<TITLE>04. Par 6-6</TITLE>L-6 He said, "When I got to studying," said, "I studied the book of Mohammed. I studied Buddha. I studied all this and the--the Confucius, the philosopher, and so forth." And said, "All those Buddha's, they have every one have on virgin births." Said, "Mohammed's, all--all them down through the line have to have virgin births, and everything." Said, "The whole thing, I got all muddled up," and said, "I just throwed the thing away," and said, "there's nothing to it. And I'm a perfect agnostic."
I wasn't feeling very good then. I wanted to come back and see him again. I thought, "Lord, I'm... My wits are not sharp enough now for that guy. But You let me slip out somewhere and sharpen up a little bit. I will come back."
So I went out, prayed. After while I met him again. He said, "Well, how do you do, Reverend Branham?"
I said, "How do you do." He was a little kinder to me then.
I said... He said, "Say," he said, "what do you think about those tribes down in Africa? What do you think of them?" Said, "Don't you think they're very progressive, getting progressive."
I said, "Yes."
"And what is that great big burly type?"
I said, "That's the Zulu."
"Oh, yes, that's right. That's what it is. I've studied a lot about them."
I said, "Yes, sir." And I prayed...?... I said, "Now, Lord, if I meet him again, You let him name religion to me." Don't never push yourself on anybody. See? Let them ask you. If they're interested, they'll ask you. So I said, "Now, let me--let me see what he says." Well, we went on for a little bit.
And the first thing you know, why, he said; he said, "Well, don't you think they're more progressive?"
I said, "Yes, I believe the Zulus are a little more progressive." I said, "They're..."
He said, "They're big burly fellows."
"Yes." And we talked. An right there in his office, he stepped outside of his office to talk me, or out in his main office, where many people setting around to listen at the conversation. And he said, I thought, "Now, Lord, now I'm just waiting for You to give me that 'go' sign, there to--to talk about religion."
He said, "Well, I tell you," he said, "I will tell think the smartest man that ever lived was Mahatma Gandhi."
"Well," I said, "every fellow to his opinion." but I said, "I--I--I... Mahatma Gandhi was all right." I said, "I have a chance to meet his--his son there at Durban, if I wished."


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