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can never be free because he is weak corrupt worthless and restless. The GI says that by

giving them freedom ….. you showed that you didnt love them at all. The Gi says that you

desired there free love, that they should follow you freely. But because you only gave

yourself as a guide. they rejected you and your image. So instead of saving them you left

them in more confusion and suffering. By doing so you layed down the foundation for the

destruction of your own kingdom. (pg28)

The Gi then goes on to deescribe the three powers in which the CLF had at his

disposal to use in order bring people into his kingdom . Miracle, mystery, and authority

are the three powers he chose not to use. When he was tempted to jump off the building

and have angels come down nd catch him from heaven he refused saying that one should

not test the Lord.The Gi then says what if it were man that were placed in the same

situation would they have done the same? Of course not the would have jumped. Because

man does not seek so much God as he does the miraculous. Mystery falls into place when

he describes why people follow the CLF its becaue of mystery something that they don’t

know that is why they follow. The Gi goes onto say that they have corrected his work by

founding it on miracle, mystery and authority. and men rejoiced because they were again

led like sheep and the burden of freedom that caused them so much suffering was lifted

from there hearts.(pg.30)

The Gi then goes on to speak of how better off man will be for completely

submitting. How they cant be truly happy until they do. He talks about what life would be

like once totally submissed, “we shall allow or forbid them to live with there wives”,

“Peacefully they will die,peacefully they will expire in your name, and beyond the grave

they will find noting but death”.(pg.33) He says that one day you will return with your

choosen , the pround and the strong. But he will say that you have only saved yourselves

but we have saved all.(pg.33)

In the end a basic question arises ….Freedom or happiness?

In the last chapter of “The Grand Inquisitor” we meet father Zossima, who is a

Russian monk. Father Zossima pleads for a unitary brotherhood of man. He says that the

salvation of Russia comes from the people(pg.70). He also says that men should love as