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will perhaps arouse doubts in their minds which will shake
their belief. Once these doubts are aroused it will not be possible
to remedy their shaken belief.
As to the layman who believes in a certain innovation, he should
be called back to the truth with kindness and tact and not
with fanaticism, with soft words which are convincing to
the soul and effective in the heart, words similar to those
of the arguments of the Koran and the prophetic quotations,
mixed with a little admonition and warning. This is much better
than debate along the line set down by the scholastic theologians.
This is because the layman, when he hears such arguments,
thinks that they are a kind of technique in disputation
their belief. Once these doubts are aroused it will not be possible
to remedy their shaken belief.
As to the layman who believes in a certain innovation, he should
be called back to the truth with kindness and tact and not
with fanaticism, with soft words which are convincing to
the soul and effective in the heart, words similar to those
of the arguments of the Koran and the prophetic quotations,
mixed with a little admonition and warning. This is much better
than debate along the line set down by the scholastic theologians.
This is because the layman, when he hears such arguments,
thinks that they are a kind of technique in disputation