11-27-2007, 02:57 AM
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
I was in Hong Kong yesterday for some business, and of course my wife asked me to buy some products from the biggest Filipino mall in Hong Kong. And so I went there around lunch time and before entering the building I was stopped by 2 young men dressing in white shirts and nice ties and they started smiling at me and introducing themselves, I immediately noticed that they are Christian missionaries because they are wearing black plastic name card saying "The Church of Jesus Christ", they asked me if I was interested to listen to their message regarding Jesus pbuh and I didn't mind at all. So I invited them for lunch and the discussion started.
One of them is from Australia he told me that The Bible was altered many times and that the real message of Jesus pbuh was distorted by Christians themselves throughout the time, but amazingly the message of Jesus was <b>"RE-stored" </b> when a man called Joseph Smith was chosen by God to be <b>"a modern day prophet" </b> who found some plates somewhere in America and translated them into English and those plates are now known as <b>"the book of Mormon" </b> or <i>Another testimony of Jesus Christ.</i>
Anyway, the other missionary from USA told me that he was a Catholic one day but he was not satisfied with the Catholic teachings until one day he prayed <i>"in Jesus name"</i> to find the truth and so he <b>"found it" </b> and that is "the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints" , the only true denomination of Christianity, he said.
Basically they were trying to tell me that instead of being confused, just come with us to our church and get baptized today before it's too late, and they ensured that each and every word they are uttering is inspired by the power of<b> the Holy Ghost</b>.
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So I started to ask some questions:
Wael: What is the position of Islam/Muslims/Muhammad pbuh according to Mormons?
The America missionary stepped up to answer, he says:
I believe that Muhammad pbuh <i>saw something </i> (Angel), and I believe that God Almighty <b>inspired him </b> with some message.
Wael: So do you believe that Muhammad pbuh is a Prophet of God?
He said: <b>could be</b>, because I read the Qur'an and it is very close to the teaching of the Bible.
Wael: so am I going to heaven if I followed this man?
He said: (<b>after long pause</b>): let me explain to you:
he took a white paper and started to draw for me three circle, one above the other, then he pointed to the first circle and said, this is the highest heaven where God and Jesus <b>PHYSICALLY</b> lives, this is the place where all people who accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior will be. Then he pointed to the second circle and said this is where Jesus lives (<b>please note: Jesus now lives in 2 kinds of heavens</b>). This is the place where people who strived hard to know the truth but the time does not permit them to get baptized, then he pointed his pen towards the third circle and told me that this is the place for<b> all bad people </b> (please note, this place is also in heaven according to them, they told me it is better place than this earth), this place will be for those people who were bad on this earth but yet they love Jesus pbuh.
Then he drew a line after these three circles and told me, after that is <b>Hell fire</b>, for those who <i>KNEW</i> the truth about Jesus, <b>that he is God, Savior etc </b> but yet rejected to accept him and kept to reject him till they die.
So I further asked them:
<b>In which place will I (Muslims) be?
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So he believed (The American) that I (Muslims) will be in either <b>the second or the third heaven depends on our deeds. </b>
So I concluded my discussion with them as follows:
Since Muslims are going to be in heavens anyway, then <b>why are you asking me to get baptized before it's too late? </b>
Believe me, there was no answer, even their <i>Holy Ghost </i> was not able to offer them any help.
Ohhhh the Australian finally found it (<b>i.e. the Holy Ghost</b>)... He said:
Quote:"Brother, seek further help from God by praying in Jesus name and God will show you the Truth, because God answers the prayer"
I then thanked them so much for being so kind to me and I gave them my contact information in case they wanted to learn about Islam one day, (it seems that the American is much more interested to know about Islam). So, May Allah guide both of them to the right path. Ameen.
<b>SIDE NOTE:</b>
Can you believe that these 2 missionaries, <b>and thousands of other missionaries belongs to the same Church </b> are sent by their organization to many parts of the world to do <b>Daw'ah</b> (to call people to their faith)? They are trained very well before traveling, they are asked to learn any language of their choice for about 3 months, are also trained on how to approach people and talk to them for another 3 months, <b>then they are sent to all over the world to preach their faith in the language of people's choice</b>, (English, Arabic, Chinese, Cantonese, Tagalong, Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian, Indian languages, and hundreds of other languages) and of course all the expenses are carried by "the Church of Christ of latter day saints", many colored pamphlets are distributed freely through these missionaries, even the book of Mormon is given for free. during their mission (<b>2 whole yeras</b>) eating, clothing, accommodation, and some pocket money is given by the Church to these missionaries so that they can survive during their mission.
<b>Now the question is, are we really doing any good job as compare to this Church?
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Just thought to share with you this little story, I hope that was not boring insh a Allah.
Salam
Wael
