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Sister_Amy
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Perhaps you and I don’t agree on what constitutes historical fact, what has been proven. You would be accurate if you said that some teachings crept into Islam by later Muslims. They’re generally known, though. On the other hand, this teaching about Jesus is from the Qur’an, directly in the Qur’an, which we know was preserved in the hearts of the Muslims, multiply transmitted, and as a written text. It is well authenticated that this teaching was taught by Muhammad.Hello Sister Amy,
Surely you can see the weakness of that argument. This argument can just as easily be turned upon the Islamic faith. We can just as easily say that the teaching crept into the Islamic faith by Muhammad’s followers.
It is true that the followers of Jesus preached about the crucifixion (although I don’t understand why you can’t believe that). But it can also be said the the foretellers of Jesus preached about the cruicifixion too…
I can accept that you don’t see the crucifixion as a sacrifice for our sins. But to completely deny that Jesus was crucified is a denial of history. It baffles me that history has failed us.
People often have the wrong idea about history. You know, rumors can spread and really distort the truth. And then people who are supposedly trustworthy really distort it. I mean, look at Henry Kissinger! His memoirs… just lies!
I realize that you place a lot of weight on an alleged historical “fact” upon which you rely for your faith. I don’t mean to disrupt that, but let me simply say this:
I believe in a book that was revealed 600 years **after ** Jesus, by the One who Sees Everything–the All-Seeing, the Witness. Therefore it corrects everything before it. I accept it and what it says–which is that Jesus wasn’t crucified. And even if you had video footage of the event I still wouldn’t believe it–and you don’t have anything close to that.