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It is worth noting that the intercession of any good person
for others is limited to those who followed his prophet and
those who accepted the suceeding prophet, but not for those
who followed his prophet then rejected the suceeding prophet.

(e) The belief in intercessors emanates from the

belief in sacrifices, burnt offerings, priesthood, and a
massive edifice of superstition. This belief leads men into
the worship of sepulchers and images of saints and martyrs;
it helps to increase the influence and domination of the
priest and monk; it keeps the people ignorant in the things
divine; a dense cloud of the intermediary dead cover the
spiritual atmosphere between God and the spirit of man.

Then this belief prompts men who, for the pretended glory
of God and the conversion of the people belonging to a

different religion than theirs, raise immense sums of money,