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Originally posted by OpinionatedB
reply to post by Fromabove
Jesus (as) is referred to in Islam as "Kalimat Allah", or the "Word of Allah"... not the spirit of God...
If you take the fact of Jesus (as) not having a father as making him the "Son" of God then you must think Adam (as) who has no mother or father as being God himself? No....
And do you not think God can create, create being the key word, with only a word?
Adam (as) Had no mother or father
Moses (as) had both a mother and a father although he was raised by other than them
and Jesus (as) had a mother and no father....
and Muhammed (saww) was orphaned and raised by other than them....
Who is more like Moses in this picture? and Does Adam indicate that God has the ability to create with only a word spoken?
O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs. -Koran 4:171
And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech. -Koran 4:164
Originally posted by filledcup
ive got some catching up on this thread to do.. .in the mean time.. ill drop this here for consideration:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Originally posted by Willtell
www.cyberistan.org...
1. In 628 AD, a delegation from St. Catherine's Monastery came to Prophet Muhammad and requested his protection. He responded by granting them a charter of rights, which I reproduce below in its entirety. St. Catherine's Monastery is located at the foot of Mt. Sinai and is the world's oldest monastery. It possess a huge collection of Christian manuscripts, second only to the Vatican, and is a world heritage site. It also boasts the oldest collection of Christian icons. It is a treasure house of Christian history that has remained safe for 1,400 years under Muslim protection.
The Promise to St. Catherine:
"This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate. No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants. No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world)."
Originally posted by logical7
Originally posted by andy06shake
reply to post by logical7
"I also wonder why it is so necessary to present your personal background with details and a lot of arabic islamic words which are clickable links too. Overkill mate!!"
His personal background adds context does it not?
If nothing more it lets us see where the OP is coming from.
edit on 19-8-2013 by andy06shake because: (no reason given)
i will not refute all that you said, just supplement it with another possibility
here
I think Kalimat Allah is mostly used for Moses (PBUH).
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Narrated Aisha 'The verse of stoning and of suckling an adult ten times were revealed, and they were (written) on a paper and kept under my bed. When the Messenger of Allah (SAWW.) expired and we were preoccupied with his death, a goat entered and ate away the paper.
Originally posted by OpinionatedB
reply to post by racasan
Weak and forged ahadith are not good to use in arguments.
Originally posted by Zodin22
Dragonridr, if you could please dedicate 8 minutes to that video in which Ahmed Deedat addresses John 16:7 and give your input I would appreciate it.
As for the OP, I am still trying to absorb all the info. For now I can applaud you for the time and effort you put into your research.edit on 21-8-2013 by Zodin22 because: Offtopic: Was a member here at ATS 7-8 years ago under a different name. Haven't been back for about 3-4 years, if anyone is questioning my new register date.
Originally posted by dragonridr
Originally posted by OpinionatedB
reply to post by Fromabove
Jesus (as) is referred to in Islam as "Kalimat Allah", or the "Word of Allah"... not the spirit of God...
If you take the fact of Jesus (as) not having a father as making him the "Son" of God then you must think Adam (as) who has no mother or father as being God himself? No....
And do you not think God can create, create being the key word, with only a word?
Adam (as) Had no mother or father
Moses (as) had both a mother and a father although he was raised by other than them
and Jesus (as) had a mother and no father....
and Muhammed (saww) was orphaned and raised by other than them....
Who is more like Moses in this picture? and Does Adam indicate that God has the ability to create with only a word spoken?
Trust me i am in no way a bible scholar but you really dont understand it do you. Ok Lets start with Jesus not having a father he did according to the bible it was God. Adam was created by God the twisted logic there makes no sense. Now to hit the core part God could have sent Jesus down created him much like adam but that destroys the reason for him being here in the first place.It was important for Jesus to be a man and be born to a woman and of the flesh. If he was not he could not be the sacrifice mankind needed to absolve us of our sins. He was sacrificed so man could enter the kingdom of heaven he was literally a key to the gates.
Here was the problem god cannot be around sin. As man we have free will and we do commit sins in fact pretty much by just being of the flesh.Well this automatically bared us from his presence. However do to the sacrifice Of Jesus he absolves those sins when jesus died a man he made it possible to leave the sins of the flesh behind and stand before god.
Now you can choose to believe Jesus wasnt god or the son of god according to the bible. Your punishment is simple eternal separation from him. Notice no fire or brimstone you simply aren't allowed in the presence of god.edit on 8/20/13 by dragonridr because: (no reason given)
Uthman doesn't have the Abu Bakr Qur'an, because it now belongs to Umar's daughter; Hafsa. He asks to borrow it and uses it for a base-model comparison only. He does not make perfect copies of "it", he makes perfect copies of his new Qur'ans. Hafsa's is only a comparative model, obvious by Uthman's order of "Quraysh Dialect Only". Thereafter, Uthman gives Hafsa back her Qur'an in order to keep his word,
Originally posted by Zodin22
reply to post by dragonridr
According to the Bible he who is of spirit is spiritually inclined and he who is of flesh is materialistically inclined (keep this in mind).
Jesus clearly says to his Disciples that the Holy Spirit will not come if Jesus(pbuh) will not go, but if Jesus does go he will send the Holy Spirit (this much we agree).
According to the Gospel of St.Luke Chapter 1 we are told Elizabeth had the holy spirit which is long before Jesus was born. Even Zachariah and John the Baptist had the holy spirit.
So chronologically, either Jesus (pbuh) was mistaken (which I doubt), or you are mistaking the definition of spirit within the Bible as some sort of ghost or spook. It is not a ghost or spook everytime it is mentioned in the Bible.
When Jesus(pbuh) told his Desciples that he will send them the Holy Spirit, I believe (my opinion) by "you" he was implying his people or followers. Also he did not give a specific time or day for his followers to recieve the Holy Spirit after he leaves (leaving a big window for the spirit to arrive).
Nontheless, I may be wrong, however, what I find interesting is that this verse is indeed the only verse with the most masculine pronouns in the entire Bible (to me that means it is special because it is gender specific). My question to you, when referring to a spirit, would the spirit be considered a "He" a "Her" or an "It."
Also interesting is that the Holy Spirit was to give "many" (more than one or a lot of) information that Jesus had not yet given to the desciples or his people. Ahmed Deedat raised a very good point, in which he is asking anyone in the christian faith to give just ONE new piece of information that the Holy Spirit has given them since Jesus (pbuh) departure.
Oh and btw, I don't feel lied to because I don't agree with Ahmed Deedat on everything. I do think he makes a good point. What I do feel is that you keep lieing to yourself (how does that feel?).
If someone is willing to lie to you why would you believe anything they say without checking yourself? I have given you the information to do so?
As for the OP, I agree in a sense that today's Qur'an is not the same as the Qur'an during the time of Muhammed (pbuh). If you are wondering, im a Qur'anist and consider any hadiths as a weak source and in most cases a fabrication. I am still working on the different Qur'ans and will get back to you shortly. Please excuse my English (still learning).
Originally posted by dragonridr
reply to post by Fromabove
I know you got caught up in the posting thats all funniest part is i catch myself in an awkward position here. Im defending religion when i think religion is the problem but to show the Koran is definitely fallible i have to defend Christianity weird how that happens. See People dont realize they are being lied to this Imam he gave me the video of is lying to them to make them believe the Koran to be true. Its obvious hes lying to anyone who has actually read the bible. I have read the Koran (in fact was given a copy i had to promise to read while in Saudi as a gift) the Bible the Tripitakas and to be honest skimmed the Torah alot is review and well Hebrew doesnt translate well to English. And i even read Bhagavad Gita But this isnt really a holly book but more of a path to enlightenment and it is very hard to follow.
So when i speak of a religion i at least try to understand it funniest thing is most people want to say the other religion is wrong and never take a critical look at the one they believe. As-salamu alaykum ,edit on 8/21/13 by dragonridr because: (no reason given)