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shall examine the doctrine still further to lay bare the error of theology.
The theologian, with his notions of an anthropomorphic Architect of the world, thinks that souls are made by God to inhabit the dwellings of flesh which he also makes for them. This amounts to saying that each and every soul is created there and then to inhabit an organism as it is made, so that it is in no way responsible for its being, condition and environment, having had no manner of 'hand' in their designing and making. Thus, if a soul is born ignorant, it is not its fault; for it was so created by its God. But the question is : why should an Omnipotent Creator create ignorant souls and then be constantly sending down prophets and saviours for their enlightenment, and suffer contradictory doctrines to be circulated amongst them, so that, ordinarily, it should be well nigh impossible to know the truth? This is by no means all, for the crowning act of this comedy of errors, we are told, will take place on the Judgment Day, when the same Just and Omnipotent God will sit in Judgment to judicially determine and pronounce upon the errors and shortcomings of men, and will punish or reward them according to their deeds ; and lo! the rewards and punishments shall be eternal. It would further seem that the plea of ignorance would not be allowed, so that a soul could not plead that the understanding which it had received failed to prove to its satisfaction that the teaching of Mahomed, the Prophet, was entitled to greater credence than the doctrine of Christ, the Son, or vice versa. And what of him wha dies in his mother's womb ? Alas! even he must appear
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