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posing and denying each other, form a correct conclusion?
Or can one try to find out the truth? The charge is ex-
ceedingly grave and serious, because the persons concerned
are not ordinary mortals like ourselves, but two Prophets
who were both created in the womb by the Spirit and born
miraculously - one had no father, while the parents of the
other were sterile and an impotent nonagenarian couple.
The gravity of the charge is even more serious when we come
to consider the nature of the documents in which these con-
tradictory statements are written. The narrators are the
Evangelists, persons alleged to be inspired by the Holy Spirit,
and the record believed to be a revelation! Yet there is a
lie, a false statement, or a forgery somewhere. Elijah (or
Elias) is said to come before "that Prophet" (Mal. iv. 5, 6);
Jesus says, "John is Elijah"; John says, "I am not Elijah",
and it is the sacred Scripture of the Christians which makes
both these affirmative and negative statements!
Or can one try to find out the truth? The charge is ex-
ceedingly grave and serious, because the persons concerned
are not ordinary mortals like ourselves, but two Prophets
who were both created in the womb by the Spirit and born
miraculously - one had no father, while the parents of the
other were sterile and an impotent nonagenarian couple.
The gravity of the charge is even more serious when we come
to consider the nature of the documents in which these con-
tradictory statements are written. The narrators are the
Evangelists, persons alleged to be inspired by the Holy Spirit,
and the record believed to be a revelation! Yet there is a
lie, a false statement, or a forgery somewhere. Elijah (or
Elias) is said to come before "that Prophet" (Mal. iv. 5, 6);
Jesus says, "John is Elijah"; John says, "I am not Elijah",
and it is the sacred Scripture of the Christians which makes
both these affirmative and negative statements!