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misinterpreted through self-will, self interest no doubt, and Bishop Arius was condemned for “heresy”, the one who was right in saying that Jesus was a man like any other. Then we had dark ages and the suppression of knowledge, burning of books and so on. Today we can go into churches up and down the land and find devoted congregations (I was in one at Easter in the heart of the country and the congregation was of such nature that it could have been set there a thousand years ago) having the same age old beliefs. What is truth? asked Pilate. Indeed we still do not know the truth of a spiritual world, there is no proof, save what we know through inspired persons; and there would be no Faith if we possessed proof. Jesus tried to prove it by his actions. Mankind has made him fail by making him God, so we have churches split by schisms. Where is the man today who will admit to believing in Angels, Demons and Spirits? (For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection nor angel nor spirit but the Pharisees acknowledge them all (Acts 23:8). Mirza Ghulam Ahmad cut through all this prejudice with his insight. A man of the highest courage, he must deserve the highest praise. In 1899 it was not so easy to put your ideas forward in the face of the British Raj and the full might of Victorian Christian dogma, when nowadays the famous author John Allegro can write a book in which he concludes that Jesus and his disciples were all under the influence of the mushroom drug. (Certainly one could be justified in thinking this of the story of the temptation of Jesus by Satan, when he took him to the top of the mountain). Ahmad was another tremendous personality in the illustrious line of prophets. God does not suffer those who love Him to come to naught, he said. For all the Apostles I am but a servant, like 155