"MEN OF GOD"
Sir,-Six religious plays entitled Men of God are being presented over the air. They deal with Elijah, Amos, Isaiah, Hosea, Jeremiah, and John the Baptist. One of the big objections to these religious plays is that they are presented as truth, and the lives of real men. Of the six heroes selectéd probably only Amos and Hosea are real persons. Elijah certainly never existed, but is simply an imaginary popular hero, and just as real as Jack the Giant Killer of our children’s story fame. The wonderful doings and miracles credited to him are enough to condemn him, apart from other sources of proof, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and John the Baptist are at least doubtful persons. If John the Baptist was only a few months older than Jesus, ‘how did he manage to escape the decree of King Herod, who killed all the children from two years old ‘and under? More likely he was 32 years older than Jesus, and was a revolutionary before Jesus was born. When the New Testament account was written, the chief object was to appease the Romans, and so Tohn the Baptist’s character was changed
accordingly
ARGOSY
(Te Awamutu).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 435, 24 October 1947, Page 5
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196"MEN OF GOD" New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 435, 24 October 1947, Page 5
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