Towards Understanding Christianity

[Ali]

What is a Bible


The word Bible does not appear in Bible. Bible is a book of both the Jews and the


Christians. Muslims also believe in Moses and Jesus (Peace Be Upon Them). Muslims


also believe in the Message of Original Torah”[Original GospelBut since


Original Torah” and Original Gospel”[/u:5383caf5ba] have been lost by both Jews and Christians,


Muslims do not accept the existing version of Torah and Gospels as the real word of


GOD.


The present day Bible of Protestants is composed of 66 Books whereas the Bible


of Catholics have 73 Books. Some Books are as lengthy as 75 printed pages while


others are as short as one page or even less.


These 66 Books are divided into two Parts. First Part consists of 39 Books and is


called “The Old Testament”. The Second Part consists of 27 Books and is called “The


New Testament. (Or Testament One and Testament Two)


Though as a whole the Bible consists of 66/73 Books, but the Jews primarily


concern themselves with the very first 5 Books of the Old Testament. On the other


hand the Christians primarily concern themselves with all the 27 Books of the New


Testament. Out of these 27 Books, the first 4 are called the Gospels. (The Gospel of


Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). The remaining 23 Books were written by Paul and


others.


The original Torah must have been written in Hebrew language. Later day


editions were in Latin, Greek and English. Today once again the first- 5 books of the


Testament One, called the Torah are written in Hebrew language in Israel.


The original Gospel must have been in Aramic language which was a sister


Arabic language. Later day editions were in Latin and Greek and English languages.


Today Bible is available in hundreds of languages.

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[u:19979b5742][b:19979b5742]What is Written in the Bible[/b:19979b5742][/u:19979b5742]

The biblical account of Jewish religion and a later day account of Christian

religion are narrated in the Bible. Historical account is given right from the beginning

of the universe from Adam, to Noah, to Abraham, to Lut, to Ismail, to Issac, to Jacob,

to Joseph, to Job, to Moses, to Aron, to Saul, to Ezekiel, to David, to Solomon, to

Isaiah, to Elisha, to Jonah, to Zakariah, to John the Baptist and finally ending up with

the account of ‘Isa. (Peace be upon all of them). All these messengers of God are

venerable and are respected by Muslims as much as they respect their own prophet-

Muhammad (Peace be upon him).

The historicity of all the messengers of GOD who are mentioned in the Bible is

beyond question but it is the manner in which their accounts and their teachings are

narrated by human writers that are questionable. They are full of errors, contradictions,

improbabilities and incompatibilities when they are measured with the yardstick of

modern scientific knowledge. With every successive edition of Bible, the Bible

continues to be revised and distorted. A lot of human element has gone in the Bible

composition.

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[u:a5cd92bcbf][b:a5cd92bcbf]What is not Written in the Bible[/b:a5cd92bcbf][/u:a5cd92bcbf]

Bible, unlike Qur’aan does not throw any reflection on the various phenomenon

of nature. Bible does not deal with human life as a whole. Bible falls much short of

while dealing with problems of body, mind and soul the composite parts of human

personality. Bible does not deal with the subjects like economy and problems of

family and society, astronomy, astro-physics, embryology, human reproduction,

animal and vegetable kingdoms, geology, meteorology, formation of heavens and the

earth and also about the creation of the universe and nature at large. Unlike the

Qur’aan, Bible is much limited in scope and also in the number of subjects that are

mentioned in it.

[u:a5cd92bcbf][b:a5cd92bcbf]Bible Contradicts Itself[/b:a5cd92bcbf][/u:a5cd92bcbf]

Bible is not consistent with itself. It contradicts itself at hundreds of places. Bible

commences with the first Book of Genesis. It is the first of the 66 Books of Bible. It

deals with the creation of the universe by One and the only One Almighty GOD who

is Omni-present, Omni-potent and Omniscient. Regretfully, Bible ends up with the

Books of Paul and of others which give the concept of Trinity”, “The son of god” and

“The begotten son” etc. The Bible commences with ONE GOD and ends up with three

gods. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Other confusing, illogical, mysterious

and false theories are “Original Sin”, “Three in One and One in Three”, “God made

Flesh”, “Sin And Atonement”, “Jesus died for your sins”, “Redemption”,

“Resurrection” and “Bread as Jesus’s Flesh and Wine as his Blood”, “For the wages of

sin is death, but the gift of GOD is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”, “Death

through Adam, life through Christ,” “Righteousness through faith”, “Dead to sin, alive

in Christ,” and “one body, many parts”, “God made in flesh,” “Bread as flesh of Jesus

and wine as blood of Jesus,” “Jesus is Alpha and Omega”, “Jesus is Saviour,” “Jesus

now sits on the right side of GOD’s throne of Majesty,” “Salvation through grace of

Jesus etc.” etc. All these notions have come in Christianity either through ignorance

or through the over enthusiasm in the praise of Jesus - however much misplaced they

may be. All those false notions and catchy phrases have penetrated into Jesus’s

original Christianity. They were never ever uttered during the times of Jesus. These

catchy slogans have been introduced into Christianity only to trap the innocent and

simple folks into Christianity.

[Muslimah]

To David

http://www.islamsms.com/en/modules.php...article&sid=107

[Ali]

The Quran declares the Bible to be a true revelation of God and demands faith in the Bible.

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Yes The Quran does, and having faith in the bible is a must for a muslim.



<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="157" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The Quran claims that NO ONE can change the Word of God. Sura 6:34; 10:34 [/quote:c84f9b7c21]

(6:34)

Verily, (many) Messengers were denied before you (O Muhammad SAW), but with patience they bore the denial, and they were hurt, till Our Help reached them, and none can alter the Words (Decisions) of Allâh. Surely there has reached you the information (news) about the Messengers (before you).

Allah is talking about his decisions, and not his revelations. The Quran the last word cannot be changed, and it is still the same for 1400 years. For any revelation to be true it has to stand the test of time.

Ayah (10:34)

Say: "Is there of your (Allâh's so-called) partners one that originates the creation and then repeats it?" Say: "Allâh originates the creation and then He repeats it. Then how are you deluded away (from the truth)?"

So there is no mention of Allah's revelations, would you please clarify Mr David?

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In 1064, Ibn-Khazem, FIRST charged that the Bible had been

corrupted and the Bible falsified.[/quote:c84f9b7c21]

Who is Ibn Khazem? And He wasn't the first to say that the bible is corrupted

Allah ta'la says: [b:c84f9b7c21]There is among them a section who distort the Book with their tongues: (As they read) you would think it is a part of the Book, but it is no part of the Book; and they say, "That is from Allah," but it is not from Allah. It is they who tell a lie against Allah, and (well) they know it! [/b:c84f9b7c21]

(3:78)

[b:c84f9b7c21]From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We did take a covenant, but they forgot a good part of the message that was sent them: so we estranged them, with enmity and hatred between the one and the other, to the day of judgment. And soon will Allah show them what it is they have done. [/b:c84f9b7c21] (5:14)

The Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) himself was angry when he saw Hadhrat Umar (RA) reading the bible.

Allah, Subhanahu Wata’ala, says, "It is He who has sent down the Book ( the Qur’an ) to you ( Mohammad ) in truth, confirming what came before it. "

therefore, everything useful in these Books is mentioned in the Qur’an.

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[amai]

you have made some wrong assumptions regarding christianity. i ask you to visit http://www.christiananswers.net and http://www.answersingenesis.org

the bible doesn't contradict itself, in fact, every Bible contradiction made was logically explained by scholar believers. i believe muslims tend to ignore that God used plural noun referring to themselves yet use a singular verb. for further explanation, visit this site:

http://www.apocalypsesoon.org/xfile-51.html