Bismillah
Peace Don
(Sister Muslimah, sorry just 'hanging in here' continuing perhaps what is not within the frame of the thread.. :) )
Quote:You may not believe that he did send his Son to Earth, to die so that we might have eternal life, but I presume that since you agree He is the Supreme Authority he could have done exactly that, i.e. He had the ability to do it, and He did not have to ask anyone's permission to do so.
Yes I think this is the position by all people that are not Christians, that He did not send His son to earth. As a Muslim/ah this phrase 'to have eternal life' sounds a bit strange, since according to Islam, the eternal afterlife has always been taught by His messengers and prophets. It is not a new concept with the event of Christianity. But what has been taught on the other hand is where that eternal life will be spent, in Paradise/Heaven or in Hell.
True, Allah SWT does not have to ask the permission of anyone, that is His 'privilage' one could say. But one logical question is, when knowing the ability of Him and that He is Forgiving and Merciful, and He has always been able to forgive people in earlier generations without demading a human sacrifice in order to be able to forgive, why did His capacity to Forgive and be Merciful suddenly disappear or got weak when Christianity entered the stage?