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from this circumstance is that, unless there be something to contradict the teaching of an earlier scientific school, either expressly or by necessary implication, the founder of an incomplete later system of theology cannot be said to have denied the truth of any true and philosophically sound doctrine of religion. Applying this test to the Holy Bible and the Qur'an we find that they do not anywhere contradict the truth of re-incarnation.*
The passage from Matthew (XI. 14) leaves no room for doubt about Jesus' acceptance of the doctrine of transmigration of souls ; for it is inconceivable how John the Baptist could be Elias on any other hypothesis This, coupled with those passages, which have already been interpreted by us in the earlier parts of this book, furnishes irrefutable evidence of the fact that re-incarnation was an integral part of the Messianic doctrine. Add to this the statement made in Luke, XX. 36, about the immunity of the Sons of God from death, and the evidence in support of our case is conclusive. The words used by Jesus are : “ Neither can they die
* The text, "whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold” (Genesis IV.15), directly supports the doctrine of transmigration of souls. For it is inconceivable how a person can be killed seven times in revenge for Cain except on the hypothesis of re-incarnation, The precise sense of this passage is not at all difficult to grasp if we recall to mind what was said about Cain in the chapter on the "Fall", 1t simply means that having arrived at the stage when he can form an opinion about the nature of intellect, whosoever is foolish enough to throttle its voice shall have to undergo many re-births before he gets another opportunity of electing for himself whether he will be guided by it or not.
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