Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 124
? 124 innocent, ‘very God and very man’: who truly suffered, died and was buried to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original but also for all actual sins of men. 1 Before I make any remark on this doctrine I should like to make it clear to Christian readers that I have no intention or wish whatsoever to injure the feelings of my fellow beings. The sole object for which I have taken the trouble of compiling this book- let is to put before them, for their consideration the Islamic point of view concerning crucifixion, resurrection and redemption, so that the gulf of differences in our beliefs may be bridged and we become one spiritually as we are one physically. I give below my remarks which show the incomprehensibility of the doctrine of redemption. 1. The Redemption theory is found on the supposition that all the inhabitants of the globe are descendants of Adam and Eve who existed six thousand years ago, or earlier. Modern science has proved that mankind is much older than the biblical Adam and Eve, 2 verses 14–17 of the fourth chapter of Genesis also indicate that there were men living in parts of the earth other than the residence of Adam and Eve, because Cain said, ‘I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth. . . every one that find- eth me shall slay me’. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Then he left the place where his parents lived and ‘dwelt in the land of Nod on the East of 1. The Book of Common Prayer 2. At least see: New discoveries to the Antiquity of man, by Sir Arthur Keith.