What do you make of this?

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Hi there & welcome to CAF ~

Your prophet mohamad is not mentioned in the Bible at all.
 
The story of Abraham in regards to Ishmael and Isaac had so much to do with the Arabs and God’s favored one, Isaac. Check the parallels of this story to Adam and Eve. Hagar was like the temptation given by Sarai to Abram and the offspring is Ishmael which the product of sin. The order of this event is by a person while Isaac was a gift, blessed by God.
 
Seek_Truth said:
Came across this today.

wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_mohammed_in_the_bible

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It might be interesting to gauge the authority and bona fides of the one(s) who came up with these references. They do stretch credibility to the (my) limit. It is unusual to have any of these passages interpreted as predicting the appearance of Mohammed.

As with Wikipedia, it seems anyone can become an “author” of a piece of information; then it is the duty or need of someone else to correct their interpretation.
 
It but another example of how Sacred Scripture can be taken by people and revisioned to suit their wants and needs.

It’s why the Catholic Church holds that Apostolic Tradition is Sacred and why we have a Magisterium who guides our belief in accordance with Scripture and Tradition.

The Apostles knew and they taught that Jesus Christ was the only the Savior of the world.
 
Muslims using the Bible to confirm their own beliefs and/or Muhammad is nothing new. I personally think that one should defend his/her religion on its own merits. Most importantly, it sets a double-standard. Muslims herald the Bible to be “corrupted”, but yet there’s no problem when a verse(s) agree with the Islamic viewpoint.
 
I agree with Jakasaki and Amir. It would almost be laughable to hear such defenses of Islam using the Bible if it weren’t for the fact that so many Muslims and would-be Muslims actually believe such things are true. The truth is that Muhammad is not mentioned, nor alluded to, anywhere in the Holy Bible. Mentions of him by name in the Hebrew Bible have been confirmed to me by native Hebrew speakers in face-to-face conversation as being mere weak Islamic talking points, as no native Hebrew speaker would (for instance) mistake “machmad” (n. “desirable thing”) for “Muhammad”. Similarly, no serious reading of the NT can support this idea that the “Paraclete” referred to by our Lord is somehow Muhammad or referring to Muhammad. The Paraclete is not a man, but the Holy Spirit. The Paraclete is said to “abide forever” with the believers, is said to be sent in the name of Christ (John 14:26), and is said to be sent BY Christ from the Father. Does any of this sound like Muhammad?

It is interesting that Islam should deny Christ’s divinity while asserting that Muhammad is the Paraclete. It is also fatal for the Islamic religion. Muhammad, for his part, does not claim to be sent in the name of Christ, a mere man (in Mohammed’s theology), but in the name of GOD. So to assert that Muhammad is the Paraclete is to in fact either to accept the divinity of Christ, or to deny the pedigree of Muhammad’s message (either Christ is God and Muhammad is sent in His name, in which case Islam is false in claiming that Christ is NOT God, or Christ is not God and Muhammad, being sent in his name, is NOT delivering God’s message).

What’s the Arabic for “Oops”?
 
Seek_Truth said:
Came across this today.

wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_was_mohammed_in_the_bible

Your thoughts.
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If muslims can’t find Mohammad in the Bible, which they can’t then they have a problem. They think the following is about Mohammad when it obviously points to Jesus.

7.157 “Those who follow the messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;- for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him,- it is they who will prosper.”
 
dzheremi said:
It is interesting that Islam should deny Christ’s divinity while asserting that Muhammad is the Paraclete. It is also fatal for the Islamic religion. Muhammad, for his part, does not claim to be sent in the name of Christ, a mere man (in Mohammed’s theology), but in the name of GOD. So to assert that Muhammad is the Paraclete is to in fact either to accept the divinity of Christ, or to deny the pedigree of Muhammad’s message (either Christ is God and Muhammad is sent in His name, in which case Islam is false in claiming that Christ is NOT God, or Christ is not God and Muhammad, being sent in his name, is NOT delivering God’s message).
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Interesting quote, I hear you.😉

Blessings, Gary
 
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