Muslims, was the Bible edited or not?

Question

Muslims have no doubt that the Bible was edited, and at the same breath they claim that the Bible, mind you the same book they claim was edited, predicted of the Quran and Muhammad!
Wouldn't you think that would be the first thing to be edited out! if your claim is true? if not, why do you think they didn't edit the infos about the Quran and Muhammad?

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Pick one or the other. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Either the Bible was edited. If so the Quran and Muhammad would have never been in there anymore. That's if! or not. Make a choice.

Hint, the Quran and Muhammad were not edited out, because they were never in it.

Answer 1

With over 5,000 partial and whole extant Bible manuscripts, many of which antedated the Quran by hundreds of years, and with only a very percentage (approx. 0.05%) of truly problematic variations between them, and with absolutely no Biblical manuscript agreeing with the contradictions of Scripture that are found in the Quran (Koran), it is abundantly evident that the "edited" version of history is that of the Quran.

Islam is even proud that Muhammad could not read or write , and living at a time and place when Biblical illiteracy abounded, it is no wonder he got stories mixed up. Yet evidently he thought that the Bible would support him, as he invoked the "people of the book" for verification.

Later, when Islam realized the depth of the contradictions between the Bible and the later "revelation" called the Quran, they came up with the fantasy that every single manuscript of the Bible was changed. However, not only did no one on the earth have such power, but to change just the most principle facts that the Quran denies, that of Jesus death and resurrection and Divine Sonship, would require not simply some changes, but a virtual rewriting of the entire New Testament and substantial parts of the Old! Yet as ancient manuscripts and history reveals, this was the preaching of Jesus and the church from the beginning.

In addition, if the Roman (false) church had the power to change the Bible according to their liking, then they did a terrible job, as it abundantly contradicts or overall fails to support them, from the perpetuated Petrine papacy to purgatory to prayers for the dead. Their historical (Crusades, etc.) means of warfare is actually supported by the words and example of Muhammad rather than the Bible. http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/JESUS.Vs.Muhammad.html

The most critical contradiction between both Rome and Islam (and all of earth's religions), is that absolutely no man can either escape Hell nor merit Heaven based upon their own merit (nor the power of their church), but only by true full repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus and His sinless shed blood, who died for our sins and rose again. And who will come in judgment upon those who choose sin over Him, and who thus have not been born again.

As for the previous poster, who seems more willing to believe Da Vinci code type fiction (on steroids) than substantiated history, please see here:
http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/thedavincicode.html

And for similar nonsense that imagines that Muhammad is prophesied in the Bible,
http://www.muslimhope.com/JamesArlandson/JesusAndMuhammadInBibleProphecy.htm

Or for a review of desired conclusions of men that seek not to know Christ, see here:
http://www.amazon.com/Reinventing-Jesus-J-Ed-Komoszewski/dp/082542982X
http://www.tektonics.org/books/ehrqurvw.html#Review
http://www.tektonics.org/books/reinventrvw.html

Answer 2

I'm not Muslim and don't know a thing about the Bible predicting the Quran, but you do know that the Bible being edited is a matter of historical fact, right? The books were assembled, not created as a whole, and were revised, added to, translated, and re-translated. The only real argument is whether or not all the changes the text has gone through invalidate it or not.

I guess if you're looking for a reason why the many people transcribing the Bible of the centuries left in a prophecy about the Quran, I would guess that is because it is a matter of interpretation. Muslims interpret it as a prophecy of their religion while Christians interpret it differently. Thus, no reason to remove.

Answer 3

Straw man.

This is the fallacy of refuting a caricatured or extreme version of somebody's argument, rather than the actual argument they've made. Often this fallacy involves putting words into somebody's mouth by saying they've made arguments they haven't actually made, in which case the straw man argument is a veiled version of argumentum ad logicam. One example of a straw man argument would be to say, "Mr. Jones thinks that capitalism is good because everybody earns whatever wealth they have, but this is clearly false because many people just inherit their fortunes," when in fact Mr. Jones had not made the "earnings" argument and had instead argued, say, that capitalism gives most people an incentive to work and save. The fact that some arguments made for a policy are wrong does not imply that the policy itself is wrong.

In debate, strategic use of a straw man can be very effective. A carefully constructed straw man can sometimes entice an unsuspecting opponent into defending a silly argument that he would not have tried to defend otherwise. But this strategy only works if the straw man is not too different from the arguments your opponent has actually made, because a really outrageous straw man will be recognized as just that. The best straw man is not, in fact, a fallacy at all, but simply a logical extension or amplification of an argument your opponent has made.

Answer 4

Technically the bible has been edited lots of cases. in case you study it in english...its edited. the unique bible grow to be written in a distinctive language. Translating particular text fabric loses the meaning and is left to interpretation. I easily have continually puzzled why human beings have confidence a e book that grow to be written whilst human beings nonetheless concept the international grow to be flat and that when you sneezed, evil spirits have been being expelled from the physique. i'm able to absolutely understand "why" the bible grow to be created and help the attempt in a fashion. the international needed administration, education and a feeling of community. i do no longer believe how distinctive religions got here to be, how innocents have been murdered, evaluations muffled. i think of it risk-free to assert that faith has led to extra deaths than something in earths historic previous. Even as we communicate, we nonetheless see "holy wars" happening.

Answer 5

Another odd thing is that whoever edited it left in all the parts they claim malign the prophets or whatever, wouldn't a good editor have cut out david and bathsheba for example?

I'd love to see a list from them on what parts were changed, though my guess is they think all the parts they don't like were changed.

Answer 6

Muslims revel in revisionist history.

While they claim the bible/torah/prophets was edited, texts from more than 2000 years ago, ie more than 600 years before the qu'ran was written, are virtually identical to modern texts. Why would these alleged editors change the text to be in disagreement with a document written 600 years later? Makes no sense, is entirely illogical and in fact, an out and out, bold-faced lie.

But then, muslims are allowed to lie to the infidel to futher their agenda...so why should this be any different.

Answer 7

Im seeing things, i thought you said something about barny

Answer 8

Edited ----yes.

Completely wrong -- no.

There is a difference between something being accepted as edited and something being declared as totally false.

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