How did you convert to Islam? (season finale)
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
The rest is up to you..
Well, we have reached the end of chapter 1 titled "Authenticity". I've decided not to post the remaining contents of the book. Even though its only 1 chapter, it already speaks a lot.
If you're interested to find out more, the rest is up to you. Once again, the book is a comparative study between the 2 most widespread religion, entitled Islam and Christianity. Authored by Dr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli, Jordan. Published by DARALFALAH, visit their website, daralfalah.com. Here's a preview of the other chapters:
Chapter 2 - God in Both Religions
- The Trinity
- Polytheism or Monotheism?
- Father or Son?
- A Changeable God
- The Father
- The Mystery
- Oneness of God
- Three or One?
- Son or No Son?
- The Old Testament
- Yahweh or What?
- Why Yahweh?
- Tired or Not?
Chapter 3 - Jesus in Both Religions
- Who is He?
- Who is his Father?
- Who is the Son?
- Praying
- His Ancestors
- Jesus and Adam
- The Prophet or a God?
- A God by Promotion
- A Carpenter or a God?
- His Nature
- Mysterious or Normal?
- The Logical Choice
- Voting
- Strange Promotions
- Crucified or Not?
- By His will or against it?
- Crucifixion or Safety?
- Humiliated or Saved?
- Failure or Success?
- Jesus and Christianity
Chapter 4 - Creeds of Both Religions
- Basic Creeds
- Children and Dogs
- To Whom was Jesus Sent?
- Part of Truth of All?
- Inclusiveness
- Original Sin
- Serpent or Devil?
- Deeds and Judgement
- Where is Salvation?
- Baptism
- Atonement by Replacement
- Day of Judgement
- Crucifixion or Good Deeds?
- Without a book or with a Book?
- Church and Science
- Transubstantiation
Chapter 5 - Worship Acts in Both Religions
- Intercession
- Confession
- Why Asking Forgiveness
- Obedience to God
- Unallowed to Read
Chapter 6 - Ethics in Both Religions
- Surrender or Hit Back?
- Resistance of Evil
- Commandments
- The Example
- Asceticm
- The Rich
- The Effect of Guarantee
- Core of Preaching
- Clergy and Laity
- Comprehensiveness
- Tree and Fruits
Chapter 7 - Law in Both Religions
- Water or Wine?
- Inheritance
- Jesus and Pork
- Polygamy
- No Penalty
- Celibacy or Marriage?
- The Women's Role
- Power of Dreams
- The Law of Moses
- A Changeable Religion
- Changing Laws
- Incomplete Guidance - read below
Incomplete Guidance:
Christianity cannot claim that it is complete guidance, because it does NOT give any teaching on hundreds of matters such as:
1. How to slay an animal.
2. What animals are disallowed to eat?
3. Eating dead meat.
4. Guardianship.
5. Laws about hunting animals.
6. Alcoholic drinks.
7. Drugs.
8. What clothes are disallowed for men?
9. What clothes are disallowed for women?
10. How should a women behave.
11. Using gold utensils.
12. Body parts a man should cover.
13. Body parts a woman should cover.
14. Husband's duties and rights.
15. Wife's duties and rights.
16. Parents' duties and rights.
17. Children's duties and rights
18. Statues.
19. Disallowed vocations.
20. Penalties for major crimes.
21. Man-Women relations.
22. Prohibited marriages.
23. Limit of polygamy.
24. Abortion.
25. Marriage conditions.
26. Adoption.
27. Inheritance.
28. Magic.
29. Discrimination: tribal, racial, color, etc.
30. Usury.
31. Penalty for theft or robbery.
32. Partnership in business.
33. Gambling.
34. Bribery.
In contrast, Islam explicitly teaches people about ALL in the previous themes and explains what is allowed and what is disallowed. The verses of the Quran and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad give detailed guidance on hundreds of main topics and issues that face man in his daily life. Islam is the perfect and complete way of living.
If you are looking for complete and perfect guidance, which do you choose: Christianity or Islam?
If you're interested to find out more, the rest is up to you. Once again, the book is a comparative study between the 2 most widespread religion, entitled Islam and Christianity. Authored by Dr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli, Jordan. Published by DARALFALAH, visit their website, daralfalah.com. Here's a preview of the other chapters:
Chapter 2 - God in Both Religions
- The Trinity
- Polytheism or Monotheism?
- Father or Son?
- A Changeable God
- The Father
- The Mystery
- Oneness of God
- Three or One?
- Son or No Son?
- The Old Testament
- Yahweh or What?
- Why Yahweh?
- Tired or Not?
Chapter 3 - Jesus in Both Religions
- Who is He?
- Who is his Father?
- Who is the Son?
- Praying
- His Ancestors
- Jesus and Adam
- The Prophet or a God?
- A God by Promotion
- A Carpenter or a God?
- His Nature
- Mysterious or Normal?
- The Logical Choice
- Voting
- Strange Promotions
- Crucified or Not?
- By His will or against it?
- Crucifixion or Safety?
- Humiliated or Saved?
- Failure or Success?
- Jesus and Christianity
Chapter 4 - Creeds of Both Religions
- Basic Creeds
- Children and Dogs
- To Whom was Jesus Sent?
- Part of Truth of All?
- Inclusiveness
- Original Sin
- Serpent or Devil?
- Deeds and Judgement
- Where is Salvation?
- Baptism
- Atonement by Replacement
- Day of Judgement
- Crucifixion or Good Deeds?
- Without a book or with a Book?
- Church and Science
- Transubstantiation
Chapter 5 - Worship Acts in Both Religions
- Intercession
- Confession
- Why Asking Forgiveness
- Obedience to God
- Unallowed to Read
Chapter 6 - Ethics in Both Religions
- Surrender or Hit Back?
- Resistance of Evil
- Commandments
- The Example
- Asceticm
- The Rich
- The Effect of Guarantee
- Core of Preaching
- Clergy and Laity
- Comprehensiveness
- Tree and Fruits
Chapter 7 - Law in Both Religions
- Water or Wine?
- Inheritance
- Jesus and Pork
- Polygamy
- No Penalty
- Celibacy or Marriage?
- The Women's Role
- Power of Dreams
- The Law of Moses
- A Changeable Religion
- Changing Laws
- Incomplete Guidance - read below
Incomplete Guidance:
Christianity cannot claim that it is complete guidance, because it does NOT give any teaching on hundreds of matters such as:
1. How to slay an animal.
2. What animals are disallowed to eat?
3. Eating dead meat.
4. Guardianship.
5. Laws about hunting animals.
6. Alcoholic drinks.
7. Drugs.
8. What clothes are disallowed for men?
9. What clothes are disallowed for women?
10. How should a women behave.
11. Using gold utensils.
12. Body parts a man should cover.
13. Body parts a woman should cover.
14. Husband's duties and rights.
15. Wife's duties and rights.
16. Parents' duties and rights.
17. Children's duties and rights
18. Statues.
19. Disallowed vocations.
20. Penalties for major crimes.
21. Man-Women relations.
22. Prohibited marriages.
23. Limit of polygamy.
24. Abortion.
25. Marriage conditions.
26. Adoption.
27. Inheritance.
28. Magic.
29. Discrimination: tribal, racial, color, etc.
30. Usury.
31. Penalty for theft or robbery.
32. Partnership in business.
33. Gambling.
34. Bribery.
In contrast, Islam explicitly teaches people about ALL in the previous themes and explains what is allowed and what is disallowed. The verses of the Quran and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad give detailed guidance on hundreds of main topics and issues that face man in his daily life. Islam is the perfect and complete way of living.
If you are looking for complete and perfect guidance, which do you choose: Christianity or Islam?
Markers
The Bible has no revealed verse that marks its beginning or its end.
The Quran has a verse which tells by its very meaning that here is the beginning of revelation. It says,"Read in the name of your Lord who created..." (Quran: 96:1). The Quran also has a verse that marks the end of revelation: "Today I have perfected your religion for you and completed My favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion." (Quran: 5:3).
The Bible never said that God chose Christianity to be the religion of a man. The Bible does not even mention the word "Christianity". The Quran mentions the name of the religion of Islam and marks the beginning of revelation and the end of it and the completion of the religion as revealed by God.
Had the Bible been God's word, some markers of beginning and end of revelation would have appeared in it.
Which book seems to you to be God's pure word: the Bible or the Quran?
Time Factor:
The Bible was written from the time of Moses, i.e., about 1213 B.C., to the time of Jesus' Disciples, i.e., about 100 A.D. This means that the Bible was completed along about thirteen hundred years and written by scores of known and unknown writers.
The Quran was revealed along a period of twenty-three years, which is the duration extending from the start of Muhammad's mission when he was forty years old until the end of his mission when he died at the age of sixty-three.
Which do you feel at rest with as a book of God: the Bible, which was written along one thousand and three hundred years, OR the Quran, which was revealed along twenty-three years only?
Holy or Not?
The Bible includes thousands of mistakes by the admission of Christian scholars. Many book appeared explication those mistakes in detail. The author of this book has written two books on the same subject in Arabic: one about the corruption of the Old Testament and one about the corruption of the New Testament.
If the Bible has 30,000 to 50,000 mistakes, it cannot be God's word. It cannot be used as a trusted book. It cannot be a reliable source. It cannot be "Holy".
Christianity cannot refer to the Bible as God's word, simply because it cannot be God's word. God does not send a book with 50,000 mistakes!! Not even a normal human sane writer can possibly write a book with so many mistakes.
What is called the "Holy Bible" is not actually "holy". No objective man can call a book with 50,000 or 30,000 mistakes as God's word or as a "holy" book.
In contrast, the Quran is faultless. It has one single version. It has never been modified or adapted or revised, nor will it ever be.
Which do you choose for a reliable book of guidance: the Bible with its 30,000 mistakes of the faultless Quran?
- end of Chapter 1 "Authenticity"
The Quran has a verse which tells by its very meaning that here is the beginning of revelation. It says,"Read in the name of your Lord who created..." (Quran: 96:1). The Quran also has a verse that marks the end of revelation: "Today I have perfected your religion for you and completed My favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion." (Quran: 5:3).
The Bible never said that God chose Christianity to be the religion of a man. The Bible does not even mention the word "Christianity". The Quran mentions the name of the religion of Islam and marks the beginning of revelation and the end of it and the completion of the religion as revealed by God.
Had the Bible been God's word, some markers of beginning and end of revelation would have appeared in it.
Which book seems to you to be God's pure word: the Bible or the Quran?
Time Factor:
The Bible was written from the time of Moses, i.e., about 1213 B.C., to the time of Jesus' Disciples, i.e., about 100 A.D. This means that the Bible was completed along about thirteen hundred years and written by scores of known and unknown writers.
The Quran was revealed along a period of twenty-three years, which is the duration extending from the start of Muhammad's mission when he was forty years old until the end of his mission when he died at the age of sixty-three.
Which do you feel at rest with as a book of God: the Bible, which was written along one thousand and three hundred years, OR the Quran, which was revealed along twenty-three years only?
Holy or Not?
The Bible includes thousands of mistakes by the admission of Christian scholars. Many book appeared explication those mistakes in detail. The author of this book has written two books on the same subject in Arabic: one about the corruption of the Old Testament and one about the corruption of the New Testament.
If the Bible has 30,000 to 50,000 mistakes, it cannot be God's word. It cannot be used as a trusted book. It cannot be a reliable source. It cannot be "Holy".
Christianity cannot refer to the Bible as God's word, simply because it cannot be God's word. God does not send a book with 50,000 mistakes!! Not even a normal human sane writer can possibly write a book with so many mistakes.
What is called the "Holy Bible" is not actually "holy". No objective man can call a book with 50,000 or 30,000 mistakes as God's word or as a "holy" book.
In contrast, the Quran is faultless. It has one single version. It has never been modified or adapted or revised, nor will it ever be.
Which do you choose for a reliable book of guidance: the Bible with its 30,000 mistakes of the faultless Quran?
- end of Chapter 1 "Authenticity"
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The name of Religion
Christianity says that it is the religion which God has assigned for salvation. If so, one expects that God specifically mentions the name of "Christianity" in the book of Christianity, i.e., the Bible. But surprisingly enough, the word "Christianity" never appears anywhere in the Bible. God does not name it. Jesus did not call himself Christian. He did not call his disciples Christians.
Islam says that it is God's religion for salvation. This name "Islam" is specifically mentioned in the revealed book of Islam, i.e., the Quran. Muhammad called his followers "Muslims". The Quran calls believers "Muslims".
Which religion sounds more divine: Christianity, which is not named in its book, or Islam, which is named in its book? Which religion is God's way: one given a name by its followers or one given a name by God in the Quran? Had God meant Christianity to be the religion, He would have named it. God named "Islam" in the Quran but did not name "Christianity" in the Bible. "Islam" is a term made by God in the book of Islam. "Christianity" is a term invented by the church and does not appear in the Bible.
The Real Challenge:
During the prayer service at the church, the preacher reads to the audience already-selected texts from the Bible. But there are thousands of Biblical verses which church preachers have never dared to read. Why? Because some Biblical verses refuse what the church teaches; some verses contradict other verses in the same Bible; some verses are merely historical accounts which can never possibly be a topic for revelation; some verses contradict clear facts of revelation; some verses contradict clear facts of science; some verses contradict common-sense; some verses picture prophets as criminal rouges; some verses are dirty sexual language that cannot be God's word.
In other words, the church preacher selects what to read from the Bible because he has to do so. He cannot simple open the Bible and read any line there. That would be a drastic risk to do. There are verses in the Bible that the preacher cannot read because if he reads them he will undermine the so-called holiness of the Bible.
In contrast, the Muslim preacher has nothing to hide of the Quran. He can read any chapter or verse. He is proud of all the Quran contains. There is nothing in the Quran that one may be ashamed of reading. In fact, most Muslims read and recite many parts of the Quran every day. Many Muslims can recite all the Quran by heart. It is a book superb in its meaning, content, facts, ordainments, laws, doctrines, ethics, worship acts and linguistic style.
Which do you choose to be God's word: the first book or the second book? the Bible or the Quran? It is your choice and your responsibility as well.
Islam says that it is God's religion for salvation. This name "Islam" is specifically mentioned in the revealed book of Islam, i.e., the Quran. Muhammad called his followers "Muslims". The Quran calls believers "Muslims".
Which religion sounds more divine: Christianity, which is not named in its book, or Islam, which is named in its book? Which religion is God's way: one given a name by its followers or one given a name by God in the Quran? Had God meant Christianity to be the religion, He would have named it. God named "Islam" in the Quran but did not name "Christianity" in the Bible. "Islam" is a term made by God in the book of Islam. "Christianity" is a term invented by the church and does not appear in the Bible.
The Real Challenge:
During the prayer service at the church, the preacher reads to the audience already-selected texts from the Bible. But there are thousands of Biblical verses which church preachers have never dared to read. Why? Because some Biblical verses refuse what the church teaches; some verses contradict other verses in the same Bible; some verses are merely historical accounts which can never possibly be a topic for revelation; some verses contradict clear facts of revelation; some verses contradict clear facts of science; some verses contradict common-sense; some verses picture prophets as criminal rouges; some verses are dirty sexual language that cannot be God's word.
In other words, the church preacher selects what to read from the Bible because he has to do so. He cannot simple open the Bible and read any line there. That would be a drastic risk to do. There are verses in the Bible that the preacher cannot read because if he reads them he will undermine the so-called holiness of the Bible.
In contrast, the Muslim preacher has nothing to hide of the Quran. He can read any chapter or verse. He is proud of all the Quran contains. There is nothing in the Quran that one may be ashamed of reading. In fact, most Muslims read and recite many parts of the Quran every day. Many Muslims can recite all the Quran by heart. It is a book superb in its meaning, content, facts, ordainments, laws, doctrines, ethics, worship acts and linguistic style.
Which do you choose to be God's word: the first book or the second book? the Bible or the Quran? It is your choice and your responsibility as well.
Which Bible?
When we mention the Bible, we are not referring to one single specific book. There are so many Bibles with great differences in content. The Bibles differ from an impression to another: London's impressions, Rome impressions, Beirut's impressions, and others show many differences even in the same language.
Protestants believe in a 39-book Old Testament. Catholics believe in a 46-book Old Testament. The Catholic Bible has seven books more than the Protestant Bible. The Samaritan Old Testament includes only five books instead of thirty-nine or forty-six. Which Bible is the Bible?! Nobody knows.
In contrast, the Holy Quran of Islam is one and only one. It has NO different versions. All copies always had and have the same content: word by word, sentence by sentence, verse by verse, and chapter by chapter.
Which book is really Holy and really God's word: the Bible with its many versions and controversial content OR the Quran with its one single version?
The Name of the Book:
The book of Christianity is the Bible. However, this word "Bible" does not appear anywhere in the Bible. The name or title of the book is surprisingly not given by the revealer of the book. It is scholars who called it as such. One expects that if God reveals a book, He himself will give it a name within the book itself. How can God reveal a book without giving it a name or a title? Even the Old Testament or the New Testament are not revealed titles.
The book of Islam, as we know, is the Quran. The word "Quran" is mentioned in the Quran itself. The Quran is named by God, who revealed the Quran.
Which book seems to you more divine: the Bible, which was not named as such by God, or the Quran, which was named as such by God? The Biblical text does not include the name "Bible", whereas the Quranic text includes the name "Quran". In other words, the Bible was names as such by the church whereas the Quran was named as such by God. Which is God's authentic book: one named by people or one named by God? Think about it and decide for yourself.
Protestants believe in a 39-book Old Testament. Catholics believe in a 46-book Old Testament. The Catholic Bible has seven books more than the Protestant Bible. The Samaritan Old Testament includes only five books instead of thirty-nine or forty-six. Which Bible is the Bible?! Nobody knows.
In contrast, the Holy Quran of Islam is one and only one. It has NO different versions. All copies always had and have the same content: word by word, sentence by sentence, verse by verse, and chapter by chapter.
Which book is really Holy and really God's word: the Bible with its many versions and controversial content OR the Quran with its one single version?
The Name of the Book:
The book of Christianity is the Bible. However, this word "Bible" does not appear anywhere in the Bible. The name or title of the book is surprisingly not given by the revealer of the book. It is scholars who called it as such. One expects that if God reveals a book, He himself will give it a name within the book itself. How can God reveal a book without giving it a name or a title? Even the Old Testament or the New Testament are not revealed titles.
The book of Islam, as we know, is the Quran. The word "Quran" is mentioned in the Quran itself. The Quran is named by God, who revealed the Quran.
Which book seems to you more divine: the Bible, which was not named as such by God, or the Quran, which was named as such by God? The Biblical text does not include the name "Bible", whereas the Quranic text includes the name "Quran". In other words, the Bible was names as such by the church whereas the Quran was named as such by God. Which is God's authentic book: one named by people or one named by God? Think about it and decide for yourself.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Paulinity or Christianity?
Jesus did not say that God is three in one; nor that he is God's son, nor that salvation is by cricifixion, nor that a man in naturally sinful, nor that he is God. What Christianity preaches is the opposite of what Jesus taught.
Christianity, as it is, is mainly the product of Paul. Had the church been fair to Paul, it would have called their religion Paulinity, after Paul, not Christianity, after Jesus Christ, who completely disagrees with the basic creeds of the religion. Christianity is falsely attributed to Jesus. Paulinity is a more honest and fair name.
As said before, God never called Jesus' teachings "Christianity". The term "Christianity" never appears anywhere in the Bible, neither in the Old Testament nor in the New Testament. If God had meant Christianity to be his final religion, He would have given it a name.
The creed of Christianity has nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The term "Christianity" is invented by Churchmen. Christianity with its creeds and name is made by churchmen, not by Jesus.
In contrast, Islamic creeds, laws, worship acts and ethics are completely divinely revealed. Islam was not made by scholars as Christianity was made by churchmen. Islam, basics and details, was God's word revealed in the Quran and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad.
Which do you choose as divine: Christianity, which was invented by Paul and churchmen, OR Islam, which was revealed by God?
Greetings and Best Wishes:
In the New Testament, at the end of Paul's epistles, we often read Paul sending his personal greetings and best wishes to other men or womenRT other towns or countries. There is nothing wrong with being sociable and courteous, for sure.
But the question is this: when you read personal greetings and best wishes at the end of Paul's letters, do you feel that those greetings are God's revelation? The church says that the epistles of Paul are God's revelation. Does God include in His revelation the greetings of Paul to his friends?
Those Paulian greetings are not in the interest of Paul. They prove that the letters of Paul are his own production and has no single atom of divine revelation in them.
No one can hide the truth forever. As was said, you can deceive some people some of the time, but you cannot deceive all people all the time. Paul's letters are Paul's letters. Thats all the truth about them. Paul never received divine revelation. He is the one who undermined the teachings of Jesus, cancelled the Law of Moses, and founded a new religion.
Islam says that no prophet came after Jesus except Muhammad. No prophet came between Jesus and Muhammad. No prophet came or will come after Muhammad. God says this clearly and definitely in the Holy Quran. The disciples of Jesus are only disciples. They never received divine revelation. Paul, the disciple of a disciple, never received revelation. The proof is the content of his letters, his personal greetings and best wishes, what he did to Jesus and his teachings, what he did to the Law of Moses, and what he said explicitly. Paul confessed that he saw Jesus and heard him in a dream (Acts 26:19). Can we accept dreams as revelations? If so, all dreamers are receivers of revelation! If so, all dreamers are conveyors of God's word! If so, all dreamers are prophets! If so, all humans are prophets!
Can you accept Paul's greetings and best wishes to specific friends as divine revelation? Can you consider Paul's dream as revelation?
Revised Bible:
There is a version of the Bible called "Revised version of the Bible". "Revised" means "modified". If the Bible is God's word, no one has the right to revise it or modify it or add to it or omit from it. Being in the need of revision, the Bible cannot be God's word. Being actually revised, the Bible is no more God's word.
In contrast, the Quran, the Holy Book of Islam, has no revised versions. It has never been revised or modified or abridged. It is God's only pure word available right now.
Which do you choose as God's pure word: the revised Bible or the non-revised Quran?
Christianity, as it is, is mainly the product of Paul. Had the church been fair to Paul, it would have called their religion Paulinity, after Paul, not Christianity, after Jesus Christ, who completely disagrees with the basic creeds of the religion. Christianity is falsely attributed to Jesus. Paulinity is a more honest and fair name.
As said before, God never called Jesus' teachings "Christianity". The term "Christianity" never appears anywhere in the Bible, neither in the Old Testament nor in the New Testament. If God had meant Christianity to be his final religion, He would have given it a name.
The creed of Christianity has nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The term "Christianity" is invented by Churchmen. Christianity with its creeds and name is made by churchmen, not by Jesus.
In contrast, Islamic creeds, laws, worship acts and ethics are completely divinely revealed. Islam was not made by scholars as Christianity was made by churchmen. Islam, basics and details, was God's word revealed in the Quran and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad.
Which do you choose as divine: Christianity, which was invented by Paul and churchmen, OR Islam, which was revealed by God?
Greetings and Best Wishes:
In the New Testament, at the end of Paul's epistles, we often read Paul sending his personal greetings and best wishes to other men or womenRT other towns or countries. There is nothing wrong with being sociable and courteous, for sure.
But the question is this: when you read personal greetings and best wishes at the end of Paul's letters, do you feel that those greetings are God's revelation? The church says that the epistles of Paul are God's revelation. Does God include in His revelation the greetings of Paul to his friends?
Those Paulian greetings are not in the interest of Paul. They prove that the letters of Paul are his own production and has no single atom of divine revelation in them.
No one can hide the truth forever. As was said, you can deceive some people some of the time, but you cannot deceive all people all the time. Paul's letters are Paul's letters. Thats all the truth about them. Paul never received divine revelation. He is the one who undermined the teachings of Jesus, cancelled the Law of Moses, and founded a new religion.
Islam says that no prophet came after Jesus except Muhammad. No prophet came between Jesus and Muhammad. No prophet came or will come after Muhammad. God says this clearly and definitely in the Holy Quran. The disciples of Jesus are only disciples. They never received divine revelation. Paul, the disciple of a disciple, never received revelation. The proof is the content of his letters, his personal greetings and best wishes, what he did to Jesus and his teachings, what he did to the Law of Moses, and what he said explicitly. Paul confessed that he saw Jesus and heard him in a dream (Acts 26:19). Can we accept dreams as revelations? If so, all dreamers are receivers of revelation! If so, all dreamers are conveyors of God's word! If so, all dreamers are prophets! If so, all humans are prophets!
Can you accept Paul's greetings and best wishes to specific friends as divine revelation? Can you consider Paul's dream as revelation?
Revised Bible:
There is a version of the Bible called "Revised version of the Bible". "Revised" means "modified". If the Bible is God's word, no one has the right to revise it or modify it or add to it or omit from it. Being in the need of revision, the Bible cannot be God's word. Being actually revised, the Bible is no more God's word.
In contrast, the Quran, the Holy Book of Islam, has no revised versions. It has never been revised or modified or abridged. It is God's only pure word available right now.
Which do you choose as God's pure word: the revised Bible or the non-revised Quran?
Disciple or Prophet?
Christianity says that John, Matthew, Mark and Luke received revelation from God to write their gospels, but Jesus himself, the core of Christianity, received no revelation from God.
Islam says that revelation should come from God to every prophet, who in turn passes it to people. Islam says that it is incomprehensible that disciples or disciples of disciples receive God's revelation but the prophet himself, i.e., Jesus, receives no revelation. Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, received a revelation, i.e., the Holy Quran. Even his sayings were also revealed to him.
Which is more acceptable to you: a religion whose founder received no revelation OR a religion whose prophet did reveive a revelation? What would you choose? Do you prefer to follow disciples of a prophet or the prophet himself?
Internal Inconsistencies:
The gospels of the New Testament give contradictory stories about the same incident. Sometimes the one gospel contradict itself. There are hundreds of inter-gospel and intra-gospel contradictions. This proves that those gospels are human reports and not divine revelations. God knows all the truth and He cannot give contradictory reports. This means that the New Testament is not a revealed text. The obvious conclusion is that Christianity does not have a revealed scripture now. When the preacher in the church carries the Bible and describes it as "the word of God", he is not telling the truth. Had the Bible been God's word, it would not have included hundreds and thousands of inner-contradictions.
In contrast, the Quran gives one story about each incident. It shows no inner-contradictions.
Which is the word of God: the Bible with its thousands of inner-contradictions OR the Quran with its absolute preciseness and correctness?
Islam says that revelation should come from God to every prophet, who in turn passes it to people. Islam says that it is incomprehensible that disciples or disciples of disciples receive God's revelation but the prophet himself, i.e., Jesus, receives no revelation. Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, received a revelation, i.e., the Holy Quran. Even his sayings were also revealed to him.
Which is more acceptable to you: a religion whose founder received no revelation OR a religion whose prophet did reveive a revelation? What would you choose? Do you prefer to follow disciples of a prophet or the prophet himself?
Internal Inconsistencies:
The gospels of the New Testament give contradictory stories about the same incident. Sometimes the one gospel contradict itself. There are hundreds of inter-gospel and intra-gospel contradictions. This proves that those gospels are human reports and not divine revelations. God knows all the truth and He cannot give contradictory reports. This means that the New Testament is not a revealed text. The obvious conclusion is that Christianity does not have a revealed scripture now. When the preacher in the church carries the Bible and describes it as "the word of God", he is not telling the truth. Had the Bible been God's word, it would not have included hundreds and thousands of inner-contradictions.
In contrast, the Quran gives one story about each incident. It shows no inner-contradictions.
Which is the word of God: the Bible with its thousands of inner-contradictions OR the Quran with its absolute preciseness and correctness?
Friday, May 25, 2007
Many Versions or One?
The Bible of Christianity has different versions and remains under modification and revision from time to time.
The Quran of Islam has one single version from the time of Prophet Muhammad up till this moment, for the last forteen centuries. All the copies of the Quran are the same: no word more and no word less.
Which book is more divine: a book that has many different versions and is subjected to continual revision or an unchangeble book? Which is more godly and divine: the Bible or the Quran? Let us assume that you do not know either. Just judge on the basis of changeability and variety of versions of the Bible versus the unchangeability and oneness of the version of the Quran. Which is the book of God: the Bible, which changes through time, OR the Quran, which has remained as it was revealed?
The Quran of Islam has one single version from the time of Prophet Muhammad up till this moment, for the last forteen centuries. All the copies of the Quran are the same: no word more and no word less.
Which book is more divine: a book that has many different versions and is subjected to continual revision or an unchangeble book? Which is more godly and divine: the Bible or the Quran? Let us assume that you do not know either. Just judge on the basis of changeability and variety of versions of the Bible versus the unchangeability and oneness of the version of the Quran. Which is the book of God: the Bible, which changes through time, OR the Quran, which has remained as it was revealed?
The Original Language
Christianity says that the gospel of Matthew was originally written by Matthew in Hebrew. But this Hebrew original exists nowhere; it has been lost forever. What exists is a translation of that lost original.
Islam says that the original language of the Book of Islam i.e., the Quran, is Arabic. The Arabic Quran was and has always been available in Arabic since it was revealed about fourteen centuries ago.
With the authenticity criterion, which is more reliable: a book with a lost original or a book with an available original? What would you choose as more dependable?
Islam says that the original language of the Book of Islam i.e., the Quran, is Arabic. The Arabic Quran was and has always been available in Arabic since it was revealed about fourteen centuries ago.
With the authenticity criterion, which is more reliable: a book with a lost original or a book with an available original? What would you choose as more dependable?
Who Made the Choice?
Christianity says that there were scores of gospels one day, but the church selected four of them, i.e., the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The other gospels were banned or burnt or destroyed.
Islam says that there has always been one single version of the Holy Quran and no similar process of selection was ever made or needed.
On what basis did the church make its choice? Why those four gospels in particular? Why not three or five or ten gospels? Why not the other gospels? Who had the right to select and eliminate gospels? Who gave him that right? If the gospels were God's word, why would some of them be ruled out?
As you may feel, which is more reliable; a religion, the books of which are chosen by voting or religion, the book of which is revealed by God? Let us accept what each religion says as for granted and then judge each accordingly. You stand as an objective neutral evaluator or judge. Forget that you are whatever you are for a moment and decide objectively.
Islam says that there has always been one single version of the Holy Quran and no similar process of selection was ever made or needed.
On what basis did the church make its choice? Why those four gospels in particular? Why not three or five or ten gospels? Why not the other gospels? Who had the right to select and eliminate gospels? Who gave him that right? If the gospels were God's word, why would some of them be ruled out?
As you may feel, which is more reliable; a religion, the books of which are chosen by voting or religion, the book of which is revealed by God? Let us accept what each religion says as for granted and then judge each accordingly. You stand as an objective neutral evaluator or judge. Forget that you are whatever you are for a moment and decide objectively.
Contradictions
The four gospels of the New Testament show hundreds of disagreements on the same incidents although the church says that they are God's word.
The Quran, God's word according to Islam, shows no internal disagreements or contradictions.
For the sake of argument and by handling one issue at a time, let us take what each side says as for granted. Which, to you, sounds more divine: the New Testament which includes hundreds of inter-gospel disagreements or the Quran which has no internal inconsistencies? Churchmen says that the gospel disagreements are due to differences in human reporting. But remember that the gospels are not human reports, as they claim. According to the Church, they are God's word and revelation. How can the gospels contradict one another if they are God's word? They cannot be God's word and human reports at the same time.
Which do you accept as God's pure word: the New Testament with its four contradictory gospels or the Quran with its invariable consistency?
The Quran, God's word according to Islam, shows no internal disagreements or contradictions.
For the sake of argument and by handling one issue at a time, let us take what each side says as for granted. Which, to you, sounds more divine: the New Testament which includes hundreds of inter-gospel disagreements or the Quran which has no internal inconsistencies? Churchmen says that the gospel disagreements are due to differences in human reporting. But remember that the gospels are not human reports, as they claim. According to the Church, they are God's word and revelation. How can the gospels contradict one another if they are God's word? They cannot be God's word and human reports at the same time.
Which do you accept as God's pure word: the New Testament with its four contradictory gospels or the Quran with its invariable consistency?
Authenticity
Jesus' language was Aramaic as proven in "Eli, Eli, lama sa - batcha - ni" (Matt. 27:46). But this sentence was the only Aramaic sentence reported about Jesus. No gospel is available in Aramaic. The exact Aramaic words of Jesus are lost.
Muhammad's language was Arabic. All that Muhammad said is available in Arabic, the original language which he spoke.
Here you have two persons. Jesus spoke Aramaic and nothing is reported about him in Aramaic. What we have is only translations of lost originals. Muhammad spoke Arabic and all that is reported about him is in the same language which he spoke. Which reports are more authentic in your opinion: those about Jesus or those about Muhammad? Just decide on the basis of one factor at a time. Which reports sound more authentic? What would happen to reports translated from originals that no more exist?
Muhammad's language was Arabic. All that Muhammad said is available in Arabic, the original language which he spoke.
Here you have two persons. Jesus spoke Aramaic and nothing is reported about him in Aramaic. What we have is only translations of lost originals. Muhammad spoke Arabic and all that is reported about him is in the same language which he spoke. Which reports are more authentic in your opinion: those about Jesus or those about Muhammad? Just decide on the basis of one factor at a time. Which reports sound more authentic? What would happen to reports translated from originals that no more exist?
Sunday, April 29, 2007
50,000 Mistakes:
Christian scholars admit that the Bible has a number of mistakes ranging between 30,000 to 50,000 depending on individual judgements. They talk about mistakes in dates, scientific facts, geography, history, and international inconsistencies.
Muslim scholars say that thier Book, the Quran, has not a single mistake.
Let us accept each party for what they say. Which do you choose for God's word: the Bible or the Quran? You decide for yourself. Do you accept a book with 50,000 mistakes to be God's book? You decide and you choose.
(to be continued)
Muslim scholars say that thier Book, the Quran, has not a single mistake.
Let us accept each party for what they say. Which do you choose for God's word: the Bible or the Quran? You decide for yourself. Do you accept a book with 50,000 mistakes to be God's book? You decide and you choose.
(to be continued)
Scientific Facts:
The book of Christianity, i.e., the Bible, contradicts scientific facts on many occasions. For example, on the first page of the Bible (Gen 1:5), it is mentioned that God created light and morning and evening on the first day of creation. It goes on to say that He created the moon, the sun, and the stars on the fourth day (Gen 1:14). How could there be light and morning and evening on the first day when the sources of light were created three days later?
Another example is that water was created on the first day of creation according to the Bible (Gen 1:2) when science affirms that the universe began as a gaseous nebula. How could gas carry oceans of water?
Cases of Biblical contradictions to science prove that the Bible, as it is now, is not God's word, because God knows the facts about the universe which He created.
The Book of Islam, i.e., the Quran, does not contradict scientific facts at all. In fact, it includes facts which have not been known to man until recently.
Which is God's word in your opinion: a book that contradicts scientific facts OR a book that affirms them? Please, think and choose.
Another example is that water was created on the first day of creation according to the Bible (Gen 1:2) when science affirms that the universe began as a gaseous nebula. How could gas carry oceans of water?
Cases of Biblical contradictions to science prove that the Bible, as it is now, is not God's word, because God knows the facts about the universe which He created.
The Book of Islam, i.e., the Quran, does not contradict scientific facts at all. In fact, it includes facts which have not been known to man until recently.
Which is God's word in your opinion: a book that contradicts scientific facts OR a book that affirms them? Please, think and choose.
Content:
The Bible is a book that contains the word of God plus the word of prophets plus the word of historians plus the word of commentators plus the word of disciples. This is what Biblical scholars assert and what any reader can easily see by himself.
The Quran is God's word only. The Quran does not include the sayings of Prophet Muhammad, nor comments of historians or commentators. What Muhammad said appears in books outside the Quran. Commentators, historians, and interpreters have thier own books seperate and distinct from the Quran.
Which do you tend to accept as God's pure word: the Bible with its cocktail writers and contents OR the Quran?
The Quran is God's word only. The Quran does not include the sayings of Prophet Muhammad, nor comments of historians or commentators. What Muhammad said appears in books outside the Quran. Commentators, historians, and interpreters have thier own books seperate and distinct from the Quran.
Which do you tend to accept as God's pure word: the Bible with its cocktail writers and contents OR the Quran?
Old and New Testaments:
The Old Testament says that God is one and has no son. But the New Testament gives God a son and Christianity makes God Three in one. Furthermore, the Old Testament does not admit the Day of Judgement or the other life, whereas the New Testament admits them both.
Although the two testaments are in one book, i.e., the Bible, they amazingly disagree on major principles of belief, i.e., God and resurrection. How is this possible? Two revealed books, as it is claimed, disagree whether God is one or three in one, whether He has a son or not, whether there is resurrection or not, whether there is a day of judgement or not and whether there is another life or not. Had these two testaments been truly God's word, they would have not disagreed on those basic beliefs.
In contrast, the book of Islam, i.e., the Quran, is very clear and perfectly consistent. God is one. He has no son or father. There will be resurrection. There will be a day of judgement. There will be another life.
Which do you choose as God's pure word: the Bible with its disagreements OR the Quran with its conciseness and consistency?
Although the two testaments are in one book, i.e., the Bible, they amazingly disagree on major principles of belief, i.e., God and resurrection. How is this possible? Two revealed books, as it is claimed, disagree whether God is one or three in one, whether He has a son or not, whether there is resurrection or not, whether there is a day of judgement or not and whether there is another life or not. Had these two testaments been truly God's word, they would have not disagreed on those basic beliefs.
In contrast, the book of Islam, i.e., the Quran, is very clear and perfectly consistent. God is one. He has no son or father. There will be resurrection. There will be a day of judgement. There will be another life.
Which do you choose as God's pure word: the Bible with its disagreements OR the Quran with its conciseness and consistency?
CHAPTER 1: Authenticity
Gospel Writers:
Matthew is Jesus' disciple. But he wrote his gospel in Hebrew, the original of which is lost forever. What is available is the translation of that lost original. Thus, no one can prove that Matthew's gospel of today is identical with what Matthew wrote, because no original is available.
Mark is not Jesus' disciple. He is Peter's disciple. Thus Mark's gosple cannot be considered as first-hand narration. Mark did not see what Jesus did, nor did he hear what Jesus said. No one can prove the truth of Mark's reporting about Jesus. Jesus' disciples are more reliable reporters about Jesus than the disciples of disciples. Mark is merely a disciple of a disciple.
Similarly, Luke is not Jesus' disciple. He never saw or heard him. Luke is not even a disciple of a disciple. Luke is a disciple of Paul, who was never a disciple of Jesus. How can we accept Luke's reporting if he never saw or heard Jesus? What authentic value do his reports have when they are merely third-hand reports?
As for the evangelist John, scholars assert that he is not John the disciple of Jesus. The content of the gospel of John and its wording, as analysis tells, cannot be written by John, the disciple of Jesus. Someone wrote it and attributed it to John the disciple to give it more reliability. Scholars confirm that it was written about 97 A.D., i.e., sixty-four years after Jesus' disappearance. John would be at least eighty-four years old by then, assuming that he was only twenty years at Jesus' disappearence.
Why should John the disciple wait until he was 84 years to write the gospel? Why did he wait 64 years to begin his work? This confirms the conclusion that John's gospel was not written by John the disciple.
What we have, in brief, is four strongly - doubted gospels. Matthew's original manuscript is lost forever and none can prove the authenticity of the present translated version. Mark's gospel cannot be highly trusted because Mark was not a disciple of Jesus and thus he was not a first-hand reporter. The same defect applies to Luke, and even more clearly, because Luke was a disciple of Paul, who was a disciple of Barnaba, who was a disciple of Jesus. Luke's gospels is third-hand reporting. John's gospels is written by an anonymous writer, and not John the disciple, whose name was simply used as a cover.
In contrast, the Quran is one version. We do not have different versions of the Quran.
Which do you choose to be God's pure word: the gospel with its four different contradictory versions and lost originals, second-hand and third-hand reporting OR the Quran with its one single version?
Matthew is Jesus' disciple. But he wrote his gospel in Hebrew, the original of which is lost forever. What is available is the translation of that lost original. Thus, no one can prove that Matthew's gospel of today is identical with what Matthew wrote, because no original is available.
Mark is not Jesus' disciple. He is Peter's disciple. Thus Mark's gosple cannot be considered as first-hand narration. Mark did not see what Jesus did, nor did he hear what Jesus said. No one can prove the truth of Mark's reporting about Jesus. Jesus' disciples are more reliable reporters about Jesus than the disciples of disciples. Mark is merely a disciple of a disciple.
Similarly, Luke is not Jesus' disciple. He never saw or heard him. Luke is not even a disciple of a disciple. Luke is a disciple of Paul, who was never a disciple of Jesus. How can we accept Luke's reporting if he never saw or heard Jesus? What authentic value do his reports have when they are merely third-hand reports?
As for the evangelist John, scholars assert that he is not John the disciple of Jesus. The content of the gospel of John and its wording, as analysis tells, cannot be written by John, the disciple of Jesus. Someone wrote it and attributed it to John the disciple to give it more reliability. Scholars confirm that it was written about 97 A.D., i.e., sixty-four years after Jesus' disappearance. John would be at least eighty-four years old by then, assuming that he was only twenty years at Jesus' disappearence.
Why should John the disciple wait until he was 84 years to write the gospel? Why did he wait 64 years to begin his work? This confirms the conclusion that John's gospel was not written by John the disciple.
What we have, in brief, is four strongly - doubted gospels. Matthew's original manuscript is lost forever and none can prove the authenticity of the present translated version. Mark's gospel cannot be highly trusted because Mark was not a disciple of Jesus and thus he was not a first-hand reporter. The same defect applies to Luke, and even more clearly, because Luke was a disciple of Paul, who was a disciple of Barnaba, who was a disciple of Jesus. Luke's gospels is third-hand reporting. John's gospels is written by an anonymous writer, and not John the disciple, whose name was simply used as a cover.
In contrast, the Quran is one version. We do not have different versions of the Quran.
Which do you choose to be God's pure word: the gospel with its four different contradictory versions and lost originals, second-hand and third-hand reporting OR the Quran with its one single version?
Preface
Islam and Christianity are the most widespread religions throughout our world today. The followers of each exceed one billion in number. Both sides strive to gain more and more followers.
Both religions have been competing for long centuries in different aspects and different arenas. Unfortunately, however, the followers of each religion know only little about the other religion. That is why it has come to my mind the idea that it will be worthy to try to put the two religions together in one book and give the reader a comparative look at both creeds.
This book gives answers to these questions:
1. Where do Islam and Christianity stand with regard to authenticity?
2. What is God according to Christianity and what is God according to Islam?
3. How does each religion look at Jesus?
4. What are the basic creeds of each religion?
5. How does worship differ in both religions?
6. What are the ethical differences between Islam and Christianity?
7. What is law in both religions?
In brief, this book aims at comparing Islam and Christianity concernin seven areas: authenticity, God, Jesus, creeds, worship, ethics and law. Knowledge is power, as it is always repeated. To know is better than not to know. This comparative knowledge may help the reader in the way he may find convenient to him. This book may change all your life if you read it carefully and objectively with an open mind and an open heart
Dr. Muhammad Ali Abdul Karim Alkhuli
Amman, Jordan.
Both religions have been competing for long centuries in different aspects and different arenas. Unfortunately, however, the followers of each religion know only little about the other religion. That is why it has come to my mind the idea that it will be worthy to try to put the two religions together in one book and give the reader a comparative look at both creeds.
This book gives answers to these questions:
1. Where do Islam and Christianity stand with regard to authenticity?
2. What is God according to Christianity and what is God according to Islam?
3. How does each religion look at Jesus?
4. What are the basic creeds of each religion?
5. How does worship differ in both religions?
6. What are the ethical differences between Islam and Christianity?
7. What is law in both religions?
In brief, this book aims at comparing Islam and Christianity concernin seven areas: authenticity, God, Jesus, creeds, worship, ethics and law. Knowledge is power, as it is always repeated. To know is better than not to know. This comparative knowledge may help the reader in the way he may find convenient to him. This book may change all your life if you read it carefully and objectively with an open mind and an open heart
Dr. Muhammad Ali Abdul Karim Alkhuli
Amman, Jordan.
Purpose
Peace be upon you. Welcome. This blog is an info site for anyone interested in comparative studies between Islam and Christianity. The posts are typed exactly from a simple book called "Islam and Christianity" by Dr. Muhammad Ali Alkhuli. The writer of this site has no other intention but just to spread the message conveyed by the author of the book.
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