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The Mercy of Islam
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Peace.....


Where to begin?


As I stated before, my reason for being here is to present a view of the christian faith from someone who actually practices it. Since being here, I've seen alot of misunderstanding about what christians believe. From not understanding how a claim of sonship is a claim of divinity, to not understanding the concept of sinful man and the need for a savior. I've even seen it mentioned that many christians cannot explain trinity (that is a meaty subject).


Muslimah, you mentioned that you've seen verses that proved to you Jesus Christ was not God, I'd like to see them. Often times when speaking to non-christians (and even some christian cults), what they view as "proof" turns out to be simply their misunderstanding of scripture. For some, they wanna see the exact verse where Jesus Christ states "I am God". Well that verse does not exist. There are however many verses where Christ calls himself the Son of God, where he is worshiped, Where YHVH calls him "God", and so on.


During my time here, I try my best to be respectful of the differing beliefs and make sure to never claim muslims are wrong in their belief because according to them, they are right, and I'm the one who's wrong. Wrong because the Qur'an says christians are wrong in their belief. Christians believe all non-chrisitans are wrong because of their denial of the divinity of Christ and his message of salvation, which to those who believe, is clearly laid out in the Bible. So here we are, me on my side of the fence, the muslim on theirs, both clinging to the teachings they believe are from God, both unyielding in their belief, and both believing they know enough about the other to use the other's teachings against them. Many times I've seen when a non-muslim quotes the Qur'an the muslim responds "You have to read it in arabic to get the proper understanding". Often times when I see muslims quote the Bible they clearly (to me) take verses out of context and try to gather a proper meaning from that.


Faris, you stated that our beliefs are shaped by our enviornment...I can agree with that. However there comes a time in a man's life when he shakes off his enviornment and seeks out truth for himself...just like you did. I am not a chrisitan because I grew up in a christian household, nor am I a chrisitan because that's all I know. I am a christian because I, like you Faris, prayed to be rightly guided, and have faith that God answered my prayers.


As I said in the beginning of this post, I have tried to present the chrisitan faith from the viewpoint of someone who practices it. If their have been any mistakes in my presentation, they have been mine, and mine alone. What I believe the problem is, people already think they know what they need to know to make a decision, which by the things I've seen posted here, is not the case. I've said all this to say, while I have enjoyed the challenge of "representing" my faith and the exchange of ideas and opinions.....I think I'm going to end my participation on this message board. Reason being, I've never come out and stated "the foundation your religion is built on is all wrong" and while that might seem like a small thing to some, it was a big thing to me. Beacuse I have never openly disrespected any muslim here in such a way. Sure, we could go back and forth, picking out those things from the other's religion that seems strange to us but as I said, that is not my aim for being here. So before it gets to that, I'll stop posting. I might post from time to time if I feel the topic important enough, but I will end the daily checking and posting.


Shamms.

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Messages In This Thread
The Mercy of Islam - by Faris_Mee - 03-24-2006, 06:56 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by AlShamms - 03-25-2006, 03:04 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by Muslimah - 03-25-2006, 08:01 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by AlShamms - 03-26-2006, 12:21 AM
The Mercy of Islam - by Faris_Mee - 03-26-2006, 12:46 AM
The Mercy of Islam - by Muslimah - 03-26-2006, 09:57 AM
The Mercy of Islam - by AlShamms - 03-27-2006, 12:49 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by umm Zachariah - 03-27-2006, 02:10 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by AlShamms - 03-27-2006, 11:25 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by wel_mel_2 - 03-28-2006, 05:11 AM
The Mercy of Islam - by Muslimah - 03-28-2006, 02:27 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by AlShamms - 03-28-2006, 09:55 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by wel_mel_2 - 03-29-2006, 05:37 AM
The Mercy of Islam - by AlShamms - 03-29-2006, 05:22 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by wel_mel_2 - 03-29-2006, 11:23 PM
The Mercy of Islam - by Muslimah - 03-31-2006, 12:02 PM

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