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Everybody's Choice
NO ONE FOLLOWS JESUS (PBUH)
Jesus (pbuh) said,
"If you love me, keep my commandments"
{John 14:15}
He said further,
Whosoever therefore shall break one of
these least commandments, and shell
teach men so, he shell be called the
least in the kingdom of heaven ..."
{HOLY BIBLE - Matthew 5:19}
Every christian controversialist you question, "Do you keep the law and
the commandments?" will answer, "No!" if you ask further, "why
don't you?" he will if he is a Bible-thumper, invariably reply, "the
law is nailed to the cross!" meaning the is done away with. "We
are now living under grace!"
Every time you prod him with what his Lord and Master Jesus (pbuh) had
said, he will confront you with something from Corinthians, Galatians,
Ephesians, Philippians, etc. If you ask "who are they?" You will
hear, "Paul, Paul, Paul !" "Who is you master? you question, and he will
say, "Jesus!" But he will over and anon contridicts his own Jesus (pbuh)
by his paul !
No learned Christian will ever dispute the fact that the real founder
of Christianity is St. Paul. Therefore, Michael H. Hart to be fair, had
to place Jesus (pbuh), in slot number three.
WHY PROVOKE YOUR CUSTOMER?
This placing of Christ in the number three spot by Michael H. Hart poses
a very serious question for us. Why would an American publish a book of
572 pages in America and selling in America for $15 each, go out of his
way to provoke his potential readers?
Who will buy his book? Surely, not the Pakistanis and the Bangladeshis,
nither the Arabs not the Turks! Except for a few copies here and there,
the overwhelming number of his customers will be from the 250 million
Christians and the 6 million Jews of America. Then why did he provoke
his customers? Did he not hear the dictum - "the customer is always
right!" Of course he did. Then why his daring choice. But before i
close this episode of Hart, I will allow him to make his one last apology
for his "temerity".
"MY CHOICE OF MUHAMMAD TO LEAD THE LIST OF THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL
PERSONS MAY SURPRISE SOME READERS AND MAY BE QUESTIONED BY OTHERS, BUT
HE WAS THE ONLY MAN IN HISTORY WHO WAS SUPREMELY SUCCESSFUL ON BOTH
THE RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR LEVEL."
{Michael H. Hart - "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Person
in History", New York: Hart publishing Company, Inc., 1978, p.33.}
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