02-17-2005, 05:01 PM
Let me add one more point of explanation.
These questions that I ask are questions that I have in my mind that I simply cannot reconcile. Apparently, Muslims must NOT have the same issues that I do, or else how could they believe IN Islam? Thus, I ask these questions trying to figure out what the answer is (or might be).
One simple example is how so many Muslims challenge Christians with a statement like, "You all don't even have the original Bible anymore; how can you know what was there?"
But then, I think.... "Well, neither do Muslims have the original Quran. They have COPIES of the original, same as us." How can something be demanded of us that they can't produce themselves. The Quran is not as old as the OT or NT, yet they can't produce an original either.
Another example is that many introductory articles/books about Islam talk about how it is the "pure religion" or the only "reasonable, rational religion there is" with no myths or superstitions... But then I read that Muslims believe in the "evil eye" and that there are special prayers you must say to avoid the effects of it, or that black dogs are devils, and some Muslims even wear charms of sort to ward off evil. These practices all contradict the idea that there are no myths/supersitions in Islam. This is an example of what I mean when I say <b>contradictions</b>.
And <b>PLEASE</b> everyone, I brought this up only to clarify myself a bit more; I am IN NO WAY INTERESTED in discussing the authenticity of the Bible.