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baptized Christian. If it were God, then how dare the
devil approach, tempt, and seduce the hallowed or rather
defied man? Besides, what is more serious is how can the
devil chase away the Holy Ghost and settle himself in the
heart of a baptized heretic or atheist? On the other hand,
if the Holy Spirit means the Archangel Gabriel or some
other angel, then the Christian Churches roam in a desert
of superstition; for an angel is not Omni-present. If this
Spirit that purifies and fills a baptized Christian is God
Himself, for such is their belief in the Third Person of
the Trinity, then all the baptized Christians ought to claim
themselves divine or deified.

Then there is a Protestant conception of the Holy
Spirit, which (or who [1] ) fills the hearts of those who, at
the highest excitement and ecstasy during an inflammatory
sermon of an ignorant or learned haranguer, believe
themselves to become “new-born”; yet many among them
slide back and become what they were before, rogues and
swindlers!

Now before I come to explain, according to my humble
understanding, the spiritual and fiery baptism, I wish to
admit and confess that there are many pious and God-
fearing persons among the Jews and the Christians. For
however their religious views and beliefs may differ from
ours, they love God and do good in His name. We cannot
comprehend and determine the dealings of God with the
peoples of different religions. The Christian conception of
the Deity is only an erroneous definition of the true God in
whom they believe and love. If they extol Jesus (pbuh) and
deify him, it is not that they wish to dishonour God, but
because they see His beauty in that Ruh-Allah(the “Spirit
of God,” i.e. Jesus (pbuh) . They certainly cannot appreciate

[1] The Holy Spirit, in all the Christian literature of diverse languages, has not a
fixed gender. He, she, it are all commonly used as the personal pronouns for the
Holy Ghost. (the author).