Muslim Knight, to say "produce proof" is rather pointless in this type of subjective discourse. It becomes a study in probabilities after the fact.
You can’t offer “proof” nor can I.
I can however offer this hurdle:
Which is harder to do, write a book based on more than 44 different authors and have it fit together, or to have a book based on a single author?
I would say the Christian Bible has met the higher hurdle.
Offer me an argument that an un-biased person would accept in favor of Islam over the Mormon faith. Both faiths rest’s on the revelations of a single man. Both faiths must find some way of disagreeing with earlier biblical teachings. Neither one has a single tangible proof.
So if you request proof, then offer logical convincing proof in favor of Islam over Mormonism.
Ansar Al-‘Adl, I read that thread as it was being posted, it suffered the same fault as Muslim Knight, along with many Christian arguments, proof is in the eye of the beholder.
Ansar Al-‘Adl the closest comparable biblical occurrence you will find is when Jesus/God turned Moses’ sister leprous for disrespecting Moses. There is much difference between what you and I discussed on the other thread though.
Abdullah for Ever, quoting the Qur’an isn’t proof for anyone other than a Muslim.
As has already been shown by me on another thread, the old saw about all differences being due to the bible being corrupted just doesn’t stand up to reason.
Muslim Soldier, Jesus’ biblical teachings grant Nicola’s salvation. Now if you were to discuss “once saved always saved” that would be different topic.
Jesus forgave/absolved sins during his time on earth, what other “just a prophet” did that?
Did Muhammad do that?
Abd Majid, is all scripture written for all believers for all time? At Paul’s time drinking poison or being bitten by poisonous snakes wasn’t harmful to God’s messengers. According to scripture, after that came the time for the “Love to grow cold”. We are in that time now.
Fi_Sabilillah, salvation is first by faith, no two ways about it. Faith without works for the mature Christian is no faith at all. The point doesn’t refute anything Nicola has posted. It simply means the subject is a bit deeper than one would assume at first glance.
Muslim Knight, show me a scanned copy of your ticket signed by God, I have been wondering what they look like.
Snake Legs, your last post to me contained the makings of an interesting discourse, for the time being I will leave it alone and thank you for the information. I wouldn’t want to side track this thread.
Nastain, I like your sub-signature “anti arrogant”. I could probably use some lessons in that.
As to the body of your post; The Gospel of Barnabas must meet the same hurdles as any other supposed writings revealed by God.
They MUST agree or some how fulfill earlier scripture. The gospel you speak of fails.
Muslim Soldier, Jesus said that if you deny him, he will deny you. One of the things according to that same source is that Jesus the man was the Son of God on Earth, deny that and you deny Jesus.
If you can’t accept that Jesus, the man, was God’s son in the flesh (Never mind that Jesus the man was/is God), even though there is Old Testament scripture supporting it, it doesn’t leave us a lot of common ground to work from.
Muslim Soldier, as an aside, what logical credible, argument can you offer to show that the copy of Barnabas’ gospel the world has access to has not suffered any altering?
Abd’ Majid, I understand your post least of all.
If I have understood the teachings of Islam from what I have read on this site is that Muhammad fulfilled the exact role you indicate you don’t understand.
If I have understood things correctly, Muhammad came about to scare people back into the straight and narrow way.
As an aside, why couldn’t a divine being choose different approaches when dealing with different people and differing times?
Is it against the rules or something?
Muslim Knight, according to the teachings of Jesus, the lawful excuses/reasons for divorce is adultery only, he didn’t institute a half measure.
Jesus never condemned anyone for drinking wine, only for being a drunkard. Jesus went further and commanded a tradition to be carried out after his earthly time that involved breaking bread and drinking wine.
Muslim Knight, exactly who was the apostle that saw the vision of the sheet being let down from heaven?
Ansar Al-‘Adl, what man in the Old Testament was the word “blaspheme” associated with? Where is the word “Blaspheme” used in regard to man insulting man?
I know the argument you are trying to have here, but there is already a thread started on a different section of this site dealing with that, so I won’t side track this thread with that argument.
Fi_Sabilillah, I would suggest that your post number 78 is an argument used against Islam often, what is your response to those nay sayers?
Why wouldn’t your answer to those nay sayers, not be an equally good answer for Nicola, to give in response to what you posted?
Fi_Sabilillah, Jesus bestowed upon his apostles the right to loosen and bind things in Heaven, that is why I can, without sin, eat pork yet a Jewish person can’t.
Muslim Soldier, the teachings of the trinity is a simple result of man trying to understand a complex subject. I have posted a riddle on this site, I have yet to have it answered.
http://www.islamicboard.com/compara...st-someone-if-you-already-knew-results-6.html
When you say Jesus didn’t come to change man’s understanding of what God finds pleasing, is to a degree misleading.
Snake Legs, your post raises some interesting questions, I think they are deserving of a thread of their own, don’t you?
If you will start a thread on the subject of “What about the salvation of those who never heard”? I will offer what ever input I can, for what ever it is worth.
Thanks
Nimrod