Christians want the Muslims to believe all the unbelievable things. Yet when we say that God revealed to Muhammad through the angel, the christians at once apply their brakes and say that was impossible. They even blame that Muhammad was visited by the devil and not by any angel.
I personally do not say that Muhammad was visited by the devil (though I have heard that he may have thought he was, at first), because it makes no difference to me, either way. We are told that should anyone, even an angel from heaven, come preaching a gospel other than that which was given to us, we are to consider them anathema and not credible at all. Hence, no Muhammad and no Qur’an for us. It is impossible in the truest sense of the word. We cannot serve Christ our Lord and Savior and Muhammad and the Qur’an. Never.
In such circumstances, how can any Muslim even look towards the faith of the christians.
I do not know, because I am not one, but perhaps they see a different relationship with God in Christianity than they see in Islam? We worship the same God (I know this makes some on both sides mad, but I really do believe it, and the Church does too), but our understandings of Him and our relationship to Him are very different. For some, Christianity seems like a more “logical” (for lack of a better word) kind of relationship to have with God than Islam.
Christianity, it should be noted, does have as one element of this relationship of a willing, joyful slave somewhat analogous to the Muslim concept of submission, so converts from Islam need not give that up, even. They just develop a more complete, deep understanding of the different facets of God’s love and care for them upon entering Christianity. It is not so one-dimensional and harsh as Islam can appear to be sometimes. I rejoice at being a slave to the Father of all righteousness, but not ONLY that.
The initial teachings of Jesus was alright and true.
Where does the Qur’an support this “corrupted Bible” theory?
But since then, during early 300 years of early christianity, the real teachings of Jesus have been derailed (obliterated) by some one and the christians have been fooled into false beliefs. So they can continue in their faith. Most likely, the Muslims who have better beliefs will not accept the present day teachings of the church.
This is an interesting claim, much like the “Great Apostacy” claimed by the Mormons, who similarly have no proof. So you want me to believe that prior to the canonization of the Bible the teachings of Jesus, which had been preserved somewhere else in some “original Bible” or whatever, became corrupted? I don’t see why I should, since we HAVE historical documentation for our Bible. When you get some historical documentation for your own theories, please show it to us. Until then, it will remain wishful Islamic fantasy and nothing more.
The word of the Lord shall endure forever and ever, by the way. That’s in the Bible. Is that one of the corrupted parts? If it is, then I guess God’s word cannot be trusted to endure forever. I guess God is a liar. It makes me wonder what the Qur’an is, then…if God couldn’t stop those pesky humans from messing things up with the Torah and the Bible, why is He so sure He can do better with the Qur’an?
Oh, wait. That was blasphemy just now! Whew…it’s a good thing I don’t believe the Islamic claim, then! Only the part from the Bible that I paraphrased, that completely contradicts the supposed “corrective” necessity of the Qur’an. You see, the Bible does not depend on the Torah being wrong…
