06-29-2004, 08:55 PM
Bismillah
As you stated in your post though, Catholics believe that men wrote those books. while muslims believe that the Qur'an is the exact words of Allah. Did you know that there were more than just four gospels written? Why were these four chosen in leui of others?
Also, it is proper for God to deficate, urinate, sweat and stink, produce semen, shed skin, feel pain and disease, have bad breath, and all the other lesser qualities of being human? Sure God can do as He Pleases but that does not mean that He lowers himself to human level. I can go sit in pig filth and eat mud. I have that ability but is it something that I would do? Would it be proper? Do kings and rulers clean toliets?
Also, how can God and Jesus be one when they were in obviously different places at one time? Jesus on earth and God in heaven. To use the classic Catholic reason of it being a mystery is completely denying a gift that God gave us... reason. Plus if God and Jesus are truly one then how is Jesus' death a sacrafice? To whom is God sacrificing himself? If God and Jesus are one then how did Jesus die but not God? Three can never equal one. That is a fact of reality, especially when the entities involved clearly occupy different space.
It is due to this basic tainted math equation that many see religion and science in conflict with one another. In Islam one equals one, and science is embraced as supporting this truth.