ker from continuing his investigation?
Scientists do not hesitate in their research because the result of a new
discovery may be disastrous. They seek the facts regardless of
consequences; they want to know the Truth about the physical world.
Ethicists should have a similar desire concerning the metaphysical
world. They should have confidence that the Supreme Intelligence (as
Edison called it) will lead on to better things.

_The True Jesus_

If Jesus was what his followers believe, no arguments will destroy their
faith in him; but if Jesus was not perfect, according to modern
standards, it is important that his status as God, or man, should be
revised. Loss of confidence in an erring idol is not loss of a true
ideal.

When an iconoclast asserts that Jesus lacked supreme intelligence, the
natural question is, "How do you know that you are right in your
appraisal, 'lest haply ye be found even to fight against God'?" The
answer is that we do not claim omniscience, but merely request everyone
to use his or her own judgment, with intellectual honesty, examining
each act or saying of Jesus without regard to presupposed ideas or
tradition.

_Scriptures Unauthentic_

The consensus of scholarship has rejected the creation of the universe
in six days in 4004 B.C., science having proved the existence of the
world for millions of years. Higher Critics refuse to credit the book of
Genesis, according to the first chapter of which the trees, beasts and
fowls were created before man, but according to the second chapter after
man. It is not assuming too much for the humblest writer to say that
Moses was mistaken concerning many things he described in the
Pentateuch. It follows that if one important portion of the Bible is
untrustworthy, other parts of that same book may not be the infallible
Word of God. The New Testament, as well as the Old, may be examined
critically, and if the gospels contain numerous contradictions, the
statements of the authors on any point, including the life of Jesus, are
open to question. A conscientious person should reach conclusions based
upon the best knowledge obtainable from all sources.

If anyone is convinced that Jesus made mistakes, he is not necessarily
compelled to become an atheist. All other Gods that have been worshipped
by men have been found imperfect. The oft exposed errors of Jehovah do
not prevent Christians and Jews from professing belief in God. Those who
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