Quote:am sorry WM, but Mohammed and the Quran corrupted the nature of God which had been revealed for centuries. Allah is never found in the bible. There is one God. The one God is the God of Abraham. The God is God who sent his only begotten Son to be antonement for his elect. The Allah which Mohammed introduced to the world is not the same God.
The NT works perfectly with the Old Testament. It is in perfect union with the Old Testament. The Quran is not. Thus Islam has to believe that the Bible was corrupted and changed. The assumption that Jesus was laughing at the foot of the cross is a heresy beyond measure. To deny His death, sacrifice and resurrection is the unpardonable sin. If Jesus was a holy prophet of God why would he laugh at a man's suffering under the case of mistaken identity? I guess that sinfull nature is one that Islam applies to prophets.
I do not believe that Allah gave special permission for Mohammed to have more than four wives. Why? How does that advance the kingdom of God? I think Mohammed crafted the Quran and the religion of Islam for his own selfish purposes. There is no miracle to the Quran. Any truth to it was stolen and hijacked from the Bible. The rest of it is largely nonsense and long winded praise to Allah. Other instances in the Quran say that Mohammed was given 'permission" to do this and that. If he was a prophet of God then he would be after God's own heart and he would know and operate within the guidelines given to man from God.
The biggest stumbling block to my or any other free thinking persons acceptence to Islam is Mohammed himself. The historical facts of Mohammed reveal that he wasn't the saint that Islam holds him up to be. He was after riches and pleasure. These facts are well recorded. Even in the Quran and Haddiths. Did Mohammed keep spoils of war? If so, how much? Why did Allah grant Mohammed 25 wives? When he was 54 he married a 6 year old??? How does that line up with the holy nature of God? We know that at least 27 people were murdered by Mohammed's orders? Did Jesus order the murder of anybody? Mohammed allowed temporary marriage "for three nights" or more, so that soldiers in the field could "marry" prostitutes. How does that line up with the Holy God? The joys and glories of the Islamic "paradise" are tangible and sensual and include sex with virgins -- and young boys. The joys of glories of the Christian heaven is clearly God centered. With believers spending constant union with God and worshiping God always. Not having sexual pleasures.
I wanted to be honest. I appreciate your willingness to teach me about Islam. You have cleared up a lot of misconceptions I have. I don't think all Muslims are evil like many of my countrymen do. I tell you the truth, if you came to my home hungry I would feed you. I mean no offense either. I realize what I said is offensive but sometimes the truth hurts.
CC, thanks for your email message, there are few points in which I will deal with later insha'Allah since now its 5:00AN and my eyes are getting tired. Other points which we have discussed before, am sorry am not getting into the same subjects again.
just wait for my reply insha'Allah.
Salam
Wael.