cruci(fiction) Deedat vs. Douglas, brilliant-- Must watch!

[B_M]

Really you found his direct quotes from the bible preachy? It is as if none of you have ever read your own book and reflect on its contents!

all the best

No. Both where quoting scripture.

But when did one of these evangelicals directly pose an argument back with Deedat? They were not defending themselves, look at Douglas talking about accepting Christ. What is that? Deedat said Jesus didn't die on the cross, and they couldn't come up with something like I have quoted below, like it's medically impossible. They didn't want to debate but evangelicalize. In a discussion you build off each other, and debate. It was like watching one of Deedat's lectures. Evangelicals are pointless in debates. On top of that, they where boring. Deedat clearly knew this.

 

[B_M]

why would others who weren't themselves god allowed to endure that torture..

Others who weren't themselves?

 

[Predator]

why would God allow somebody else to endure that torture?

And why would God allow Jesus to endure that Torture ? What kind of God would torture his own son unjustly ?

Judas had betrayed Jesus. He was a traitor to Jesus, and he was a traitor to God .Even though Judas knew full well that Jesus was a prophet of God, still, he conspired to kill him and God punishes severely those that betray him and God would punished him by making him look like Jesus. The Romans and Jews, who had long since been conspiring to kill Jesus, killed Judas, who looked like Jesus. , Jesus says "God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus would never have said this if he was the son of God coming down to die for everybody's sin, as Christians believe. No, it was Judas who asked this question.

 

[جوري]

No. Both where quoting scripture.

But when did one of these evangelicals directly pose an argument back with Deedat? They were not defending themselves, look at Douglas talking about accepting Christ. What is that? Deedat said Jesus didn't die on the cross, and they couldn't come up with something like I have quoted below, like it's medically impossible. They didn't want to debate but evangelicalize. In a discussion you build off each other, and debate. It was like watching one of Deedat's lectures. Evangelicals are pointless in debates. On top of that, they where boring. Deedat clearly knew this.

What is medically impossible? I love to hear of those medical marvels -- Deedat took your book and broke it down so that even if you have blinders on, others can listen, superimpose on what is written and draw their own conclusion!

Others who weren't themselves?

? There are several theories on who was crucified, one being a martyr, and the other being Judas himself, whatever or whomever it is, they all make better sense than a god who forsook himself after a night of prayer to himself in the garden of Gethsemane.. and then happened upon his friends to ask them for food..

Doesn't sound very godlike to me, worse yet, how awful is this god to forsake his own self.. what makes you think he'll grant you salvation when he couldn't grant it to his person? Do get back to me when you can work some logic to this conundrum!

all the best

 

[B_M]

And why would God allow Jesus to endure that Torture ? What kind of God would torture his own son unjustly ?

Judas had betrayed Jesus. He was a traitor to Jesus, and he was a traitor to God .Even though Judas knew full well that Jesus was a prophet of God, still, he conspired to kill him and God punishes severely those that betray him and God would punished him by making him look like Jesus. The Romans and Jews, who had long since been conspiring to kill Jesus, killed Judas, who looked like Jesus. , Jesus says "God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus would never have said this if he was the son of God coming down to die for everybody's sin, as Christians believe. No, it was Judas who asked this question.

Asking 'why has thou forsaken me' humanizes him. He was in human form. He's dying horribly, painfully, being unemotional, would not make him human, right? And 'Jesus' commanded a disciple the care of his mother, who would Judas be to tell Mary or another disciple what do to.

 

[B_M]

What is medically impossible? I love to hear of those medical marvels -- Deedat took your book and broke it down so that even if you have blinders on, others can listen, superimpose on what is written and draw their own conclusion!

Death by crucifixion occurred through exhaustion asphyxia - the victim eventually suffocated. The position of the body on the cross left the chest muscles used for breathing in a permanent inhalation position. In order to exhale, the victim would have to actively push his body up against the nails holding his feet to the cross. If Jesus had passed out on the cross, He would have died within 10 minutes by suffocation.

? There are several theories on who was crucified, one being a martyr, and the other being Judas himself, whatever or whomever it is, they all make better sense than a god who forsook himself after a night of prayer to himself in the garden of Gethsemane.. and then happened upon his friends to ask them for food..

Doesn't sound very godlike to me, worse yet, how awful is this god to forsake his own self.. what makes you think he'll grant you salvation when he couldn't grant it to his person? Do get back to me when you can work some logic to this conundrum!

all the best

Jesus himself said he has come to die. Are you saying he is a liar? He was a human. I'm sure he would pray. Who would want to die like that?

 

[جوري]

Jesus himself said he has come to die. Are you saying he is a liar? He was a human. I'm sure he would pray. Who would want to die like that?

I am saying you and your forefathers are liars and hypocrites.. and so he wasn't god is that what you are saying? gods don't pray least of which to themselves and then have a split personality a heckle and jeckel type ..I don't know who would want to die like that, but what kind of god would want to die like that?

btw you still haven't answered what is a medical impossibility?

So funny this endless nonsense!

 

[Predator]

Asking 'why has thou forsaken me' humanizes him. He was in human form. He's dying horribly, painfully, being unemotional, would not make him human, right?

When Abraham was ordered by God to sacrifice his Son ,he never questioned God and went ahead. So why would Jesus question God ?

Is the way Jesus prepares for suicide ??????

Is this the way Jesus prepares for sacrifice ?????

And 'Jesus' commanded a disciple the care of his mother, who would Judas be to tell Mary or another disciple what do to.

In that verse He calls his mother "WOMAN"

When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, 'Woman, behold, your son!' (John 19:26-27).

and that he same manner in which he addresses a prostitute,

". . . WOMAN where are those thine accusers?" (John 8:10)

What kind of person would call his own mother "woman" ?

Jesus himself said he has come to die. Are you saying he is a liar?

Why did Jesus come to die . You would say " because he loves us " . Does that mean the Father does love us as much as the Son does being co-equal with the son ? Why doesnt the Father himself come himself . I dont shove my son in the path of a moving car to save somebody. I would go myself and protect my son. So the whole thing makes no sense

He was a human ?

Humans are mortal.God cant be Mortal and immortal at the same time . Its illogical

I'm sure he would pray ?

God does not pray to God. Its humans that worship God. The Creator does not pray to the Creator nor does he pray to his creation. The creation worships the creator

Who would want to die like that

Correct me if i am wrong but Jesus according to you is God . So, are you trying to say "God died " ?That would be blasphemy ! Because if God died,then WHO WOULD RUN THE WORLD ?

 

[B_M]

In Jesus's own words: I and my Father are one.

Philip says: Lord, show us the Father.

Jesus says: Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, 'Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?' And Jesus said, 'I am'.



So either he is what he says he is, or a liar. And Jesus being only a prophet, what would be the purpose of a Virgin Birth?

 

[B_M]

btw you still haven't answered what is a medical impossibility?

In reference to the topic... Deedat claims Jesus is still alive in the tomb and timing is too far off for him to supposedly die on the cross. Seeing Douglas doesn't come up with arguments.. I'm sayin', from what I read medical impossible. Mortal, immortal, whatever, Jesus was man.

Death by crucifixion occurred through exhaustion asphyxia - the victim eventually suffocated. The position of the body on the cross left the chest muscles used for breathing in a permanent inhalation position. In order to exhale, the victim would have to actively push his body up against the nails holding his feet to the cross. If Jesus had passed out on the cross, He would have died within 10 minutes by suffocation.

en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Crucifixion_of_Jesus also talks of it.



Anyways from what I can see, you don't even agree with Deedat, that it was Jesus on the cross. So instead we are debating Jesus himself...:hmm:

 

[جوري]

what language did Jesus speak?
let's break it down to that firs before we talk about what Jesus said or didn't say..

as to what is the purpose of the virgin birth, I ask you, what is the purpose of renting the red sea asunder? what is the purpose of the golden calf, what is the purpose of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, what is the purpose of the birth of Issac etc. etc. etc.

maybe your standards are just low? No one in this modern day and age can really make sense of christianity, unless you want to shut down the logical thinking portion of your brain!

all the best

 

[جوري]

 

[Woodrow]

In Jesus's own words: I and my Father are one.

Philip says: Lord, show us the Father.

Jesus says: Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, 'Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?' And Jesus said, 'I am'.



So either he is what he says he is, or a liar. And Jesus being only a prophet, what would be the purpose of a Virgin Birth?

So either he is what he says he is, or a liar.

Since we do not have as much as one word Jesus(as) wrote himself, there is a third option. What people claimed about him is not true either an error or a deliberate falisy.

And Jesus being only a prophet, what would be the purpose of a Virgin Birth?

Possibly to show the non-Believers that he is the Messiah or perhaps to show he was a true Prophet(PBUH), living at a time when false Prophets were very common.. He was a very special Prophet(PBUH) and the Virgin Birth is an indication of how special. We do believe he is the Messiah, but we do not believe he is the Son of God or the Savior.

 

[Hugo]

Since we do not have as much as one word Jesus(as) wrote himself, there is a third option. What people claimed about him is not true either an error or a deliberate falisy.

It may be picky here but we don't have in the Qu'ran one word that God wrote himself - it came through a messenger and others wrote it down and of course there is only one witness to that so if what you say about Jesus is correct then the conclusion must also apply to the Qu'ran would you not agree?

 

[جوري]

here is only one witness

You need to go have your head and vision examined!

all the best

 

[Hugo]

Interesting talk which seems to destroys the notion that oral transmission is secure - so according to Ehrman at least the huge emphasis on an a faultless oral transmission, such as the Muslim one for the Qu'ran is a sure sign of corruption, it cannot be trusted.

 

[جوري]

Interesting talk which seems to destroys the notion that oral transmission is secure - so according to Ehrman at least the huge emphasis on an a faultless oral transmission, such as the Muslim one for the Qu'ran is a sure sign of corruption, it cannot be trusted.

ah-- oral tradition so many decades after the matter and in a language other than that which your god allegedly spoke is indeed a recipe for disaster.
Not the case in Islam, not only was the oral tradition the pride of Arabia given their poetry all over the cities, but every word of the Quran was recorded during the time of the prophet as well, in other words both oral and written existed side by side ALWAYS.. but you already knew that, not only do you have a book well referenced to that fact, it has in fact been discussed here before amply.

If you are going to have the attention span of a goldfish, please direct all your effort to the evangelical forums. Not only is under-education and incessant ignorance welcome but being utterly remiss is a requirement before they unleash their stupidity upon the world. if we are going to repeat everything for you with every subsequent post, perhaps you are all done here? You obviously have no interest in learning and simply enjoy emphasizing your ignorance, it is ok if you desire to waste your time, but it isn't OK to waste other people's time. I am going to have to report you for spamming!

all the best

 

[Hugo]

making it easier as I think this is quite informative for Muslims:
video=youtube;09yZAhJHyWU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09yZAhJHyWU[/video]

Brilliant wallhi.. Allah yer7mao .. every time I hear a lecture by him I am taken aback by his mannerism, his knowledge.. Masha'Allah.. may Allah swt bless us all with such profound knowledge and faith!

There are so many points it will take many posts. If we take the notion of original sin it is obvious that Deedat has not got the slightest idea what it is. Sin is an infection and it dogs all of us and it leads to the most horrendous consequences as we all know. The point is that if we regard Adam as our ancestor then in a very real sense we were there in the Garden at the beginning and it is as if we also committed the same sin and we cannot escape our part in it. So acknowledging Adam's sin as also being ours is taking responsibility for stepping outside of God will and purpose for His creation.

Let me give an illustration, if I say the Crusades were nothing to do with Christianity would I be right or must I as a Christian accept that it was a blot and disgrace or can I just step aside and just dismiss it out of hand saying "it was unchristian and therefore nothing to do with me, I and MY religion are not to blamed or censured in any way?

 

[IAmZamzam]

Hugo: Calling sin an infection is like calling logical fallacies a genetic disorder. Making mistakes of any kind is an act, not a condition. And even if sin were a condition that we all have from birth, that would just mean that we're no more responsible for it than any other accident of birth, including skin color. And if there is any better sign of what absurdities Christian theology forces one to make oneself believe than saying it is our obligation to accept responsibility for the actions of another person who died eons before we were conceived, I don't know what it is. It's quicksand, though, because that very same Christian mindset, as a natural defense mechanism necessary for and inherent to its survival, automatically interprets common sense as a lack of theological sophistication or understanding. When it is contradictory and threatening to Christian thought, that is; never at any other time. Then again, I've seen precisely the same situation in much of philosophy.

vale's lily: I think you need this.

 

[جوري]

There are so many points it will take many posts. If we take the notion of original sin it is obvious that Deedat has not got the slightest idea what it is. Sin is an infection and it dogs all of us and it leads to the most horrendous consequences as we all know. The point is that if we regard Adam as our ancestor then in a very real sense we were there in the Garden at the beginning and it is as if we also committed the same sin and we cannot escape our part in it. So acknowledging Adam's sin as also being ours is taking responsibility for stepping outside of God will and purpose for His creation.

It appears from the above indeed that you are the one who has no clue what he is talking about:

“…No person earns any (sin) except against himself (only), and no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another…” (Quran 6:164)
“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.” (Deuteronomy 24:16)

None can reject that in these two verses, the first from the Quran and the second from the Bible, is an allusion to the same meaning: that the Just God will never punish people for the sins of others.
Christianity alleges that God created humans to live eternally in Heaven, and that when Adam ate from the tree from which he had been forbidden, God punished him through death and banishment from Heaven. They further assert that as death was inherited by his progeny, so too was the sin of their father, which was a permanent stain on the hearts of humanity, never to be removed except through a sacrifice so great that it would oblige God to forgive humanity. This sacrifice would be nothing other than the sacrifice of God himself, incarnate in His “son” Jesus. Therefore Christianity deems all of humanity as ****ed to Hell for the sin of Adam from which they could never be cleansed, except through the belief that God became incarnate and died for Adam’s sin, ritualized as Baptism, through which Christians are ‘born again’ into the world, but this time free of sin.[1] So we see that the theory of ‘Original Sin’ forms the basis of various Christian beliefs, from the crucifixion of Jesus to the concept of salvation and savior from Hell. It forms the very basis for the mission of Jesus himself.
So the questions arise, is humanity guilty for the sin which Adam committed by eating from the tree he was forbidden? Must we all repent from that great sin? In what way is one to repent? And if so, what is the fate of those who did not?
Islam strictly promotes the notion that the punishment of sins will only be faced by those who commit them. Sin is not a hereditary trait or ‘stain’ passed to one’s progeny one generation to another. All people will be accountable to what only they themselves did in this life. Therefore, even though the Quran mentions the sin of Adam and how he was banished from the Garden, it places no responsibility on the shoulders of his progeny. None of the Prophets before Jesus were known to have preached this concept, nor were any other beliefs or rituals based upon this belief. Rather, salvation from Hell and attainment of Paradise was achieved through the belief in One God and obedience to His commandments, a message preached by all prophets, including Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, as well.
The Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful

As for the sin of Adam, the Quran tells us that he repented for his sin. God revealed to him words with which to repent, which he then accepted from him.
“Then Adam received Words (of forgiveness) from his Lord, and he accepted his repentance. Verily, He is the One Who repeatedly accepts repentance, the Most Merciful.” (Quran 2:37)
Through God’s acceptance of Adam’s repentance, Adam was cleansed of the sin which he committed. God in the Quran repeatedly ascribes to Himself attribute of mercy and forgiveness. He also mentions that from His Names are The Oft-Forgiving, The Most Merciful, the Accepter of Repentance, and others, all of which emphasize the All-Encompassing Mercy of God. Even to those who have sinned much and may lose hope in the forgiveness of God, He says:
“Say: ‘O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of God, indeed God forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’” (Quran 39:53)
If a person sins, all they need to do is truly repent from their heart, and they will find God Ever Merciful. Adam did sin, and the sin did stain his heart, but it was removed through his repentance. The Prophet Muhammad said:
“Indeed if a believer sins, a black spot covers his heart. If he repents, and stops from his sin, and seeks forgiveness for it, his heart becomes clean again. If he persists (instead of repenting), it increases until covers his heart…” (Ibn Maajah)
Even if we were to say that Adam did not repent, that stain is not passed on to further generations. Therefore, we see that God does not need any physical sacrifice in order to forgive sins, and that no sin is too great for His Mercy; to say so would be to ascribe deficiency to His Excellence and Perfection. The Prophet Muhammad relates to us that God said:
“O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at it.” (Al-Tirmidhi)
God says in the Quran in regards to sacrifice, that it is the intention of the person when offering the sacrifice which is of importance, and not the actual sacrifice itself.
“It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches God, but it is piety from you that reaches Him...” (Quran 22:37)
If we were to implement this verse in regards to the original sin and God incarnate sacrificing himself in order to forgive all of humanity, we see that even without seeking repentance for Adam’s sin, God forgave human beings due to His Own Sacrifice. Could He not have forgiven them without such a sacrifice?
It is also mentioned in the bible:
“To what purpose (is) the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? Saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; (it is) iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear (them). And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”[2]



The Divine Will of the Perfect God

So Adam sought forgiveness for His sin, and God accepted it from Him. Another crucial point which must be mentioned is that God created humans with a free will, and He knew that humanity would sin. For this reason, no human is expected to be perfect, but rather, God knows that they will sin. What is expected from humans is that they repent from their sin. The Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said:
“All children of Adam repetitively make mistakes, but the best of those who make mistakes are those who repent.” (Ibn Maajah)
The Prophet also said:
“By Him in Whose Hand is My soul (i.e. God), if you did not commit sins, God would do away with you and come with a race which committed sins. They would seek forgiveness from God and He would forgive them. (Saheeh Muslim #4936)
So here we see that it was in the Great and Wise plan of God that Adam sin and that God forgive him for that sin, and to say that Adam went against the Universal Will of God by sinning is a blasphemy against the All Encompassing Knowledge, Power, and Will of God. Christianity goes so far as to say that God even repented from the creation of humans! May God be free from all defects people attribute to Him. In Genesis 6:6, it says to quote:
“And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart”[1]
To agree to this would mean that Adam did something which was out of the Will, Power, and Knowledge of God, and that God regretted His creation of humans. God is All-Perfect and so are His deeds, and there is no defect or shortcoming in them; He does nothing except with total and complete perfection and wisdom. Islam in no way agrees to this belief and, as we mentioned, all of what occurred in the story of Adam was within the perfect plan of God. The Prophet said:
“Indeed God put everything into its proper measure fifty thousand years before the creation of the heavens and the earths.” (Al-Tirmidhi)
God mentions in the Quran what took place between the angels when He announced the creation of humans, and from this we see that it was known to God and part of His Great and Divine Plan that humans would sin. God says:
“And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: ‘Verily, I am going to place (mankind) generations after generations on earth.’ They said: ‘Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, - while we glorify You with praises and thanks and sanctify You.’ He (God) said: ‘Indeed I know that which you do not know.’” (Quran 2:30)
It is also clear from these verses that God did not create humans as immortal, and that death was prescribed for them from the beginning of their creation. As for the consequences of the sin of Adam, which was his extradition from the Garden, this was felt by those to come after him and this is only natural. If one was to become drunk and have a car accident, and some of the passengers die, the sin of driver effects the passengers in their death, but that does not mean that the passengers are to be held to account for the sin of the driver.
The Innocent

Another question which must be dealt with is the fate of those who came before the claim that God became incarnate and sacrificed himself for the sins of humanity, as well as the fate of those who were not baptized, as baptism is the rite which all Christians must perform in order to be cleansed of Original Sin. In Christian belief, all humans previous to the incarnation of God, including the Prophets and infants usually regarded as sinless, are not free from the Original Sin of Adam, and therefore cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven, As Augustine said: “Do not believe, nor say, nor teach, that infants who die before baptism can obtain the remission of original sin.”[2] Only until recently, non-baptized infants were not buried in consecrated ground because they were believed to have died in original sin.
Also, we know that the verse in the Apostles’ Creed, “… and (Jesus) descended into Hell”[3], is said to mean that Jesus descended to Hell to free the righteous souls who were there due to the sin of Adam. This leads us to believe that all those before the coming of Jesus are in Hell, even if they were from the righteous. Paul mentioned this himself in Galatians:
“… a man is not justified by the works of the law ... for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” (Galatians 2:16)
Here it is clear that adherence to the commandments of God is not enough for salvation, even for those before Jesus. This also holds true to all those who have not received the message of Christianity. We must ask; why did not the Prophets before Jesus call to this notion of original sin? Did they lie when they said that it was enough to Worship One God and obey His commandments to achieve Paradise? Why did not God come and free humanity from sin at the time of Adam so that the righteous and others would not be in Hell due to his sin? Why are infants, humanity before Jesus, and others who have not heard about Christianity, held accountable for a sin they never committed, nor have knowledge about how to remit themselves from it? The truth of the matter is that the notion of “Original Sin”, as many others, was one introduced by Paul and later expounded on by Christian scholars and councils.
“The Old Testament says nothing about the transmission of hereditary sin to the entire human race… the main scriptural affirmation of the doctrine is found in the writings of St. Paul…”[4]
This concept though, was expounded by Augustine of Hippo, one of the most prominent Christian scholars in History. The basis of this concept is that “the deliberate sin of the first man (Adam) is the cause of original sin.”[5] The Second Council of Orange (529 C.E.) declared, “One man has transmitted to the whole human race not only the death of the body, which is the punishment of sin, but even sin itself, which is the death of the soul.”[6]
The concept of original sin is one which has no basis in previous scriptures regarded as divine by Christianity. None of the Prophets before Jesus were known to have preached this concept, nor were any other beliefs or rituals based upon them. Rather, salvation from Hell was achieved through the belief in One God and obedience to His commandments which was preached by all prophets, including the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, may God praise them.
Summary

In Islam, the key to salvation is the belief in and worship of the One True, Unique and Perfect God and obedience to His commandments, the same message brought by all Prophets. Islam preaches that a person must work righteousness and avoid sin to attain Paradise, and that if one sins, that they seek repentance for it from their heart. Through this and the Mercy and Grace of God, they will enter Paradise. Islam does not deem that all those before the advent of Muhammad are doomed to Hell, but rather that each nation was sent a prophet by the same One God, and it was upon them to follow His commandments. Those who have not heard of the message are not held liable to follow Islam, and God will deal with them with His Perfect Justice on the Day of Judgment. Infants and children of both Muslims and disbelievers alike are in enjoyment in Paradise upon death. Due to the infinite Justice of God:
“No one laden with burdens can bear another’s burden. And We never punish (people) until We have sent (to them) a Messenger (to give warning).” (Quran 17:15)

Footnotes:

[1] King James Version.​

[2] De Anima (III).​

[3] The creed based on the Catechism of the Council of Trent.​

[4] Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of World Religions. P.830. 1999, Merriam Webster, inc.​

[5] De Nuptiis et Concupiscentiâ, II, xxvi, 43​

[6] Enchiridion Symbolorum, Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger. n. 175 (145)​

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