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CONFLUENCE OF OPPOSITES 287 presumed to have foreseen that the disguising of the basic principles of truth in mythological masks would make the Mahomedan, the Jew, the Christian, the Hindu and all others fly at one another's throat, so that be must be accused of having deliberately planned the pillage, vandalism and carnage that have been wrought in the world in the name of religion and god. I am sure no theist will be willing to attribute to his god all this.
The true characteristics of the Word of an Omnis. cient Teacher are given in the Ratna Karanda Srava-, kacharn as follows: (1) It proceeds from a Tirthamkara, of whom
there are only 24 in each cycle of time (of
countless millions of years); (2) It cannot be over-ridden in disputation; (3) It cannot be falsified by perception, inference
or testimony; (4) It reveals the nature of things as they exist; (5) It is helpful to all souls-human beings,
animals, and all others; and (6) It is potent enough to destroy all forms of
falsehood. The creed of Mercy and Truth (science) enunciated by omniscient lips' is the true Word of God; for mercy (and not sacrifice) is helpful to all, and scientific truth is alone endowed with the other qualifications enume. rated under heads two to six. And the absolute accuracy
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