...despite our faults God does indeed wish for us to achieve salvation through Him, otherwise Christ would not have been sent to us.
You are saying he gave us the tendencies to sin (powerful enough to overcome reason) and then gives us a book telling us to repress these god-given tendencies or we burn in hell.
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Not 99 specifically. God can be called by any name in Islam as long as its beautiful and does not form an image in the mind. E.g. All Merciful, All Loving, etc.
Let me give another example here (Zakir Naik's): Some Christians say to describe the trinity that water is still water, whether its water vapour in the gas form, water in the liquid form, or ice in the solid form. The formula remains the same. This is like the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
However, the properties of H20 (Water) remains the same throughout all three processes. It does not 'change' the formula of the water. It remains H20.
If we put this into perspective, we can see that God, Human and 'bird' [excuse my lack of vocabulary] do not have the same properties, functions etc, when they are known to be as one.
God not only gives us freewill, but the tendencies to SIN. Why?
AhLÄÄM;901544 said::salamext:
Lol! I wonder why you want to defend Christianity Gator, when you are an atheist?
Actually, it makes more sense if the people that rape, steal, etc. get their punishment for what they did.
E.g. if a person rapes someone, and declares his faith in Jesus tomorrow, he will be forgiven? He will attain salvation? How is that fair?
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Proof that Jesus is not God is found in the bible itself...
Mathew 11:25
"At that time Jesus answered and said, 'I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and has revealed them unto babes.'"
Mathew 14:23
"And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray..."
If Jesus is God or part of God then why did he pray? In fact, prayer is always from a submitting, needy and dependent one for the Mercy of Almighty Allah as mentioned in the Qur'an:
"O mankind! it is you who stand in need of Allah but Allah is Rich (Free of all wants and needs), Worthy of all praise" (V.35:15)
mATTHEW 19:16-17-
"And behold, one came and said unto him, 'Good master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?' And he said unto him, 'Why callest thou me good? (There is) none good but one, (i.e.) God, but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.'"
In the above verses we note this acknowledgement of his submissiveness to God.
Matthew 21:45-46
"And when the chief priests and pharisees had heard his parable, they perceived that he spoke of them. But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude because they took him for a Prophet."
Here it is proved that all those who believed in Jesus during his lifetime did not believe in him being God or the Son of God or one in the doctrine of Trinity; but they believed in him as being a Prophet only.
Correct me if i'm wrong..
Let me add this to the discussion.
Some prerequisites first.
1. The holy Qur'an is prophet Mohammad's miracle. As we all know he was illiterate and bringing a book like the holy Qur'an is an impossible task for even the most intelligent literate man.
2. As said by the prophets before prophet Mohammad he will be the last prophet, also, as said in the Qur'an and many occasions by prophet Mohammad himself.
3. Based on many historical reasons we know there haven't been any changes made in the holy Qur'an, so it is exactly the Qur'an that was revealed to the prophet. Some historical reasons include the Arab people's love for the it which resulted in them memorising it, writing it, etc... And since it was a holy book they preserved it well. The holy Qur'an was revealed in small pieces, two, three verses and the prophet would memorise those, recite it, and his followers would write it. Also, as Allah says in the Qur'an, he will protect it himself. These are just a couple of the basic reasons, there are many other proofs of the this and the statements before.
Now that we have the basic facts that the holy Qur'an is from Allah, and has not been changed, we take a look at surah Al-Ikhlas:
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Tell them Mohammad that Allah is "AHAD". ahad here is a key word, with this interpertation: ahad means the one where it has no second. For example you could have a "first, second, third, etc . . .", however ahad means "the one" which has no second. It's second is also itself which mean it's the one.
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Allah is "SAMAD". Samad means something that has no color, no place, no amount, no weight, it's neither here or there, it's everywhere, it cannot be seen, has no shape, time and dimension are not defined for it, etc . . .
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He hasn't given birth to anyone, nor was he given birth to. Pretty clear what it means.
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He has no equal or partner.
Now, if God himself says he hasn't been born, and hasn't given birth to anyone:
1. Jesus cannot be God > Jesus was born from the virgin Mary. Hint: given birth to < not God!
2. God is not Jesus' father > God hasn't given birth to anyone
Christ didn't come to Earth to "learn how human beings suffered", He came down to be one of them, to redeem mankind in the eyes of God, and to suffer for their transgressions, thereby allowing a path to salvation. The ultimate act of atonement.
one thing i can't understand is why did God find this necessary - the atonement? couldn't he just forgive people if they repented without this sacrifice thing?
Everyone is responsible for what they do, why should Jesus suffer for other people's actions?:uuh:
Prophets are sent to guide us, not to suffer for us. Anyway, I don't know much about Christianity, I proved Jesus is not God nor his son based on my knowledge. How can you defy that?
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