"For our sake he died, for our sins ...." this is what the Holy Bible fortold and this is what is recorded in the Gospel. Why should we believe it different?
2006-07-06 08:11:48 · 14 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You claim it only appeared as if He was crucified. Where does this info come from?
2006-07-06 08:14:53 · update #1
Christ SAID HE was to be crucified HE never said or implied anything different.
2006-07-06 08:15:42 · update #2
1 John 2:22-23 clearly states" Who is the liar but the one that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father." Seems fairly clear that anyone who tries to claim Jesus is not the Christ , the Savior and the Son would be the "antichrist.
2006-07-06 08:19:38 · update #3
I understand all of these arguments but they try to tell us they are along the same lines as us and just the continuation of Christianity. This cannot be true. Christianity and Islam are two distinct religions.
2006-07-06 08:23:36 · update #4
Thank you Mr. Leman Sr. for your insight.
2006-07-06 08:51:51 · update #5
they don't believe Jesus was the savior. they just think He was a nice man who knew God. they don't even believe He died at 33.
one second they'll say they respect Jesus because He was a great man, and the Quran is full of well wishing for Him. then two seconds later they say Jesus will have to "answer to Allah" for spreading lies about His diety.
2006-07-06 08:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Muslims DO NOT believe Jesus is the Savior. They only believe He was a prophet.
1 John 2:22 applies to this line of thinking.
2006-07-06 15:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by Kitten 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslims believe in the Qur'an, and the Qur'an say Jesus was not crucified. But Muslims do believe that Jesus was a great prophet. as this relates to the bible if you are a person of a different belief then what someones book says is of no consequence to them just like the buddhism and sikism both have roots within hinduism but both follow different paths
2006-07-06 15:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by wiseman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't. If this is something you firmly believe (and there is no strong evidence against what you believe in) - nobody can take it away from you.
Why would anybody else believe differently or have any doubts about your doctrine - that's a different question.
In the Muslim view, Jesus was a Savior because he came as a Prophet to the confused nation which was losing its spiritual ways and was oppressed by the foreign imperialist power and its own corrupt government. He came with the mission of preaching the word of God to those who could still hear it and to call the nation of Israel back to the original religion of Abraham. It was an attempt (at least somewhat successful) to save Jews from stepping into the abyss. Of course, because of the international nature of his message, it was an attempt to rescue the whole humanity. Hence, Christ was a Savior. In fact, in Qur'an he is referred to as "Isa Massih", which literally means "Jesus the Savior".
However, according to the Muslim view, God took Jesus away from this world right before before his crucifixion, just like he took away Elijah centuries earlier, just like he took Enoch in the pre-historic times. And yes, Muslims believe in the revelations about coming Armageddon and Jesus' triumphant return to Earth.
Now you can ask your question again:
This is what Muslims believe. Why should they believe any different?
No reason, just like in the case of your beliefs. Unless either one of us goes to heaven and asks God directly about what happened, it's always going to be a matter of personal belief. I think it would be far more useful if people concentrated less on the circumstances of Jesus' birth and death and more - on the example his life provides to us and the guidance his teachings bring.
2006-07-06 15:48:49 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Leman Sr. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, Muslims do not believe Christ to be the savior. He was a profit, but not the savior. They don't even read the bible. Their Holy Book is the Quran.
2006-07-06 15:16:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslims do not believe Christ was "the saviour"..they recognize him as a prophet of Allah instead.
The Bible is an irrelevance in Islam, just as the Koran is to Christianity.
2006-07-06 15:18:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my understanding of Islamic doctrine, and granted it is little, Muslims believe Chris wast not to be crucified because they believe that Christ was a prophet, much like Moses or Elijah. Since prophets are servants of God, according to their logic, to allow one of them to die at the hands of their adversaries would not be in God's nature of justice and goodness.
2006-07-06 15:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to believe differently, but Jews and Muslims (who both acknowledge Jesus' existence) don't believe he was the Messiah. They see Jesus as an important prophet, and respect him as such, but don't worship him. Jews and Muslims worship no one but God.
Actually, some Christian sects that were more popular closer to Jesus' lifetime didn't believe he was crucified.
2006-07-06 15:17:20 · answer #8 · answered by Johnny Tezca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslims don't believe that Jesus Christ was a saviour. He was a messenger of God. God himself is our and Jesus' saviour and Jesus is not God.
2006-07-07 18:52:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, as Jesus said, "For this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that they might not see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'" (Matthew 13:15)
2006-07-06 15:16:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋