Is it not a matter of shame that the very foundation of his creed is the belief that the Lord of the heavens and the earth—exalted is He—climbed down from the throne of His majesty, entered the womb of a woman who eats, drinks, urinates, defecates, and menstruates; became attached to her belly and remained there for nine months, floundering between filth, urine, and menstrual blood (1); then emerged into swaddling cloths and a cradle, and whenever he cried his mother put her breast in his mouth; that he then went off to a schoolroom among other children; and that in the end the Jews slapped his cheeks, struck the back of his head, spat in his face, set a crown of thorns upon his head and placed a reed in his hand—all in mockery of him and violation of his sanctity?!

After that they led him to a contrivance reserved for affliction, fastened him to it, bound him with ropes, and drove nails through his hands and feet, while he screamed, wept, and pleaded for relief from the scorching iron and the agony of crucifixion—this, they say, being the very One who created the heavens and the earth and apportioned provisions and lifespans.

Yet, according to them, His wisdom and mercy required that He empower His enemies over Himself so they might do to Him what they did, thereby earning their punishment and imprisonment in Hell (2); and that He would ransom His prophets, messengers, and saints with His own self (3), bringing them out of Satan’s prison—for, in their view, the spirits of Adam, Abraham, Noah, and all the other prophets were held in Satan’s prison within the Fire until He freed them by allowing His enemies to crucify Him!!!

And what do they say about “Mary”? They maintain that she is the mother of the Messiah, the son of God, in