What they fail to understand is that these men were inspired by God Almighty. He wrote the Bible through these men. Men like Moses, and all the others were men chosen by God Himself to record what He wanted to pass on to the rest of the world. This misunderstanding is how Islam evolved. Some regular guy like Mohammad decided to make himself a lessor god and told the world that Allah told him these things himself. Allah is not a god and even though this is the eastern translation for god, God Himself is the only real God and He didn't up and decide to allow anyone to call Him Allah. Jesus is our Messiah and what He did is recorded in the New Testament and is a guide for all how to live your life. He gave us His Holy Spirit to stay with us and give us guidance for as long as we are here on earth. He is the only path to Heaven. Understand this and your lives will change forever. Change for the good of all mankind and yourself. God Bless.
2007-01-28 21:02:59
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answered by Anonymous
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I'm an Atheist and an Ancient Texts scholar too:
1) What Muslims and Jews, claim (better say, KNOW) is that through a volontary misinterpretation of the Gospels (the New Testament) Christians claim something that's written NOWHERE = that Jesus was God's Son. That's an assumption, a simple assumption, that's neither written nor proved nowhere; the truth is that it is simply an invention of the early Fathers of the Church.
2) On the other hand, what (we) Archaeologists, Historians, Philologists and educated Atheists KNOW for sure is that not only what Muslims and Jews claim is correct; but that even the Old Testament was corrupted by men in oder to fit the new rising Monotheistic Faith born back in thew 6th Century BC. Ancient Sumerian texts in facts tell a different story and that's the true one.
3) Therefore, your question is wrong: there's no contraddiction in Islam: Islam has the very same Patriarchs named in the Old Testamen as well as the very same Godt; and it's actually a religion BASED on the Old Testament; what doesn't add up for Muslims is just the New Testament instead and the way Christians used it to claim their version;)
P.S. for your information, 'their Allah' (as you call him) is YOUR very SAME GOD= YHWH= Jehovah;)
2007-01-28 21:07:14
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answered by Love_my_Cornish_Knight❤️ 7
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Facts state otherwise. I wish I knew the real truth about what I was studying my whole life, it was wrong. The Bible WAS written by a lot of different people. But there WERE men who decided what to put in the Bible. There are other text and parts of books that are in the Bible, that have been left out.
I'm sorry, but I grew up Christian and science and shown me the real story of the Bible and religion all over the world. I do believe as a Christian with questions, that other religious text is truer than ours.
It's fact not fiction that our Bible is NOT all the text that was left for us to contemplate. There were men (mostly Priests!), sinners (we are all sinners, right?) that decided themselves what to put in the Bible.
Actually lack of facts that Mary Magdeline was a whore. There are no ancient text that says that. The men who put the Bible together made that up.
So why couldn't they have made other stuff up?
If you think it is easy to KNOW this stuff after they way I grew up and actually HAVING to ACCEPT the truth of the facts, you are wrong. It's very confusing....but an open mind is what you need.
You really need to watch more educational TV about the Bible.
Or you can just believe in what you want and I will believe what I want to believe.
2007-01-28 21:04:27
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answered by Anonymous
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The story of Ishmael is a good example .. bible claimed that he was casted out after weaning of Isaac (the difference between them is 14 years) so he was 17 years old by that time .. while Islam says he was still an infant when God ordered Abraham to take him and his mother to Macca .. Thanks to God, the corrected Hebrew text proved that Islam is right and bible was corrupted:
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/__PN.HTM
2 Placing the child on her back: the phrase is translated from an emended form of the Hebrew text. In the current faulty Hebrew text, Abraham put the bread and the waterskin on Hagar's back, while her son apparently walked beside her. This reading seems to be a scribal attempt at harmonizing the present passage with the data of the Priestly source, in which Ishmael would have been at least fourteen years old when Isaac was born; compare ? Genesis 16:16 with ? Genesis 21:5; cf ? Genesis 17:25. But in the present Elohist story Ishmael is obviously a little boy, not much older than Isaac; cf ? Genesis 15:18.
2007-01-28 21:03:18
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answered by Kimo 4
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It is true that the Bible has been re written time and time again ,you me and,everyone knows that ,you cannot deny it ,it was written on the say so of the apostles after Jesus (pbuh ) death .completed some 100 years later
and it has been tamped with by the church clergy,for many years to suit them selves ,
Muhammad (pbuh ) is never mentioned by name in the bible,
only that there will be one last messenger of God /Allah,
who would be coming ,
2007-01-28 21:36:58
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answered by JJ 7
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For something to be corrupt it doesn't mean every word has to be changed. Changing one word is considered corrupt, i.e. such as replacing name, for example:
A controversy has raged between the people of the Bible and the House of Islam as to which of the sons of Abraham (pbuh), Ishmael or Isaac was offered as a sacrifice.
The Bible is quite clear in designating the offering:
"And he (God Almighty) said, take now thy son, THINE ONLY SON . . ., whom thou lovest, and et thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering . . ." Genesis 22:2.
If at anytime, an offspring of Abraham (pbuh) can be described as "thine only son: it could only be Ishmael, because for more than thirteen years, he was the only son and seed of Abraham.
God Almighty acknowledges Ishmael as the "son and seed" of Abraham in no less than twelve places in the Book of Genesis alone. At no time was Isaac the only son and seed of Abraham!
When someone can convert an Israelite into an Ishmaelite when no motives are involved, then how much easier for them to change the word "you only son Ishmael" to : your only son Isaac!"
Confirm this sickness in your Bible:
"Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite . . . " 2 Samuel 17:25
Contadicted by
". . . and the father of Amasa was Jether (dame as Ithra) the Ishmaelite." 1 Chronicles 2:17
THE BIBLE ITSELF CLAIMS IT IS CORRUPT
'How can you say, "We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely? (Jeremiah 8:8)
2007-01-28 21:33:20
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answered by By Any Means Necessary 5
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They are using one argument to discredit the bible, and then using their discredited source to argue their religion is right.
This is intellectual stpidity, yet it is an argument used by Muslims the world over. I don't understand how they cannot see the truth.
2007-01-28 20:57:41
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answered by Anonymous
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Muslims believe in the books of the previous prophets including the "Torah" which was sent to Moses, the "Zaboor" (Psalms) which were given to David, the "Injeel" (Gospel) which was given to Jesus, and the Qur'an which was given to Muhammad However, Muslims are told that the previous scriptures were tampered with by mankind and the Bible should only be accepted in as far as it is confirmed by the Qur'an. It is to be treated with respect, however any statements which clearly oppose those of the Qur'an are to be rejected as the work of mankind.
Almighty God is Compassionate, Loving and Merciful. The essence of falsehood is the claim that God cannot deal with and forgive His creatures directly. By over-emphasizing the burden of sin, as well as claiming that God cannot forgive you directly, false religions seek to get people to despair of the Mercy of God. Once they are convinced that they cannot approach God directly, people can be mislead into turning to false gods for help. These "false gods" can take various forms, such as saints, angels, or someone who is believed to be the "Son of God" or "God Incarnate".
The original, unchanged revelations given to Abraham and other prophets(like Moses and Jesus ) reaching back to Adam all came from the One True God(The Creator). This common origin explains their similarities in many beliefs and values
However, over time the teachings of the various religions, due to a variety of reasons, have become distorted and mixed with made-man ideas.
The last Prophet and Messenger of God, Muhammad , who is a direct descendant of Abraham through his first born son, Ishmael, was sent with the Last Guidance, Revelation and Testament, the Holy Qur'an(koran) to amend and correct the changes and corruption made to the the "Torah" which was sent to Moses and theTrue Gospel of Jesus.To say the truth ,God preserved all the other Holy Books plainly by preserving His Last Book the Holy Qur'an(koran)which contains the right and the truth of all that was changed in those other Books.
This is why this last Revelation which was sent 1423 years ago has remained unchanged, not even a word or a letter has been altered.
There is not even one word of difference between two Arabic Qur'ans, anywhere in the world. There has been no disagreements in history among Muslims as to what should and should not be in the Qur'an. However, in the case of the Bible, even the most ancient manuscripts conflict with one another so that no two are identical. Footnotes in all modern versions of the Bible prove this fact.
These revisions serve as concrete proofs that all the Biblical books are not at all divinely inspired. This is because it is beyond man's ability to correct the work of his Creator, who alone is Almighty and perfect
It was only natural for Almighty God to preserve the scripture revealed to Prophet Muhammad, because he was the last Prophet and Final Messenger of God.
Islam teaches us that we must pray directly to God without an intermediary and no soul can bear the burden of another and that the nature of humanity is good, and we did not inherit sin from Adam. Each soul comes into being free of sin.in Islam there are no priests or clergy -- each worshipper, man or woman, has a direct relationship with their Merciful Creator -- Almighty God. Since God is the Owner and Sustainer of everything, as well as the only one who can provide true and complete forgiveness, it is completely futile to try to approach Him through anyone else.
The oneness and universality of God's message requires that people accept all the messengers of God. Rejecting one of them amounts to rejecting them all. The Jews reject Jesus's mission and Muhammad's mission; the Christians reject Muhammad's mission; whereas the Muslims accept them all, but reject incorrect historical interpretations and human elements in these missions.
As the Qur'an is the final revelation and Muhammad is the final prophet, humanity is obligated to accept it: "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost all spiritual good" (3:86).
The Final Prophet Muhammad said: "Whoever believes there is no god but God, alone without partner, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is messenger of God, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven."
you can do that now as you are reading these lines is to pronounce the two confirmations and attestations of faith, here it is
I BEAR WITNESS THAT THERE IS NO GOD WORTHY OF WORSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH ( ARABIC WORD MEANS ONE GOD-THE CREATOR). AND I BEAR WITNESS THAT MUHAMMAD IS HIS SERVANT AND MESSENGER. I BEAR WITNESS THAT JESUS IS HIS SERVANT AND MESSENGER.
The right picture of lslam is conveyed in the Qur'an, which is exemplified by Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. The reality is that it is not fair to judge a religion by the actions of its followers alone because there are good and bad followers in every religion. The correct thing to do is to judge a religion by its documented revelation from God and the prophet who brought that revelation.
I encourage Christians and other religions to learn about Islam from Muslim sources and The Basis Of The Muslim Belief and not rely on second hand information which in many cases is distorted or contains a deep seated anti Muslim agenda. This is indeed a more scholarly approach
For more info
http://www.islamdoor.com
http://www.thetruereligion.org
BestWishes
Your brother in humanity
2007-01-29 02:53:11
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answered by BeHappy 5
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Maybe it is because Allah did not let people change that
2007-01-28 21:00:23
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answered by Gaziz Z 1
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As an atheist, I think you are both right...
2007-01-28 20:51:09
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answered by Mr. NoneofYourbusiness 3
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