Christianity vs Islam??

Question

Any thoughts or views appreciated!!

Answer 1

I know God and Jesus. I have spent my entire life exploring and discovering God. I have examined a multitude of religions and beliefs. A life of exploring and searching for truth has led me to finding the treasure. God is everyones God. He is the creator of all. Jesus is the son of Christ. God tells us about the false Gods and how to distinguish truth. Islam is very dangerous.
Islam is a cult founded by an Arab from Mecca in Arabia, by the name of Mohammed, who lived from 570-632 A.D. He claimed that he had an encounter with the angel Gabriel who appeared to him giving him divine revelations from God. Mohammed told these revelations to others who wrote them down and they were compiled in a book called the Koran, also spelled Quran or Qur’an, which today is known as the Muslim bible. Islam is the second largest religion on earth, and is growing larger by the day as its cancerous hate is deceiving many people all throughout the nations on earth. Many oil rich Middle Easterners are spending millions of dollars to “evangelize” the various Nations for Islam. Islam is composed of Sunni (Fundamentalist) , Shi’ite (Extremist), Sufi’s (Mystic), and the radical Black Muslims in America. Although there seems to be different fractions, and they fight with each other, they are all united when it comes to fighting Christians and Jews. The majority of Muslims will not go against another Muslim when it comes to fighting Jews and Christians.Holocaust: Islam’s Goal Is The Murder Of Christians And Jews...This Makes Islam The Same As The Nazis.The leaders of Islam have publicly advocated and promised the destruction of Israel and it’s ally the United States, and have put their plan into full force by the attack on America on 9/11 and the recent suicide bombings that have taken place in Israel. Through a united effort, the Muslim leaders have launched the Final Jihad, which means Holy War. It is their belief that they will destroy the USA and Israel, and have one world domination in which Islam is the only religion. Muslims believe that God gave the Promised Land to them and not to the Jews. According to the Koran and the Moslem tradition, the Jews are to be considered enemies of Islam forever and must be annihilated. Islam is seeking to achieve its goal of the Final Holy War (Jihad) through means of International terrorism as well as the rise of the Islamic religion. Muslims say that conversion may be achieved through persuasion or subjugation, but if people will not convert to Islam, then it is ok to kill the people who do not convert, who they describe in the Koran as “infidels”. Reference: (Ibid pg. 35) Islam teaches that Jihad, or Holy War is to be waged until the Day of Judgment, or until the world is under complete domination by the Islam. According to the Koran, if a non-Muslim will not repent and turn to Islam, then “Slay them wherever you find them” and “When you encounter the infidels, strike off their heads till ye have made a great slaughter against them.” The Koran also states, “O, true believers, take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends. They cannot be trusted. They are defiled, filth.” With the recent string of suicide bombings that Muslims leaders have unleashed upon Israel, along with 9/11, it is apparent to the world that the Muslims have no regard for human life as they have proven by slaughtering innocent civilians. Islam allows murder and violence, as here are some quotations from the Koran. Make war on them until idolatry is no more and Allah's religion reigns supreme." (Koran 8:37) The Koran instructs not to make friendship with Jews and Christians (Koran 5:51) but to war against them: "When the Sacred Months are over, kill those who ascribe partners to God wheresoever ye find them; seize them, encompass them, and ambush them; then if they repent and observe prayer and pay the alms, let them go their way (Koran 4:5). "Fight against those who believe not in God nor in the Last Day, who... refuse allegiance to the True Faith from among those who have received the Book, until they humbly pay tribute out of hand." (Koran 9:29)



"...kill the disbelievers wherever we find them" (Koran 2:191); "fight and slay the Pagans, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem" (Koran 9:5); "murder them and treat them harshly" (Koran 9:123).
Seize ye him, and bind ye him, And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits! This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High. And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent! So no friend hath he here this Day. Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds, Which none do eat but those in sin." (Koran 69:30-37)



“Strike off the heads of the disbelievers"; and after making a "wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives" (Koran 47:4).
Instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers"; "smite above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them" (Koran 8:12; cp. 8:60).
O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern against them. Their abode is Hell - an evil refuge indeed" (Koran 9:73).



“slay or crucify or cut the hands and feet of the unbelievers, that they be expelled from the land with disgrace..." (Koran 5:34).



“for them (the unbelievers) garments of fire shall be cut and there shall be poured over their heads boiling water whereby whatever is in their bowels and skin shall be dissolved and they will be punished with hooked iron rods" (Koran 22:19-22)



The Muslims try to justify their acts of terrorism by saying that God, who they refer to as Allah, is really the one doing the killing and using Muslims as tools to carry out death and destruction.



"It is not us who slay them but Allah, in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself." (Koran 8:17; cp. Surah Al-Baqarah 2:190)



Allah "will punish them by our hands..." (Koran 9:14).
The Muslims claim that Jihad is mandatory.



“Unless we go forth, (for Jihad) He will punish us with a grievous penalty, and put others in our place" (Koran 9:38-39).



“Believers, when you encounter the armies of the infidels do not turn your backs to them in flight. If anyone on that day turns his back to them, except it be for tactical reasons, or to join another band he shall incur the wrath of Allah and Hell shall be his home: an evil fate." (Koran 8:12-17)

It is acceptable to break treaties and obligations with pagans and make war on them whenever strong enough to do so (Koran 9:3).

In other words, it is ok to lie to an infidel, according to Islam. That means it is a so-called religion, based on lies.

The above teachings are straight out of the pits of hell, as what Jesus spoke is in direct contradiction to what the Koran, who claims Jesus as a prophet, advocates.

Jesus plainly states in St. John 16:2-3

“They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.”



This means that the Muslims do not even listen to the ones they claim are prophets so how can Islam have any credibility?



The Koran describes Jesus as a prophet sent from God. Muslims say that Jesus was sinless, and as “the Messiah”, as “illustrious in this world and the next”, as “the word of Allah”, and as “the spirit of God”. (E.g. Sura 3:45)



The question to put forth to Muslims is, “Can a prophet of God lie?” Of course they will answer “No”. Then you should next ask them, “Since you say Jesus is a prophet of God, and therefore as a prophet, He can not lie, then why don’t you believe Him when He said that he is the Son of God?”

Luke 22:70-71

70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am."

71 Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."
Mohammed taught there is only one Divine Being in God. He denied the Deity of Jesus, saying He was just a man - a great prophet, but not the Divine Son of God. (Koran, 4:160-171 - pp60,61; 6:90-100 - pp77,78; 9:130; 19:135 - p168)

Muslims say God had no son. They say in order for God to have had a son, He would have had to defile himself by having sex. Yet, the Koran says Jesus was born of a virgin!
Islam and Christianity agree that Jesus miraculously was born of a virgin.
(Koran 19:16-26; Isaiah 7:14)



Hello? If Jesus was born to a virgin, then how did Immaculate Conception occur if not from God? The Muslims have no answer for this. They know that to deny Jesus was born of the virgin birth is to deny even what is written in their own Koran.



We know that Jesus was more then just a prophet; He was God Himself! (Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:1; Luke 1:35; Philippians 2:6; Hebrews 1:8; 1 John 4:15)





He claimed to be God: John 4:26; 8:23; 10:30; 13:13; 14:7-10

He forgave sins: Matthew 9:6 Mark 2:7

He accepted worship: Matthew 8:2; 9:18; 14:33; 15:25; 18:26; 28:9, 17; Mark 5:6; Luke 24:52; John 5:22, 23; John 9:38



God declared Jesus to be His Son; "Thou art my son. This day have I begotten you." (Hebrews 5:5; cp. Psalms 2:7)



Jesus Himself claimed to be the Son of God; Luke 22:70; John 10:36; 19:7

The Muslims are calling Jesus a liar when they deny this fact. We must then ask Muslims if they are in the habit of calling prophets of God, liars? Why would anyone want to follow a religion that esteems a liar as a prophet? They need to make up their minds. They cannot have it both ways. Actually, since there whole cult is based on lies, this would answer that question.



The fact of the matter is, Jesus is not a liar, and He is the one true Son of God. It is the Muslims who are liars. The angel declared Jesus as God’s son. "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35)



Even the demons knew Jesus was God’s Son. "And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God." (Mark 3:11; cp. Luke 4:41; 8:28

The Muslims and Satan, challenge Jesus’ Sonship. "...save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross." (Matthew 27:40)

Confessing Jesus is the Son of God is essential to salvation: 1 John 4:15; cp. Acts 8:37; 1 John 5:5, 10, 12, 13 (See also: John 5:25; 9:35; 11:4; 20:31; Romans 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:19; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 4:13; Hebrews 4:14; 6:6; 10:29; 1 John 3:8; 5:20; Revelation 2:18)

All who profess the Lordship of Jesus Christ are adopted sons of God: John 1:12; 3:18; Phl 2:15; 1 John 3:1, 2



Jesus Himself warned in St. John 8:24 “if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins.”



Muslims believe salvation comes only through Allah. Only those who obey Allah and Mohammed his prophet can enter into Heaven:

"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (Submission to Allah), Never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost ." (Koran 3:85; cp. 5:10; 25:68)



Those who "believe not in Allah and His Messenger, He has prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!" (Koran 48:13)



This is in direct contradiction to the Bible because we know that salvation comes only through Jesus Christ. “Neither is there salvation in any other [than Jesus]: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)

St. John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”



Islam teaches that forgiveness is conditioned upon good works and Allah’s choice of mercy.

Islam is a religion of salvation by works. In other words, the Muslim thinks that by striving to please Allah and by doing good works, he will gain entrance to heaven through personal merit. Read what is written in the Koran:



… every soul shall be paid in full what it has earned.

... God loves those who cleanse themselves.

Gardens of Eden, underneath which rivers flow, there indwelling forever; that is the recompense of the self-purified. (Ibid)

Islam teaches that on the Day of Judgment one’s good and evil deeds will be weighed on a scale. Good works are heavy and evil deeds are light. Thus the person whose balances are heavy with good deeds will go to heaven, while the person whose scales are light will go to hell.



[In the Day of Judgment] they whose balances shall be heavy with good works shall be happy; but they whose balances shall be light, are those who shall lose their souls, and shall remain in hell forever.

With knowledge we will recount to them what they have done, for we are watching over all their actions. On that day [of judgment], their deeds shall be weighed with justice. Those whose scales are heavy [with good works] shall triumph, but those whose scales are light [i.e., containing evil works] shall lose their souls, because they have denied Our revelations [e.g., in the Koran].

The Muslim assumes that his chances for heaven are good if he 1) accepts the Muslim God Allah and his apostle Mohammad, 2) does good works and all that is required of him by Allah, and 3) is predestined to Allah’s favor.



However, in spite of all of this, there is still no final assurance that they will gain entrance into heaven. Islam therefore, is no more then a “pig in the poke”, for when it comes to salvation, it is take a gamble, and hope.



In Christianity, we have the assurance of salvation. John 3:16, “For God so loved the World, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, will not perish, but have everlasting life.”



There is one way that Islam practically assures one will gain entrance to heaven, and that is through killing infidels. (Christians and Jews)

According to Islam, gaining security of salvation and entrance into heaven requires death in battle: "If you are slain or die in God’s way... it is unto God you shall be mustered.”



This is why so many terrorists commit suicide in the act of killing Americans and Israelites. They are deceived by this satanic cult of Islam, into thinking that they will enter heaven if they die while in the act of killing the infidel. This would explain why the Muslims who highjacked the planes that crashed into the Pentagon and the World Trace Center towers, knew they would die in the process and still carried out the orders of Osama Bin Laden and their Muslim leaders anyway. This would also explain the suicide bombers who recently killed and injured all those people in Jerusalem.

The following statements from the Koran endorses jihad, their Holy War. (It could apply to the killing of Christian missionaries attempting to convert Muslims to faith in Christ.):

What, do you desire to guide him whom God has led astray? Whom God leads astray, thou wilt not find for him a way [of salvation]. They wish that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal; therefore take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the way of God; then, if they turn their backs, take them, and slay them wherever you find them; take not to yourselves any one of them as a friend or helper.





Allah has given those that fight with their goods and their persons a higher rank than those who stay at home.... The unbelievers are your sworn enemies.... Seek out your enemies relentlessly.... You shall not plead for traitors.... Allah does not love the treacherous or the sinful.



When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefields strike off their heads and, when you have laid them low, bind your captives firmly…. Thus shall you do.... As for those who are slain in the cause of Allah... he will admit them to the Paradise he has made known to them.

When reading these statements from the Koran, it seems at first that the Muslim is promised heaven for death in battle. But we discover that even this security of salvation is conditioned on something else—in this case, bravery:

O believers, when you encounter the unbelievers marching to battle, turn not your backs to them. Whoso turns his back that day to them, unless withdrawing to fight again or removing to join another host, he is laden with the burden of God’s anger, and his refuge is Gehenna—an evil homecoming!

So even in the "assurance" of heaven through death in a holy war, the Muslim promise of salvation still remains conditional, and those who follow Islam are too stupid to realize this. And no one can deny that millions of Muslims, trusting in Islam to save them and take them to heaven, have instead been sent to their deaths. Lamentably, they have been sent to eternity without Christ.

The Muslims again, are too blinded by this cult to see this. They actually believe, that those who die in the act of killing Christians and Jews, will not only gain entrance into heaven, but will be greeted by 72 wives, as a reward for their act of “heroism and bravery”. An act of cold-blooded murder of cowardly device would be a better description.

The Hadith, was commentaries added to the Koran which Mohammed dictated.

Hadith number 2562, states: “The least [reward] for the people of Heaven is 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome of pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as [wide as the distance] between al-Jaabiyya and San’a." That these 72 wives are virgin is confirmed by Koran (55:74) and commentaries on that verse.



Sheik Abdul Hadi Palazzi of the Cultural Institute of the Italian Islamic Community ([e-mail]) wrote to media watcher Yisrael Medad:

Islam says there are 72 wives for every believer who is admitted to Heaven, and not only for a martyr. The proof is a hadith which is collected by Imam at-Tirmidhi in "Sunan" (Volume IV, Chapters on "The Features of Heaven as described by the Messenger of Allah", Chapter 21: "About the Smallest Reward for the People of Heaven", hadith 2687) It is also quoted by Ibn Kathir in his Tafsir (Koranic Commentary) of Surah ar-Rahman (55), ayah (verse) 72:

"It was mentioned by Daraj Ibn Abi Hatim, that Abu al-Haytham 'Abdullah Ibn Wahb narrated from Abu Sa'id al-Khudhri, who heard the Prophet Muhammad (Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) saying, 'The smallest reward for the people of Heaven is an abode where there are 80,000 servants and 72 wives, over which stands a dome decorated with pearls, aquamarine and ruby, as wide as the distance from al-Jabiyyah to San'a."

Ibn Kathir's Commentary on Surah al-Waqi'ah (56), ayat (verses) 35-37, quotes the hadith according to which "The Prophet Muhammad, Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, was asked: 'Will we have sex in Paradise?' He answered: 'Yes, by Him Who holds my soul in His hand, and it will be done with a strong shove. When it is finished, she will return untouched and virgin again."

Islam teaches that all those who die in the act of killing Christians and Jews, will be spared the torment of the grave.



“And if you could but see when Ath-Thaalimeen are in the agonies of death, while the angels extending forth their hands (saying): Deliver your souls! This day you shall be recompensed with the torment of degradation because of what you used to utter against Allah other than the truth. And you used to reject His aayaat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) with disrespect. (Koran 6:93)

And also the statement of Allah ta’aala about the punishment in the grave of the people of Fir’awn (Pharaoh): The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and afternoon, and on the Day when the Hour will be established (It will be said to the angels): "Cast the Pharaoh's folk into the severest torment. (Koran 40:46)

Islam teaches that while you are in the grave, Allah send tormenting spirits to work you over for any evil or bad deeds that you did while alive on earth. If however, you die in the act of killing the infidel, then you, and your family are spared the torment of the grave.



According to Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Palestinian Authority), September 17, 1999.Sheikh Abd Al-Salam Abu Shukheydem, Chief Mufti of the Palestinian Authority police force, made this statement concerning rewards of martyrs:
"From the moment the first drop of his blood is spilled, he does not feel the pain of his wounds and he is forgiven for all his sins; he sees his seat in Paradise; he is saved from the torment of the grave; he is saved from the great horror of Judgment Day; he marries 'the black-eyed (72 pure virgins)'; he vouches for 70 of his family members; he gains the crown of honor, the precious stone of which is better than this entire world and everything in it."



“They denied the truth and uttered a monstrous falsehood against Mary. They declared: 'We have put to death the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary the apostle of Allah.' They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but they thought they did... They have no knowledge thereof but the pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain, but God took him up to Himself." (Koran 4:154-158)



Jesus died and rose again.

"Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him." (Romans 6:9)

"And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." (Philippians 2:8)

"For where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the death of the testator." (Hebrews 9:16)

Also see: Luke 18:33; 24:20; John 11:13; 12:33; Acts 2:24; 22:20; Romans 5:10; 1 Corinthians 11:26; 15:19, 20, 22; Hebrews 2:14; etc.

There were many eyewitnesses to this and to deny Jesus was crucified on the cross is to deny the Holy Bible, which the Koran describes is a good book.



Islam claims that the Koran is the literal Word of God, dictated supernaturally to Muhammad from the angel Gabriel. Muslims believe the Koran is perfect and without error. Islam further claims the teachings of the Koran are in harmony with the autographs of the Bible because this is what the Koran teaches. ( it believes Christians have corrupted the Bible so that the Bible Christians now use are unreliable.):
.. .and We have sent down to thee the Book [the Koran] with the truth, confirming the Book [the Bible] that was before it, and assuring it. This Koran could not have been forged apart from God; but it is a confirmation of what is before it.”
As the Encyclopedia Britannica observes, "For the Muslims, the Koran is the Word of God, confirming and consummating earlier revealed books and thereby replacing them.... "



The Muslims admit that the Bible was before the Koran. The Holy Bible is 2000 years old, and the Koran is 1400 years old, so the younger should not judge the older. You do not say to the father, that he is just like his son and that he takes after his son. You say the son is like his father and that he takes after his father! Therefore, the Koran cannot say the Bible is below it.

Muslims say the Bible is a good book, but yet the Koran and the Bible are in contradiction to one another, as the Bible says “Thou shall not kill” and the Koran advocates killing, which is just one of many contradictions.

Everyone who carefully and impartially reads both the Bible and the Koran must agree that, as they both stand, the Koran and the Bible contradict one another on every major religious doctrine: the nature of God, Jesus, salvation, man, Scripture, etc. If the New Testament was not corrupted, then how could Allah be the inspiration behind both the Bible and the Koran, which contradicts it? This would force us to conclude that God's revelations are contradictory—and therefore useless. Consider the following chart:

The Koran The Bible
God Unitarian Trinitarian
Jesus a man God incarnate
Salvation by works; uncertain by grace; assured

If the manuscript evidence forces us to conclude the Bible has not been corrupted, there is only one conclusion a Muslim can logically reach. If Allah really inspired both the Bible and the Koran, then he contradicts himself to such an extent that it impossible to ascertain his teachings or will for men.

Muslims respond by saying that the Bible has been corrupted and, therefore, its present teachings are untrustworthy. Only the Koran is pure and uncorrupted. But this argument is indefensible on historic, textual and even Koranic grounds.

Muslims claim that Mohammed gave the only true inspired word of God and the Bible is corrupted because it was mere men who wrote it. What they fail to address is the fact that Mohammed did not write the Koran, or the Hadiths. Mohammed was illiterate, so he had to have someone else write down what he claimed God had revealed to him. There was no possible way then that Mohammed would have been able to check the things that were written down, because of the fact that he couldn’t read nor write. He had to just trust the person who wrote it for him. The prophets themselves, and eyewitnesses to what Jesus said such as the disciples wrote most of the books of the Bible. The Apostle Paul wrote the letters himself that appear as books in the New Testament, whereas Mohammed’s sayings were not written by his own hand. Isn’t it amazing that according to Muslims, Mohammed is supposed to be the chief of all prophets, yet he was so stupid he couldn’t even write his own name? Point to ponder.



The Koran teaches that Muslims are to accept both the Bible and the Koran:

"We believe in God, and that which has been sent down on us, and sent down on Abraham and Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob, and the [Jewish] Tribes, and in that which was given to Moses and Jesus, and the Prophets of their Lord; we make no division between any of them,..."

The Koran claims that Allah is the God who inspired the Old Testament and the New Testament: ".. .We gave to Moses the Book and the Salvation, that haply you should be guided." And Muslims are commanded, "Observe the Torah and the Gospel...what is revealed to them from Allah."

Elsewhere Muslims are told:
”O believers, believe in God and His Messenger [Muhammad] and the Book He has sent down on His Messenger [the Koran] and the Book which He sent down before [the Bible]. Whoso disbelieves in God and His angels and His Books, and His Messengers, and the Last Day, has surely gone astray into far error....God will gather the hypocrites and the unbelievers all in Gehenna.”

In the above verses we see that those who reject God's Books (plural) and Messengers (plural) are said to be unbelievers! Muslims are thus forbidden by Allah to accept only part of God's revelations. But here is a keen dilemma. If Muslims accept what the Koran teaches, they must then accept what the Bible teaches—which rejects what the Koran teaches.

But if a Muslim truly accepts the Bible and rejects what the Koran teaches, he can no longer remain a Muslim and should become a Christian. So how can a Muslim trust what the Koran teaches when it simultaneously undermines its own authority? How does the Muslim circumvent this difficulty? By claiming the Bible's teaching have been corrupted and are therefore untrustworthy.

Historical facts prove that the Bible has not been corrupted.

Christians and skeptical non Christians, including Muslims and members of religious cults like Mormonism, have different views concerning the credibility of the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament. For the Christian, nothing is more vital than the very words of Jesus Himself who promised, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away" (Mt. 24:35). Jesus' promise is of no small significance. In other words, if His words were not accurately recorded in the Gospels, how can anyone know what He really taught? The truth is, we couldn't know. Further, if the remainder of the New Testament cannot be established to be historically reliable, then little if anything can be known about what true Christianity really is, teaches, or means.

Christians maintain that anyone who wishes can prove to their own satisfaction that, on the basis of accepted bibliographic, internal, external and other criteria, the New Testament text can be established to be reliable. Textually, we know we have over 99 percent of the autographs (the remaining 1% is found in variant readings) and there is simply no legitimate basis upon which to doubt the credibility and accuracy of the New Testament writers. No Christian doctrine or moral teaching rests upon a variant reading, the vast majority of which are insignificant. Further, the methods used by the critics that Muslims so often rely on (rationalistic, higher critical methods) which claim "assured results" proving the NT unreliable, have been weighed in the balance of secular scholarship and found wanting. Their use in biblical analysis is therefore unjustified, as we documented in The Facts on the False Views of Jesus: The Truth Behind the Jesus Seminar (1997) and Biblical Inerrancy: A Rational Defense (forthcoming). Even in a positive sense relative to the biblical text, the fruit these methods have born is minuscule while, negatively, they are responsible for a tremendous weight of destruction relative to people's confusion over biblical authority and their confidence in the Bible. And even fair-minded biblical critics would have to agree that higher criticisms' 200-year failure to prove its case, by default, strengthens the conservative Christian view as to biblical inspiration and reliability.



Historical facts prove that it is the Koran that has been corrupted. Muslims and Christians agree that it is impossible for God to inspire error in His Word. But no one can deny that the Koran contains a large number of errors. Dr. Robert Morey lists over 100; e.g., citing Ali's translation, the Koran teaches the Ark of Noah came to rest on the top of Mt. Judi (Sura 11:44), not Mt. Ararat as the Bible teaches; that Abraham's father was Azar (Sura 6:74), not Terah as the Bible teaches; that he attempted to sacrifice Ishmael (Sura 37:100-112), not Isaac as the Bible teaches; that Pharaoh's wife adopted Moses (Sura 28:8-9), not his daughter as the Bible teaches; that Noah's flood occurred in Moses'day (Sura 7:136, cf., 7:59ff); that Mary, the mother of Jesus, gave birth to Jesus under a palm tree (Sura 19:22), not in a stable as the Bible teaches; that Mary's father was named Imram (Sura 66:12), etc.

The Koran has many biblical distortions. Almost every biblical episode discussed in the Koran has additional and/or contrary information supplied: "The names and events of Old Testament books and prophets are very definitely copied in the Koran. However, often the stories in the Koran are garbled and confused." For example, in Sura 2:56, 57, 61 the Jews returned to Egypt after the Exodus which, biblically and historically, was never the case. In Sura 3:41 it is stated that Zacharias would be speechless for three days. Biblically, it was until John's birth—nine months (Luke 1:18-20). In Sura 12:11-20 the Koranic story of Joseph is markedly different from the biblical story of Genesis 37; the accounts are so contrary as to demand one be in error. In Sura 2:241 Muhammad confuses the persons of Saul and Gideon. There are also variations in Sura 12:21-32, 36-55 when compared with Genesis 37-45. Whether it is the descriptions of the creation of man, the Fall, Moses and the burning bush, Noah and the ark, Joseph going into Egypt, or the life of Zechariah, John the Baptist, Mary and Jesus, or other biblical characters, the Koran often contradicts biblical teaching.

Yet the Koran also explicitly claims to "confirm the Book of Moses and the Gospel." So if the Bible is historically accurate, then it is the Koran that must be in error.

Muslims beat women and think it is right! do not understand why if Mohammed was such a "holy" man, why he would advocate beating women. A holy man of God would NEVER beat a woman. I have printed below what is written in Koran concerning women and the Muslim's position on beating them:

Men have authority over women. (Koran 2:228)

In the home:

"Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the others, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them." (Koran 4:34)



"Mothers shall suckle their children two years completely, for such as desire to fulfill the suckling....But if the couple desire by mutual consent and consultation to wean, then it is no fault in them." (Koran 2:233)

Women who disobey their husband will go to hell. (Koran 66:10).

"Thou mayest decline for the present whom thou wilt of them, and thou mayest take to thy bed her whom thou wilt, and whomsoever thou shalt long for of those thou shalt have before neglected; and this shall not be a crime in thee. Thus will it be easier to give them the desire of their eyes... and to satisfy them with what thou shalt accord to each of them." (Koran 33:51)

In society:

Women do not have equal right to their inheritance (Koran 4:11-12) Women receive half of the male share for an equivalent degree of kinship. Women who disobey should be beaten:

"Good women are obedient.... As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them. Then if they obey you, take no further action against them." (Koran 4:34)



Given the way Muslims treat women, one should be amazed that two of the most recent disastrous suicide bombers in Jerusalem, were Palestinian Muslim women, actually young girls 17 years old. Why would a woman want to give her life for a cult that treats them like animals?

Mohammed, at age Twenty-five (25) married his boss, a forty (40) year old rich woman named Khadijeh, after she proposed to him. They had four daughters together but we know a lot about one daughter named Fatemeh. When Khadijeh died Mohammad at age fifty-six asked to marry Ayesha, daughter of his friend and first follower Abobakr. She was just a seven years old baby.

Abobakr requested from Mohammed to wait till she reached the age nine before consummating their marriage. So at age fifty-Eight the great “Prophet”, raped a nine-year-old child. This is a sick act of an animal today and it was back then also.

That is the reason for marriage age for girls age is nine years old (and sometimes younger in Islam).

Then Mohammad married anywhere between 29 to 45 more women. According to Ebn Abbas, "The highest member of Moslems who is the Prophet Mohammed has also the highest appetite for women." The Koran says a Muslim may have up to four (4) wives. I guess there was an exception made in Mohammed’s case.

In another place Mohammed claimed God told him that "we have made such women available to you without any payment to them, these are all your cousins, slave women and any Moslem woman who would like to give you herself free of charge." So slavery at least for women was quite common.

Mohammad even asked his own adopted son, Zaid Ebn Hares, to divorce his wife, Zeinab, so that he could marry her. When the members of tribe protested this marriage, because the daughter-in-law was considered like one's daughter, Mohammed answered that he received a revelation from God, that "A Moslem man cannot adopt another man's child." Hence Hares was not his real son, therefore he could marry his adopted son's wife.

When Mohammad and his wife Khadijeh adopted Zaid they were not Moslem. Prophet must obey God's word and therefore, Zaid is not his son and Zeinab is not his daughter-in-law (according to Mohammad). That is why adoption is prohibited in Islam.

Jesus said in Matthew 18:6, and Mark 9:42, that whoever harms a child it would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the deepest sea. A millstone was so large that it took several men to move it. Therefore, if one was tied around the neck of somebody and they were tossed into the sea, it would be impossible for them to resurface. It could be argued here that Jesus was advocating the death penalty for child abusers.

Mohammed was the lowest filth of all, by raping a little baby. If you are a follower of Islam, you are following a belief handed down by a filthy child molester. Think about it!
Islam the Devils disciples:In conclusion, I believe I have provided more then enough evidence to prove that Islam is nothing more then a Cult Of The Damned. Their abuse of women, there advocating killing Christians and Jews, their distortion of God’s Word, their blasphemy against Jesus Christ the Son of God, their glorification and following of a known child molesting pervert, and many other things that they advocate and teach puts them in the classification of a cult and not a religion. Therefore, Islam is a cult of the damned, and they are followers of Satan, and not God. Jesus said in John 8:44-47

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

(KJV)

The Devil was a murderer from the beginning and therefore his children will continue to do the lust of their father. Committing murder and advocating the killing of Christians and Jews qualifies for this category.

What Can Muslims do to Know That They Have Eternal Life?

If you are a Muslim, PLEASE renounce Islam and Pray the prayer of salvation through Jesus Christ, who is the ONLY way to Heaven! I love you enough to tell you the truth so the truth will set you free!

If you are a Muslim who is willing to accept the above evidence and who desires to know that you have eternal life, what can you do? Jesus promises that all who believe on Him can know that they now possess eternal life. "This is eternal life to know Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent" (John 17:3). "Truly, truly I say unto you he who believes has eternal life" (John. 6:47). "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life" (John 5:24). "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand" (John 10:27-28).

If you have often longed for a personal relationship with God, a relationship wherein you know that God loves you, as you are not able to find this in Islam, then the true God offers you this opportunity. But God tells us "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23). God has promised us full forgive ness of sins (Heb. 10:14) if we turn from our sin and turn to Christ, believing on Him for salvation: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom. 6:23):

' For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son (John 3:16-18).


”We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which He has given about His Son. Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about His Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:9-13).

If you sincerely desire to know God personally, to know that your sins are forgiven—and that a place in heaven is reserved for you (1 Pet. 1:4-5), you can know this by praying the following prayer to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.

Dear God:
I acknowledge my sinfulness before you. I confess that I have been trying to earn my own salvation by following the teachings of the Koran. But I now realize that Allah is not the true God. I realize that Mohammed was a liar. I recognize my need for forgiveness and now realize that Jesus Christ died for my sins on the cross. I now receive Him as my personal Savior and Lord. Give me courage and strength to face the opposition I may encounter. Help me to lead my family and friends to you as well. From now on I live for Jesus Christ and not for Islam. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Answer 2

Well, Islam and Christianity are very much alike.
Muslims do not believe that Jesus is a God, just a prophet, we believe in his message
and we believe that all messages are from the same source, therefore we believe in all of the prophets that Allah mentioned through Quran and through Mohammed
We also believe that Mohammed is the last messenger and we believe in one God..
What else? Islam is considered the completion of Christianity and Judaism.
What else?? I can't speak of Christianity fearing that I won't be fair..

Answer 3

For their time in history, they were both right, as they came from the same All-Knowing source. Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i Faith explains, "The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy. Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements." (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 213) Today, is a new age, with new requirements. Today is the day of the oneness of humanity and justice for all humanity. In this day, "That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith." (Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 2)

Answer 4

Chirstian, Muslim, Hindu, Atheist... does this all matter? Yes sadly it does to some with strong religious beliefs. Why can't we truely care for people outside our own religous group? I believe in a "God" that does care about Christians and Muslims. To this God- it doesn't matter what these people believe. If you live a respectfull and caring life than "God" wil welcome you. I wish the Christian and Islam God would love so strongly as mine does.

Answer 5

Technically, Muslims recognize Jesus as a righteous profit, and they do not feel it is up to them to decide who is the greatest profit, so deep down, Muslims are Christians, too.

Answer 6

Judging from the length of that insane post, it's obvious that Rev. Ted Haggard isn't the only Christian sucking on a meth pipe!

Answer 7

Ok, i'm an islamic girl. MY VIEW: screw religons, they all beleive in god, so let's drop the whole thing.

Answer 8

Shayna just said everything I was going to write....

Answer 9

If Islam and Christianity came from the same God, why are they so different?

From the beginning of mankind, God has been sending His messengers to give mankind true guidance from God. Thus, Islam believes in all the prophets of God, before Muhammad (including Abraham, Moses and Jesus); and all the Books of God, before the Qur’an (including the Torah, the Psalms of David and the Gospel of Christ). No other religion does this.




Islam categorically states the existence of the One and Only God, Who is the Creator and Sustainer of the whole universe. This fact is stated in the Torah, the Gospel and in the Qur’an. Yet, the Christians of today follow the pagan idea of Trinity, introduced into Christianity by Paul of Tarsus. The unequivocal statements of all the Old Testament prophets, as well as Christ, about God, completely square with the idea of God presented by Islam.

If you consider the prophecies about a prophet-like-Moses, given in Deuteronomy 18: 18, Isaiah 42: 1-17, and about the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth or the Paraclete, in the Gospel, according to John 14 and 16, you can see clearly that this prophet could be none other than the last prophet of God, Muhammad (peace be upon him).

A study of the progressive guidance of God, through Judaism, Christianity and Islam, will clearly prove that Islam, as taught by Muhammad, is the culmination of that progression.

Consider the teachings of Islam: one god, one human race, one religion; belief in all the prophets of God, which is the ground of its tolerance; belief in the accountability of man in the hereafter. Besides, one can see the emphasis it lays on justice, equity and brotherhood in social life; and on purity, sincerity and the spirit of sacrifice in individual life.

Consider the intense practicality of Islamic teachings, its compatibility with science and technology and with modern times. Also see that it is the fastest growing religion now, in spite of all the adverse conditions and the most hostile propaganda against it.

As for the difference in the teachings of Christ and the teachings of Muhammad: The mission of Jesus was limited to the Children of Israel, as the Gospels themselves state it. For example in Matthew chapter 15, verse 24: Christ told his disciples: “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Christ’s mission was mainly to teach the Children of Israel of the meaninglessness of their literalism in their adherence to the letter of the Law if they ignored its spirit.

The Jews had become a very harsh people; for that was what they could learn from the strict teachings of the Law as taught by Moses. Jesus came to teach them compassion, love and mercy. Muhammad came to strike a balance between the two ways; his mission was to complete the religion of Islam, as he was the last prophet. So in Muhammad’s teachings, you can find a blend of the Mosaic Law’s strictness and Jesus’s mercy, as well.

That is the “middle path”. Muslims are described as “ummatan wasatan”, a balanced society. This is part of the perfecting of religion, since the complete religion would not be only mercy and sacrifice. It is practical and viable; it is a way of life, a complete way of life.

Jesus is reported to have said: “… but I say unto you, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” (Matthew 5: 39) “But I say unto you, Love your enemies ……” (Matthew 5: 44) These are beautiful ideals, but hardly practicable. How many Christians can turn the other cheek? Or love their enemies? They use cluster bombs to destroy innocent people who might, one day, possibly become their enemies. This is why Voltaire said: “There was only one Christian, and he was crucified.”

Muslims are not just directed to fight. It becomes their duty to fight in certain contexts; like when your sister is sexually attacked in front of you! “Resist not evil!!!” Think of it: not resisting evil, will be the greatest encouragement for evil in this wicked world. Well, as I said, Islam is a practical religion. It enjoins upon its followers piety and devotion; prayer and fasting, charity and sacrifice; purity and sincerity; love and mercy.

On the other hand, it asks its followers to stand out firmly for justice, even if it is against their own kith and kin. Justice should be done to all, whether they are friends or foes. To ask us to love the enemy is to ask us to do something impractical. Still, we are commanded to do justice to them, to all. This in a nutshell is Islam. And Allah knows best.

Answer 10

Islam is better.

Answer 11

tie game.