...the same books and materials that were selected and used much earlier for the preparation of the Old and New Testaments. Can anyone recommend some references that will verify or refute this?
2007-11-20 05:17:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i find it amazing that a muslim once told me that there were like 10000 prophets every nation had one but they can only name ones that appear in the bible
why cant anyone name the prophet of new zealand or peru or brazil?
and there are bound to be articles on the websites faith freedom infidels belief net
and i have read the book the laughing jesus religious lies and gnostic wisdom it has a chapter on mohammed and how he took judaism and gnostic christian beliefs and tried to say he was a prophet but the jews wernt buying it and it all went down hill from there
2007-11-20 05:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Islam is very derivative of Judaism and Christianity. I don't have references, but I agree from what I know of it I can see the parallels--the dietary laws, the sacredness attributed to the Holy Land (Jerusalem in particular), the common ancestry to Abraham, etc.
If anything, it should point to the possibility that there is TRUTH in these three faiths somewhere! Continue studying with much prayer and see if you can find the common elements that will lead you to the ultimate truth.
As a Christian, I believe the truth hinges on Who Jesus is to you---Jews see Him as imposter of promised Messiah, Muslims see Him as prophet equal or lesser to later Mohammed, and Christians see Him as Prophet and Priest and King--God in the flesh.
God bless you!
2007-11-20 13:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by arklatexrat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU HAVE ADMITTED THE FACT THAT YOUR STUDY ON QURAN AND BIO OF MOHAMMED IS LIMITED. WITH LIMITED KNOWLEDGE , PLEASE DON'T JUMP TO A CONCLUSION HASTILY.
ALL PROPHETS OR FOUNDERS OF ANY RELIGION HAVE MOST TEACHINGS IN COMMON. ALL HAVE SPOKEN /WRITTEN /PREACHED ALL THE GOOD THINGS PEOPLE SHOULD PRACTISE IN REAL LIFE. THAT BEING THE FACT, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY MANY COMMON WRITINGS ARE THERE IN BOTH QURAN AND OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT.
MOREOVER, MOHAMMED WAS OF THE SAME REGION .......NATURALLY, THERE ARE LOT OF GOOD TEACHINGS HE KNEW ALREADY TOLD BY OTHERS OR PRACTISED BY MANY IN HIS TIME . IT'S NOT WRONG.
THERE WAS NO "PATENT RIGHT" NOR THERE IS EVEN TODAY IN THIS FIELD.
READ SOME OF THE ANCIENT HINDU RELGIOUS BOOKS AND YOU WILL TERM JESUS AS AN UNAUTHORISED PUBLISHER /PREACHER OF MOST HINDU AND BUDDIST TEACHINGS.
SIMILARLY, ANCIENT CHINESE BOOKS OF PHILSOPHER "CONFUCUS(...is it a correct spelling?) states many things which are simply re-written in other holy books
2007-11-20 13:42:25 · answer #3 · answered by bikashroy9 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
muhammad was a messenger from GOD just like noah, abraham, and moses, he was only restating the same things that previous prophets were saying to the people. Bible is a okay ref. finish the quran.
2007-11-20 13:24:44 · answer #4 · answered by layn da smckdwn 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you could probably find just as accurate information in the bottom of a cereal box ..
2007-11-20 14:14:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋