Thanks for your reply. In summary here are some of the issues.
- The bible has been corrupted
- The concept of atonement for our sins; Muslims claim an infinite sacrifice by Jesus was not necessary as God is merciful He could simply forgive sins.
Do you mind if I ask you since you are an ex Muslim what were the reasons you left the Muslim faith?
God bless,
in order for you to understand muslims and their mind set you need to define many things
first , let’s define corruption , does it mean some word here and there was change ? like for example I am going to visit the house , and originally it is written I will visit the house ?
if that is the case , then under the same judgment , the Quran is Corrupted , since there are many different versions of the quran , some have different words , and some readings were ban and were saved to us only through the works of people like ibn nadim . Some if the different can change the meaning of the verse , or the speaker from god for example ‘’ we have created you ‘’ to ‘’ he have created you ‘’ which might be older since the speaker might be muhammad .so then , the question would be which quran , since they ignore that since the late 8th and 9th century , the idea of the quran as the non created word of god emerge(after a hard debate with the rationalist who believe that the quran is created and not eternal , they argue for example did god curse abu lahab (the uncle of muhammad) since eternity !! ), but yet if it is the word of god came down of heaven , then which Koran you want me to use ? ( Which Koran by ibn Warraq is an excellent book in destroying the islamic myth of ‘’ one Quran ‘’ )
what muslims usually believe by corruption of the bible , is according to the quran , Jesus said there would be a prophet after me would be called Ahmed , when muslims (ibn ishaq) went to the gospel , they altered a verse where jesus promiss he will send the holy spirit , and said it was talking about Ahmed , yet when muslims apologist want to check that they didn’t see the word , and they missed that ibn ishaq mistranslated the word , so they started claim that the bible is corrupted because there was no muhammad in the bible !. in recent time , they will propmote the corruption of the bible and use all the liberal and atheist scholar works against the bible , to promote that the quran is safe from error , however once you quote the critisism of Christopher luxenber who showed that the quran comes from Syriac origin with clear evidence ,you will find no honesty in the muslim side !
in conclusion , the story about Jesus in the bible can be verify through the study of language and the jewish culture , and the roman history , and the name of places . even historians for example said that the first christian sang to a their crucified leader as if he was god . yet islam 600 years later (or more) came to deny that jesus died on the cross !!! so whom you want to believe , a historical fact or a book which claim to be divine and came from heaven and contains a lot of fabrication stories from fabrication books and sources that we can trice and expose ( Tom Holland new book is a good example , where he shows that the story of the two horn man in the quran , was stolen from Roman propaganda spread at the time of muhammad , he was alexender the great and the two horn are the horns of amon , and this guy built a dame to save the world from gog and magog ) . ? even philosophically , how can you believe in a god who was responsible in creating the world biggest lie , Christianity . ? why would God and Jesus make people believe in a Jesus like man to be jesus ? it’s important to invoke conspiricy , since the fake religion of islam can’t survive without it like any new cults ( JW , Mormons , SDA… etc) .
as for removing sin I would bring to you hadith (authentic saying of muhammad according to islam ) and we will see who is reasonable
Sahih Muslim 6668—Allah’s Messenger [said]: There would come people amongst the Muslims on the Day of Resurrection with as heavy sins as a mountain, and Allah would forgive them and He would place in their stead the Jews and the Christians.
Sahih Muslim 6665—Abu Musa reported that Allah’s Messenger said: When it will be the Day of Resurrection Allah would deliver to every Muslim a Jew or a Christian and say: That is your rescue from Hell-Fire.
now having clear up the way how God of islam is so merciful with this nonsense way .
let’s go back to Jesus . it’s simple and clear , God is just , and he is merciful , being Just and merciful means there should be a way to bring those two things together . if God says don’t break the law or you will be punish , and you break the law then how do god forgive you of he is infinite just ? what I do understand Jesus is the Mediator between us and God , he heal our soul and give us forgiveness , and save us from our sins , thus he is the mercy .
plus , as I said before , I do not need to question my faith based on claims of a fake religion which it divine book was proven to be from Syriac origin ,and contains many stories that can be trace to different legends and myth , or fabrication books .A religion it’s supposed history is nothing but a hoax and is standing on a shaky foundation ( more good readings is Ibn Warraq The Quest for the Historical Muhammad)
as for why I left Islam , I might talk about it later