Did Jesus (p) Deny Being God?

Not a single verse in the Noble Quran does it vommand for Muslims innocent people. I challenge you Heigou to find one, JUST ONE, Noble Verse from the Noble Quran that allows killing of innocent people.

Allows is a big word. But I will grant that there is nothing such as you would so describe that I know of. But then I doubt there is in the Old Testament either and there certainly is not in the New. What is your point?

Huh? What or who the hell are you refering to?? Mohammed? Please grow up and give me the proof before you claim such nonsense.

No - the man who runs answering-christianity. As most of those claims start and end with him. Well start anyway.

If you have are doubting people accepting the Islamic faith, then I'm sure you won't mind explaining why it is the fastest growing religion.

1. It is not the fastest growing religion
2. High birth rates
 
now your telling me that the Qur'an is the Word of God.. may I ask you under what proof do you know that the Qur'an is the devine book of God...
u are just ignoring all the evidences that have been discussed in this thread, and in this forum. but u're just trying to find hair inside the egg, and u don't want to spend time to see about many scientific signs that are described in Qur'an.

... and from what I learned is that the Jews were good at telling a event that happened many many years laters after it happened 1000 of years before. so it is impossible for the Jews to make mistake.

this statement is not worth even to have a D on 1st grade. I dont want to be un-respectfull, but this does not prove absolutely nothing.

Actually this is a claim of very few of those religions. The Quran plays a unique role in Islam, compared to other religions, because it has so little else going for it - no on-going Revelation, no body in touch with the Divine.

memorized by thousands/millions of people is what has caused the Qur'an not to be corrupted.

Nor does it follow that a religion is as authentic as the scripture it follows. Religions all have different ways of determining legitimacy and authenticity. Islam choose this particular form of authenticity but I can't think of a single other religion, offhand, that does likewise.

memorizing is a perfect way to determine the authenticity of a book. and I would really like to know how do u prove the authenticity of Bible?
btw, there was a show on History Channel, that was telling about some gospels written that were not included in the Bible, were not authorized by the Church, and let's say that those gospels are the complete and true word of God, the thing is that u cannot play with the word of God, it is the most delicate thing.

I agree with the man-altered and man-fabricated and man-corrupted bits but the person who did that is your Palestinian brother, not any Jews and not any Christians.

just analyze what u said, what does nationality has to do with the religion?
what if a pelstinian is a jew or christian? :P

1. It is not the fastest growing religion
2. High birth rates

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3016/fastest.htm

and are u ignoring these facts, it's not just the high birth rate, but it's bc people are being converted. please read the content in the link above.

u have enough people even in this forum, that were converted to Islam :)

Selam
 
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This isn't going to end. No matter how I try to put things, you won't understand. It's one thing to follow a book. It's another to say that this book is original and everything in it is from our Lord. It's the latter part that frustrates Muslims. Excuse me for thinking the Almighty is peacefull. He is tolerant, and forgiving. Can we agree on that?
Everything I stated above is from the Bible. I sincerely ask you to re-read it and ask yourself: Are these the original words of God or have they been tampered with? We will not move on until we have an answer to that.
Heigou, you asked me about the respect Islam has for other religions. If I haven't been respectful, I sincerely apologise. Islam has nothing to do with the way I made my points above.
You have to understand where I'm coming from. I'm all for dialogue but when someone keeps attributing violence to your lord and my lord, i get pissed.
Lets move on. Someone asked me to go one mentioning violent verses and I will. Until someone tells me that these verses where made by evil men we won't get over them.
Let's debate now. What I'm going to post are facts of the Bible. So get a Bible before reading and verify everything. We have have tried proving everything in every different way. Don't accuse me of being disrespectful. How can opening your Bible and showing you something be disrespectful?

Christians say Muhammad cannot be a prophet because he fought in wars and killed people, they say Jesus never killed anyone nor harmed any one, and that their God is loving and not a killer. Are these comments true? The simple answer is no, in this article I will highlight several verses from the Bible showing the brutal terror found in it, I will be quoting from the OT. Christians should have no problem with it, since its the same God, so hence if the God of the OT said kill then it means Jesus said kill because he has no God. So Christians have no way out of this mess. Lets read what you attribute as God's words.

Everthing will be in context so there will be no excuses about verses not being so.

Let us begin:

Deuteronomy
Chapter 2
32-37


And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain. 36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us

So Moses and his army killed women and children. Moses broke the 6th commmandment, thou shall not kill ANYONE. Or I see, when its in war it okay? Yet when Muslims say the 6th commandment is followed, but in war its different, Christians say nooooo. Either way, The Quran does not say kill women and children, I CHALLENGE ANY CHRISTIAN TO BRING THE VERSE RIGHT NOW. We see it in your Bible, one of your greatest prophets killing women and children by God's permission, meaning Jesus allowed it! So hence Jesus was responsible for killing women and children, and so was Moses so according to the Christians own argument, Moses cannot be a prophet since he killed. Note Moses and his army did this to many cities, verse 37 says there was not one city which was strong enough in the plural sense, hence up to 6 or 7 cities were destroyed with its women and children? What is the Christian response?

Deuteronomy
Chapter 3
1-7

1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

Notice the killing spree, scores of cities were raided by Moses and his army by the permission of JESUS, and they killed women and children! What does the Christian have to say to this? Are these things approved by our Lord?

Deuteronomy
Chapter 7
1-6

1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girga****es, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth

So note, Jesus allows Moses to completly destroy cities and show NO MERCY, NO MERCY AT ALL meaning you can do whatever you want to them. Not only that, Jesus orders Moses and his army to destroy all their images and their places of worship, so much for religous tolerance among Christians. So once again we see Moses killing with NO MERCY as God Jesus ordered, we also see no tolerance of other religions, somethings which Christians rant about Islam! This proves which religion is the in-tolerant one, it is the Christian, their God is in-tolerant to other religions as you see.

Deuteronomy
Chapter 13
6-18

6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; 14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; 15Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; 18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

Once again we the tolerance of the Christian God Jesus. In these passages God says that anyone who worships others Gods wherever they be must be killed. Even if your antartica and you worship some pagan deity you shall be put to death. As the verse says, to the ends of the world, meaning all over the world, so there is no tolerance in the religion. God Jesus orders his followers to stone the ones who dont believe in him, and to kill them, and to destroy the city with the sword and burn it and never rebuild it. The ending ot the paragraph is very interesting, God tells his followers TO KEEP all his commandments which include this one! To kill others who dont believe in him, so hence no religous tolerance. So this rule STILL APPLIES TODAY, because their God said:

keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

Or did God change his mind? The God of the OT does NOT change his mind:

"God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?" Numbers 23:19

He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind." 1 Samuel 15:29
So hence the Christian God doesnt change his mind so this rule still applies today, so Christians are still ordered to kill us!

Deuteronomy
Chapter 21
18-22


18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. 22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree


I wonder what Christians have to say about that? So as you can see, a bad kid is stoned, and bad men are hanged on trees for all to see. I would really love to see what Christians have to say to these verses. Remember the God the Christians believe in is the same God of the OT, so hence this is Jesus making these commands. So Jesus commanded people to kill their bad kids, to kill bad people and hang them on a tree

Deuteronomy
Chapter 22
25-29


25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die. 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days

So as you can see, rape is allowed in certain cases. When the victim is a virgin, she must marry the rapist, if the victim is not a virgin then the rapist is put to death. This law is a shame and insult to rape victims, you bring me one single lady who would want to marry her rapist, and if Christians even try to defend this then they are even more sick and their own book which says it is okay. So hence you now see that the Christian God Jesus allowed rape in certain cases, this is why America seperated Church and state, because Christian laws are sick as you can see.


Deuteronomy
Chapter 23

1-4

1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee

Now why cant these people go into the congregation of the lord? What happened to the God who hears all, and accepts all? It seems at one time Jesus did not like bastards, and did not like men without their private parts! I wonder what the Christian has to say to this. Why cannot Ammonites and Moabites go into the congregation of the lord? What again happened to the God who loves all and hears all? It seems that the Christian God Jesus is not very loving after all and that Christians have been spreading a myth about their God. Anyway, can we really accept such rubbish like this?


Deuteronomy
Chapter 25
1-3




1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee

Now I can understand that punishments like this can be carried on, the reason I post this is because CHRISTIANS do not accept things like this. When they read in the Quran that it says lash the ones who commit illegal sexual intercourse, the Christians start ranting how can you do such a thing! Thats so evil!!!!!! So I am just using their own argument against them, so as we see, the punishment of beating a sinner is in their own book. Hence based on their own arguments and own criteria, their book and God is not peaceful and is evil, and who is this God? It is Jesus.

Deuteronomy
Chapter 28
15-68




15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. .38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: 46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: 51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. 52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Now the reason I post this is because Christians namely Craig Winn claim Islam is not peaceful because Allah Warns of punishing people who dont follow him etc. Now since Christians believe that, then using their own criteria and own arguments then the verses I just posted show that it is infact their God who is violent and non peaceful because as you can see he will punish those who dont follow them in a very harsh manner. So Christians should not throw stones if they live in a glass house, and they do live in a glass house. I wonder what Craig Winn will have to see about these verses, I mean he does believe in this God who is warning of these punishments, if Christians have a problem with Allah punishing people then why dont they have a problem with their own God when he says he will punish people? So hence Christians must now admit their God is violent and not peaceful since they say Allah cant be God because of his wrath and punishments, if Christians do not admit it then they can no longer argue against Islam, if they continue to use this silly argument on Islam then they must leave their own religion. So they are in a bad dilema now, attack Islam and leave Christianity or dont attack Islam and therefore have nuthing much to attack Islam on.

Now let me make it easier for the reader, I will basically post what the Christian God will do as a punishment to those who wouldnt follow him:

1- God will cause his people to murdered and massacared, and they will flee in all directions.

2- People will beget children but will not be able to enjoy them because they will be sent into slavery.

3- People's children shall be given to other people and the parents will wish they could have them back but they wont.

4- cannabilism, yes cannabilism! 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

5- God will send diseases to the people

6- You will get married, and your wife will sleep with other men.

These are some of the punishments that the God of the Bible will do to his people if they dont follow him

Numbers
Chapter 31
7-12


7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

I wonder what Christians have to say about this? Using their own criteria against them this makes their God a false violent God. So once again Christians should not throw stones if they live in a glass house.

17-18

17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves

What do Christians have to say to this? This is their God commanding Moses to kill the women and CHILDREN and to keep the virgins alive.

Joshua
Chapter 2



8-21

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: 13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. 14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. 17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

Now several things to note, notice how the people are so scared of Joshua's people. They are all filled with terror because of the acts commited by Moses and Joshua under God's commands. Now what do Christians have to say about this? Look how their God installed terror into the hearts of everyone, women and children, and these people had no hope of survival! Even if they were kids and women who did not do anything. This is enough evidence of the terror that was going around under God's command.

Joshua
Chapter 6
17-27


17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. 24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.


So Joshua and his army storm a city, they kill everyone as usual accept the harlot and her familly. Is this not terror?

Joshua
Chapter 8
1-29




1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. 9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. 10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. 12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. 13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. 18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. 22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape


23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and
women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly
destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

Another battle, another massacare of women and children.

Joshua
Chapter 10
28-43



28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. 29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: 30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. 31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. 38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. 40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

Same old story, more massacraes, leaving NO SOULS ALIVE. I wonder what Christians have to say to this? They cannot say anything, they believe this happened, and they believe in this God who they claim to be Jesus.

Judges 1:21-35

The tribe of Benjamin, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live in Jerusalem among the people of Benjamin. The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the LORD was with them. They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz), who confronted a man coming out of the city. They said to him, "Show us a way into the city, and we will have mercy on you." So he showed them a way in, and they killed everyone in the city except for this man and his family. Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city. He named the city Luz, and it is known by that name to this day. The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth-shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their surrounding villages, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.

When the Israelites grew stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they never did drive them out of the land. The tribe of Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, and so the Canaanites continued to live there among them. The tribe of Zebulun also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron and Nahalol, who continued to live among them. But they forced them to work as slaves. The tribe of Asher also failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob. In fact, because they did not drive them out, the Canaanites dominated the land where the people of Asher lived. The tribe of Naphtali also failed to drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. Instead, the Canaanites dominated the land where they lived. Nevertheless, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were sometimes forced to work as slaves for the people of Naphtali. As for the tribe of Dan, the Amorites forced them into the hill country and would not let them come down into the plains. The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants of Joseph became stronger, they forced the Amorites to work as slaves.


Not much to be said, verses explain themselves.


Zephaniah 2:12-15

"You Ethiopians will also be slaughtered by my sword," says the LORD. And the LORD will strike the lands of the north with his fist. He will destroy Assyria and make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland, parched like a desert. The city that once was so proud will become a pasture for sheep and cattle. All sorts of wild animals will settle there. Owls of many kinds will live among the ruins of its palaces, hooting from the gaping windows. Rubble will block all the doorways, and the cedar paneling will lie open to the wind and weather. This is the fate of that boisterous city, once so secure. "In all the world there is no city as great as I," it boasted. But now, look how it has become an utter ruin, a place where animals live! Everyone passing that way will laugh in derision or shake a defiant fist.

Not much to be added, verses explain themselves.

Leviticus 21:9

A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death.

1Samuel 6:19-20

And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, `and' fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter. And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Wonder what Christians say to this. Isnt Jesus Jehovah? I thought Jesus never killed.

1 Kings 20:35-36


Meanwhile, the LORD instructed one of the group of prophets to say to another man, "Strike me!" But the man refused to strike the prophet. Then the prophet told him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me." And sure enough, when he had gone, a lion attacked and killed him.

What?!

Ezekiel 9:5-7



"Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your task right here at the Temple." So they began by killing the seventy leaders. "Defile the Temple!" the LORD commanded. "Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill! Go!" So they went throughout the city and did as they were told."

Another massacare.

Jeremiah 51:20-26



"You are my battle-ax and sword," says the LORD. "With you I will shatter nations and destroy many kingdoms. With you I will shatter armies, destroying the horse and rider, the chariot and charioteer. With you I will shatter men and women, old people and children, young men and maidens. With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks, farmers and oxen, captains and rulers. "As you watch, I will repay Babylon and the people of Babylonia for all the wrong they have done to my people in Jerusalem," says the LORD. "Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth! I am your enemy," says the LORD. "I will raise my fist against you, to roll you down from the heights. When I am finished, you will be nothing but a heap of rubble. You will be desolate forever. Even your stones will never again be used for building. You will be completely wiped out," says the LORD

And another one..

Isaiah 13:15-18


Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children.

Yet another one..


1 Kings 13:1-2

At the LORD's command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel, and he arrived there just as Jeroboam was approaching the altar to offer a sacrifice. Then at the LORD's command, he shouted, "O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you."

Whoa?


Leviticus 25:44-46

However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way.

This is how Christians made it okay for slavery, theyre Bible allows it, so why shouldnt they do it? They are just doing what theyre book allows them to do.

Exodus 21:7-11


When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment.

This is a sex slave. If she doesnt please the master? How is she supposed to please him? Now you know why the sex trade is so popular in Europe and Christian countries, because their book allows it! They are merely doing what their book allows.

Exodus 21:20-21

When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property.


So you can beat the hell out of your slave as long as the slave does not die, this is straight from the Bible. What is this madness?

Are those the words of our Lord? Ask yourself and answer.

I have had enough of this. For the last eight pages or so, we argued the point of whether the Bible is or isn't corrupt. I hope after reading the above verses, we can conclude that there is a 'slight' possibility it is.

Peace.
 
this statement is not worth even to have a D on 1st grade. I dont want to be un-respectfull, but this does not prove absolutely nothing.

well actually your wrong... out of these religions--- muslims, Jews, Christianity

the Jews were best at keeping storys, their corner stone is to pass it down.. just like what they did with the events that accured in the Bible..




memorized by thousands/millions of people is what has caused the Qur'an not to be corrupted.

you can memorize something while it is false..



memorizing is a perfect way to determine the authenticity of a book. and I would really like to know how do u prove the authenticity of Bible?
btw, there was a show on History Channel, that was telling about some gospels written that were not included in the Bible, were not authorized by the Church, and let's say that those gospels are the complete and true word of God, the thing is that u cannot play with the word of God, it is the most delicate thing.


I heard about that... there were some "gospels" that never made it in because they weren't writing the truth.. forgot what they said. but basically that was it







http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3016/fastest.htm

and are u ignoring these facts, it's not just the high birth rate, but it's bc people are being converted. please read the content in the link above.

u have enough people even in this forum, that were converted to Islam :)


just because someone jumps off a bridge doesn't make it the right thing to do...
 
Are those the words of our Lord? Ask yourself and answer.

I have had enough of this. For the last eight pages or so, we argued the point of whether the Bible is or isn't corrupt. I hope after reading the above verses, we can conclude that there is a 'slight' possibility it is.

Peace.

you know after reading the first two verses of this.. it sounds to me like, according to what the 2 laws were ( Love the Lord your God with all your soul, mind, strength and heart for God says He is a jealous God ) that most of that stuff happened for a reason...
so the war happened because those people didn't repent from worshiping those false gods... God in the ot and in the nt both gave people a chance to repent but then God's wrath ( which He also has came into play ) in which He warned them about it to... so please don't tell me that God loves killing... you need to know and understand the Bible.
 
the Jews were best at keeping storys, their corner stone is to pass it down.. just like what they did with the events that accured in the Bible..

yep :) you're right, they are so good on keeping stories that hey could not even save their own book (Torah) from being altered :)

I heard about that... there were some "gospels" that never made it in because they weren't writing the truth.. forgot what they said. but basically that was it

well how do u know that those gospels were not true and the ones that are right know in Bible are true? I am sure that if somebody would bring at that time a true gospel that says Earth is not flat, I am sure that the Church would exclude that gospel, as brother Al-mu'min told us about Paul that wrote the gospel bc of his leader. This just tells us that actually Church and these gospels were influenced by the leaders of that time, and that's why it says in the Qur'an that those people followed their desires and disobbeyed and altered God's word.
Next thing is that u didn't answer my first part of the question "how do u prove the authenticity of Bible?"

you can memorize something while it is false..

I was talking about the corruption that u claim in previous posts in this thread that Qur'an was changed through time.. and it has not and never is gonna be because many many people memorized it, so even if all the pages in world are burned, the Qur'an is still gonna exist in its own original form.

just because someone jumps off a bridge doesn't make it the right thing to do...

I dont know what u mean by this statement, but if u mean that 'just because somebody converts to islam does not mean that it is right'
then I can say the first of all we were not talking in this point if it is right or wrong, we were just talking about the fact that it is the fastest growing religion, and u cannot answer that with a statement like that, and just get rid of it. but if Islam is the right religion or wrong we are already discussing in this thread about this thing and many other threads in this forum.
 
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so the war happened because those people didn't repent from worshiping those false gods... God in the ot and in the nt both gave people a chance to repent but then God's wrath ( which He also has came into play ) in which He warned them about it to... so please don't tell me that God loves killing...

kill children because they didn't repent???? what does a child know?

you need to know and understand the Bible.
there is no understanding about the verses that brother al-mu'nin showed above..they are very clear...however u try to twist the verses u still gonna see that Bible is justifying killing children. And I dont think God would do that, bc God is peacefull, and a good punisher same time to do perfect justice.
 
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"how do u prove the authenticity of Bible?"

sorry didn't see it... I have to go but I'll be back.

and also I said that because you statement sounded like you were trying to say that islam is true because many people are joining it...
 
Folks it seems this thread stopped being about the title of the thread.
I have tried to limit my focus to answering a few question asked of me and set up a defense to the arguments I was sure would be presented to me.

I knew the very first response would be a misunderstanding of some scripture.
Once the proper understanding was presented I knew the response would be that since we don’t have access to original writings (that is still being debated and there is no clear winner) that the present scripture was corrupted and beyond any trustworthiness.

I knew there would be much dismissing of any scripture except for the Koran.

Some on this thread take this to the level of rejecting the entire Bible completely.
Most of the folks here see that level of rejection as foolish, the blanket rejection of all scripture before Muhammad.

What I have found interesting is that while those who see blanket rejection as imprudent, they do not seem to raise logical questions about their own rejection of most all of the New Testament and large portions of the Old Testament, or any logical reason for what they accept in the Koran.

It has been a very interesting study in human nature indeed.
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Now to try and get the thread back on track:

God IS One. The EXACT nature of that One is not given in either the Bible or the Koran.
Some folks claim that it is but they are over-stating the knowledge they have.

If you feel I have misjudged your personal revelation or scriptural knowledge then answer this puzzle for me, if you can’t you have no position of authority to speak from.

Ezekiel 1:10
10 Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a man, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.


Now these creatures are four in number. I will ignore that for the time being because it would only serve to muddy the waters.

What I want to focus on is this:

Each creature has four faces. Let’s just say for the sake of having an example of things existing outside our earthly examples that we pretend that there is but One of these creatures and it is God. (I know it’s not, but humor me).

Now we can say God is ONE. We can also say God is Four.
Is one Face of God any less God than any other Face?
Is One face dominant over the three other faces? (Scripture say’s that when it moves. It moves straight ahead. It doesn’t say that three faces turn this way or that way to see which is the correct direction).

Let’s assume that the Four Faced creature has a spirit/soul, that like all other souls is un-seen, and that being is God so the spirit has to be Holy. Does that now make it 5 in 1?

Answer these questions with scripture and then you can speak with authority on the subject.
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The questions raised in the first post on this thread are explained by Jesus being both man and God.

"Jesus answered them and said, 'My doctrine is not mine, but His Who sent me.'" [John 7:16]

NO man should speak his own doctrine as Devine.
Jesus was a man and an example of how a man should conduct himself while he lived on earth. It would have been a mistake for Jesus to have set the example of man claiming to be the source of Devine scripture.
Jesus gave credit for the source of the Divinity of his statements to the Devine portion of his being that remained in Heaven.

"He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's Who sent me." [John 14:24]

In this statement Jesus is saying that the words were not simply originating from a man but that are they are from God.
Just the same as in trying to gain understanding of the Koran, it is important to understand the context and events surrounding a given scripture, it is equally important for understanding the scripture in the Bible.

The man Jesus lived his life for God. He loved God with his whole being. Once his time had arrived to start fulfilling his intended role he quit speaking for himself the Jesus/man.
He quit work as a carpenter. He quit providing any salary for his mother and father. He quit doing everything we expect an everyday person to do.
He devoted himself entirely to completing the work/role that was given for him to do.

So Jesus is saying that the words he spoke weren’t spoken of from his own imaginings but that they had a Devine source. So when Jesus stated that before Abraham was, Jesus was “I Am” he was giving source of that statement as being Devine.
It was very evident that the Hebrew fully understood exactly what Jesus was saying because they prepared to stone him.
What Jesus was saying is that before he came here as a man, he was/is the “I Am” that Abraham knew.
The “I Am” Abraham knew is God. Jesus said he is the “I Am”.

"For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father Who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak." [John 12:49]

Mostly this is answered above. As a side note one of the main mistakes I see some Christian sects commit is assigning a hierarchy or power structure to the nature of God’s being.

The Mormons and the Jehovah Wittiness’ can be used as an example (I know there is an argument as to whether they are really Christian or not, but they claim to be, so I will leave it up to God to sort it out for them).
They say that Jesus is God or a "super-angel" but that Jesus is subservient to God/Father and that God/Holy Spirit is subservient to both. I can understand where their impression comes from.
God/Father “sent” God/Son then God/Son “sent” God/Holy Spirit.

The source of the confusion for them is manmade, not from God.

If anyone can understand my point it should be a Muslim.
Have you ever heard a Bother making a statement like:
My wife sent me to the store to buy milk for the baby while she finished cooking supper?
Does that statement imply that the Husband in Islam is subservient to the Wife?

Why would a person assume that any of the Devine natures/roles of God is subservient to any of the other Devine natures/roles of God?

"Jesus said to them, 'My food is to do the will of Him Who sent me, and to accomplish His work.'" [John 4:34]

This is answered above.

"For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of Him Who sent me." [John 6:38]

Is there any clearer statement ever made that Jesus isn’t just a prophet?
Jesus say’s that He came down from Heaven. Does any simple prophet in the Koran or the Bible ever claim that he came down from Heaven?

Some have understood the above verse to come to the conclusion that while Jesus wasn’t God but that he was a “super-Angel” of some sort.
That reasoning is faulty because we never read any scripture saying Angels create.

"...saying, 'Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from me; nevertheless not my will, but Yours, be done.'" [Luke 22:42]

Jesus/man had free-will just the same as every Angel and every man does.

"I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father Who sent me." [John 5:30]

Jesus/God lived as Jesus/man. Jesus/man could do nothing on his own. Jesus/man refused to judge as a man judges but he relented his will to God’s will.

"You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you'. If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I" [John 14:28]

No man, even Jesus/man is greater than God.
Jesus was loved by those around him (I will ignore the Judas argument for the time being because it would only serve to muddy the waters).
The Apostles and others devoted to Jesus didn’t want to see him die on the cross. Jesus is telling them that his death on the cross is part of fulfilling his “Jesus/Man” role.
This role was not of Jesus/man's design but God’s.
Jesus is saying that above all else love God and serve God’s will. He is telling them not to be sad that God’s will is being done because they only knew a small portion of God’s plan and if they knew all that God knows they would be happy to see events moving forward.

"Jesus said to them, 'If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I came not of my own accord, but He sent me.'" [John 8:42]

The folks that Jesus was speaking to were descendants, on their father’s side, from Adam. The same as you an me.
Jesus/man was descended from God on his father’s side. Jesus was from God’s will, not from Joseph’s urges.

"To sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." [Matthew 20:23]

Without a good understanding of the book of Revelation this verse will always be a source of confusion.

For the time being I will let it suffice to say to say that NO man grants another man a position in Heaven, that choice belongs to God.

"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." [Mark 13:32]

No Man knows the hour nor do the Angels. (Beyond that statement, I will wait till the discussion develops to a higher level before re-addressing the verse).


"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only." [Matthew 24:36]

Same answer as above.

"So Jesus answered them, 'My teaching is not mine, but His Who sent me.'" [John 7:16]

This has been answered above in statements to other verses.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord', shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven." [Matthew 7:21]

Many, the same as today, try to please man by saying “Lord, Lord” and pretending to serve God when in truth they are simply serving their own will and desires.

"And the Father Himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape." [John 5:37]

To understand this verse a person has to understand who is God in the Old Testament.
I could go into it but I am pretty sure it wouldn’t be understood, so I won’t.

"And Jesus said to him, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.'" [Mark 10:18]

No Man is “Good” compared to God. Jesus is 100% God, Jesus was 100% man.
Jesus man is the one speaking in the cited verses.

"And I do not seek my own glory; there is One Who seeks and judges." [John 8:50]

Jesus/man did not seek his own Glory. The second half of that scripture will offer some insight as your understanding of scripture increases. I will leave it at that for the time being.

Man does not live by bread alone but by every word from God.
May God continue to enlighten us all.


There is more to be posted, but the hour is late so I will spend some time reading the thread and the links folks have provided in their posts.

Thanks
Nimrod
 
memorized by thousands/millions of people is what has caused the Qur'an not to be corrupted.

And written down too probably. I do not doubt that from the moment that the Quran was codified to now, there has only been one copy (with seven different but acceptable readings). However that is also true of Tolstoy's War and Peace. I do not think that, as great a book as it is, is a sign of Divine intervention.

memorizing is a perfect way to determine the authenticity of a book.

Why do you think that? Surely a false text can be memorized just as easily as a genuine one? Homer's Iliad was memorised for generations.

and I would really like to know how do u prove the authenticity of Bible?

I am not sure how Christians prove that. You would have to ask one. I would assume through the on-going miracle of Jesus' involvement with His Church.

btw, there was a show on History Channel, that was telling about some gospels written that were not included in the Bible, were not authorized by the Church, and let's say that those gospels are the complete and true word of God, the thing is that u cannot play with the word of God, it is the most delicate thing.

From a very early time people tried to fake gospels and add them to the Bible. It was recognised as a powerful work and the Christians did not have a State like the Muslims to stop people doing that. But what is the relevance?

just analyze what u said, what does nationality has to do with the religion?
what if a pelstinian is a jew or christian? :P

The www.answering-christianity. com site is run by a Palestinian Muslim.

and are u ignoring these facts, it's not just the high birth rate, but it's bc people are being converted. please read the content in the link above.

That site provides no evidence, no facts, not figures. It is a typical Muslim meme or urban legend that seems to spread around the internet. And it is just not true. Falun gong is growing much faster. So is Wicca. And that site provides no evidence that conversion is the main, or even a significant, driver of the growth of Islam. Islam is growing at abour 2.9 percent a year. World population is growing at about 2.7 percent. As Muslims are the poorest and least educated of the major religions, and high birth rates go with poverty and illiteracy, of course their numbers are growing fast.

u have enough people even in this forum, that were converted to Islam

Indeed. It happens. It just does not happen a lot. And look who we do not have on this forum - Muslims who were converted to another religion or who became atheists. Wonder why? And even then the majority of converts here are women who met a Muslim man and married him.
 
This isn't going to end. No matter how I try to put things, you won't understand.

Actually the problem is I understand all too well. I was never taught to be a Christian and even I can tell your quotes are bogus.

It's one thing to follow a book. It's another to say that this book is original and everything in it is from our Lord. It's the latter part that frustrates Muslims. Excuse me for thinking the Almighty is peacefull. He is tolerant, and forgiving. Can we agree on that?

It would be silly to follow a book if you didn't think it was from God. No we can't. God is not peaceful, He is merciful but war is one of his inventions and He seems to allow a lot of it to go on. He is not tolerant - look what He does to people who worship idols. To my surprise I find out that God is going to send 999 out of every 1000 to burn in Hell forever. He is not a tolerant God. He may well be Forgiving, I hope so, but that 999 does not fill me with hope.

Everything I stated above is from the Bible. I sincerely ask you to re-read it and ask yourself: Are these the original words of God or have they been tampered with? We will not move on until we have an answer to that.

Actually very little you stated above came from the Bible. I can reasonably assume you have never read it. It came from www.a-c.com which is a hate-filled lie-infested vile site run by a silly silly young man. So they have been tampered with - by your Palestinian brother.

Heigou, you asked me about the respect Islam has for other religions. If I haven't been respectful, I sincerely apologise. Islam has nothing to do with the way I made my points above.

And yet this is an Islamic site. I doubt you will get warned although I will no doubt be banned fairly soon. You cut and pasted that from a site run by a Muslim (of sorts). You, as a Muslim, did not see something wrong with it as I did immediately. What sort of frame of mind were you in that you would read such things and believe them to be true?

Don't accuse me of being disrespectful. How can opening your Bible and showing you something be disrespectful?

As Christians say around here every now and then...

Christians say Muhammad cannot be a prophet because he fought in wars and killed people, they say Jesus never killed anyone nor harmed any one, and that their God is loving and not a killer. Are these comments true?

Well some Christians say that. I doubt all do. The more important issue is that Muhammed comes after Christ and Christ is the last and final message from God. Therefore to a Christian, Muhammed cannot be a prophet. Muslims are to Christians what Bahais are to Muslims - a later, and hence false, religion.

The simple answer is no, in this article I will highlight several verses from the Bible showing the brutal terror found in it, I will be quoting from the OT. Christians should have no problem with it, since its the same God, so hence if the God of the OT said kill then it means Jesus said kill because he has no God. So Christians have no way out of this mess. Lets read what you attribute as God's words.

Except the issue of abrogation. Jesus came down to Earth to save mankind and brought with Him a new convenant - one that did away for the need for that sort of thing. So while it is true the OT is full of violence, to most Christians it does not matter - they are not bound by that any more just as they are not bound to avoid pork.

Deuteronomy 2.32-37

So Moses and his army killed women and children. Moses broke the 6th commmandment, thou shall not kill ANYONE. Or I see, when its in war it okay?

Technically it is a commandment not to murder. But yes this is what the Bible said happened.

So hence Jesus was responsible for killing women and children, and so was Moses so according to the Christians own argument, Moses cannot be a prophet since he killed.

Well Jesus is God so He is responsible for all killing of women and children in the sense that it is all part of His plan - the Tsunami and all. But all you have done is point to this one Christian argument and ignored the main point. Jesus came down to abrogate those laws. Which He did.

Notice the killing spree, scores of cities were raided by Moses and his army by the permission of JESUS, and they killed women and children! What does the Christian have to say to this? Are these things approved by our Lord?

I assume a Christian would say that then they were approve of. Now they are not.

So note, Jesus allows Moses to completly destroy cities and show NO MERCY, NO MERCY AT ALL meaning you can do whatever you want to them. Not only that, Jesus orders Moses and his army to destroy all their images and their places of worship, so much for religous tolerance among Christians. So once again we see Moses killing with NO MERCY as God Jesus ordered, we also see no tolerance of other religions, somethings which Christians rant about Islam! This proves which religion is the in-tolerant one, it is the Christian, their God is in-tolerant to other religions as you see.

No mercy is not the same as doing anything you like to them. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all share a common hatred and intolerance of idols and pagans. I do not understand the point as you still have not dealt with the issue of abrogation.

Once again we the tolerance of the Christian God Jesus. In these passages God says that anyone who worships others Gods wherever they be must be killed. Even if your antartica and you worship some pagan deity you shall be put to death. As the verse says, to the ends of the world, meaning all over the world, so there is no tolerance in the religion. God Jesus orders his followers to stone the ones who dont believe in him, and to kill them, and to destroy the city with the sword and burn it and never rebuild it. The ending ot the paragraph is very interesting, God tells his followers TO KEEP all his commandments which include this one! To kill others who dont believe in him, so hence no religous tolerance. So this rule STILL APPLIES TODAY, because their God said:

This is where you fall down because none of these rules still apply today. Jesus was born on this Earth to put an end to that.

Or did God change his mind? The God of the OT does NOT change his mind:

"God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?"

Well that depends on what you mean by changing His mind. He relents. He has mercy on the repentant. But of course that is all part of His bigger plan I guess.

So hence the Christian God doesnt change his mind so this rule still applies today, so Christians are still ordered to kill us!

As can be seen by the fact Christians blow themselves up on Muslim buses? As is self-evident, this rule does not apply today or at least only in part. Jesus died on the Cross remember?

I wonder what Christians have to say about that? So as you can see, a bad kid is stoned, and bad men are hanged on trees for all to see. I would really love to see what Christians have to say to these verses. Remember the God the Christians believe in is the same God of the OT, so hence this is Jesus making these commands. So Jesus commanded people to kill their bad kids, to kill bad people and hang them on a tree

Back then He did. He does not now. Not since He came down and was crucified.

Deuteronomy 22.25-29

25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die. 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days

So as you can see, rape is allowed in certain cases. When the victim is a virgin, she must marry the rapist, if the victim is not a virgin then the rapist is put to death. This law is a shame and insult to rape victims, you bring me one single lady who would want to marry her rapist, and if Christians even try to defend this then they are even more sick and their own book which says it is okay. So hence you now see that the Christian God Jesus allowed rape in certain cases, this is why America seperated Church and state, because Christian laws are sick as you can see.

That does not say rape is allowed in certain cases. Do you extend that line of thought on rape victims to what Muslim men possess with "their right hand"? The Christian God certainly did not allow rape. And the reasons for the separation of Church and State have nothing to do with the criminal punishments the Church demanded, because this is not one of them. There is a vast literature of Church law. Why not read some of it?

Deuteronomy 23.1-4

Now why cant these people go into the congregation of the lord? What happened to the God who hears all, and accepts all? It seems at one time Jesus did not like bastards, and did not like men without their private parts! I wonder what the Christian has to say to this. Why cannot Ammonites and Moabites go into the congregation of the lord? What again happened to the God who loves all and hears all? It seems that the Christian God Jesus is not very loving after all and that Christians have been spreading a myth about their God. Anyway, can we really accept such rubbish like this?

God does not like eunuch nor does He like adultery. God may hear all, but the God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam does not forgive all. And this only applies to this world you may notice. Ammonites and Moabites are not Jews. They are pagans. Of course they may not join the congregation of the Lord. I wouldn't accept rubbish like this. I would make a small effort to find out what Christians think before lecturing them on what they think.

Now I can understand that punishments like this can be carried on, the reason I post this is because CHRISTIANS do not accept things like this. When they read in the Quran that it says lash the ones who commit illegal sexual intercourse, the Christians start ranting how can you do such a thing! Thats so evil!!!!!! So I am just using their own argument against them, so as we see, the punishment of beating a sinner is in their own book. Hence based on their own arguments and own criteria, their book and God is not peaceful and is evil, and who is this God? It is Jesus.

I think only modern semi-secular Christians have a problem with beating adulterers per se. Although more may have a problem with the mechanical and often seemingly unfair way that is applied. But you are not using their argument against them. You are not even engaging with the central claim of Christian faith - that Jesus came down on Earth and died to Redeem mankind. You may have a better case for arguing with Jews, but this one simply passes Christians by.

Now the reason I post this is because Christians namely Craig Winn claim Islam is not peaceful because Allah Warns of punishing people who dont follow him etc.

If you do not like Craig Winn please talk to Craig Winn.

Now since Christians believe that, then using their own criteria and own arguments then the verses I just posted show that it is infact their God who is violent and non peaceful because as you can see he will punish those who dont follow them in a very harsh manner. So Christians should not throw stones if they live in a glass house, and they do live in a glass house.

Except, again, you are not dealing with the central belief of Christian Faith - that Jesus came down to Earth to redeem mankind by dying on the Cross and so created a new convenant that "fulfilled" the law by shifting the emphasis from the letter of the law to the spririt. They can throw stones on these issues because, as you may have noticed, they do not crucify people. I have to admit they tend to believe in a God that punishes too. But that is a minor technical detail.

Now let me make it easier for the reader, I will basically post what the Christian God will do as a punishment to those who wouldnt follow him:

1- God will cause his people to murdered and massacared, and they will flee in all directions.

A common belief to all three monotheistic religions.

2- People will beget children but will not be able to enjoy them because they will be sent into slavery.

Really? Where is this?

3- People's children shall be given to other people and the parents will wish they could have them back but they wont.

Sounds like adoption to me.

4- cannabilism, yes cannabilism! 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Again missing context - God is warning the Jews that if they continue to be disobedient He will punish them

Lev. 26.[27] And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
[28] Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
[29] And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Duet 28 [49] The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
[50] A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
[51] And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
[52] And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
[53] And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:​

God does not command them to eat other people, but He does sometimes cause famine in the land that causes people to eat other people. This is self-evident and no one can deny it.

5- God will send diseases to the people

A common belief to all three religions.

6- You will get married, and your wife will sleep with other men.

This one I have to see. What is your source?

I wonder what Christians have to say about this? Using their own criteria against them this makes their God a false violent God. So once again Christians should not throw stones if they live in a glass house
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First you would have to understand their criteria and you have not.

What do Christians have to say to this? This is their God commanding Moses to kill the women and CHILDREN and to keep the virgins alive.

So it seems.

Leviticus 21:9 A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death.

Yep. You don't want to go messing with priest's daughters.

This is how Christians made it okay for slavery, theyre Bible allows it, so why shouldnt they do it? They are just doing what theyre book allows them to do
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And in the old days people argued over that. But it was, of course, Christians who first argued slavery was morally wrong and it was Christians who banned it. Not atheists as it happens but Quakers.

When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment

This is a sex slave. If she doesnt please the master? How is she supposed to please him? Now you know why the sex trade is so popular in Europe and Christian countries, because their book allows it! They are merely doing what their book allows.

Why do you think that is a sex slave? It says please, but also specifically mentions making her a wife. So we can be reasonably sure it did not mean to sleep with her master. And clearly if she marries a son she cannot be treated as a slave indicating that sex is one thing, slavery is another.

Exodus 21:20-21 When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property.

So you can beat the hell out of your slave as long as the slave does not die, this is straight from the Bible. What is this madness?

I do not know but it is common to all slave owning societies - Islam included. As a matter of interest, as the Quran cannot be changed, do you think this is still permissible in Islam?

I have had enough of this. For the last eight pages or so, we argued the point of whether the Bible is or isn't corrupt. I hope after reading the above verses, we can conclude that there is a 'slight' possibility it is.

What makes you think that? In what ways is the Quran different?

If you adopt an atheistic point of view to criticise Christianity, what will you say when those standards are applied to Islam?
 
nimrod, we have been already through those kind of things for many times, but 3 in 1 cannot be true, 3 is 3 , 1 is 1, and usually christians try to come up with these examples of justifying 3 in 1 , usually they take the egg etc etc.. So these kind of examples are just worthless explaining God.

Why do you think that? Surely a false text can be memorized just as easily as a genuine one? Homer's Iliad was memorised for generations.

oh really? did the memorized it word by word and being carefull of not making mistake anywhere? did they recite chapters of it 5 times a day? did they recite the whole book every year?

From a very early time people tried to fake gospels and add them to the Bible. It was recognised as a powerful work and the Christians did not have a State like the Muslims to stop people doing that. But what is the relevance?
how do you know that those gospels were not true? what if they have been true gospels but did not match what Church wanted? as I mentioned the example above, if on of those scriptures would say "earth is not flat" , they would exclude it , immidiately and would justify their action by saying "welll... this is not from God"

The www.answering-christianity. com site is run by a Palestinian Muslim.
it does not matter who is it run by. the problem is that don't start seperating people by religion in terms of nationality.

It is a typical Muslim meme or urban legend that seems to spread around the internet. And it is just not true. Falun gong is growing much faster. So is Wicca.
:) I guess u were just making fun here..weren't u? I've never heard in my life about Wicca or Falun, not when I lived in Europe not now in US.
As Muslims are the poorest and least educated of the major religions, and high birth rates go with poverty and illiteracy, of course their numbers are growing fast.
I am talking about growing of muslims in Europe and US, I am not talking about Saudi Arabia or some other countires where the majority are muslims, and btw muslims in europe and usa are really really good educated :) christians are the one who are being less educated. in US, factories are just being transfered in Mexico,China.... and they are calling them to get some college, telling them that millions of dollars are waiting for them for scolarships, except a number of them who are really educated. I guess u are very mis-informed about education in world.

And even then the majority of converts here are women who met a Muslim man and married him.

well, I dont know about this, but let those people talk here and tell :)
 
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nimrod, we have been already through those kind of things for many times, but 3 in 1 cannot be true, 3 is 3 , 1 is 1, and usually christians try to come up with these examples of justifying 3 in 1 , usually they take the egg etc etc.. So these kind of examples are just worthless explaining God.

Actually I am not Nimrod. And for myself, I think God is supposed to be pretty much All-Powerful, and beyond any human understanding, so to say that the Trinity is impossible because it is illogical is to ignore the larger mystery that is God. Basically He can do anything He wants.

oh really? did the memorized it word by word and being carefull of not making mistake anywhere? did they recite chapters of it 5 times a day? did they recite the whole book every year?

How is that relevant?

how do you know that those gospels were not true? what if they have been true gospels but did not match what Church wanted? as I mentioned the example above, if on of those scriptures would say "earth is not flat" , they would exclude it , immidiately and would justify their action by saying "welll... this is not from God"

Myself I do not know, although some of them, such as a Gospel of Barnabas, can be dated to much later than the Christian era. I am sure that if one of these did say the Earth was flat, it would be a false Gospel, because of course the Earth is not flat, God would know it is not flat and so would not say it was flat. How can anything be from God if it is wrong?

:) I guess u were just making fun here..weren't u? I've never heard in my life about Wicca or Falun, not when I lived in Europe not now in US.

Well rapid growth is easy in small new religions. This is probably why you have not heard of them. But they exist. Falun Gong is more serious than Wicca, but they have both had enormous growth recently.

I am talking about growing of muslims in Europe and US, I am not talking about Saudi Arabia or some other countires where the majority are muslims, and btw muslims in europe and usa are really really good educated :) christians are the one who are being less educated.

That is simply immigration which is why Muslims in America, but not Europe, are much better educated than the majority of Americans - the Americans are taking the best immigrants. There is some degree of conversion in the West, but not much. Islam is growing there because of immigration and higher birth rates.

in US, factories are just being transfered in Mexico,China.... and they are calling them to get some college, telling them that millions of dollars are waiting for them for scolarships, except a number of them who are really educated. I guess u are very mis-informed about education in world.

Calling who? The Americans are extraordinarily generous with education for foreigners. I agree on that.

But the fact remains that illiteracy, poverty and Islam, well Muslims really, go together. More so now that China and India are growing much faster. Soon poverty will be an African and Muslim problem.
 
Vpb if the example I used is not an example 4 in 1, then show me why.

I believe that was the 3rd posting of the example and yet no one will has disproved it and all the while folks keeps saying God can't be 3 in 1.

Show me the position of authority you have by explaining the mystery of the creature that appears to be 4 in 1.

Thanks
Nimrod
 
Hei Gou you are mostly correct in what you have explained.

Abrogate, as it is used here, more or less means “to end” or to “do away with”, this is for those reading along that might be less than familiar with the lesser used words of the English language.

I would like to examine the word abrogated and the Law.
Basically that implies that the time of the Law has ended. For those living after Jesus’ resurrection, and are not Jewish, that is mostly correct.

However when we think of a law being abrogated we tend to think of how man abrogates
a law. An example from American history would be the constitutional banning of alcoholic beverages during the early 19th century.
Once the amendment was repealed then punishment for having broken that law was repealed and people were released from prison.

That concept doesn’t quite fit what happened when the Law was fulfilled. Those who died under the Law will still be judged by that law. An example is the eating of pork, I as a Christian can eat pork today and not be judged for it on judgment day but the Hebrew that died during David’s time will be.

That is why Jesus said that not the least pen stroke of the Law would fall away and also said that we are living in the time of grace.

What does it mean when a person say’s the Law was fulfilled? A very easy way to understand this is to say that the Time of the Law was fulfilled.

Al-Mu’min I will try to spend a little time today going over the verses you and HeiGou are discussing (I have to day off from work).
I will say though that the site you are citing from is not very balanced. I am sure if you saw a Christian trying to gain wisdom and understanding of Islam you would try to steer him away from a site that had such an attitude toward Islam.

Thanks
Nimrod
 
Al-Mu'min I must say that the more I read from the site you cited, that site is awfull.

Thanks
Nimrod
 
HeiGou,
What's up? How are your plans on creating your own religion going?

Actually the problem is I understand all too well. I was never taught to be a Christian and even I can tell your quotes are bogus.
Man you don't get it do you? Which of the verses I stated above are bogus? Do you think I'm Mark, Mathew, John or Luke :? I don't have the power of inspired revelation man. Nor did I get a visit from the Holy Spirit.
Pick up your Bible and show me the verses that I'm making up.

It would be silly to follow a book if you didn't think it was from God. No we can't. God is not peaceful, He is merciful but war is one of his inventions and He seems to allow a lot of it to go on. He is not tolerant - look what He does to people who worship idols. To my surprise I find out that God is going to send 999 out of every 1000 to burn in Hell forever. He is not a tolerant God. He may well be Forgiving, I hope so, but that 999 does not fill me with hope.

No it will be silly to claim to follow a book when you really don't. You agreed with me earlier that some( if not all of them) verses are just attributed to God. For the sake of all let's just say that the good verses( do not lie etc.) are from God while the violent ones are man made.
In the book i believe in God only tells us to fight back. Not to anyone without a justified reason.

And about the idea you have that God isn't peaceful, you must be really depressed right?:scared: Why not? If he is going to burn 999 out every
1000, you shouldn't be getting your hopes up right?;D But you are missing the big point. First God gives you a chance , a whole lifetime for most of us. He then asks you to simply be good and not to ascribe partners with him. He warns if you don't you go to hell.Then if you don't he rewards you greatly. What is so violent about that?

Actually very little you stated above came from the Bible. I can reasonably assume you have never read it. It came from www.a-c.com which is a hate-filled lie-infested vile site run by a silly silly young man. So they have been tampered with - by your Palestinian brother.

Here we go again:heated:. Fine. Since I'm almost sure you are an Agnostic and against all forms of religious scriptures, you probably don't have a Bible.
Here:
http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php

Show me ONE verse that I qouted wrongly.

And yet this is an Islamic site. I doubt you will get warned although I will no doubt be banned fairly soon. You cut and pasted that from a site run by a Muslim (of sorts). You, as a Muslim, did not see something wrong with it as I did immediately. What sort of frame of mind were you in that you would read such things and believe them to be true?

Relax. First of all, no one is going to ban you. This forum is going to be too boring without someone like you who rejects every proven fact. Secondly the site that this brother started is an answer to the site called Answering-Islam. As some of you may now, this site is run by a group of lunatics who have a talent of making stuff up. I invite you Mr. Confucius (A.K.A brother HeiGou:D ) to take a look at this site. Find a single article that is true and we will talk about it.

The Palestian brother only corrects everything said about Allah, Prophet Mohammed, and the Quran with well know rebuttals. How is that a hate site?

If you want to talk about hate sites, visit any Christian site that talks about the Quran. You know they are making stuff up cause that book is simply perfect.
As Christians say around here every now and then...
Really?? I though I made that up:rollseyes

Well some Christians say that. I doubt all do. The more important issue is that Muhammed comes after Christ and Christ is the last and final message from God. Therefore to a Christian, Muhammed cannot be a prophet. Muslims are to Christians what Bahais are to Muslims - a later, and hence false, religion.

Christ said he came to fullfill way clearly than abrogate:
http://www.answers2prayer.org/bible...sm.about.com/library/polls/blpoll_rel0031.htm

Christianity is more peaceful; Islam is more violent. (194) = 16%
Christianity is more violent; Islam is more peaceful. (641) = 56%!!!

Since christans today are so peaceful, I wonder why the athiests voted Christians to have a more violent religion?

Back then He did. He does not now. Not since He came down and was crucified.

So you are saying Jesus allowed the killings, rapes and massacres before and then not anymore when he was crucified?
I wonder for whose sins he died? Ours or his?

That does not say rape is allowed in certain cases. Do you extend that line of thought on rape victims to what Muslim men possess with "their right hand"? The Christian God certainly did not allow rape. And the reasons for the separation of Church and State have nothing to do with the criminal punishments the Church demanded, because this is not one of them. There is a vast literature of Church law. Why not read some of it?

You are missing the point. I wonder why they separated if everything was nandy-dandy? The church used to rule. And where do you think it's rulings came from even today? The latest edition of HArry Potter perhaps? It's the Bible man.

And about the verse you mentioned. How do you compare that to rape sister?
That was a method of raising the status of slave girls to mothers after marriage. Hence eliminating her slave status.
http://quranicteachings.co.uk/ma-malakat.htm

God does not like eunuch nor does He like adultery. God may hear all, but the God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam does not forgive all. And this only applies to this world you may notice. Ammonites and Moabites are not Jews. They are pagans. Of course they may not join the congregation of the Lord. I wouldn't accept rubbish like this. I would make a small effort to find out what Christians think before lecturing them on what they think.

Yeah, but why punish ten generations? Do you have any idea how many people that is?

This commandment, from Deuteronomy 23, is simple enough. An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. Deuteronomy 23 is one of those turgid passages from the Law of Moses. It is densely packed with rules and regulations, and it is very easy to skim across those words without realising their impact. If you are a Moabite, you cannot enter into the congregation of the LORD.

Generally, particularly early on in the Old Testament, defying the Law of Moses in such an explicit way results in immediate punishment. God does not punish Naomi, God does not punish Ruth and God does not punish Boaz. Naomi, Ruth and Boaz are then blessed with the birth of a child. This child, Jesse, is certainly not ten generations away from a Moabite, yet he too is accepted by Israel. Jesse, of course, was the father of David, the man after God's own heart.

Why the contradiction? Probably man made huh? How is that for a little effort to understand?

I think only modern semi-secular Christians have a problem with beating adulterers per se. Although more may have a problem with the mechanical and often seemingly unfair way that is applied. But you are not using their argument against them. You are not even engaging with the central claim of Christian faith - that Jesus came down on Earth and died to Redeem mankind. You may have a better case for arguing with Jews, but this one simply passes Christians by.

Redeem what? What you "claim" he ordered in the first place?

A common belief to all three monotheistic religions.

Where does it say in Islam that people are to be massacred and punished for no reason?

Really? Where is this?

Somewhere up there ^

Sounds like adoption to me.

Nope. Adoption is approved by the parents. Right man? What is the ruling in your religion of HeiGounism?

Again missing context - God is warning the Jews that if they continue to be disobedient He will punish them

Lev. 26.[27] And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
[28] Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
[29] And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Duet 28 [49] The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
[50] A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
[51] And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
[52] And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
[53] And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:​

God does not command them to eat other people, but He does sometimes cause famine in the land that causes people to eat other people. This is self-evident and no one can deny it.

And you think that's right?


A common belief to all three religions.

Not without a reason. Like fornication, udultery etc..

This one I have to see. What is your source?

Re-read may first post about x-rated stuff in the bible. A lot more worse stuff i mentioned and you can't believe something like adultery is happening.

First you would have to understand their criteria and you have not.

Please make me undrestand 'Your HeiGouness'.

So it seems.

Ya don't say.:uuh:

Yep. You don't want to go messing with priest's daughters.

;D ;D ;D


And in the old days people argued over that. But it was, of course, Christians who first argued slavery was morally wrong and it was Christians who banned it. Not atheists as it happens but Quakers.

Really? After hundreds of years maybe their guilty concience cought up with them..
You make it sound so peaceful and angelic my brother. IT TOOK A CIVIL WAR to make them understand it was morally incorrect?

Why do you think that is a sex slave? It says please, but also specifically mentions making her a wife. So we can be reasonably sure it did not mean to sleep with her master. And clearly if she marries a son she cannot be treated as a slave indicating that sex is one thing, slavery is another.

Really? what is a sold person called? What is a person who is sold if she doesn't please her owner called? A sex slave perhaps?:?
Am i right or am i right?

I do not know but it is common to all slave owning societies - Islam included. As a matter of interest, as the Quran cannot be changed, do you think this is still permissible in Islam?

Nope. We got rid of the habbit way before Abe Lincoln finally thought to himself: "Gee.. I think this is wrong. Im gonna start a war... somebody give me my hat....";D

What makes you think that? In what ways is the Quran different?

Give me one thing wrong with the Quran and I'll pledge my HeiGounism to you ;)

If you adopt an atheistic point of view to criticise Christianity, what will you say when those standards are applied to Islam?

I'd have no problems since Athiests prefer Islam. Go to the Poll link above and visit thier homepage. Check for yourself:thumbs_up

Peace out.:peace:
 
excuse me bro.heigou can you please be abit more kind and helpful cause bro al-mu'min is NOT an christan so please appreciate it and bro maybe you have got the bible or read the bible but believe me i have got it and i have read it in the past when i was a ''christain'' so please appreciate it and not abuse what bro al-mu'min is saying

take care
 

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