Christians & others, guess what I found out: Not sure if all are true but its out there on information hwy?

Question

Pagan practices of Islam are now in the Qur'an:

1. The pilgrimage of Kabah once a year
2. Fast of Ramadan
3. Running around the Kabah 7 times
4. Kissing a blackstone (probably a fallen meteor)
5. Shaving the head
6. Animal sacrifices
7. Running up and down the hills
8. Throwing stones at the devil, snorting water in and out of the nose, praying several times a day towards Mecca (use to be Jerusalem until Muslims had a fallen out with the Jews)
Giving alms, and Friday prayers.

If a Muslim dies in a holy war or Jihad, he is guaranteed eternal life in Paradise
Paradise is a physical place of sensual pleasure where each man wil have a harem of beautiful women who will bear children for him. Hmm-I thought we were to stay away from sensual pleasures?
Muslims are discouraged from asking questions about their faith (Surah 5.101-102)

It is doctrine from pre-existing pagan religions. Sprinkle with a little Judiasm/Christianity to authenticate I guess.

Answer 1

False Chirstians have lots of pagan traditions in their belief.

The Encyclopædia Britannica comments: “There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the apostolic Fathers. The sanctity of special times was an idea absent from the minds of the first Christians.”—(1910), Vol. VIII, p. 828.

The Catholic Encyclopedia tells us: “A great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring, gravitated to Easter. The egg is the emblem of the germinating life of early spring. . . . The rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility.”—(1913), Vol. V, p. 227.

In the book The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop, we read: “What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, . . . as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar. . . . Such is the history of Easter. The popular observances that still attend the period of its celebration amply confirm the testimony of history as to its Babylonian character. The hot cross buns of Good Friday, and the dyed eggs of Pasch or Easter Sunday, figured in the Chaldean rites just as they do now.”—(New York, 1943), pp. 103, 107, 108; compare Jeremiah 7:18.

Answer 2

Today's Christianity is Not Jesus' Religion*

[5:72] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah himself said, "O Children of Israel, you shall worship GOD; my Lord and your Lord." Anyone who sets up any idol beside GOD, GOD has forbidden Paradise for him, and his destiny is Hell. The wicked have no helpers.

[5:73] Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is a third of a trinity. There is no god except the one god. Unless they refrain from saying this, those who disbelieve among them will incur a painful retribution.

[5:74] Would they not repent to GOD, and ask His forgiveness? GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

[5:75] The Messiah, son of Mary, is no more than a messenger like the messengers before him, and his mother was a saint. Both of them used to eat the food. Note how we explain the revelations for them, and note how they still deviate!

[5:76] Say, "Would you worship beside GOD powerless idols who can neither harm you, nor benefit you? GOD is Hearer, Omniscient."

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*5:72-76 In John 20:17, we see that Jesus taught that he was neither God, nor the son of God. Many theologians have concluded, after careful research, that today's Christianity is not the same Christianity taught by Jesus. Two outstanding books on this subject are "The Myth of God Incarnate" (The Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1977) and The "Mythmaker" (Harper & Row, New York, 1986). On the front jacket of "The Mythmaker" we read the following statement:
" ...Hyam Maccoby presents new arguments to support the view that Paul, not Jesus, was the founder of Christianity....it was Paul alone who created a new religion through his vision of Jesus as a divine Saviour who died to save humanity."

http://www.submission.org/suras/sura5.htm


ISLAM

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The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word Islam itself means. The religion of Islam is not named after a person, or a place, a tribe, a mountain or a river. Nor is the name just another –ism among the many that exist in the world today. The Arabic word Islam means the submission or surrender of one's will to the only true god worthy of worship, Allah (God in Arabic). A Muslim is the one who submits or surrenders his will to Allah. Hence, it was not a new religion brought by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Arabia in the seventh century, but only the true religion of God re-expressed in its final form.

Answer 3

Funny, you can go to the NT, and call it pre-existing pagan stories rewritten with a little Judaism sprinkled in ...

Answer 4

If you think Islam is crazy, take a look at what the Christians believe and practice.

Answer 5

Are they guaranteed eternal life if they don't die in a holy war? How do they get to paradise then?
I got Eternal Life and all I had to do was believe Who JESUS said HE was and ask HIM to save me.

Answer 6

Read more about Islam!

Answer 7

Grasping at straws huh?

Answer 8

i dunno i'm not religious