, I saw a number of drunk people staggering along with a bottle of wine in their hands. Similarly, women were also seen walking Contd…