Table of Contents
I) FOREWORD.......................................... .................................................. .....................7
II) PREFACE........................................... .................................................. .......................9
III) INTRODUCTION...................................... .................................................. ............11
SECTION 1 -- MONOTHEISM........................................ ............................................16
1.A.) JUDAISM........................................... .................................................. ..........................................17
1.B.) CHRISTIANITY...................................... .................................................. ....................................19
1.C.1.) ISLAM – PART 1................................................. .................................................. .....................24
1.C.2.) ISLAM – PART 2................................................. .................................................. .....................28
SECTION 2 -- GOD............................................... .................................................. .......36
2.A.) UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACHING GOD............................................... .....................37
2.A.1.) GOD’S NAME.............................................. .................................................. ..........................37
2.A.2.) GOD’S NAME AND THE ROYAL PLURAL............................................ ................................42
2.A.3.) UNDERSTANDING OF GOD............................................... .................................................. .44
2.B.) DOCTRINAL DIFFERENCES....................................... .................................................. ...........47
2.B.1.) CHRIST JESUS............................................. .................................................. ..........................53
2.B.2.) WORD OF GOD............................................... .................................................. ......................55
2.B.3.) MESSIAH (CHRIST).......................................... .................................................. .....................57
2.B.4.) IMMACULATE CONCEPTION........................................ .................................................. .....61
2.B.5.) JESUS BEGOTTEN?......................................... .................................................. .....................62
2.B.6.) CHRIST JESUS -- SON OF GOD?.............................................. .............................................67
2.B.7.) THE TRINITY........................................... .................................................. ..............................83
2.B.8) DIVINITY OF JESUS?............................................ .................................................. .................97
2.B.9.) HOLY SPIRIT............................................ .................................................. ...........................121
2.B.10.) CRUCIFIXION....................................... .................................................. ............................128
2.B.11.) LAMB OF GOD............................................... .................................................. ...................140
2.B.12.) ORIGINAL SIN............................................... .................................................. ....................142
2.B.13.) ATONEMENT......................................... .................................................. ............................144
2.B.14.) RETURN OF JESUS............................................. .................................................. ..............149
SECTION 3 -- BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE.....ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
3.A.) THE OLD TESTAMENT......................................... ..................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
3.B.) THE NEW TESTAMENT......................................... ..................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
3.C.) THE HOLY QUR’AN.......................................... .......................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
3.C.1.) BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HOLY QUR’AN................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.C.2.) EVIDENCES -- INTRODUCTION...................................... ........Error! Bookmark not defined.
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3.C.4.) EVIDENCE 2 -- THE LANGUAGE OF THE QUR’AN...............Error! Bookmark not defined.
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3.C.6.) EVIDENCE 4 -- RELATION OF REVELATION TO CONTEMPORANEOUS EVENTS...Error!
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3.C.8.) EVIDENCE 6 -- REVELATION OF THE UNKNOWN (i.e., THAT WHICH WAS BEYOND
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3.C.9.) SUMMARY OF EVIDENCES......................................... .............Error! Bookmark not defined.
SECTION 4 -- MESSENGERS.......................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
4.A.) ADAM TO MOSES............................................. ........................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
4.B.) MOSES............................................. ............................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
4.C.) CHRIST JESUS............................................. ..............................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
4.D.) MUHAMMAD.......................................... ...................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
4.D.1. – PREDICTIONS IN PREVIOUS SCRIPTURE............................Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.D.2. – MIRACULOUS SIGNS............................................. .................Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.D.3. – MIRACLES PERFORMED......................................... ...............Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.D.4. – CHARACTER......................................... ....................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.D.5. – PERSISTENCE....................................... ...................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.D.6. – STEADFASTNESS..................................... ................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.D.7. – LACK OF DISQUALIFIERS..................................... ................Error! Bookmark not defined.
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SECTION 5 – THE UNSEEN.........................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
5.A.) ANGELS............................................ ...........................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
5.B.) DAY OF JUDGEMENT......................................... .....................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
5.C.) DIVINE DECREE............................................ ...........................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
SECTION 6 – CONCLUSIONS.....................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
6.A.) THE DEVIANT RELIGION.......................................... ............ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY...................................... ......ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
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