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Wildkit
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I am new to this forum so hopefully I am acknowledging the quotes and topics properly. I have reviewed many of the recent archives and this comparision topic caught my attention with much interest.If Jesus was God, part of God , son of God, whatever you wanna name it…Then why can’t he forgive them himself. Why does he keep asking the Father for every thing.
Peace
I came across a submitted this past July that became caught up in a heated discussion,…but remained unanswered,…then the post closed. The attached question seemed right on point for me that if someone could help me with this anwer,…I would appreciate it.
I have been reading too many posts that don’t provide evidence such that I am sceptical as to what if anything I may receive in turn.
Thanks in advance for you help.
July 14, 2005 12:47 AM
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Yes however we believe that many of the people of the book distorted it and changed parts of it.
Herein lies the problem: Prove it.
You can only do so by relying on the Quran, but the Quran relies on the distortion of Scripture being true in order for itself to be true and necessary. In other words, the ONLY testimony that the Quran can give is that Scripture is distorted. We need OUTSIDE proof, seperate from the Quran, to validate the Muslim claim.
For example, you can’t ask a liar if he’s lying. If he is actually an honest man, he will say he is not a liar, and if he is a liar, he will say that he is not a liar. Likewise, if the Quran is truth it will say it is, and if it is a lie it will say it is the truth.
The Scriptures of the Jews do not rely on the writings of the Jews to validate them. The EXISTANCE of the Jews is proof of the Scriptures of the Jews, because the Scriptures claim that God promised them survival as a unique people and culture for all time. No other contemporary people or culture of theirs have survived on any continent. Therefore, while it’s not absolute proof, it does strongly substantiate their claim, and encourages us to look deeper at their other claims. One of their claims, incidently, is that a Messiah will come (around the time that Jesus was born, though later Jews have revised this prediction) and that he will bring the final revelation for all people.
Likewise, the Scriptures of the Christians do not rely upon themselves for validation. There are numerous writings outside of Scripture, some by non-Christians (Josephus, Talmud) that verify the existance and practices of the early Christians. Furthermore, non-Scriptural writings by people who personally knew the Apostles record their teachings as identical to what we find in Scripture, and identical to the Catholic Church today. Christian Scripture states that this is the final revelation for all people.
Now fast-forward 600 years and we have a man who claims to have a message from God, but this message absolutely depends on both the Jewish and Christian Scriptures being distorted in order to be acceptable. This man, and his followers, have not provided any proof (to my knowledge) that these Scriptures are distorted, but rather depend on us taking Mohammed’s word for it.
Please provide proof of the distortion of that you claim from outside of the Quran. When you’ve done that, we can address the issue on reasonable terms.