"ASTONISHING STATEMENT"
Sir,-In your issue for October 11, G. Kemble Welch makes the astonishing statement that Socrates, Plato, and Buddha did not believe the "dogmas" of the Christian Church. This is a miscalculation of only four to five centuries. As well argue that because Columbus did not report his discovery by wireless, that wireless is a failure. Socrates was born about 469 B.C., and his disciple Plato in 429 B.C., while Buddha lived in the same century. These "great minds" were great because they sought the truth, but they lived before the Christian revelation.
L. M.
HUNTER-BROWN
(Nelson).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 387, 22 November 1946, Page 7
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98"ASTONISHING STATEMENT" New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 387, 22 November 1946, Page 7
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