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If so do you take them all in? Do you believe they all work together? If no why not?

2006-09-26 12:02:35 · 15 answers · asked by Double Bubble 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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There is truth and beauty in all the world's major religious traditions.

2006-09-26 12:04:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

There is some correlation between all three of these books; the most ancient being the Torah. Through time, the Torah and Bible had been tampered with so much that I wouldn't consider them a reliable source of God's word; but rather, man's interpretation. The Koran, the last book in this integration, is supposed to be the true word of God; without any interference of man. But there is truth in all of them. I believe in the Quran; I don't believe or disbelieve in the Bible or Torah. Peace.

2006-09-26 19:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by justmyinput 5 · 1 0

I've read them.
I tihnk they work together, but I am a Muslim and I bellieve that the Torah and New Testament have some changes and innovations in them. My basic belief is that Torah is for the most part true, but that the writers changed some things as to show themselves as "chosen people" above all others. This is understandable for such a people to do, seeing how they were conquered so many times by outsiders that were not Monotheists. The New Testament gets rid of this problem of the "chosen people" and opens religion to everyone, regardless of their heritage. The only problem is that becuase the writers were living in a Greek influenced world, they were bound to perhaps stick some Greek idea in there, such as God-Human, Son of God concept. I see the Qur'an as a correction to these earlier books, uniting the Jewish united and one God with Chrisitan universalism.
They all work together, just some have been tampered with.

2006-09-26 19:11:10 · answer #3 · answered by Michael M 3 · 0 0

We read the Torah all the way thru each year at synagogue. I was raised a Christian, and we studied what you call the NT then. I could not accept the concept of G-d a trinity. G-d is One. I later converted to Judaism.

I have been studying the Qur'an, along with the book ''The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an'' by Abdulla Yusef Ali, and I do find Islam makes alot more sense, to me, than Christianity does.

One thing I would like to add---non-Jews often think of the Torah as being what they call the OT. It is the first 5 books of it. I have studied all of what you call the OT. We call it ''The Holy Scriptures''.

There is such a difference in what we all believe about Jesus, the differences cannot be reconciled. Jews-he was a teacher, just a man Christians-that he is G-d Muslims- that he is a holy prophet.

2006-09-26 19:19:00 · answer #4 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1 0

I have not read the Torah, though I have read a fascinating book called Legends of the Jews a couple of times, and the Bible a couple of times through, and flip through it still, also own and have read the Quaran. They all have the same base chapters up to approx. the end of the old testament. I have also read bullfinches mythology, south american myths and legends, the legend of gilgamesh, ancient greek and egyptian tales, the unedited version of 1001 arabian knights has some wondrous tales in it as well. I believe that a lot of these stories are connected, there are characters that show up during the tales of the round table and crusades that also appear in the greek and egyptian tales. It really opens the mind to read a large variety of texts and see the connections through all of the stories early man compiled.

2006-09-26 19:13:28 · answer #5 · answered by harold p 3 · 0 0

The Torah is the shadow on the New Testement and the Quran or koran is totally opposite of the New Testement and the Quran....
For instance...the Koran says that Jesus is not the Son of God and the New Testment says He is.
SO anyone who says they work together are ignorant.
JOhn

2006-09-26 19:06:33 · answer #6 · answered by eternalsouljaandson 2 · 3 1

The NT is the fulfillment of the Torah, and the books of the Prophets and Psalms as well. The Qu'ran disagrees with Christianity in many areas (the deity of Jesus, salvation through faith alone, etc.)

2006-09-26 19:09:30 · answer #7 · answered by stronzo5785 4 · 0 0

I haven't read it but i can already tell you that since these are the abrahamic religon they all have a core similarity. But some books over time the languages went extinct and translations were mixed and interwined. so its indirectly, i would say, no offesivly, inaccurate with the original arameic versons. Islam being the last, and unaltered version of the three books i would say is probably most accurate. but i would necessarily accept all three.

2006-09-26 19:16:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Jesus Christ fulfilled the law (Torah) & the prophets. The Quran takes away & contradicts the message of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Lamb of God & Resurrection.

So the Quran conflicts & is an Antichrist book. It is written, he who denies the Father & the Son is a spirit of Antichrist.

2006-09-26 20:27:49 · answer #9 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 1 1

I have read the bible front to back and the quran many times. They work together and make sense only if you want it to. And I see a lot of contraversy due to lack of understanding or even attempting to understand. People would rather go by word of mouth instead self discipline or self diligence. They give up thier will for another. None want to take the time and teach themselves about a certain topic. This theology applies not only to religion. But to answer your question, they do work together, But it is your own knowledge or lack there of that can distinguish what is and what is not. But in the end will still always be on the simple premise it exists. Even if you do not believe in it. It still exists. The simple spark of debate, murders, faiths, religions, beliefs, truths, and so forth is the question of a simple word. That being GOD. A simple word. or lord if you prefer. Which one is correct? Jesus, the father, krishna, visnu, jehova, yaweh, lord GOD of israel(pbuh), allah, and so forth. Which one? Whatever happened to peace? PEACE!

And eternalsouls answer was very ignorant. In the new testament jesus refered to himself as son of man. Not son of GOD. Though he still refered to GOD as the father. It was others who called him son of GOD, but jesus never called himself that. Notice how his(jesus) name manifests from son of man, to son of GOD, to lord, to lord of lords kings of kings. To the outcome that he is revered as GOD.

2006-09-26 19:15:14 · answer #10 · answered by Mitchell B 4 · 0 0

Theres good bits in all of them, and bad bits too. In the end, they are just books written by men, and if you read them as such then you get a much better insight than if you read them as the eternal, infallible word of a god. Basically I try an ignore the religious details and get the important points out - things like 'love thy neighbour' or 'do unto others as you'd have them do unto you' (not things like 'I am the one true only real god')

2006-09-26 19:07:06 · answer #11 · answered by Om 5 · 1 0

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