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 preventing them from an attitude of perfect frankness toward the facts in the case. Their attitude is one of negation. Man cannot be God: therefore Jesus is not God. His Divinity is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.

But permit me to call their attention to the fact that they admit by implication the substantial correctness of the Bible accounts of Jesus, for, as we have already indicated, they have no other basis upon which to form their judgments. If the Bible accounts are gross exaggerations or myths, they should not serve as foundations upon which to establish conclusions so important and substantial. Thus we claim that whether they intend it or not, all who admit that Jesus is unique in being the world's greatest teacher or in being its highest exemplar of ideal living admit the authenticity of the Bible, since their opinion is a conviction based necessarily upon their assumption of the essential correctness of the Bible story.

If Jesus is not as the Bible represents him, we know nothing about him—our opinion in the matter is mere guesswork. If our opinion of his teachings and character is favorable, it is because of his words and portrait as given in the