The Opponents from the Protestant Circles

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The Opponents from the Protestant Circles

Protestant circles criticised Dunov even more vehemently. Evangelist preachers would not forgive his free interpretations of the Scriptures. They expected him to join them and walk the trodden path that Christian preachers had been following for 2000 years. They often asked him: "Are you a Christian? Do you believe in Jesus Christ?" "I do, but today more is requested from man: to learn what Christ brought to him. To put the primer down and take the reader. Once he is done with the reader, he must take the grammar book, the arithmetic, physics and chemistry textbooks. Man must develop his mind and will and learn the ultimate meaning of life. Man's life must be beautiful and good, in appearance as well as in essence, as Christ said 2000 years ago: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."

Deunov's lectures were always attended by Evangelist preachers. They had a lot to learn from the holder of a doctoral degree in theology who had walked a long path of Christian growth. Sometimes, during the lectures, Dunov could sense the thoughts of his opponents. They blamed him for deviating from the Scriptures. Loving truth as it was, he would answer them immediately: "Now someone would argue that everything we say must be contained in the Scriptures. When we discuss the great truth that builds a human life, the ways in which we can phrase our thoughts are countless. Humanity has outgrown many modern religions, they are incompatible with the development of the human soul and do not meet the current needs of the human heart and mind. However, religious people believe and wish to persuade us that religious forms tolerate no change. This is not true. Only God is unchangeable, everything else in the world changes. This is a great truth!" "Man's salvation is not his main purpose in life. His main purpose is his perfection."