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INTRODUCTION
physics. He does not fail to remark that the Bible passages discussed by him are selected simply by way of illustration and that, strictly speaking, not a single passage in that scripture is logically free from flaws.
Chapter 3
In Chapter 3 the author states that genuine scriptures relating to God or deriving their origin from God are generally pregnant with deep sense and hence incomprehensible to human intellect in their entirety. The Hindu scriptures (viz. the Śrutis, the Smṛtis, the Puranas, the Darsanas, etc.) are of the same type and one should not indulge in finding fault with them, for, human reason in itself is quite incompetent to judge them. One must view with faith alone the myths recorded and the rites prescribed therein and must not question their merit, propriety or authenticity. It is not possible for a layman to discern exactly the Almighty's object behind performing some mysterious feat or promulgating a particular religious code with a view to human welfare. In the case of the Bible, too, the charge of improbability can be levied against several myths. e. g. the dialogue between Eve and the serpent1; mutual inconsistency is found in several passages, e. g. narrations of various genealogies, etc.; unscientific treatment is met with at many places, e. g. attribution of the feature of revolution or rotation to the Sun', etc. The reason why the dubious passages are not so numerous in the Bible as in the Purāņas is that its bulk as also its number of myths is extremely small. All the divine
1. Genesis 3.
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Vide the author's own note on III. 6
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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