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My response to Quennel Gale's rebuttal to my article "Just who were the real
authors of the Bible?"

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The bible is a book that
contains countless contradictions and corruptions as ironically the
bible's own theologians openly admit! They even
claim that it contains fables and fairy tales:
101 Contradictions in the Bible!
My response to Quennel Gale's rebuttal to my article
"Just who were the real authors of the Bible?":
This article is a refutation to Quennel Gale and Sam Shamoun's article which is located
at: http://answer-islam.org/whowrotegospel.html.
It was mostly written by Quennel Gale. Therefore, I will use "He
wrote" when referring to the other side's writings.
He wrote:
Here we will investigate Osama's theories about who the real authors of the Bible were.
He claims that the NIV mentions about the Bible not being the true word of God. However
after reading this and looking at his allegations, you will see just how false his
arguments really are.
Just who were the real authors of the Bible?
In this article, we will see actual quotes from the commentary of the NIV Bible; one of
the most used Bibles among the Christian population world wide.
Before each Gospel in the New Testament, the NIV Bible has a commentary or an
introductory section (which is few pages long) that talks a little bit about the history
of that particular Chapter.
Let us examine these historical facts to see whether or not it is mature for Christians
to really take every single word in all of the Gospels as the True Word of GOD Almighty.
Please don't forget to read the conclusion section regarding what Allah Almighty
says about those who try to corrupt the Bible in the Noble Quran.
My response:
These old paragraphs of mine had been revised to these new ones:
Just who were the real authors of the Bible?
The quotes in green below are from the NIV Bible's
commentary. Before each Book/Gospel, there are few pages explaining the history of
it. I was shocked to see that most of today's Bible's Books and Gospels are doubtful
and unreliable. I will start with the New Testament first, and then
the Old Testament second. The bibliography of the NIV Bible that I used is
listed at the end of this article.
After thoroughly reading this article, I would like you to answer the following
questions:
1- Is all of the Bible GOD's Divine Revelations?
2- Did the Prophets of GOD really write the Bible of today?
3- Is the Bible perfect?
4- Did man indeed corrupt the Bible?
5- Is the Bible of today reliable?
If your answer is no to most of or all of the above questions except for #4, then allow
me to say that your faith has serious problems!
He wrote:
We will examine Osama's claim about the Bible being corrupt and whether the NIV
actually says what he claims. We will look at these commentaries as well as expose his
silly idea of Bible corruption. He says that we shouldn't take the Bible as the full word
of God. However this is the same thing the NIV commentators also do. After reading this
article you will see that all Muslim claims to biblical corruption, including those by
Osama are very reliant on misquotes.
Here is an email that I received from a Christian regarding Mark
16:17-18:
From: R. Mercer To: truthspeaks@answering-christianity.com Subject: I Totally Agree
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 13:41:57 -0700
"What credibility does Christianity have when it scriptures are littered with such
dangerous and obvious forgeries?"
You summed it up very well on your web page. That is my question entirely. Just what
are we to believe? If forgeries have been proven to exist in the Bible, then how many more
must there be? What about the chapters and verses we all guide our whole life/styles by?
Are they forgeries, too?
This verse in Mark 16:17-18, has always bothered me. I have, and still do believe the
rest of that passage (laying on of hands, healing the sick,...), so how can that part of
the passage be true when the serpent part is forged?
I know the part on drinking any poison says "IF", but the part on taking up
serpents says "SHALL", which has always been a problem for me to believe.
Imagine us all being forced to take up serpents in order to serve God.
On the other hand, if this was forged, then that creates an even bigger concern for me.
Not knowing what text in our Bible is authentic and what is not.
Thanks for letting me take up so much of your time. Like I said before, this passage
always bothered me, probably more so than any other.
Thanks, once again. Good Day.
For one thing when you check out the name on Osama's page of his alleged Christian, you
find out that you can't email him. We wonder why? Is Osama telling us that he isn't man
enough to put a person's email to verify his claim along with allowing us to show both
sides of the argument? It seems like this is the case. This information about Mark 16 is
answered thoroughly in down in this paper.
My response:
Quennel Gale is known to be low, unprofessional and intimidating (often offensive) in
his arguments. Notice how he immediately said "Is Osama telling us that he
isn't man enough to put a person's email to verify...." It was requested by Mr.
R. Mercer that I don't post his first name and email information, and that's exactly what
I did. If I remember correctly, I asked him if I could replace his first name with
"R." and he said ok.
Just for the reader's convenience, Quennel Gale is a low-life loser who sends email
bombs and possibly forged emails to non-Christians. I have exposed him
in good details with images as proofs that showed how much of a low-life loser he is.
Here is a sample image of what he did to my email box:

This is a small sample of this cowards emails that he
keeps sending
to me. The above image contains only 10
emails from the 143 emails that he sent
to my AOL Account that I have listed on my main page. I
captured this "JPG" file after deleting
most of his junk emails.
He wrote:
The Book information of the NIV Bible that I used is listed at
the end of this article.
That is fine, however the NIV commentary is the same throughout all NIV
bibles. But we also appeal to both the NIV Study bible and the NIV Living Insights Bible,
which came a year later.
NIV The Living Insights Study Bible
Charles R. Swindoll
Copyright 1996 by Zondervan Corporation
ISBN 0-310-91882-0 |
The NIV Study Bible, 10th Anniversary Edition
Kenneth Barker.
Copyright 1995: Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI 49530, USA
ISBN: 0-310-92589-4. |
However Osama Abdallah insist that the NIV claims that the Bible was corrupted. He
claims that his quotes prove his point and therefore he believes that the entire bible is
false. Well lets show you the official NIV prefix commentary that is found in every NIV
BIBLE. (NOTE THIS LETTER IS ALSO online at this link
which is a response to claims about the NIV and its translation of God's word). We will
present both preface information from the NIV Bible book as well as some excerpts from the
site. Lets see what they say:
As far as Zondervan is concerned as the publisher of the NIV, and International
Bible Society as the copyright owner of the NIV, nothing could be further from the truth. For
188 years IBS, and for 66 years Zondervan, have faithfully communicated the richness of
GOD'S REVELATION. (NIV ONLINE LETTER PREFACE TO NIV BIBLE)
Here we see that the NIV publishers and authors look at the Bible as God's own
revelation and not corrupted as Osama says that they claim!!!
My response:
Only a biased or an extremely foolish person would not see that the opinion of the NIV
authors about the Bible is irrelevant, while the historical information that they provided
that was backed by lots of books' references are the relevant information. I used
those quotes and clearly and irrefutably proved that most of the books and gospels of the
Bible are very doubtful.
He wrote:
The NIV is based on the most reliable Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. A translation
team of more than 100 evangelical Bible scholars from many different denominations, using
four levels of committee review, worked for 13 years before the complete Bible was
released in 1978. These scholars came from the United States, Canada, Great Britain,
Australia, and New Zealand.
OPERATING FROM THE CONVICTION THAT THE BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED AND WHOLLY RELIABLE
WORD OF GOD, the translators wanted to faithfully reproduce what the original
Scripture writers wrote, in language that people could read and understand without
difficulty. They were - and are - committed to the AUTHORITY AND INFALLIBILITY OF THE
BIBLE. The NIV has become the bestselling translation of the Bible, with more than 100
million copies in print. (NIV ONLINE LETTER)
Not only is Osama a liar but he slanders the NIV committe by claiming that their
version of the bible proves that God's word is corrupted!!
My response:
How am I being a liar when I quote things like the following that they themselves wrote
based on historical evidence about the books and gospels of the Bible?
"Although there is no direct internal evidence of
authorship,...."
"Serious doubts exists as to whether these verses belong to
the Gospel of Mark......"
"Although the author does not name himself....."
etc...
It's not me who is being the liar here Quennel. It's you who lacks a great deal
of manners by giving direct insults, and who also lacks the ability to see the clear
contradiction between the NIV Bible's committee's comments about the entire Bible being
the perfect Word of GOD Almighty, and the historical evidence that they showed that
clearly refutes this very statement.
He wrote:
The NIV committe continues by saying:
God's blessing on this translation has exceeded our expectations and dreams.
From the very beginning International Bible Society (IBS), The Committee on Bible
Translation (CBT), and Zondervan Publishing House have used accuracy, beauty, and clarity
as our standard in presenting the Holy Bible in the New International Version. Biblical
accuracy always takes priority and we are unwavering in our standards. (NIV ONLINE
LETTER)
zondervan... a trusted evangelical publisher committed to communicating GOD'S
REVELATION as accurately and reliably as possible. (NIV ONLINE LETTER)
Again we see that the NIV takes the bible as God's revelation, despite the evil and
satanic slander of Osama Abdallah. He is such a loser who has to resort to outright lies
to prove his point to desperate Muslims.
My response:
Again, how am I being a "loser" when I quote things like the following that
the NIV Bible committee themselves wrote based on historical evidence about the books and
gospels of the Bible?
"Although there is no direct internal evidence of
authorship,...."
"Serious doubts exists as to whether these verses belong to
the Gospel of Mark......"
"Although the author does not name himself....."
etc...
Again, it's not me who is being the loser here Quennel. It's you who lacks a
great deal of manners by giving direct insults, and who also lacks the ability to see the
clear contradiction between the NIV Bible's committee's comments about the entire Bible
being the perfect Word of GOD Almighty, and the historical evidence that they showed that
clearly refutes this very statement.
He wrote:
Now lets look at the NIV preface which is present in all their bibles, here are some
excerpts which throughly refute Osama Abdallah:
In working toward these goals, the translators were united in their commitment to THE
AUTHORITY AND INFALLIBILITY OF THE BIBLE AS GOD'S WORD IN WRITTEN FORM. THEY BELIEVE THAT
IT CONTAINS THE DIVINE ANSWERS to the deepest needs of humanity, that it sheds unique
light on our path in a dark world, and that it sets forth the way to our eternal well
being. (NIV Living Insights Bible, Preface xxxiii)
Since Osama believes that the original name of God is Allah, and he appeals to the NIV
to prove his points on bible corruption, lets let the NIV answer his bogus claims:
In regard to the divine name YHWH, commonly referred to as the tetragrammaton,
the translators adopted the device used in most English versions of rendering that name as
"LORD". (IBID, Preface xxxv)
See!! LORD, not Allah. Now lets let NIV conclude with this:
We offer this version of the Bible to him whose name and for whose glory it has been
made. We pray that it will lead many into a better understanding of the Holy Scripture and
fuller knowledge OF JESUS CHRIST THE INCARNATE WORD, OF WHOM THE SCRIPTURES SO
FAITHFULLY TESTIFY. (NIV Inisights Bible, Preface xxxvi & NIV Study Bible Preface
xiii)
That sums it all. Osama's lie about the NIV claiming that the Bible is corrupt is a
utterly false and has nothing to stand on other than his usual misquotes. We presented
this information to Osama over and over and he has avoided it everytime, not even given a
response as to how can the bible be corrupt according to the NIV, when they claim in the
preface that it is the wholly inspired word of God. In order to fool his reader, Osama
must constantly use the fallacy of exclusion by quoting parts here and there and
eliminating other important material.
My response:
Anyone who visits my The original name
for GOD Almighty in Aramaic and Hebrew was indeed "Allah", would immediately see that I used original Hebrew and Aramaic
sources to prove my claim. I didn't rely heavily on the NIV Bible to prove this as
Quennel falsely and irresponsibly claims.
He wrote:
Exposing Osama's intentional slander
In this section Osama begins his assault on the New Testament.
OSAMA'S FALLACY: IF THE BOOK WASN'T WRITTEN BY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR ONLY IT'S NOT
GOD'S WORD.
My response:
Osama's fallacy? Quennel, what's wrong with this simple theory that if the
book/gospel was not written by an original disciple of Jesus, then the book can not be
regarded as the perfect and incorruptible Holy Word of GOD Almighty? Even the worst
of the foolish can understand this simple theory! I feel sorry for you and your lack
of manners Quennel. All you do is give insults and make yourself look like a comical
clown.
He wrote:
If you notice throughout his paper, Osama has established a logically flawed argument
due to the fact that he believes that if the author doesn't give his name or if it isn't
written by the author it isn't the word of God. However Osama has nothing to base this
conclusion on since he is using his opinion as a final standard to build his argument.
Therefore since he has not shown any Biblical reference to prove his point, his whole
argument is based on "MY OWN OPINION".
My response:
I don't build my arguments by saying "my own opinion". I also did not
establish flawed arguments when I present quotes such as the following about the books and
gospels:
"Although there is no direct internal evidence of
authorship,...."
"Serious doubts exists as to whether these verses belong to
the Gospel of Mark......"
"Although the author does not name himself....."
"The writer of this letter does not identify
himself....."
"In the third century, however, an African bishop named
Dionysius compared the language, style and thought of the Apocalypse (Revelation) with
that of the other writings of John and decided that the book could not been written by
the apostle of John....."
etc...
Any honest person would clearly see the Truth in my argument Quennel. Your
deceptions will only work on the fools and the blinds in spirit such as yourself, but they
will utterly fail with the sincere and real Truth seekers.
He wrote:
We have asked Osama over and over to show us where it is a explict rule that all the
authors of the names of the book should write it. He has yet to produce this proof. He
knows the difficulty of his position therefore he must ignore our challenge and then
proceed with his usual slander.
My response:
Quennel, if it wasn't for the sake of my readers, I would not have taken the time to
respond to your nonsensical arguments and foolish comments. The quotes that I
presented above would clearly trigger serious concerns and doubts to any serious Truth
seeker! How can any real GOD-fearing, GOD-respecting and GOD-glorifying person take
the nonsense that exist in your Bible as 100% perfect Words of GOD Almighty?
He wrote:
The Gospel of Mark:
"Although there is no direct internal evidence of
authorship, it was the unanimous testimony of the early church that this Gospel was
written by John Mark. (From the NIV Bible Commentary,
page 1488)"
&So, in reality, we don't really know whether Mark was the
sole author of this Gospel or not. And since The New Testament wasn't even documented on
paper until 150-300 years (depending on what Christian you talk to) after Jesus, then how
are we to know for sure that the current "Gospel of Mark" wasn't written by some
pro of Mark?
Osama attempts to interpolates his idea after posting part of the quote of the NIV. He
then makes a unprovable accusation about the New testament not even being documented until
150 years later.
My response:
I have added more proofs that show the corruption of the gospel of Mark. Here is
what my latest notes say:
Note: Pay attention to the
bolded parts to see even more irrefutable proofs FROM THE NIV BIBLE'S COMMENTARY ITSELF
about man's alteration and corruption of this gospel.
The Gospel of Mark:
"Although there is no direct internal evidence of
authorship, it was the unanimous testimony of the early church that this Gospel was
written by John Mark. (From the NIV Bible Commentary,
page 1488)"
So, in reality, we don't really know whether Mark was the sole author of this Gospel or
not. And since The New Testament wasn't even documented on paper until 150-300 years
(depending on what Christian you talk to) after Jesus, then how are we to know for sure
that the current "Gospel of Mark" wasn't written by some pro of Mark?
I hope you see the real danger in making these assumptions when you are willing to DIE
for the fact that such Gospel is the actual True Word of GOD Almighty!
Further regarding this Gospel, we read the following commentary about Mark 16:9-20:
"Serious doubts exists as to whether these verses
belong to the Gospel of Mark. They are absent from important early manuscripts and
display certain peculiarities of vocabulary, style and theological content that are unlike
the rest of Mark. His Gospel probably ended at 16:8, or its original ending has
been lost. (From the NIV Bible Foot Notes, page
1528)"
This quote raises a very serious issue here. First of all, as we've seen above in
the first quote, we have no evidence that proves that John Mark was the sole author of
this so called "Gospel". Second of all, we see that this Gospel has some
serious problems/suspicions in it. The issue of Mark 16:9-20 is a scary one, because
many Christian cults today use poisonous snakes in their worship and end up dying.
Removing Mark 16:9-20 is quite appreciated by me personally (to be quite honest with
you), because it prevents people from dying from snake bites. But however, the
serious issue of man's corruption of the Bible remains.
We can be absolutely certain now that the above quotes prove without a doubt that the
Bible is doubtful. The quote "or its original ending has
been lost" proves that what we call today "Gospels" were not written
by their original authors such as Mark, John, Matthew, etc... It proves that the
Gospel had been tampered with by man. Let alone considering it as the True Living
Words of GOD Almighty.
If John Mark wasn't the one who wrote Mark 16:9-20, then who did? And how can you prove
the ownership of the other person? Let alone proving that it was GOD Almighty's
Revelation. And as we saw in the first quote above, we don't even know that John
Mark was indeed the one who wrote the so called "Gospel of Mark".
To say the least in our case here, we now have enough evidence to discard the entire
Gospel of Mark from the Bible, because you can't take bits and pieces of it and say some
of it belongs to him and some of it doesn't! Let alone considering the entire
corrupted Gospel as the True Living Word of GOD Almighty, which is a complete blasphemy.
Please visit A dangerous
forgery was inserted at the end of the so-called "Gospel of Mark".
Quennel, if this is not sufficient enough for
you to prove that the whole gospel of Mark is doubtful and not perfect (to say the least),
then you obviously have no intentions to learn the Truth.
He wrote:
Since he claims that the NIV proves this lets see what the NIV's Commentary on Mark
says about these matters.
Although there is no direct internal evidence of authorship, it was the unanimous
testimony of the early church that this Gospel was written by John Mark. THE MOST
IMPORTANT EVIDENCE COMES FROM PAPIAS (C. A.D. 140), WHO QUOTES AN EVEN EARLIER SOURCE AS
SAYING: (1)Mark was a close associate of Peter, from whom he recieved the tradition of
the things said and done by the Lord; (2) this tradition did not come to Mark as a
finished, sequential account of the life of OUR LORD, but as the preaching of
Peter-- preaching directed to the needs of the early Christian communities; (3) Mark
ACCURATELY PRESERVED this material. The conclusion drawn from this tradition is that the
Gospel of Mark largely consists of the preaching of Peter arranged and shaped by John Mark
(see note on Ac. 10:37) (From the NIV Study Bible Commentary, pg. 1488)
According to the NIV, the unanimous testimony to the authorship of this book was based
on very important evidence from trusted traditions.
My response:
How can this claim be accurate when they, the NIV committee, themselves wrote the
following:
"Serious doubts exists as to whether these verses
belong to the Gospel of Mark. They are absent from important early manuscripts
and display certain peculiarities of vocabulary, style and theological content that are
unlike the rest of Mark. His Gospel probably ended at 16:8, or its original
ending has been lost. (From the NIV Bible Foot
Notes, page 1528)"
How can "Mark ACCURATELY PRESERVED this material" when there is an obvious
forgery inserted in his gospel?!
He wrote:
Osama leaves this quotation out of his paper to give his reader the impression that the
NIV agrees that Mark was corrupted. The NIV says that Mark preserved the material
accurately, not corruptedly and hence the reason why Mark wouldn't write his name down as
the author, but yet this gospel is attributed to him, is because of the fact that it comes
from the preaching of Peter.
My response:
Osama left nothing out to decieve the reader. All Osama did was produce a simple
proof that this gospel is a total joke. You can go around my arguments all you want
by writing long and boring articles, but the fact still remains: Serious forgeries
and man's alterations were inserted into this gospel, and neither you or the NIV committee
can deny that. In other words Quennel, your Bible contains garbage. Thanks to
the NIV Bible committee for helping me prove this point.
He wrote:
Anybody who is able to view the entire quote will easily see that Mark was a scribe who
documented the preaching of Peter muc like Muhammad's follwers did with the Quran.
Documentation 150-300 years? NIV debunks this:
Mark is believed to be the earliest of the four Gospels--the one from which
other Gospel writers recieved some of their information. (NIV Living Insights Bible,
Commentary on Mark, pg. 1042)
Osama has just ignored this part dealing with Mark. The NIV Living Insights Bible dates
Mark's Gospel to 50 a.d.!!! Far from being 150-300 years after the events! The NIV Study
Bible helps concur with this:
Some, who hold that Matthew and Luke used Mark as a major source, have suggested that Mark
may have been composed in the 50's or early 60's. Others have felt that the content of
the Gospel and statements made about Mark by the early church fathers indicate that the
book was written shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. (NIV Study
Bible, Commentary on Mark pg. 1488)
Osama is deriving his information about the Gospel's authorship from outdated sources
from the late 1800's. Notice that the NIV says no such thing as he claim. Also look at his
defense, "what ever Christian you talk too"? So he is basing his whole
information on hearsay!! This is not only hilarious but is the fallacy of appealing to
dubious and unknown authority. We wonder what Christian did he ask this question? A Muslim
Christian? Hilarious!!!
My response:
Even if we were to take your argument that the book of Mark, the first gospel in the
NT, was written around 50 to 60 A.D., then this still a too much time of long delay to
preserve the Truth! 50 to 60 years is more than 1/2 century. That's a lot of
time! You need to know that the Bible was first communicated by words of mouth.
Man's alterations and opinions and innovations had littered the Bible:
From www.answering-christianity.com/sake4.htm
Is the Bible 100% faultless and untampered with by the
Church?
Well then, in spite of these facts are the records found in the New Testament known to
be 100% completely and fully authentic such that no intentional nor unintentional changes
have ever been made by the church to the text of the NT? Well, since our opinion in this
matter might be biased, therefore, let us ask the Christian scholars themselves:
"It is well known that the primitive Christian Gospel was initially transmitted by
word of mouth and that this oral tradition resulted in variant reporting of word and deed.
It is equally true that when the Christian record was committed to writing it continued to
be the subject of verbal variation. Involuntary and intentional, at the hands of scribes
and editors"
Peake's Commentary on the Bible, p. 633
"Yet, as a matter of fact, every book of the New Testament with the exception of
the four great Epistles of St. Paul is at present more or less the subject of controversy,
and interpolations are asserted even in these."
Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 12th Ed. Vol. 3, p. 643
Dr. Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin Von Tischendorf, one of the most adamant conservative
Christian defenders of the Trinity and one of the Church's foremost scholars of the Bible
was himself driven to admit that:
"[the New Testament had] in many passages undergone such serious modification of
meaning as to leave us in painful uncertainty as to what the Apostles had actually
written"
Secrets of Mount Sinai, James Bentley, p. 117
After listing many examples of contradictory statements in the Bible, Dr. Frederic
Kenyon says:
"Besides the larger discrepancies, such as these, there is scarcely a verse in
which there is not some variation of phrase in some copies [of the ancient manuscripts
from which the Bible has been collected]. No one can say that these additions or omissions
or alterations are matters of mere indifference"
Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts, Dr. Frederic Kenyon, Eyre and Spottiswoode, p. 3
The Jehovah's Witnesses in their "AWAKE" Magazine dated 8th September 1957
published the following headline: "50,000 Errors in the Bible" wherein they say
"..there are probably 50,000 errors in the Bible...errors which have crept into the
Bible text...50,000 such serious errors..." After all of this, however, they go on to
say: "...as a whole the Bible is accurate."
Throughout this book you will find countless other similar quotations from some of
Christendom's leading scholars. Let us suffice with these for now.
He wrote:
Further regarding this Gospel, we read the following commentary
about Mark 16:9-20:
"Serious doubts exists as to whether these verses belong to the Gospel of Mark.
They are absent from important early manuscripts and display certain peculiarities of
vocabulary, style and theological content that are unlike the rest of Mark. His Gospel
probably ended at 16:8, or its original ending has been lost. (From the NIV Bible Foot
Notes, page 1528)"
This quote raises a very serious issue here. First of all, as we've seen above in the
first quote, we have no evidence that proves that John Mark was the sole author of this so
called "Gospel". Second of all, we see that this Gospel has some serious
problems/suspicions in it. The issue of Mark 16:9-20 is a scary one, because many
Christian cults today use poisonous snakes in their worship and end up dying.
Osama again is interpolating the NIV commentary verse by claiming that "John Mark
was the Sole author of this Gospel" Then he rambles on about how Christian cults use
posionous snakes in their worship. He is so desperate to prove his idea of Bible
corruption until he has to resort to using christian cults which he sees on the X-Files to
debunk Christianity!! Maybe we should relieve his folly and tell him that serpents in the
Bible doesn't always refer to literal snakes, but devils also.
My response:
Quennel Gale intentionally did not paste the following paragraphs:
"If John Mark wasn't the one who wrote Mark 16:9-20, then who did? And how can you
prove the ownership of the other person? Let alone proving that it was GOD Almighty's
Revelation. And as we saw in the first quote above, we don't even know that John
Mark was indeed the one who wrote the so called "Gospel of Mark".
To say the least in our case here, we now have enough evidence to discard the entire
Gospel of Mark from the Bible, because you can't take bits and pieces of it and say some
of it belongs to him and some of it doesn't! Let alone considering the entire
corrupted Gospel as the True Living Word of GOD Almighty, which is a complete
blasphemy."
Care to respond to these two paragprahs
Quennel?
In regards to serpents, only a person full of deceptions such as yourself would try to
twist the word's meaning to push his lie. Serpents mean snakes. Your Bible
issues that challenge and it utterly failed and is still failing to meet it.
Please visit A dangerous
forgery was inserted at the end of the so-called "Gospel of Mark".
He wrote:
Removing Mark 16:9-20 is quite appreciated by me personally (to
be quite honest with you), because it prevents people from dying from snake bites. But
however, the serious issue of man's corruption of the Bible remains.
We can be absolutely certain now that the above quotes prove without a doubt that the
Bible is doubtful. The quote "or its original ending has been lost" proves that
what we call today "Gospels" were not written by their original authors such as
Mark, John, Matthew, etc... It proves that the Gospel had been tampered with by man. Let
alone considering it as the True Living Words of GOD Almighty.
Again, more interpolation by Osama. He claims that Mark's ending proves that the Gospel
wasn't written by its original authors. However that isn't what his quote says at all. It
says
His Gospel PROBABLY ENDED at 16:8
The NIV calls the writing Mark's Gospel!! It said it probably ended here, not that it
is proven that it ended at 16:8. Osama is guilty of trying to make the NIV commentary
apply to all the Gospels when it gives only a probability that Mark's Gospel ended.
However, historical textual evidence illustrates that Marks Gospel is two-fold in
ending with both an abridged and unabridged versions. Read:
Some of the most ancient authorities bring the book to a close at the end of verse 8. ONE
AUTHORITY CONCLUDES THE BOOK WITH THE SHORTER ENDING; OTHERS INCLUDE THE SHORTER ENDING
AND THEN CONTINUE WITH VERSES 9-20. IN MOST AUTHORITIES VERSES 9-20 FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY
AFTER VERSE 8, though in some of these authorities the passage is marked as
being doubtful. (Word Study Greek-English New Testament, Tyndale, Wheaton, Illinois, Paul
R. McReynolds, 1999 ISBN 0-8423-8290-9)
History has shown that Mark has both a short as well as an unabrigdged ending. Most
authorities have Mark 16:9-20. It is only "SOME" who mark it as doubtful. Most
means more than Some. That is whay the NIV said that the ending:
PROBABLY ENDED at 16:8
They were aware that most MSS have this verse and it would be incorrect to claim that
this verse was a later insertion! Osama's whole evidence was based on probable evidence.
If he wanted to prove that Mark 16:9-20 was clearly a later addition, surely he could've
furnished a NIV quote that explicitly says "THIS GOSPEL DEFINITELY ENDED AT VERSE 8
AND THE REST IS A LATER INSERTION". However his quote says nothing about this issue,
aince it speaks of it only being probable. Why? Because it is historically known that
there are two endings to Mark amongst the extant MSS, a long and short one. Mark is known
as the Abridged Gospel, and the shorter ending is an abridgement of this abridged Gospel
as we will see just a little later. Furthermore, the doctrines taught in these disputed
passages are established in other undisputed passages of the Gospels. But let's see what
the NIV says about Mark before dealing with Mark 16:9:
Living Insight: It was on the cross at one awful moment, Jesus Christ bore our sins,
thus satisfying the righteousnes demands of the Father completely and instantly clearing
up our debt. Our sin is forgiven. Our enslavement is broken. We are set free from
sin's penalty and sins power once and for all Mark 15:37 (NIV Insights Bible, Commentary
on Mark, pg. 1064)
Hence, even before we reach the 16th chapter the NIV emphatically affirms that Jesus
died and bore our sins, demonstrating that the NIV translators believe in the crucifixion
of the Lord Jesus Christ and the authenticity of the Bible. We have just cited evidence
that Mark 16:9-20 is found in most of thee MSS and exposed Osama's evidence as doubtful
since it is based only on probability and not on hard core evidence. So we now turn to a
range of scripture references that Scholars have shown to be related to Mark 16:9-20.
These references from undisputed passages establish the teaching of Mark's longer ending:
3.Luke 23:56; John 19:39f
4.Matt 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:4
5.John 20:11, 12
6.Mark 9:15
7.Mark 9:15
8.Mark 1:24
9.Matt 28:6; Luke 24:6
10.Matt 26:32; Mark 14:28
11.Matt 27:56; John 20:14
12.John 20:18
13.Matt 28:17; Mark 16:13, 14; Luke 24:11, 41; John 20:25
14.Mark 16:14; John 21:1, 14
15.Luke 24:13-35
16.Matt 28:17; Mark 16:11, 14; Luke 24:11, 41; John 20:25
17.Mark 16:12; John 21:1, 14
18.Luke 24:36; John 20:19, 26; 1 Cor 15:5
19.Matt 28:17; Mark 16:11, 13; Luke 24:11, 41; John 20:25
20.Matt 28:19; Acts 1:8
21.John 3:18, 36; Acts 16:31
22.Mark 9:38; Luke 10:17; Acts 5:16; 8:7; 16:18; 19:12
23.Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6; 1 Cor 12:10, 28, 30; 13:1; 14:2
24.Luke 10:19; Acts 28:3-5
25.Mark 5:23
26.Acts 1:3
27.Luke 9:51; 24:51; John 6:62; 20:17; Acts 1:2, 9-11; 1 Tim 3:16
28.Ps 110:1; Luke 22:69; Acts 7:55f; Rom 8:34; Eph 1:20; Col 3:1; Heb 1:3; 8:1; 10:12;
12:2; 1 Pet 3:22
(
This link on scripture references of Mark 16:9-20 )
There are tons of references that demonstrate the fact of Mark's Gospel being based on
the authentic Gospel of Jesus Christ as shown in the other undisputed passages of the
canonical Gospels. Notice that Osama didn't bother to even look at any scripture cross
references.
My response:
The different "Canons" of the Bible!
Different and conflicting variations of "gospels"
and "books" that are disagreed upon by the Churches today.
Again Quennel, the quote from the NIV Bible reads as follows:
"Serious doubts exists as to whether these verses belong to
the Gospel of Mark. They are absent from important early manuscripts
and display certain peculiarities of vocabulary, style and theological content that are
unlike the rest of Mark. His Gospel probably ended at 16:8, or its original
ending has been lost. (From the NIV Bible Foot
Notes, page 1528)"
Tell me Quennel, why was Mark 16:9-20 absent from "important
early manuscripts"? Wasn't the whole gospel preserved as a whole by John Mark?
Obviously not! In fact, the documentation of this gospel did not happen till
1/2 century later. It is obvious and beyond any doubt that man's alteration,
innovations and corruption had entered this gospel. Otherwise, we would not have
missing parts of it from "important early manuscripts".
From www.answering-christianity.com/jesus_false_prophecies.htm
False and failed Prophecies about the Hour put in the mouth
of Jesus in the New Testament:
The sections of this article are:
1- Jesus' false prophecies in Mark 13.
2- The Jesus of Islam is not a liar.
3- Conclusion. My advise to the reader.
Jesus' false prophecies in Mark 13:
In the Bible, we see Jesus boldly promising for some serious and major Prophecies about
the Hour to pass before the generation of his disciples dies. The Prophecies never
got fulfilled! Let us look at chapter Mark 13 in the NIV Bible:
Mark 13
Signs of the End of the Age
1 As he was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said
to him, "Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!"
2 "Do you see all these great buildings?" replied Jesus. "Not one
stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."
3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James,
John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what
will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?"
5 Jesus said to them: "Watch out that no one deceives you.
6 Many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and will deceive many.
7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must
happen, but the end is still to come.
8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be
earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
9 "You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and
flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as
witnesses to them.
10 And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
11 Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about
what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but
the Holy Spirit.
12 "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will
rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
13 All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be
saved.
14 "When you see 'the abomination that causes desolation' [1] standing where it
[2] does not belong--let the reader understand--then let those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains.
15 Let no one on the roof of his house go down or enter the house to take anything
out.
16 Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak.
17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
18 Pray that this will not take place in winter,
19 because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God
created the world, until now--and never to be equaled again.
20 If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake
of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.
21 At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ [3] !' or, 'Look,
there he is!' do not believe it.
22 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles
to deceive the elect--if that were possible.
23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
24 "But in those days, following that distress,
" 'the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' [4]
26 "At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power
and glory.
27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the
ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
28" Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender
and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at
the door.
30 I tell you the truth, this generation [5] will certainly not pass away
until all these things have happened.
31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
The Day and Hour Unknown
32 "No one knows about that day or hour, not
even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
33 Be on guard! Be alert [6] ! You do not know when that time will come.
34 It's like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in
charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
35 "Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house
will come back--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at
dawn.
36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping.
37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!' "
Foot Notes:
1. 13:14 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
2. 13:14 Or he; also in verse 29
3. 13:21 Or Messiah
4. 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
5. 13:30 Or race
6. 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray
Few points to notice:
1- In Mark 13:4, Jesus began speaking about the Signs of the Hour. His
disciples got anxious and wanted to know when the Hour would come.
2- Jesus in Mark 13:5-27 began speaking about the false deceivers and false
prophets and other signs.
3- Jesus in Mark 13:30 boldly says: "I tell you the
truth, this generation [5] will certainly not pass away until all these things have
happened." Jesus' disciples have died, and it's
been now more than 2000 years after Jesus, and still the Hour has not come yet.
4- Jesus in Mark 13:32-33 clearly stated that no one except
for GOD Almighty knows when the Hour would come. But if you look closely at his
words and the grammar, you would see that even though Jesus never gave an exact date to
the Hour, he did mean to say that it will come soon -- while his disciples were still
alive! This point is clearly proved in Mark 13:30, where Jesus promised that "this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things
have happened", and in Mark 13:33, where Jesus warned
his disciples to be on a constant lookout for the Hour, since it could happen at any
moment before their generation dies or passes.
He wrote:
I hope you see the real danger in making these assumptions when
you are willing to DIE for the fact that such Gospel is the actual True Word of GOD
Almighty!
Really Osama? Lets see what the NIV says concerning whether Mark is the Word of God:
Since Mark's Gospel is traditionally associated with Rome...Mark may be writing to
prepare his readers for this suffering by placing before them THE LIFE OF OUR LORD.
There are many references, both explicit and veiled, to suffering and discipleship
throughout his Gospel. (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Mark, pg. 1489)
According to the NIV Study bible, Mark gave the people in Rome "THE LIFE OF
JESUS", whom the NIV calls "OUR LORD"!! If Mark was corrupted why would
they say this? They would say that it wasn't the life of Jesus, nor woudl they call Jesus
THEIR LORD if they didn't believe in the authenticity and inspiration of Bible!! Here is
more information:
Mark sat down and decided he would write what he remembered of the life of Jesus, AND
UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, he recorded an action-packed survey of the
things that seemed important to him. (NIV, Insights Bible, Commentary on Mark, pg. 1042)
The NIV says exactly the opposite of what Osama is trying to convey to his reader!!!
See it for yourself; Mark, according the NIV was not only inspired, but he was under the
inspiration of the HOLY GHOST! So Much for Osama proving that the Gospel of Mark isn't the
word of God according to the NIV!
The Book of Acts:
"Although the author does not name himself, evidence outside the Scriptures and
inferences from the book itself lead to the conclusion that the author was
Luke. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1643)"
So based on some conclusion, you're willing to die for defending the idea that the Book
of Acts was the True Word of GOD Almighty? If the book was inspired by GOD Almighty, then
how come it wasn't mentioned in the book itself to help us filter it out from the many
other "Satanic false books"? Are we sure that this book too is not a man-made
Satanic book?
After all, its just a conclusion, isn't it??
Look at the quote closely, it says EVIDENCE IN AND OUTSIDE THE SCRIPTURE ITSELF LED TO
THE CONCLUSION OF LUKE'S AUTHORSHIP. Osama then makes a weak argument saying that this was
just a mere conclusion. He then asks if this isn't just a man-made Satanic book. Maybe he
forgot to see that the EVIDENCE showed that it wasn't a man made book. As for his idea
about the book not being inspired by God Almighty I challenge him to show us one reference
where it says that God personally wrote the Quran. All he has is Muhammads claim
that God spoke to him. Is this evidence Osama? Lets expose him for misquoting the
NIV again:
Although the author does not name himself, evidence outside the Scriptures and
inferences from the book itself lead to the conclusion that the author was Luke. The
earliest of the external testimonies appears in the Muratorian Canon (C. A.D. 170), where
the explicit statement is made THAT LUKE WAS THE AUTHOR OF BOTH THE THIRD GOSPEL AND
THE "ACTS OF ALL THE APOSTLES"... Within the writing itself are some clues as to
who the author was: 1. LUKE THE COMPANION OF PAUL...LUKE THE PHYSICIAN. "(NIV
Study Bible Commentary, pg. 1643)
My response:
Quennel, you are a total joke! The testimonies in Muratorian Canon are as good as
your personal testimony since they came in 170 A.D.; 150 years after Jesus -- a century
and a half after Jesus! Need we say more? To you yes, but to the reader, no.
I think the reader understands well what I am talking about.
He wrote:
Notice that Osama has argued elsewhere that the Bible doesn't have extra biblical
evidence to support it but yet when this evidence is shown, including evidence from within
the text itself, Osama has to resort to a sudden case of forgetfulness along with
misquotes to prove his case. This shows us that his stance from the NIV is so weak that it
is simply pathetic. Here we furnish as evidence the comments of Sir William Ramsey.
Ramsey, considered one of the world's greatest archaeologists, believed that the New
Testament (particularly the books of Luke and Acts) were second-century forgeries. He
spent thirty years digging in Asia Minor in order to produce evidence proving that
Luke-Acts was nothing more than a lie. At the conclusion of his long journey however, he
was compelled to admit that the New Testament was a first-century compilation and that the
Holy Bible is historically reliable. This fact led to his conversion and embracing of the
very faith he once believed to be a hoax. Dr. Ramsey stated:
"Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact
trustworthy ... this author should be placed along with the very
greatest of historians.
Ramsey further said:
"Luke is unsurpassed in respects of its
trustworthiness." (Josh McDowell, The Best of Josh Mcdowell: A Ready Defense,
pp. 108-109)
Osama shouldn't have a problem with Mr. Ramsey since he used him as a reference in his
"History of Man's Corruption of the Bible". Again we see that he is only good at
misquoting authors, making them say the exact opposite of what they really claim.
My response:
Again, as I proved above, the Bible was first communicated orally. It wasn't
documented until many many years after Jesus! What you have today from manuscripts
were never claimed by any person. All you have are mere conclusions that books and
gospels were written by certain disciples. But you have no solid proof to stand on
what so ever! In fact, the missing parts of manuscripts as in the case of Mark 16:9-20 clearly prove that these manuscripts were altered and
corrupted by men. Otherwise, they should've been perfectly preserved with authorship
claimed for each one of them.
He wrote:
The Gospel of Luke:
"The author's name does not appear in the book, but much
unmistakable evidence points to Luke. (From the NIV Bible
Commentary, page 1529)"
Again, we don't know for sure whether it was Luke or not who wrote the "Gospel of
Luke" since his name doesn't appear in the Book. The Gospel itself seems to be a
compromising one to the Word of GOD. Let us look at the following:
Again Osama misquotes the NIV since this is what it actually says:
unmistakable evidence points to Luke
How explicit can you get? Here are more quotes from the NIV:
This Gospel is a companion volume to the book of Acts, AND THE LANGUAGE STRUCTURE OF
THESE TWO BOOKS INDICATE THAT BOTH WERE WRITTEN BY THE SAME PERSON. They are addressed
to the same individual, Theophilus, and the second volume refers to the first. Certain
sections in Acts use the pronoun "we", indicating that the author was with Paul
when the events described in these passages took place. BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION,
Paul's "dear friend Luke, the doctor" and "fellow worker" becomes the
most likely candidate. (NIV Study bible, Commentary on Luke, pg. 1529)
We wonder what was Osama's excuse for eliminating the rest of this information on his
site? Again where does the NIV explicitly say that this book wasn't God's word and that it
is corrupted? Osama has yet to provide us with any detailed proof.
"Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated
everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for
you, most excellent Theophilus, (Luke 1:3)"
Few problems with this Gospel from the quote above:
1- The author was not inspired, and knew for sure that he was not inspired by GOD
Almighty to write the Book since he didn't mention about any divine inspiration, and he
said "...since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the
beginning..." Where do we see GOD's inspiration in this?
2- The author wrote it for the purpose of "his most excellent Theophilus."
Since when we compromise GOD Almighty and document His Holy Words for the purpose of other
higher (in rank) human beings?
I say it again, I hope you see the real danger in making these assumptions when you are
willing to DIE for the fact that such Gospel is the actual True Word of GOD Almighty!
Also, beside, what evidence are they talking about?! The New Testament wasn't
even documented on paper until 150-300 years (depending on what Christian you talk to)
after Jesus. So unless the Book/Gospel was signed by its author, there is no way we
would know for sure that it was indeed his book from the first place, let alone
considering as the True Living Word of GOD.
Osama seems confused since he thinks that Luke writing for Theophilus somehow entails a
compromise on the part of Luke. Luke was writing with the purpose and intention of
convincing Theophilus of the truth of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Osama
conveniently stops in the middle of a sentence, as seen in his citation of Luke 1:3. Now
let us read this in context:
Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of
those things which have been fulfilled among us, just as those who from the beginning were
eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us
, it seemed good to
me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to
write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, that you may
know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed. Luke 1:1-4
On his page about Bible corruption, OSAMA MAKES A SLIP AND ADMITS THAT LUKE WAS THE
AUTHOR!! READ HIS COMMENTS:
"It seemed good to me (Luke) also, having had
perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most
excellent Theophilus, (Luke 1:3)"
If you consider the Bible the word of GOD, well, it is quite obvious that Luke
decided to write his Gospel because he wanted to please the president or the leader at
that time Theophilus. This however has several problems: (1) It compromises GOD
because there is a biger purpose than GOD to write the Gospel, (2) It shows that Luke
wouldn't have written his Gospel if it wasn't for that leader, and (3) Luke was not
inpired when he wrote his Gospel because he said that he decided to write it after he
had full understanding of it, which means that he wrote it with his own human words and
thoughts and not GOD's. (http://www.answering-christianity.com/sake.htm)
Notice that here he claims that the reason why Luke's Gospel isn't inspired is BECAUSE
IT WAS WRITTEN BY LUKE!!! Yet, in this article he claims that he doesn't even know who the
real author is!! Does Osama suffer from amnesia or epilepsy? Even the NIV states clearly
that Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke, basing their view on careful scholarly investigation
of the evidences:
The words [Luke 1:1-3] certainly sound like the writing of a perfectionist, don't they?
Did you catch Luke's turn of phrase on several occasions? HE CLEARLY STATED HOW HE HAD
"carefully investigated everything from the beginning" and he planned to write
"an orderly acount" HE WANTED TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION SO THAT EVERYONE WHO
READS HIS WORDS would know the "certainty of the things you have been
taught" (NIV Insights Bible, Commentary on Luke, Commentary on Luke, pg. 1067)
Osama also argues from silence when he claims that Luke never claimed that he was
inspired. Luke never DENIED he was inspired either, sow hat does this prove? Absolutely
nothing. When we look at how the first Christians viewed Lukes Gospel, we discover
that they both KNEW and AFFIRMED that it was an inspired revelation from God:
For THE SCRIPTURE says, Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading
out the grain, and The worker deserves his wages. 1 Timothy
5:18
Paul quotes Deuteronomy 25:4 AND LUKE 10:7:
Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker
deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. Luke 10:7
Here, Paul calls Lukes Gospel Scripture and places it on the same level of
Moses writings! Additional evidence that Paul is citing Luke's Gospel can be seen
from a comparison of the Greek:
Luke 10:7 - ... axios gar ho ergates tou misthou autou.
1 Timothy 5:18 - ... axios ho ergates tou misthou autou.
So much for Osamas denial of Lukes inspiration! Osama continues:
Beside, what evidence are they talking about?! The New
Testament wasn't even documented on paper until 150-300 years (depending on what Christian
you talk to) after Jesus. So unless the Book/Gospel was signed by its author, there
is no way we would know for sure that it was indeed his book from the first place, let
alone considering it as the True Living Word of GOD.
Since Osama agrees that the NIV focuses on historical information, we will turn to it
for the dating of this Gospel, as opposed to basing our arguments on what some
hypothetical Christian may say. (It is obvious that Osama is making things up again since
he doesnt even bother to name who these Christians are, which shows that he has
never talked to them). Here is what the NIV commentary says:
Writer: Luke
Date: a.d. 59-63
Style: Scholarly, detailed people-oriented (NIV Insights Bible, Commentary on Luke)
The two most commonly suggested periods for dating the Gospel of Luke are: (1) A.D.
59-63, and (2) the 70s or the 80s. (NIV Study bible, Commentary on Luke, pg. 1529)
It is clear that Osama simply picks and chooses what he likes from the NIV since he
completely ignores what the NIV says about the dating of these gospels. No NIV quote
claims that the gospels date some 150-300 years after Christ. Osama knows that the NIV
statements do not support his case, and simply decides to invent claims to look good to
his readers. Osama continues:
Further from brother Vipor
Poison; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him:
Luke 1:3
Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it
seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
The following is from the Catholic Encyclopedia:
http://newadvent.org/cathen/14625b.htm
http://newadvent.org/cathen/14625a.htm
If Theophilus existed in either the 2nd or the 4th centuries then how could the writer
of this gospel be the same Luke who is supposed to be with Jesus in the 1st century.
Maybe he lived to about 200 years.. :)
Osama thinks that he can debunk the Bible because there were persons named Theophilus
that came some 200-400 years after Jesus. The Catholic Encyclopedia mentions a second
century Bishop named Theophilus:
Bishop of Antioch. Eusebius in his "Chronicle" places the name of Theophilus
against that of Pope Soter (169-77), and that of Maximinus, Theophilus's successor,
against the name of Eleutherus (177-93). This does not mean that Maximinus succeeded
Theophilus in 177, but only that Theophilus and Maximinus flourished respectively in
the times of Soter and Eleutherus. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14625a.htm
The other Theophilus was the Patriarch of Alexandria in 385-412 AD. (source- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14625a.htm)
You can even go here and see the entries for both these Theophiluses- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/t.htm
Osama erroneously seeks to link the Theophilus of Lukes Gospel with these two
Christian figures of the second and fourth centuries solely because they have the same
name! What Osama failed to tell his readers is that Theophilus is a common Greek name,
just like Steve is a common name in English. My elementary school is named Theophilus.
Osama obviously knows nothing about Christian history!
My response:
Jesus not only promised that the hour would come before the generation he was living
among would pass in the book of Mark, but he also made the same promise in the book of
Luke:
"Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come
after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For
whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save
it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his
very self? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed
of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death
before they see the kingdom of God." (From
the NIV Bible, Luke 9:23-27)"
Similar to Mark 13:1-37 as shown above, Jesus in Luke 9:23-27 yet makes another promise
that the hour would come before the generation he was living among would pass. It is
now 2,000 years after Jesus and the generation he was living among is all dead, and yet,
the Hour have not come yet! Need we say more about this corrupted gospel that no one
on this earth know who originally wrote it?
He wrote:
It should be noted that Osama originally sought to link Lukes Theophilus with the
fourth century Patriarch. After being informed of this mistake, Osama later changed his
information and tried to link Lukes Theophilus with the Theophilus of 177 A.D. This
shows just how deceitful Osama truly is.
My response:
Quennel, I don't remember that. You either mistaked me with someone else, or you
are a flat out liar!
He wrote:
Instead of simply acknowledging his mistake, he sought all the more harder to find any
evidence which he thought would place Lukes Gospel in the second century. However
his own words contradict the fact that Theophilus of AD. 177 was the one Luke was writing
to. Read what he says:
If you consider the Bible the word of GOD, well, it is quite
obvious that Luke decided to write his Gospel because he wanted to please the president or
the leader at that time Theophilus.
Osama claimed that Luke was writing to a president or leader named Theophilus,
contradicting his assertion above that the Theophilus mentioned in the third Gospel is
actually a second century Bishop!!! So who is Theophilus really? A leader in the first
century, a second century Bishop or a fourth century Patriarch?
My response:
I wasn't contradicting myself. The article was using references from the book of
Luke without putting emphasis on it's historical corruption in that specific section.
Also, www.answering-christianity.com/sake.htm
was not written by me personally.
He wrote:
The Book of Hebrews:
"The writer of this letter does not identify himself, but he was obviously well
known to the original recipients. (From the NIV Bible
Commentary, page 1856)"
So because the guy was supposedly "well known (which we don't really know that for
sure anyway)", then would that give us the right to consider his words as the
Words of GOD Almighty?! I am sorry, but I don't really see the logic behind
this! The Book of Hebrews is one of the highly used Books among Christians. I
hear references from it a lot when listening to Christians preaching. Yet, no one
really knows who wrote it!. This is quite ironic, because Christians use such highly
doubtful books in their teachings as if they were the True Living Words of GOD
Almighty. I don't care what you call this, but I call it blasphemy, because it is
the most rediculous insult to GOD Almighty and His Holy Words that I have ever seen.
I just hope you see the real cheap quality in the religion of Christianity, with all my
respect due to every Christian reader.
Again your quote DOESN'T SAY THAT HEBREWS IS CORRUPTED. Until you show me that this
quote does then I care less about how you interpret it.
My response:
My quote does not say the book is corrupted, but it does prove that it was written by a
mysterious author, hence it was corrupted by man's innovation and alteration. Even
the worst of the foolish would understand this. I don't know why it is too difficult
for your messed up brain to comprehend this?! Are you on drugs Quennel?
He wrote:
This only exposes your silly neophyte knowledge of Christian history.
My response:
With all due respect to the reader, but the only silly thing here is you Quennel for
having such a ridiculous stupidity!
He wrote:
We quote the NIV regarding the authorship of Hebrews in order to demonstrate that
Osama's assertions that this translation claims that the Bible is corrupt is an outright
lie:
My response:
Before I let you continue with your quotes, I just want to make it clear to the reader
that you are very ridiculous and silly for calling me a "liar". Check my
quotes for yourself, and you'll see that whatever I quoted is correct. So in other
words, it is not right for you to call me a "liar", when all I am doing is
exposing the trash inside your corrupted Bible.
He wrote:
Nobody really knows who wrote the letter to the Hebrews. But whoever did write the
letter certainly understood the plight of those to whom it was written-for he was
obviously well known to the original recipients.
Although seperated from them at the time of writing, this writer knew them and looked
forward to the day whent heyw would be brought together again. Yet nowhere in the letter
did he bother to give his name. WE WISH HE HAD! That would have saved thousands of
hours for scholars and teachers and preachers who have for years attempted to solve
this mystery.
Some thing are worth intense study, and other things, although they may be interesting
and thought-provoking, are not worth the time. AN IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION OF THE
AUTHORSHIP OF HEBREWS IS ONE OF THE THINGS NOT WORTH MORE OF OUR TIME. The most important
thing to remember is that THIS BOOK HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND PRESERVED AS
PART OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. NO MATTER WHO PENNED THE WORDS, GOD HAS GIVEN US THIS MESSAGE
AND PROTECTED IT THROUGH THE CENTURIES. (NIV Insights Bible, Commentary on Hebrews pg.
1330)
Osama basically tries to use the NIVs statement that they wished the author had
written his name as propaganda against the Holy Scriptures!
My response:
Your very first quote "Nobody really knows who wrote the letter to the
Hebrews....." clearly and irrifutably proves my point!
He wrote:
Note the following from the NIV Study Bible:
The theme of Hebrews is the ABSOLUTE SUPREMACY and sufficiency of Jesus Christ
as the revealer and as a mediator of God's grace. The prologue (1:1-4) PRESENTS CHRIST
AS GOD'S FULL AND FINAL REVELATION, far surpassing the limited preliminary revelation
given in the OT. (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Hebrews, pg. 1857)
According to the NIV, Christ is God's Final revelation to humankind. This eliminates
any need for the Quran. Since Osama is quoting the NIV with authority, he must accept the
fact that according to this source Osama believes in a false book!!
My response:
This eliminates the Noble Quran? Says who Quennel? Your NIV committee
clowns? Like I said earlier in my response, their opinions are irrelevant, but the
historical facts they presented (which proved your Bible to be extremely doubtful) are
relevant, because they are based on clear historical facts.
For the Miracles and Prophecies that were fulfilled in the Noble Quran, please visit: Science, Miracles and Prophecies in the Noble Quran and Islam.
He wrote:
Read what the NIV Study Bible says in the footnotes dealing with Christ:
As the brilliance of the sun is inseperable from the sun itself, so THE SON'S
RADIANCE IS INSEPERABLE FROM DEITY, FOR HE HIMSELF IS GOD, THE SECOND PERSON OF THE
TRINITY (Jn 1:14,18). 4. exact representation of his being. Jesus is not merely
an image or reflection of God. Because THE SON HIMSELF IS GOD, he is the absolute
authentic representation of God's being. (NIV Study Bible, Footnote on Hebrews 1:2-3,
pg. 1858)
The NIVs explicit testimony to the Deity of Christ exposes Islam as a fraud, as
well as exposing Osama's misapplication of the NIV notes. To drive it home read what the
NIV says about Hebrews 1:5-14:
Christ's superiority to angels is documented by seven OT quotations, showing that he
is God's Son, that he is worshipped by angels and that, THOUGH HE IS GOD, HE IS
DISTINGUISHED FROM THE FATHER. (IBID, pg. 1858)
Not only does the NIV state that this book is inspired by God and is protected by the
Almighty himself through the ages, it affirm that Jesus is both God and is distinguished
from God the Father!! Osama claims that Hebrews is doubtful even though his best piece of
evidence, the NIV, says just the opposite!!!
My response:
Jesus was never worshiped by anyone. He certainly was never worshiped by the
angels. This is an intentional English mistranslation that was exposed at this
article:
Do People and Angels bowing down to Jesus in Worship really prove that he
is the Creator of the Universe? See
how the word "Worship" used for Jesus doesn't even exist in the original Greek Bibles. The
Trinitarian English translations are nothing but hoaxes and deceptions. The article
responds to Matthew 15:9 and other English mistranslated verses in the Bible.
He wrote:
When I posed this same argument against Osama, he responded:
Que, you asked me about who wrote the Book of Ishmael and the
Noble Quran. Well, the Book of Ishmael peace be upon him has no place in Islam. So its
irrelevant to us. As for the Noble Quran, it documented right on the spot and narrated
back to our beloved Prophet and memorized by all educated Muslims.
So everyone had the same copy.
If it is irrelevant, then why does the Quran even bother to mention it?
My response:
The Noble Quran mentions it because it is a historical event that took place. The
Noble Quran was gave testimony to this event's occurance. It's not the same as your
corrupted book of Hebrews, because you have yet to prove to us that it was sent from GOD
Almighty.
He wrote:
As for the Quran, Islamic history proves that it wasn't documented on the spot. I can
show you tons of references to prove my point if you want. And as for educated Muslims,
many were killed in the battlefields that resulted in a loss of great portions of the
Quran. Want references I can post that too.
My response:
If you had the references you would've posted them. Anyway, for the details about
the Noble Quran preservation, please visit: www.answering-christianity.com/quran/textual.htm
He wrote:
So basically, we are to believe that the Quran was copied down because you said it was?
Again no proof. Osama continues by saying:
The Noble Quran after that battle was COMPILED into one Book. It
was already documented and the documentations existed with out beloved Prophet peace be
upon him and then with his close desciples.
The materials from which the Quran was compiled were scattered everywhere. It wasn't
arranged in any order nor put into one book until after Muhammad died. Basically it was
left to men's judgment to decide what went in and what went out. There were sharp
disagreements as to what was supposed to be included.
My response:
Nonsense. Again, for the details about the Noble Quran preservation, please
visit: www.answering-christianity.com/quran/textual.htm
He wrote:
Yet, Muslims like to judge the Bible harshly based on a criteria that can so easily be
used against the Quran with even greater force and weight.
My response:
As I clearly showed above, and even more clearly showed at: www.answering-christianity.com/contra.htm,
most of the Bible is a total joke!
He wrote:
Notice that Osama doesn't provide any credible source to back up his claim. Do Muslims
really expect us to simply accept their claims for the Quran without providing any
evidence for us to examine, all the while demanding that we provide proofs galore for
Christianity? I dont think so.
My response:
Again, nonsense. For the details about the Noble Quran preservation, please
visit: www.answering-christianity.com/quran/textual.htm
He wrote:
The naming of the Chapters (Surahs) of the Noble Quran was done
by our Prophet (p.b.u.h). The Verses of each chapter were compiled together. The chapters
themselves were not gathered into one Noble Book, but the contents of the Chapters were
already compiled and MEMORIZED by the scholars.
Nonsense. No Hadiths exist to prove this assertion, and ignorant peasants dont
qualify as scholars.
My response:
Quennel, the Hadiths are made up of 6 huge volumes. It is believed that there are
around 250,000 narrations about the Prophet peace be upon him and his life and the events
that took place with him and the Noble Quran's compilation. You summing it all up
into a ridiculous statement such as "No Hadiths exist to prove this assertion"
clearly proves that you are a joker who is not out there to seek the Truth, but rather to
promote his polytheist pagan trinity nonsense.
He wrote:
Memorization was common in Near Eastern cultures but none of this makes them scholars.
Muhammad may have had a good memory (even though this is doubtful, see http://answering-islam.org/Green/forgot.htm),
yet he was still basically ignorant and illiterate.
Again Osama furnishes nothing more than vain comments. When he finally ran out of
answers he tried to refer me to his site, which we are attempting to systematically
debunk, as this article exposing Osamas misquotations of the NIV hopefully shows.
My response:
To learn more about our Prophet peace be upon him, please visit: www.answering-christianity.com/muhammad.htm.
Your article had so far debunked nothing Quennel. All you did was falsely
call me a liar who misquotes the NIV Bible, when in reality you know well that I did not
misquote it, but rather exposed with simple statements and logic the nonsense and
corruption that exists in most of the Bible. This had obviously frustrated you as it
is apparent to the reader with your low-life cheap name calling, rude comments, and lack
of manners.
He wrote:
The Gospel of John:
"The author is the apostle John, 'the disciple whom Jesus loved' (13:23; 19:26;
20:2; 21:7, 20,24). He was prominent in the early church but is not mentioned by name in
this Gospel--which would be natural if he wrote it, but hard to explain otherwise. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1588)"
They claimed that it was John who wrote the Gospel, but yet, his name was not signed on
his Gospel! How is it possible for us to be absolutely sure that it was indeed John who
wrote the so called "Gospel of John" when "his name
is not mentioned in this Gospel" so we can then take it as a 100% True
Error-free Word of GOD Almighty?
Osama seeks to undermine the NIVs claim that the Apostle John wrote the fourth
Gospel solely because John didnt sign it! Do note what the NIV says regarding the
omission of Johns name:
He was prominent in the early church but is not mentioned by name but hard to explain
otherwise
The NIV says that IT IS NATURAL FOR JOHN TO NOT MENTION HIS NAME IF HE DID WRITE THE
GOSPEL!! Again, note what the NIV says:
THIS GOSPEL WAS WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE JOHN-one of the closest friends of Jesus
during His life on earth. (NIV Living Insights bible, commentary on John, pg. 1113)
Osama also overlooked the very first sentence in his own quote which explicitly says:
The author is the apostle John
The evidence is as explicit as one can find verifying the authorship of the apostle
John!! Osama's evidence of bible corruption is nothing more than the usual misquotation
and intentional misrepresentation found among common Islamic propaganda against the bible.
Both the NIV Study and Living Insights Bible mention the apostle John as the author of the
beloved fourth gospel. We find it very unusual for Osama Abdallah to try and disprove the
authenticity of the Bible for the sake of bringing people to Islam. The Quran and the
Muslim traditions clearly affirm the purity and preservation of the Holy Bible.
Finally, note what the first Muslim biographer said regarding the authorship of the
fourth Gospel:
"Among the things which have reached me about what Jesus the Son of Mary stated in
the Gospel which he received from God for the followers of the Gospel, in applying a term
to describe the apostle of God, is the following. It is extracted FROM WHAT JOHN THE
APOSTLE SET DOWN FOR THEM WHEN HE WROTE THE GOSPEL FOR THEM FROM THE TESTAMENT OF JESUS
SON OF MARY: 'He that hateth me hateth the Lord. And if I had not done in their
presence works which none other before me did, they had not sin: but from now they are
puffed up with pride and think that they will overcome me and also the Lord. But the word
that is in the law must be fulfilled, 'They hated me without a cause' (i.e. without
reason). But when the Comforter has come whom God will send to you from the Lord's
presence, and the spirit of truth which will have gone forth from the Lord's presence he
(shall bear) witness of me and ye also, because ye have been with me from the beginning. I
have spoken unto you about this that ye should not be in doubt.
"The Munahhemana (God bless and preserve him!) in Syriac is Muhammad; in
Greek he is the paraclete." (Ibn Ishaq, Life Of Muhammad, trans. Alfred
Guillaume [Oxford University Press, Karachi], pp. 103-104; bold and capital emphasis ours)
The preceding Gospel citation is taken from John 15:23-16:1. Please notice that Ishaq
doesnt say that this particular Gospel is inauthentic or corrupt. Apparently, the
first Muslims werent as sharp as Osama since they had no problem admitting that John
authored the fourth Gospel, even though he never signed his name!
My response:
Quennel, I'll let your very own Christian theologians respond to you. The
following was taken from The Gospel of
John, Gospel or gossip?, which shows proof about early
Christians rejecting the so-called Gospel of John. They believed it was all
man-made:
The questionable doctrine of incarnation, which appears in the beginning
of the gospel of John as follows:
"In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was
God." (1:1)
It further States:
"And word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld
his glory as of the only son from the Father."
The above words are and/or have been attributed to John. Because John was disciple, who
makes it appear that the founder of this doctrine was not Paul, but John.
This claim might have been sound if the gospel of John was at least as similar and
coherent as the first three gospels. However, gospel of John is questioned and doubted by
the Christians themselves. A large number 2nd century Christians have denied that John
wrote the gospel. In current times, the authenticity of gospel has been a center of debate
and dispute.
Irenaeus, Orogen, Clement, and Eusebius were the first made claims that this gospel was
the work of John, the disciple. Nevertheless, at that time [254 AD], a group of Christians
refused to accept that John wrote the gospel. According to Encyclopedia Britannica the
position of this group is as follows:
"A positive testimony for the critical conclusion is derived from the existence of a
group of Asia Minor Christians who about 165 rejected the gospel as not by John but by
Cerinthus. The attribution is doubtless mistaken; but could Christians who were
sufficiently numerous to deserve a long discussion by St. Epiphanius in 374-377, and who
upheld the Synoptic, stouts opposed the Gnostics and Montanists, and had escaped every
special designation till the Bishop nick-named them the "Alogi" (irrational
rejecters of the Logos-Gospel), dare in such a time and country, to hold such views had
the apostolic origin been incontestable."
Then there is internal evidence that shows that this gospel was not written by disciple
John. However, the author of gospel of John was certainly a Jewish theologian who was very
well familiar with Jewish thoughts and ideas. As it appears from the Acts 4:13, the
disciple John son of Zebedee was uneducated. The gospel further reveals that its author
was deeply learned and belonged to a noble family. Contrary to that John [disciple] son of
Zebedee has a lower status from social point of view. Beside this, contents and style of
gospel of John radically differs from other three gospels.
The first person to ascribe the fourth gospel as the work of John was "Irenaeus"
who, according to Christian scholars is not reliable and not an expert in the filed of
critical analysis. For similar reasons, a large group of Christian scholars in recent
times view this gospel as a fabrication and opined that it should be included among the
other books in Bible.
Those Christian scholars, who regard the gospel as correct and who wish to save it from
the allegation of fabrication, are virtually unanimous that the author of fourth gospel
was not the John [son of Zebedee] but the John the Elder. James Mackinon writes:
" It is likely enough that "Irenaeus, whose accuracy and critical discernment
are not outstanding has confused him with another John [John the Elder] mentioned by
Papias of Hierapolis in Asia, in the second quarter of second century, as well as with the
Prophet John of the Book of Revelation."
A well-known Christian scholar from Pakistan [Barakatullah] writes:
"We have reached the conclusion that the narration of that gospel of John was written
by John the son of Zebedee is incorrect."
Barakatullah, furthers by saying that:
"The truth is that the theologians are not willing to accept without debate that the
fourth gospel was written by John son of Zebedee. And generally, theories to the contrary
are seen."
Barakatullah has endeavored in great details in his book to substantiate his claim that
the author of the fourth gospel was not John the son of Zebedee. Why did Barakatullah, a
Christian scholar believe to establish this fact? He explains in the following words:
"Those theologians who believe that the fourth gospel was written by John son of
Zebedee- they do not generally accept the historical significance of this gospel. Their
theory is that the fourth gospel is free of historical events, and that its contents
belong to author who puts it in the mouth of the word of God."
In fact attribution of the fourth gospel as the work of John son of Zebedee, the disciple,
places its authenticity in serious jeopardy, the reverend has attempted to show that it
was written by John the Elder. His research indicates that John the Elder was also a
student of Jesus, but he was not counted among disciples. Since John the Elder was a young
person and was honored by Jesus in his last days to include John the Elder in his company.
John the Elder was a cultured and learned in the Old Testament. He belonged to a noble
family that he has expressed in his gospel. Many Christians generally accept this
conclusion today. That has resulted in rejecting John son of Zebedee, the disciple as the
author of fourth gospel.
The above conclusion is without foundation. Apart from protecting the originality of the
gospel of John, one cannot see any other reason for it. The question yet to be answered
that if John the Elder, beside the twelve disciples was another student of Jesus. Why has
he not mentioned by Mark, Luke, and Matthew in their gospels? The fourth gospel indicates
that its author was in very close contact with Jesus; also he was loved deeply by Jesus as
well. The author of fourth gospel has used the expression in many places "the
disciple whom Jesus loved." At the end, the author says that the meaning of that
expression is the author of the fourth gospel himself.
[See e.g. " One of his disciple, whom Jesus loved was lying close to the breast of
Jesus 13:23]. And "So lying thus, close to the breast of Jesus, he said to him, Lord,
who is it?" 13:25]
We don't see this closeness by/for twelve disciples, but this disciple was so loved that
he was allowed to be that close and eat. So, if Jesus was so close to him [author], then
the author was not included as thirteenth disciple? How is it rationally acceptable that
Judas Iscariot who was regarded as thief (John 12:6) and who betrayed Jesus and caused his
master [Jesus] to be arrested [Luke 22:3], be included among the twelve disciples, and the
student of Jesus [the author of fourth gospel], who ate close to [laying] the breast of
Jesus?
Which none other disciple did], and who was most concerned at Jesus ascension to heaven by
reason of separation from him is/was not included among disciples of Jesus?
Further, why Mark, Luke, and Matthew in their gospels, which according to Christians
contains a complete description and details of Jesus' life, even mentioning ordinary
persons who were connected with Jesus like Mary Magdalene, Martha in reference of Jesus'
donkey, completely fail to make any reference to this alleged student of Jesus?
IF there was a disciple named John the Elder, beside from John son of Zebedee, the
disciple, then why the authors of all four gospels failed to explain the distinction
between two Johns to avoid confusion? Among the twelve disciples we know that there were
TWO [James] (1) James son of Zebedee (2) James son of Alphaeus. Similarly, there were TWO
persons with the name of Judas (1) Judas son of James (2) Judas Iscariot. The authors of
four gospels have distinguished between them by mentioning them separately in order to
avoid confusion. [See e.g. Matthew 10:6, Luke 6:14, Acts 1:13] So, if there were two
persons among the disciples of Jesus by the name of John, then why the authors of gospels
did not dispel the confusion as the authors of four gospels did in the cases of James and
Judas?
Further, if there was a disciple of Jesus by the name of John the Elder, then where did he
go after the ascension of Jesus? The efforts and activities of disciples of Jesus after
his departure are described in detail in the book of Acts. But there is no mention of any
John the Elder. It cannot be assumed or said that he [John the Elder] died immediately
after the ascension of Jesus. Because the gospel of John was written very much after
Jesus. It is stated therein that " and this is famous amongst the disciples-author of
fourth gospel will live till the day of judgment (21:23). Therefore, all Christian
theologians, who regard John the Elder as separate from the John the son of Zebedee, the
disciple are of the view that John the Elder remained alive for a considerable period
after Jesus to the extent that Polycrap became his student. The evidence is indisputable
that John the Elder was not a disciple of Jesus. The verse at the end of gospel of John
states that:
" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written
these things, and we know that this testimony is true (21:24)."
Let us keep this fact in mind that the majority of Christian scholars believes that above
verse is a later insertion and is not by the author of gospel of John. The well known
commentator of the Bible Westcott, who is very cautious and careful to criticize the
Bible, says in this regards [quoted by Streeter, p 430]:
" The two verses appear to be separate notes attached to the gospel before its
publication. The form of verse 24 contrasted with that of XIX 35 shows conclusively that
it is not the witness of the evangelist. The words were probably added by Epaesian Elders,
to whom the preceding narrative had been given both orally and in writing."
This view is supported by the well-known writer of modern times Bishop Gore, and this is
the reason why these two verses are not found in the codex sineticus. Therefore, one
cannot say that the author of these verses was a disciple of Jesus.
It establishes beyond any doubt that the author of the fourth gospel is neither John son
of Zebedee, the disciple nor John the Elder or any other disciple of Jesus. In view of the
above facts the author of fourth gospel was a person who lived very much later than the
disciples of Jesus and who acquired his knowledge under Paul and his students. According
to "Westcott", in order to ascribe gospel of John, son of Zebedee, the disciple,
certain sentences were added which includes the personal experience of the writer, with a
view to refuting the arguments of some Gnostic sects of that times who rejected the
so-called divinity of Jesus. It is undisputed in the academic world that alterations in
Bible were common and continue in order to debate opposing sects of the time. Professor
Streeter, the well-known Christian scholar of modern time writes in his book [The Four
Gospels p 4] in the clearest terms possible and I quote:
" Then, in the fourth gospel we find an addition to the text, admittedly nor by the
original author which makes a definite statement as to authorship, is it not more probable
that it was made at some later date perhaps also in some other locality, and was intended
to assert a view as to the authorship of the book from which certain person at that time
or place dissented? And that such dissent did exist in the second century we shall see
shortly. That being so, the addition of the words "this is the disciple which.wrote
these things" is to be interpreted as an attempt to settle a debated question, and
is, therefore, additional evidence of the existence of doubts in regard to the authorship
of the Gospel."
Hence, it is not without wonder, that under such circumstances the fourth gospel and the
letters of John were written by a student of Paul, and people later made certain
alterations to establish that the author of fourth gospel has met personally with Jesus
and has been in his company, which by the way is not true.
Keeping the general approach on these times in mind, this conclusion appears to be
correct. In Christian view the fourth gospel may have been written by John the Elder, but
he was not a disciple of Jesus. By adopting the views of professor Streeter, the author of
fourth gospel was John the Elder, but that: [Streeter "The Four Gospels p 443]
"John the Elder is described by Papias as disciple of the Lord" by Polycrap as
one "who has seen the Lord." We need not suppose that he had done much more when
'see' Him, brought perhaps as a boy of twelve years old to Jerusalem by his father on
pilgrimage to the Passover. And he may have been among the crowd that looked on at the
crucifixion, people in those days
were not careful to keep such sights from children. In that case by AD 95 he would have
reached the age of seventy-seven. The First Epistle of John was obviously written by a man
of advance years, who can pass quite naturally from "brethren" to my little
children" in the same paragraph (IJN III 13 and 18). This last phase would hardly
have been written by a man under seventy."
There is, then no difficulty in supposing that John the Elder wrote the fourth gospel AD
90-95 at the age of seventy of above.
Conclusion
Christian missionary and evangelists desperately attempt to save the fourth gospel from
being declared as created. But if one can avoid fruitless attempts of justification and
accept the theory as it is, the following conclusion is inevitable.
1. The author of fourth gospel was NOT John son of Zebedee, the disciple, but John the
Elder.
2. John the Elder is NOT among the disciples of Jesus.
3. John the Elder, saw Jesus once at the age of twelve [12], but did NOT get any
opportunity of serving Jesus or hearing his teachings.
4. John the Elder saw the Jesus in the last stage of crucifixion.
5. He was NOT a citizen of Jerusalem, but he was a resident of Southern regions of Canaan.
6. After Jesus and until AD 95, there is NO record or any account where he lived? And from
whom he acquired knowledge? Whose company he was often in/with? And what relationship he
had with the disciples of Jesus?
7. On or about 95 AD, at the age of 70+ he wrote the gospel of John in which he mentions
for the first time the doctrine of incarnation.
8. Later, an addition was made at the end of the gospel that indicated that its author was
the disciple John the son of Zebedee or some beloved disciple of Jesus.
The conclusions set forth above are hardly a result of Muslims' reasoning,
but are rather the views of Christian theologians in order to save the fourth gospel from
being declared as created. The above conclusions will lead to undeniable facts cited
below.
(a) The doctrine of incarnation cannot be ascribed to Jesus or any of his disciples.
(b) A person who at the age of twelve only saw Jesus but did not acquire any knowledge
from him first wrote this doctrine after the ascension of Jesus.
(c) The person who presents this doctrine is unknown, apart from his writing, his
condition and situation is unknown.
(d) What type of person he was? What were his beliefs? How did he come up with this
doctrine? What was his relationship with the disciples?
(e) This doctrine of incarnation came into being and/or inserted in the Bible around 95 AD
when his age was 70 and 28 years had passed since the death of Paul.
(f) Because Paul had died before him, and Paul had clearly expounded the doctrine of
incarnation in his letters, which proves that the first person to expound the doctrine of
incarnation was not John the Elder, but Paul.
(g) Let us not forget this fact that any statement of Jesus neither supports the doctrine
of incarnation, nor was it espoused by any of his disciples.
He wrote:
The Books of Paul:
Before we start on the analysis of Paul's Books, we must first know that Paul who's
Books are believed to be inspired by GOD Almighty Himself and who is a disciple of Jesus
peace be upon him never actually met Jesus in person. Jesus had 12 disciples when he
was on earth. Paul was not one of them!. Paul much later after the
disappearance of Jesus came and claimed that Jesus came to him and ordered him to be his
disciple. Paul is really taken on faith only and not on proofs. He could be
well be another smart deceiver who made his way into the world of the current corrupted
Bible (sorry if I offended you).
Osama is apparently blatantly ignorant of what Islamic history and Muhammad think about
Paul. Read this from the earliest Islamic accounts:
"God has sent me (Muhammad) to all men, so take a message from me, God have
mercy on you. Do not hang back from me as the disciples hung back from Jesus son of Mary.
They asked how they hung back and he said, 'He called them to a task similar to that which
I have called you. Those who had to go a short journey were pleased and accepted. Those
who had a long journey before them were displeased and refused to go, and Jesus
complained of them to God. (T. From that very night) every one of them was able to
speak the language of the people to whom he was sent.' (T. Jesus said, 'This is a thing
that God has determined that you should do, so go.')
"Those whom Jesus son of Mary sent, both disciples and those who came after
them, in the land were: Peter the disciple AND PAUL WITH HIM, (PAUL BELONGED TO THE
FOLLOWERS AND WAS NOT A DISCIPLE) to Rome. Andrew and Matthew to the land of the
cannibals; Thomas to the land of Babel, which is in the land of the east; Philip to
Carthage and Africa; John to Ephesus the city of the young men of the cave; James to
Jerusalem which is Aelia the city of the sanctuary; Bartholomew to Arabia which is the
land of Hijaz; Simon to the land of Berbers; Judah who was not one of the disciples was
put in place of Judas.'" (Ibid. p. 653)
Muhammad himself said that Jesus was commissioned by God to send the disciples into the
world. And yet Paul happens to be one of those who assisted the Apostle Peter in carrying
out Jesus great commission!! Notice that Ibn Ishaq predates the most credible
Hadiths by over 125 years. According to Muhammad, Jesus said that this is a thing his
followers must do. Interestingly, other Muslim sources confirm the above statement from
Ishaq:
"Among the apostles and those disciples around them, whom Jesus sent out, there
were Peter and his companion Paul." (A history of the Christian Church,
Thalabii Qisas al-Anbiyaa, pp. 389-390; Tabarii, Taarikh al-umam wa-l-muluuk
II/II, 1560)
Amazingly, Bukhari, the most authentic Hadith collection in Islam, even quotes one of
Paul's letters and attributes the saying to God!:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "ALLAH SAID, 'I have prepared for My righteous slaves
(such excellent things) as no eye has ever seen, nor an ear has ever heard nor a human
heart can ever think of.'" (Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 589)
According to this Hadith, Muhammad purportedly claims that Allah uttered the above
words. Compare what Allah is supposed to have revealed to Muhammad with what Paul says in
his first letter to the Corinthians:
"However, as it is written: 'No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has
conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.'" 1 Corinthians 2:9
Paul paraphrases the following citation from Isaiah:
"Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen
any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him." Isaiah 64:4
Hence, according to the Hadith the one that inspired Paul's saying, which Muhammad
alludes to in virtually identical language, is none other than God! Notice that
Allah has taken Paul's quote and slightly modified it, and both contexts refer
to the rewards that God has in store for true believers. Since Osama considers Paul to be
a deceiver, we must conclude that Muhammad and his god Allah are also deceivers since they
quote Paul!!! Muslims hate this quote since it undermines their thinking about Paul.
My response:
Exposing Paul's
Lies
| The Noble Quran on Paul and his
likes: "Then woe to those who write the Book with their own
hands, and then say:"This is from God," to traffic with it for
miserable price!- Woe to them for what their hands do write, and for the gain they make
thereby. (The Noble Quran, 2:79)"
"Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a
lie against God, or saith, "I have received inspiration," when he hath received
none, or (again) who saith, "I can reveal the like of what God hath
revealed"? If thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood of confusion
at death! - the angels stretch forth their hands, (saying),"Yield up your souls: this
day shall ye receive your reward,- a penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies
against God, and scornfully to reject of His signs!" (The Noble Quran, 6:93)"
GOD's stupidity is smarter than all of
us???
Simple
yet devastating proof about Paul was NEVER inspired by the Holy Spirit!
- Contradiction in divorce!
Paul literally allowed lying!
The end literally justifies the means to him!
How can you say that the Bible has
corruption in it when Saint Paul in 2 Timothy 3:16 clearly said that
"All Scripture is God-breathed"?
Paul nullified and contradicted the point of
Baptism. Him calling the disbelievers, who are supposed to be doomed to
Hell, as "sanctified" and "holy"
is clear nonsense and stupidity, and further proves with CLEAR-CUT proofs that his
words were not Revelations from GOD Almighty. It
also contradicts GOD Almighty's verdict about them in the Old Testament.
My rebuttal to Sam Shamoun's
"Demonstrating how Paul's writings nullify Osama's desperate attempts to finding
Bible Contradictions" article.
The Anti-Christ
Paul. (By Abdullah
Smith)
- Part II.
Paul the Corrupter. (By Abdullah Smith)
The Romantic
Origins of Christianity. (By
Abdullah Smith)
Paul Versus the Disciples.
Paul Contradicts himself.
The Problem with Paul.
Paul's Strange Law.
Pauls idea of marriage.
The Jews did kill Jesus according to
Paul.
PAUL,
the self-appointed Prophet, was proven to be a deceiver who contradicted the
teachings of Jesus and mocked the Law of Moses.
Are these Paul's words or GOD Almighty's Divine Revelations????
Paul of Tarsus: The Clear-Cut Hypocrite
The Problem of Paul Regarding Esau
The Problem of Paul
Paul of Tarsus: The False Apostle According to Islam
'The Apocryphal Books of Elijah' & Paul
Epimenides Paradox: Was Paul "Inspired"?
Paul's Dependency on
Talmudic Writings: Evidence of New Testament Borrowing
Paul and The
'Inspiration' of Scripture
The Influence
of the Pauline Epistles Upon The Gospels of The New Testament: Study and Criticism
Famous Theologians and Historians believe
that Paul was not truthful.
Is circumcision
allowed or not allowed in the Bible? See the clear
contradiction between Jesus and Paul.
Paul
contradicted himself regarding the women's head covering.
Paul, Peter and John are in clear
contradiction with each others regarding the disbelieving husbands to believing wives!
My
response to Sam Shamoun's rebuttal to my article "Paul, Peter and John are in clear
contradiction with each others regarding the disbelieving husbands to believing
wives!".
The authors of the New Testament have
conflicts (hostility) with each others. How about for Paul
to punch Peter on the face?? That would've been "inspired", wouldn't it?
Jesus (peace be upon him), Paul and the Christian Church.
What Did Paul Want To Know About
Jesus?
Paul Broke The Covenant Of God.
Who's Gospel Is Paul Preaching?
Was Paul A Deceiver?
Rebuttal To Sam Shamouns Article To
Deceive Or Not To Deceive.
Where Is This Promise Paul Is Referring To?
Why was Paul prosecuted?
Why is Paul still giving offerings?
Paul's View of Genealogies.
Does The Quran Affirm The Teachings Of Paul: Christian Missionary's Use Of
Surah 61:14.
Examining
Paul's Divorcement Law on Christian Women.
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In regards to your first reference, it is a very weak one. We are warned in the
Noble Quran about the hypocrites from the Jews and Christians who fabricated Hadiths
(Sayings of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him):
"While Islam was weak and still growing among Jews, Christians and Pagans, Muslims
did not have the full and complete religion that they needed. Some Jews and
Christians wanted to take advantage of such situation to destroy Islam. They had a
plan to adopt Islam first and then desert it, thus creating the impression that Islam was
not a religion worth adopting.
Let us look at Noble Verse 3:72 "A
section of the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) say: Believe in the
morning what is revealed to the believers (Muslims), but reject it at the end of the day;
perchance they may (themselves) turn back (from Islam)." "
(www.answering-christianity.com/apostates.htm)
In regards to your second quote from "Qisas al-Anbiyaa" book, which means
"the stories of the Prophet", it is written by modern day authors. It is
not an original Islamic book. If some Muslims believe Paul was an apostle, then good
for them, but this still doesn't prove anything.
In regards to the Saying about Paradise, the Prophet peace be upon him said "Allah
said", and he was quoting both the Noble Quran and the Old Testament. Please
visit: What parts of the Bible do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth? and
Why?
So, you have really proved nothing here. All you did was present very weak
references that don't mean much.
He wrote:
This basically means that Muslims have no basis to object to Paul's writings since
Muhammad, Ibn Ishaq and al-Bukhari attribute Paul's work to God, implying that Paul was a
legitimate representative of Christ's teachings.
The only way for Osama to avoid the significance of these early Islamic traditions is
to deny the traditions completely, as well as intentionally ignore Muhammad. This would
make him an apostate. Osama then goes on to post links about Paul being a liar based on
the opinions of so-called Christian scholars. However, since when do theologians and
so-called Christians hold greater authority for Osama than Muhammad, Allah, and the
Islamic traditions? We will leave that for Osama to answer for us.
My response:
The Saying in Al-Bukhari was talking about Paradise, and it was quoting from the Noble
Quran and the Old Testament. As to Ibn Ishaq, many of the narrations in his book are
considered weak by Muslim authorities. And like I showed above from the Noble Quran,
many hypocrites from the Jews and Christians wanted to inject nonsense similar to the
things that exist in the Bible into Islam. Allah Almighty warned us from them.
He wrote:
The Book of Romans:
"The writer of this letter was the apostle Paul (see 1:1). No voice from the early
church was ever raised against his authorship. (From
the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1705)"
Sweet. But notice how in this Book, we see the actual author
himself, and in the ones above, we see nothing but conclusions. If GOD was the actual
inspirer of all of these Books, then He wouldn't put us in the agony of making some
conclusions to figure out His Words. Is GOD the author of confusion?
Notice how Osama claims that God isn't the author of confusion, but yet his own words
seem to be utterly confused. He says that we see the author himself (whatever that means)
but yet we see nothing but conclusions.
My response:
Any normal person with a normal brain Quennel would immediately see that what I said
was that the writtings between Paul and the others are different in style, since Paul
mentioned himself in his writtings while the others didn't. But of course, for a not
so normal person like yourself, an explanation is needed for clarification.
He wrote:
Would he rather have assumptions instead of conclusions?
My response:
I would rather have the Truth which
exists in the Noble Quran. I'll leave the assumptions and conclusions and
confusions for you and your polytheist pagan trinity belief.
He wrote:
Again he knows that the NIV is saying just the opposite of what his paper is saying and
therefore when it comes to quotes that he can't copy out of context he must resort to
intentionally misinterpreting them. Then and only then, in his twisted logic, is he able
to prove that the Bible is corrupt. Remember that earlier he called into question the
materials since Christians were basing their points on assumptions. And yet when they
provide hard evidence to base their conclusions on, this is still not good enough!
Hypocrisy is the word that comes to mind.
Why must we take every single word that Paul spoke especially
during his conversations with others as Words of GOD Almighty?!
Is Paul GOD Himself? No Christian believes in that. Paul fought with Saint Peter
and accused him of being "clearly in the wrong" (Galatians:
2:11-12), and had a huge argument with Saint Barnabas (Acts 15:36-39).
The reason why we take Paul's words as the very words of God is because Jesus, the
Apostles, supernatural miracles and even Muhammad himself provide irrefutable evidence
thatt Paul was commissioned to spread Gods truth. Lets look at the scriptures
mentioned by Osama:
Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be
blamed; for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but
when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the
circumcision. And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that
even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. But when I saw that they were not
straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If
you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel
Gentiles to live as Jews? We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles.
Galations 2:11-15
If Osama is agreeing with Peter then he is also agreeing with Peters racism and
hypocrisy since Paul was correcting Peter for being hypocritical before both the Jews and
Gentiles. We know that Allah loves to lie and mislead but that doesn't mean that followers
of Yahweh God, such as Paul, have to do likewise!
Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us now go back and visit our
brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are
doing." Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark. But Paul
insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in
Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.
Do you see anywhere in this passage which suggests that Pauls and Barnabas
dispute was theological solely because Barnabas left with John Mark and Paul with Silas?
In what way does this passage undermine Pauls credibility when the very passages
prior to this one demonstrate that Paul had the approval of Christs true followers?
My response:
The point here Quennel, which is normal for you to miss, is that these conversations,
accusations and even verbal fights among the disciples clearly prove that their writtings
are not the Holy Words of GOD Almighty. They are only their own words and teachings.
In this case, then you can't call the Bible as "The Holy Bible", since
not all of it contains GOD Almighty's Holy Words.
In fact, Paul himself contradicted himself in the Bible:
From www.answering-christianity.com/2tim3_16.htm
How can you say that the Bible has corruption in it when
Saint Paul in 2 Timothy 3:16 clearly said that "All Scripture is God-breathed"?
Let us look the following Verse: "All Scripture is
God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness, (From the NIV Bible, 2 Timothy 3:16)"
In the above verse, we clearly see that the entire Bible is supposed to be inspired
from GOD Almighty.
There are few problems however with this claim:
1- There is no actual "Bible". The word "Bible" doesn't even exist
in what we call today "The Bible". So when such claim is made, it is not right
for us to use it to prove the entire "collection" was inpired from GOD Almighty.
2- Paul obviously didn't know much about the Old Testament for claiming that it is all "God-breathed". GOD Almighty said: "`How can you say, "We [the Jews] are wise, for we have the law
of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?' (From the NIV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"
See Also Deuteronomy 31:25-29 where Prophet Moses peace be upon him predicted the
corruption/tampering of the Law (Bible) after his death by their own hands. See
History of Man's corruption of the Old Testament.
3- Paul who spoke 2 Timothy 3:16 had rediculously contradicted himself, because he
himself admitted before that he wasn't always inspired by GOD Almighty himself (1
Corinthians 7:25-30). Verses 1 Corinthians 7:25-30 are today permanantly preserved in the
"Bible". If GOD Almighty indeed spoke 2 Timothy 3:16 through Paul, then He
wouldn't have contradicted Himself in the Verse about the entire Bible being His Words,
while permanatly preserving Paul's personal words and suggestions in the
"Bible". This should be one solid proof that Paul was not truthful. Anyway, many famous Historians and Theologians before came to conclusions
that Paul was not truthful.
4- Most of the New Testament is nothing but conversations between people, which are
clearly not inspirations from GOD Almighty. For instance, Paul fought with Saint Peter and
accused him of being "clearly in the wrong" (Galatians: 2:11-12), and had a huge
argument with Saint Barnabas (Acts 15:36-39). Now one must ask, did GOD for instance favor
Paul over Barnabas and Peter and inspired him the words while he was fighting with them?
If so, since Peter was "clearly in the wrong", then how about his Gospels?
Wasn't every word that Peter spoke supposedly inpired by GOD? How then could he be
"clearly in the wrong"? One of them must be in the wrong, which in either case,
would also produce another contradiction to 2 Timothy 3:16. Is Paul GOD Himself? No
Christian believes in that. So why then take everything he says including 2 Timothy 3:16
as the Words of GOD Almighty when they contain clear contradictions in them?
He wrote:
Did GOD favor Paul over Barnabas and Peter and inspired him the
words while he was fighting with them? I don't think so!.
Paul himself admitted before that he wasn't always inspired by GOD Almighty himself (1 Corinthians 7:25-30).
And since Paul never met Jesus in person, and only claimed that Jesus came to him in
person then there is always the possibility of him being untruthful. Since Paul never
performed any miracles to help us believe his claim of Prophet hood, then his claim about
him being GOD's apostle is just as good as me for instance claiming to be GOD's apostle.
Oops!! Okay, now we see that Paul didn't perform miracles? Therefore he isn't a
prophet? It is obvious that Osama has not read or understood the Bible since he commits
several mistakes here. First, inspiration doesnt apply to everything that Paul or
the others said or did. It refers to the proclaiming of the Gods truths, i.e. the
preaching and writing of the Gospel.
My response:
Show me Paul's miracles and in return I will show you the miracles that were brought
through Muhammad peace be upon him.
He wrote:
Second, Osama hasnt read 1 Corinthians carefully since Paul wasnt denying
inspiration at all. Paul is addressing the question of whether virgins should remain
unmarried, something that Christ never addressed while on earth. Being Christ's
spokesperson Paul could speak on issues not addressed by the Lord Jesus during his earthly
ministry. In this passage, Paul is giving a suggestion that a person can choose to follow,
but was not required to do so.
This leads us to our second point, namely that Paul was clearly aware that both his
preaching and his writings were given by inspiration of God:
"This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words
taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words." 1
Corinthians 2:13
"If anybody thinks he is a prophet or spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that
what I AM WRITING to you IS THE LORDS COMMAND. If he ignores this, he himself will
be ignored." 1 Corinthians 14:37-38
These passages make it quite clear that Paul believed that his writings were the very
revealed words of God. This can be further seen from what Paul writes elsewhere:
"since you are demanding proof THAT CHRIST IS SPEAKING THROUGH ME. He is
not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you". This is why I write
these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh in my use
of authority - the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you
down." 2 Corinthians 13:3, 10
"And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God,
which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, BUT AS IT ACTUALLY IS,
the word of God, which is at work in you who believe." 1 Thessalonians 2:13
"Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in
fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and
more. For you know what instructions we gave you BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORD JESUS
Therefore, he who rejects THIS INSTRUCTION does not reject man BUT GOD, who gives you
his Holy Spirit." 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2, 8
"But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because
from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and
through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, that you might
share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the
traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth OR BY LETTER FROM US."
2 Thessalonians 2:13-15
It becomes quite evident that Paul believed that he was speaking and writing Gods
Word by divine inspiration.
My response:
Paul was a liar who had his own personal agenda. Paul contradicted Jesus in
different things:
Is circumcision allowed or not allowed in the Bible? See the clear contradiction between Jesus and Paul.
Also, Paul was
rejected by many well-respected Christian theologians.
He wrote:
Third, the Holy Bible provides several examples of Paul performing miracles:
So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord,
who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to do miraculous signs and
wonders. Acts 14:3
"I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished
through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done - by the
power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit. So from Jerusalem all
the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ." Romans
15:18-19
"I have made a full of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been
commended by you, for I m not least inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am
nothing. The things that mark an apostle - signs, wonders and miracles - were done
among you with great perseverance." 2 Corinthians 12:11-12
Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your
doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard? Galatians 3:5
My response:
What are those miracles??!! Any elaboration? Any clown can produce
something and call it a "miracle".
He wrote:
Paul even had power over demons and poison by Gods sovereign grace:
Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who
had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her
owners by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting,
These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be
saved. She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled that he
turned around and said to the spirit, In THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST I command
you to come out of her! AT THAT MOMENT THE SPIRIT LEFT HER. Acts
16:16-18
"God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and
aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured AND THE
EVIL SPIRITS LEFT THEM. Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to
invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say,
'In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.' Seven sons of
Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. [One day] the evil spirit answered them, 'Jesus
I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?' Then the man who had the evil spirit
jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of
the house naked and bleeding. When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in
Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in
high honor." Acts 19:11-16
"Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper,
driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. When the islanders saw the snake
hanging from his hand, they said to each other, 'This man must be a murderer; for though
he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.' But Paul shook the snake
off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. The people expected him to swell up or
suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to
him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. There was an estate nearby that
belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us to his home and for
three days entertained us hospitably. His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and
dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed
him. When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured."
Acts 28:3-9
My response:
You have yet to prove to us that the book of Acts, which you quoted from, was a
Truthful and error-free book from GOD Almighty. Again, for the reader's convenience,
I will paste what the NIV Bible committee said about this doubtful book:
The Book of Acts:
"Although the author does not name himself, evidence outside
the Scriptures and inferences from the book itself lead to the conclusion that the
author was Luke. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page
1643)"
So based on some conclusion, you're willing to die for defending the idea that the Book
of Acts was the True Word of GOD Almighty? If the book was inspired by GOD Almighty, then
how come it wasn't mentioned in the book itself to help us filter it out from the many
other "Satanic false books"? Are we sure that this book too is not a man-made
Satanic book?
After all, its just a conclusion, isn't it?
Beside, what evidence are they talking about?! The New Testament wasn't even
documented on paper until 150-300 years (depending on what Christian you talk to) after
Jesus. So unless the Book/Gospel was signed by its author, there is no way we would
know for sure that it was indeed his book from the first place, let alone considering it
as the True Living Word of GOD.
He wrote:
This again shows that Osama hasnt read the Bible carefully. Finally and even more
amazing is that Muhammad fails Osamas own criteria since the former performed no
miracles. Hence, if Osamas logic were true then this would also make Muhammad a
false apostle.
My response:
As to Islam and Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, Islam had proven itself to be the
True Divine Religion from GOD Almighty. For instance, I would like you to visit the
following links to see the True Miracles in the Noble Quran in Science:
From www.answering-christianity.com/sci_quran.htm:
Non-Muslim Scientists
embraced Islam after discovering the Miracles of the Noble Quran!
Allah Almighty Said:
"We will soon show
them Our signs in the Universe and INSIDE
THEIR SELVES, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth.
Is it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things? (The Noble Quran, 41:53)"
Very Important Discovery:

A new star forming out of a cloud of gas and dust (nebula), which is one of the remnants
of the "smoke" that was the origin of the
whole universe. (The Space Atlas, Heather and Henbest, page 50)
Allah Almighty said: "Then He turned to the heaven when it was smoke...(The Noble Quran, 41:11)"
The Noble
Quran on the Origin of the Universe
Only Islam claims that the universe was originated from Dust
and Hot Gas, or Smoke.
Another Very Important Discovery:

Allah Almighty Said: "And when
the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh ROSY LIKE RED HIDE - (The Noble Quran, 55:37)"
What Allah Almighty is Saying here is that when
Galaxies explode, they form a red-rose-shaped explosion. He
is also telling us that the Universe will all turn into red exploded galaxies
looking like red or reddish roses when the Day of Judgement
happens.
The
explosion of Stars (FORMING RED ROSES), Galaxies and the Universe in the Noble Quran had
been confirmed by NASA.

http://www.harunyahya.com/
"This
web site has been developed with the aim of promoting and publicizing the works of Harun
Yahya, a prominent Turkish thinker and author. His books have attracted great attention
both in Turkey and worldwide. In the 90's especially, the works of Harun Yahya have been a
means of intellectual awakening for many Muslims, and non-Muslims alike, in the face of
the illusions of the modern age. In other words, the name Harun Yahya is an invitation to
the truth.
....................
The books of Harun Yahya and thus this web site seek to recall various
crucial facts, which people are led to disregard and even deny under the influence of the
turmoil of the modern age. One of these basic facts is that of creation, that the
universe, living things and man, are not self-existing entities, but the artifacts of God,
the Supreme Creator. We are all created by Him and to Him we will all return. The
allegedly "scientific" challenges to this fact like Darwinism and other
materialistic dogmas are nothing but deceptions, as explained in this site."
(http://www.harunyahya.com/m_about_site.php)


Dr. Zahlool Al-Najjar is a great Muslim
Geologist and Scientist who wrote many
books, publications (131 publications as shown on his
resume in English), and
10s of journals and reports proving many of the Noble Quranic Geological and
Scientific Claims to be accurate through Modern Science and Technologies.
He is well known in the
Scientists community of Geology in both the US and
Europe, because much of his work and research, especially during his early
days of scientific research, was done in these countries while he
resided and
studied in them.
Science in Islam:
The sub sections here are:
1- Life originated from water and dust
in the Noble Quran, Plants and their origins.
2- The Earth's rotation, formation, Mountains and Oceanology.
3- The Universe, Time, Astronomy, UFOs and Space Shuttles.
4- Embryology, Human Anatomy, Formation, and Creation from the time of sexual
intercourse to the time of birth.
5- The number 19 code in the Noble Quran.
6- Medicine, Insects and Animals.
7- Psychology.
8- Great Web Sites and Online Books. More great resources and web site are available online.
9- Rebuttals.
10- Prophecies.
1- Life originated
from water and dust in the Noble Quran, Plants and their origins:
Life originated from
water in the Noble Quran.
Life and our
physical bodies originated from CLAY - The Noble Quran Claimed it and Science confirmed
it!
Science and Existence of Plant's pairs - The Noble Quran claimed it 1500
years ago!
2- The Earth's
rotation, formation, Mountains and Oceanology:
The Motion
of Earth in the Noble Quran.
The Noble Quran
confirms that the earth is rotating around its axle.
Allah
Almighty said that the earth is "egg-shaped".
The reduction of earth's size in both the Noble Quran and Science!
The Earth is round
according to Islam.
Faults on earth in the Noble Quran and Science!
The Black Sea and
Dark Waters in the Noble Quran!
Living Creatures were
sent down from space. Science confirms the Noble Quran's Claim.
The amazing creation of
earth and mountains in the Noble Quran. Science confirms that
mountains prevent the earth from shaking while it is revolving around itself, and that
they are like pegs rooted in it. The Noble Quran made a
similar claim.
Mountains prevent the earth from shaking -
The Noble Quran claimed it and Science confirmed it!
Geology in the Noble Quran
- See the Scientific confirmation.
Oceanology in the Noble
Quran - See the Scientific confirmation. The
barriers between waters in both science and the Noble Quran.
The darkness of
oceans and disappearance of light was mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by
Science.
3- The Universe, Time,
Astronomy, UFOs and Space Shuttles:
The fault line and crack (split) of the moon in Noble Quran!
The amazing creation of earth (its 7 properties from
atmospheric and inner layers) and iron in the Noble Quran. Iron came from space, and the Noble Quran mentioned it.
Seven Atmospheric Layers in the Noble Quran confirmed by Science!
Living Creatures
were sent down from space. Science confirms the Noble Quran's Claim.
The Speed of
Light in the Noble Quran - A superb article by a Muslim Mathematician!
Allah
Almighty talked about lack of Oxygen and painful low pressure in space. Science
confirmed the Noble Quran's Divine Claim.
The Noble Quran
and Astronomers both claim that the Universe is 18 billion years old.
The Big Bang Theory and the
Cosmic Crunch in the Noble Quran. Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him predicted around the time when the Cosmic Crunch occurs, the Sun would
rise from the West.
The Noble Quran on the
Origin of the Universe. This article has pictures and
quotes from Western scientific books that accurately confirm the astronomical claims of
the Noble Quran. The Noble Quran was the only book that claimed that the universe
originated from Hot Gas or Smoke. Science proved that this claim is true.
The explosion of
Stars (FORMING RED ROSES), Galaxies and the Universe in the Noble Quran had been confirmed
by NASA.
Comparison between Allah Almighty's
claims about His Creation, and the scientific discoveries that 100% agree with Him.
Claims such as: The universe is expanding, the existence of the sun's orbit, the
protective atmosphere to the earth, Embryology and many more.
Allah
Almighty said in the Noble Quran that He is "Expanding" the Universe.
Scientists already proved this claim to be true.
The "Clot" and the Creation of
the Universe in the Noble Quran.
Is there mention of U.F.Os or other Human Planets in
the Noble Quran?
What does the sun orbit?
Einstein's
time relativity in the Noble Quran.
Time Relativity in the Noble Quran.
UFOs and Space Shuttles
were explicitly mentioned in the Noble Quran! Even the communication with UFOs was prophesied in the Noble Quran.
Aliens and UFOs in
the Noble Quran.
Black Holes and Piercing Stars in the Noble Quran were confirmed by
Science.
4- Embryology, Human
Anatomy, Formation and Creation from the time of sexual intercourse to the time of birth:
The Noble
Quran on Human Embryonic Development.
Embryology in the Noble
Quran. The three stages of the fetus formation in
the Noble Quran and Science.
Abortion in Islam
is a crime! The fetus
is a human child in Islam.
The Noble Quran on the
Cerebrum: Lying is generated from the person's forehead.
The region
in the brain that controls our movements - In Noble Quran and confirmed by Science.
Sex determination
and human creation in Islam. Allah Almighty and
Prophet Muhammad both claimed that the human gender is determined by the male's ejaculated
semen.
Were
human cloning and gender alteration prophesied in Islam?
Why does
the Noble Quran, while speaking about determination of the identity of the individual,
speak specifically about finger tips? The Noble
Quran recognized that finger tips (finger prints) are unique!
The
blood circulation and the production of milk in the Breast: In the Noble Quran and
Science.
Breastfeeding
for 2 years in the Noble Quran. Science had confirmed Islam's Divine Claims.
Thinking
with the heart besides the brain in the Noble Quran was proven by Science.
5- The
number 19 code in the Noble Quran:
The
Miracle of the number 19 in the Noble Quran. Yes,
the number 19 is miraculous in the Noble Quran and was proven to be essential in many of
the Scientific Theories and Discoveries. But it doesn't at all support Rashad
Khalifa's removal of two Noble Verses from the Noble Quran, and his claim to be GOD
Almighty's Messenger.
6-
Medicine, Insects and Animals:
Animals' urine
and it's relationship to medicine in Islam.
Camels
could help cure humans.
Honey
was proven to be healing for humans as was mentioned in the Noble Quran.
Scientific Miracles in the Quran Regarding Mary.
The
fly insect and its cure: Mentioned in Islam and confirmed by Science (Bacteriophages).
7-
Psychology:
The
psychological Wisdom of Prayers in Islam was proven in Science and Psychology.
The
Wisdom of the age of 40 in the Noble Quran, which had been Scientifically and
Psychologically proven to be True. See why Allah
Almighty is more forgiving to those who are under the age of 40, and how Science and
Psychology proved that people under 40 are less mature and tend to make more irresponsible
decisions (i.e., mistakes and sins).
8- Great Web
Sites:
http://www.geocities.com/thetruebook/index.htm A great
web site by a Muslim sister.
Her name is Sundus.
http://www.it-is-truth.net/
This is an awesome web site that has Western scientific information that accurately
confirms the Noble Quran's claims about astronomy, biology, geology and other sciences.
http://www.universalunity.net/universe.htm A great site
with excellent articles that are backed quotes and proofs about science in the Noble
Quran.

This web site is rich with irrefutable scientific facts and details that match many of the
Noble Quran's Verses. He has done a wonderful job in explaining things in good
details and providing detailed OBJECTIVE analysis that prove the Noble Quran's Scientific
Miracles. http://www.rationalreality.com.
Warning: This is a Hadith-rejector
web site.

A great book that contains several articles backed by good Scientific references that
prove several of the Noble Quran's Scientific Miracles. http://www.islam-guide.com/.

http://www.harunyahya.com/
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_refutation_darwinism.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_refutation_atheism.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_design_nature.php
Miracles of the
Noble Quran. Video files.
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_miracles_quran.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_quran_archaeology.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_myth_called_matter.php
The Bible, the
Quran and Science. Written by Dr Maurice Bucaille. In his work, Dr.
Baucille proves that the Quran correctly stated scientific facts unknown at the time of
the Prophet - showing its divine origin!
A web
site for the number 19 miracle in the Noble Quran.
Evaluating Islam as a Religion based on Divine Revelation.
Quran Prior to Science and Civilization, Astro, Islam, Mlivo.
Black Holes and Piercing Stars in the Noble Quran were confirmed by
Science.
9- Rebuttals:
Does the
Noble Quran support "The Earth moves around the Sun" theory? Rebuttal to Mr. Avijit Roy's challenge.
My
rebuttal to Avijit Roy's "Does the Quran support the Earth moves around the Sun
theory" response.
My rebuttal to Avijit Roy's "Does Quran have any Scientific
miracles?" article.
The Black Sea and Dark Waters in the Noble Quran!
A Muslim response to criticism of
Embryology in the Noble Quran. By Nadeem Arif Najmi.
Allah Almighty said
that the earth is "egg-shaped". Rebuttal
to the Christian "Answering Islam" team about "dahaha" in the Noble
Quran.
My rebuttal
to Jochen Katz' "The Qur'an and the flight of birds" article.
Did the Noble Quran really plagiarize Greek Embryology? A very nice article.
10- Prophecies:
Please visit The Noble Quran section, and read the
"Prophecies" sub section to see the great Prophecies that were fulfilled only in
the Noble Quran. The Noble Quran also made mention and promised the discovery of
lost ancient cities and people's bodies, and these promises were all fulfilled today.
He wrote:
Muhammad and Miracles
Say those without knowledge: Why
speaketh not Allah unto us? or why cometh not unto us a Sign? So said the people
before them words of similar import. Their hearts are alike. We have indeed made clear the
Signs unto any people who hold firmly to Faith (in their hearts). S. 2:118
Even IF thou wert to bring to the People of
the Book all the Signs (together), they would not follow thy Qibla; nor art thou going
to follow their Qibla; nor indeed will they follow each other's Qibla. If thou after the
knowledge hath reached thee, Wert to follow their (vain) desires,- then wert thou Indeed
(clearly) in the wrong. S. 2:145
They say: Why is not a Sign sent down to
him from his Lord! Say: Allah hath certainly power to send down a Sign:
but most of them understand not. S. 6:37
They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that
if a (special) sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say: Certainly (all)
Signs are in the power of Allah: but what will make you (Muslims) realize that (even) if
(special) signs came, they will not believe.? S. 6:109
My response:
No comments on these beautiful Noble Verses.
He wrote:
Abdallah Abd al-Fadi comments:
The Quraish said, Muhammad, you tell us
that Moses had a rod with which he struck the rock and twelve springs broke forth, and you
tell us that Jesus raised people from death, and that Thamud had a she-camel for a sign.
Perform a miracle for us, then, so that we may believe you and believe in you.
Muhammad said, What thing do you wish? They said, To turn Al-Safa [a
mountain] into gold, or bring back from death some of our dead folk to ask them whether
what you say is true or false. Show us also angels testifying to you. Muhammad said,
If I do some of what you say, will you believe? They answered, Yes, by
God, If you do, we shall follow you all together. Muhammad stood up and prayed to
God to turn Al-Safa into gold. But Gabriel came to him and said, You have whatever
you wish: If you wish, it will be gold, but if they do not believe you we will cast them
away, and if you wish we will leave them until ones destined to repentance repent.
Muhammad said, I wish that they repent. And so Muhammad worked his way out of
having to perform a miracle! (Is the Quran Infallible, p. 371)
My response:
Your quote is from an anti-Islamic book. Show me the original reference so we can
examine it's validity here. You obviously don't have a reference and instead, you
rely on clowns to help you spread lies with you.
Aside from the Great Miracles that I presented above that exist in the Noble Quran, and
the section about Prophet Muhammad's many Prophecies, you asked for sign, let me give you
one:
Did Prophet Muhammad really split the moon with his index finger?
He wrote:
From the Quran:
They say: Why is not a sign sent down to
him from his Lord? Say: The Unseen is only for Allah (to know), then wait
ye: I too will wait with you. S. 10:20
And the Unbelievers say: Why is not a
sign sent down to him from his Lord? But thou art truly a warner, and to every
people a guide. 13:7
The Unbelievers say: Why is not a Sign
sent down to him from his Lord? Say: Truly Allah leaveth, to stray, whom
He will; But He guideth to Himself those who turn to Him in penitence,- S. 13:27
And We refrain from sending the Signs, only
because the men of former generations treated them as false: We sent the She-camel to
the Thamüd - a visible Sign-, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs by
way of frightening (and warning from evil). S. 17:59
Muhammad Asad comments on S. 17:59:
This highly elliptic sentence has a
fundamental bearing on the purport of the Quran as a whole. In many places the
Quran stresses the fact that the Prophet Muhammad, despite his being the last and
greatest of Gods apostles, was not empowered to perform miracles similar to those
with which the earlier prophets are said to have reinforced their verbal messages. His
only miracle was and is the Quran itself- a message perfect in its lucidity and
ethical comprehensiveness, destined for all times and all stages of human development,
addressed not merely to the feelings but also to the minds of men, open to everyone,
whatever his race or social environment, and bound to remain unchanged forever. Since the
earlier prophets invariably appealed to their own community and their own time alone, their
teachings were, of necessity, circumscribed by the social and intellectual conditions of
that particular community and time; and since the people to whom they addressed themselves
ha not yet reached the stage of independent thinking, those prophets stood in need of
symbolic portents or miracles (see surah 6, note 94) in order to make the people
concerned realize the inner truth of their mission. The message of the Quran, on
the other hand, was revealed at a time when mankind (and, in particular, that pat of it
which inhabited the regions marked by the earlier, Judeo-Christian religious development) had
reached a degree of maturity which henceforth enabled it to grasp an ideology as
such without the aid of those persuasive portents and miraculous demonstrations which in
the past, as the above verse points out, only too often gave rise to new, grave
misconceptions. (Asad, The Meaning of the Quran, pp. 427-428, n.
71)
That Asads explanation is rather forced is
seen by the fact that it was the People of the Book and the pagans that demanded Muhammad
to perform miracles to prove his prophethood. Hence, maturity had nothing to do with it
since in every age man expects supernatural verification from one claiming to speak on
Gods behalf.
They say: We shall not believe in thee,
until thou cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth, Or (until) thou have a
garden of date trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying
abundant water; Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will happen),
against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face: Or thou have a
house adorned with gold, or thou mount a ladder right into the skies. No, we shall not
even believe in thy mounting until thou send down to us a book that we could read. Say:
Glory to my Lord! Am I aught but a man,- a messenger? S. 17:90-93
Asad on 17:93:
A reply to this demand of believers
is found in verse 7 of Al-Anam, revealed-according to Suyuti- shortly after
the present surah. But the allusion to this and the preceding
conditions is not merely historical: it illustrates a widely prreviewent,
psychologically contradictory attitude of the mind- a strange mixture of prima-facie
scepticism and primitive credulity which makes belief in a prophetic message dependent on
the prophets performing miracles (cf. 6:37 and 109 and 7:203). Since
the ONLY miracle granted by God to Muhammad is the Quran itself (see the first
part of verse 59 of this surah, as well as note 71 above), he is bidden, in the
next passage, to declare that these demands are irrelevant and, by implications,
frivolous. (Ibid., p. 433, n. 109 bold emphasis ours)
But (now), when the Truth has come to them from
Ourselves, they say, Why are not (Signs) sent to him, like those which were sent
to Moses? Do they not then reject (the Signs) which were formerly sent to Moses? They
say: Two kinds of sorcery, each assisting the other! And they say: For
us, we reject all (such things)! S. 28:48
Nay, here are Signs self-evident in the hearts of
those endowed with knowledge: and none but the unjust reject Our Signs. Ye they say: Why
are not Signs sent down to him from his Lord? Say: The signs are indeed
with Allah: and I am indeed a clear Warner. And is it not enough for them that we
have sent down to thee the Book which is rehearsed to them? Verily, in it is Mercy and
a Reminder to those who believe. S. 29:49-51
Al-Fadi quotes al-Baidawis commentary on
the above passage:
Al-Baidawi said: Why have signs not
been sent down upon him from his Lord? as [was the case with] the she-camel of
Salih, the rod of Moses and the table of Christ Jesus. Say: The signs are only with
God, who sends them down to whomever he wills. I do not possess them, so as to be
able to perform what you suggest. I am only a plain warner; I have
nothing to do but to warn. (Is the Quran Infallible?, p. 369
emphasis ours)
Muslim Faruq Sherif notes:
Apart from its assertion of its
inimitability and its reference to the Prophets ascension (if taken literally), the
Quran does not attribute any miracles to the Prophet
Muhammad was often
challenged by the pagans to produce miracles; his reply was that God makes miracles appear
when he wills, but that the miracles which were performed by the prophets in the past were
powerless to convince the people, who treated them as lies and sorcery.
The pagans persistent challenge
embarrassed the Prophet who, reciting the Quran, always laid emphasis on the
miracles bestowed by Allah not only on Moses and Jesus but also lesser figures such as
Salih and Solomon. If, asked the pagans, Allah empowered Moses to dry the sea, and Jesus
to bring the dead back to life, why did He not send down a miraculous sign to confirm
Muhammad such as by enabling him to cause a spring to gush forth from a rock, by
giving him a well-watered orchard, or a house adorned with gold, or a treasure, by sending
angels to accompany him on earth, by exempting him from the necessity of eating and
walking in the market, by permitting him to mount to heaven and bring back a written
confirmation of his mission, or by causing a piece of the sky to fall upon the unbelievers
and crush them? (XVII. 92-95, XX.133)
To all this the Prophets answer was:
I am only a man and a warner; signs are in Allahs hands, and those which were
revealed to the former generations did not make them less intransigent
Accordingly Muhammad declared that his
unquestionable miracle was the revelation of the Quran. Nevertheless the
pagans questions troubled his mind, and his bewilderment brought reproaches from
Allah: In case you are in doubt as to what We have revealed to you, says the
Quran in X.94, perhaps you feel inclined to suppress a part of what has been
revealed to you, being distressed at heart lest they say why has not a treasure been sent
down to him or why an angel has not come with him; but you are only a
warner'(XI.14). If you find their aversion hard to bear, seek if you can a
tunnel in the earth or a ladder to the sky by which you may bring them a sign
(VI.35). (Sherif, A Guide to the Contents of the Quran [Garnet Publishing
Limited; UK 1995], pp. 62, 63)
Muslim Akbarally Meherally quotes Huston Smith
with approval:
Huston Smith was a professor of Philosophy
at Washington University. He writes in his book, The Religions of Man:
In an age charged with supernaturalism, when
miracles were accepted as the stock-in-trade of the most ordinary saint, Muhammed
refused to traffic with human weakness and credulity. To miracle-hungry idolaters
seeking signs and portents he cut the issue clean: God has not sent me to work
wonders; He has sent me to preach to you. My Lord be praised! Am I more than a man
sent as an apostle? From the first to the last he resisted every impulse to glamorize his
own person
I am only a preacher of Gods words, the bringer of Gods
message to mankind. If signs be sought, let them not be of Muhammeds greatness
but of Gods, and for these one need only open ones eyes
Only one
miracle is claimed, that of the Koran itself. That he by his own devices could have
produced such truth-this was the one naturalistic hypothesis he could not accept.
(Meherally, Understanding the Bible through
Koranic messages [A.M. Trust P.O. Box 82584, Burnaby, B.C. Canada, 1989], p. 99)
What of the reports in the hadith where we are
told that Muhammad actually performed many miracles? Norm Geisler and Abdul Saleeb
respond:
There are many reasons for questioning the
authenticity of these stories. Critics have observed the following.
First, none of them are recorded in the
Quran. In fact, they are in general contrary to the whole spirit of the Muhammad of
the Quran, who repeatedly refused to do these very kinds of things for unbelievers
who challenged him (3:181-84; 4:153; 6:8-9).
Second, these alleged miracles follow the same
pattern as the apocryphal miracles of Christ from a century or two after his death. They
are a legendary embellishment of people removed from the original events. They do not come
from contemporary eye-witnesses of the events.
My response:
Every Prophet/Messenger before Muhammad peace be upon him had either a miracle or a
series of correct Prophecies that proved that he was a Messenger from Allah Almighty.
These miracles however died with their Messengers. For instance, we don't see
today people raising the dead to life as Jesus and others did in the past, nor do we see
anyone creating snakes from sticks, or spliting the sea in half as Moses did, peace be
upon all of the Prophets.
The Miracle of Islam is alive until today. The Miracles of Islam are in the Noble
Quran. The Noble Quran went through challenges and it passed them among the
disbelievers. The Noble Quran's Signs are in it. For those who are seeking
Miraculous Signs/Statements in the Noble Quran, then the following links as I posted them
above will definitely show that. And for those are seeking only Prophecies, then the
last link is a detailed section that shows all of the Noble Quran's and Islam's Prophecies
that were fulfilled and are being fulfilled:
From www.answering-christianity.com/sci_quran.htm:
Non-Muslim Scientists
embraced Islam after discovering the Miracles of the Noble Quran!
Allah Almighty Said:
"We will soon show
them Our signs in the Universe and INSIDE
THEIR SELVES, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth.
Is it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things? (The Noble Quran, 41:53)"
Very Important Discovery:

A new star forming out of a cloud of gas and dust (nebula), which is one of the remnants
of the "smoke" that was the origin of the
whole universe. (The Space Atlas, Heather and Henbest, page 50)
Allah Almighty said: "Then He turned to the heaven when it was smoke...(The Noble Quran, 41:11)"
The Noble
Quran on the Origin of the Universe
Only Islam claims that the universe was originated from Dust
and Hot Gas, or Smoke.
Another Very Important Discovery:

Allah Almighty Said: "And when
the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh ROSY LIKE RED HIDE - (The Noble Quran, 55:37)"
What Allah Almighty is Saying here is that when
Galaxies explode, they form a red-rose-shaped explosion. He
is also telling us that the Universe will all turn into red exploded galaxies
looking like red or reddish roses when the Day of Judgement
happens.
The
explosion of Stars (FORMING RED ROSES), Galaxies and the Universe in the Noble Quran had
been confirmed by NASA.

http://www.harunyahya.com/
"This
web site has been developed with the aim of promoting and publicizing the works of Harun
Yahya, a prominent Turkish thinker and author. His books have attracted great attention
both in Turkey and worldwide. In the 90's especially, the works of Harun Yahya have been a
means of intellectual awakening for many Muslims, and non-Muslims alike, in the face of
the illusions of the modern age. In other words, the name Harun Yahya is an invitation to
the truth.
....................
The books of Harun Yahya and thus this web site seek to recall various
crucial facts, which people are led to disregard and even deny under the influence of the
turmoil of the modern age. One of these basic facts is that of creation, that the
universe, living things and man, are not self-existing entities, but the artifacts of God,
the Supreme Creator. We are all created by Him and to Him we will all return. The
allegedly "scientific" challenges to this fact like Darwinism and other
materialistic dogmas are nothing but deceptions, as explained in this site."
(http://www.harunyahya.com/m_about_site.php)


Dr. Zahlool Al-Najjar is a great Muslim
Geologist and Scientist who wrote many
books, publications (131 publications as shown on his
resume in English), and
10s of journals and reports proving many of the Noble Quranic Geological and
Scientific Claims to be accurate through Modern Science and Technologies.
He is well known in the
Scientists community of Geology in both the US and
Europe, because much of his work and research, especially during his early
days of scientific research, was done in these countries while he
resided and
studied in them.
Science in Islam:
The sub sections here are:
1- Life originated from water and dust
in the Noble Quran, Plants and their origins.
2- The Earth's rotation, formation, Mountains and Oceanology.
3- The Universe, Time, Astronomy, UFOs and Space Shuttles.
4- Embryology, Human Anatomy, Formation, and Creation from the time of sexual
intercourse to the time of birth.
5- The number 19 code in the Noble Quran.
6- Medicine, Insects and Animals.
7- Psychology.
8- Great Web Sites and Online Books. More great resources and web site are available online.
9- Rebuttals.
10- Prophecies.
1- Life originated
from water and dust in the Noble Quran, Plants and their origins:
Life originated from
water in the Noble Quran.
Life and our
physical bodies originated from CLAY - The Noble Quran Claimed it and Science confirmed
it!
Science and Existence of Plant's pairs - The Noble Quran claimed it 1500
years ago!
2- The Earth's
rotation, formation, Mountains and Oceanology:
The Motion
of Earth in the Noble Quran.
The Noble Quran
confirms that the earth is rotating around its axle.
Allah
Almighty said that the earth is "egg-shaped".
The reduction of earth's size in both the Noble Quran and Science!
The Earth is round
according to Islam.
Faults on earth in the Noble Quran and Science!
The Black Sea and
Dark Waters in the Noble Quran!
Living Creatures were
sent down from space. Science confirms the Noble Quran's Claim.
The amazing creation of
earth and mountains in the Noble Quran. Science confirms that
mountains prevent the earth from shaking while it is revolving around itself, and that
they are like pegs rooted in it. The Noble Quran made a
similar claim.
Mountains prevent the earth from shaking -
The Noble Quran claimed it and Science confirmed it!
Geology in the Noble Quran
- See the Scientific confirmation.
Oceanology in the Noble
Quran - See the Scientific confirmation. The
barriers between waters in both science and the Noble Quran.
The darkness of
oceans and disappearance of light was mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by
Science.
3- The Universe, Time,
Astronomy, UFOs and Space Shuttles:
The fault line and crack (split) of the moon in Noble Quran!
The amazing creation of earth (its 7 properties from
atmospheric and inner layers) and iron in the Noble Quran. Iron came from space, and the Noble Quran mentioned it.
Seven Atmospheric Layers in the Noble Quran confirmed by Science!
Living Creatures
were sent down from space. Science confirms the Noble Quran's Claim.
The Speed of
Light in the Noble Quran - A superb article by a Muslim Mathematician!
Allah
Almighty talked about lack of Oxygen and painful low pressure in space. Science
confirmed the Noble Quran's Divine Claim.
The Noble Quran
and Astronomers both claim that the Universe is 18 billion years old.
The Big Bang Theory and the
Cosmic Crunch in the Noble Quran. Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him predicted around the time when the Cosmic Crunch occurs, the Sun would
rise from the West.
The Noble Quran on the
Origin of the Universe. This article has pictures and
quotes from Western scientific books that accurately confirm the astronomical claims of
the Noble Quran. The Noble Quran was the only book that claimed that the universe
originated from Hot Gas or Smoke. Science proved that this claim is true.
The explosion of
Stars (FORMING RED ROSES), Galaxies and the Universe in the Noble Quran had been confirmed
by NASA.
Comparison between Allah Almighty's
claims about His Creation, and the scientific discoveries that 100% agree with Him.
Claims such as: The universe is expanding, the existence of the sun's orbit, the
protective atmosphere to the earth, Embryology and many more.
Allah
Almighty said in the Noble Quran that He is "Expanding" the Universe.
Scientists already proved this claim to be true.
The "Clot" and the Creation of
the Universe in the Noble Quran.
Is there mention of U.F.Os or other Human Planets in
the Noble Quran?
What does the sun orbit?
Einstein's
time relativity in the Noble Quran.
Time Relativity in the Noble Quran.
UFOs and Space Shuttles
were explicitly mentioned in the Noble Quran! Even the communication with UFOs was prophesied in the Noble Quran.
Aliens and UFOs in
the Noble Quran.
Black Holes and Piercing Stars in the Noble Quran were confirmed by
Science.
4- Embryology, Human
Anatomy, Formation and Creation from the time of sexual intercourse to the time of birth:
The Noble
Quran on Human Embryonic Development.
Embryology in the Noble
Quran. The three stages of the fetus formation in
the Noble Quran and Science.
Abortion in Islam
is a crime! The fetus
is a human child in Islam.
The Noble Quran on the
Cerebrum: Lying is generated from the person's forehead.
The region
in the brain that controls our movements - In Noble Quran and confirmed by Science.
Sex determination
and human creation in Islam. Allah Almighty and
Prophet Muhammad both claimed that the human gender is determined by the male's ejaculated
semen.
Were
human cloning and gender alteration prophesied in Islam?
Why does
the Noble Quran, while speaking about determination of the identity of the individual,
speak specifically about finger tips? The Noble
Quran recognized that finger tips (finger prints) are unique!
The
blood circulation and the production of milk in the Breast: In the Noble Quran and
Science.
Breastfeeding
for 2 years in the Noble Quran. Science had confirmed Islam's Divine Claims.
Thinking
with the heart besides the brain in the Noble Quran was proven by Science.
5- The
number 19 code in the Noble Quran:
The
Miracle of the number 19 in the Noble Quran. Yes,
the number 19 is miraculous in the Noble Quran and was proven to be essential in many of
the Scientific Theories and Discoveries. But it doesn't at all support Rashad
Khalifa's removal of two Noble Verses from the Noble Quran, and his claim to be GOD
Almighty's Messenger.
6-
Medicine, Insects and Animals:
Animals' urine
and it's relationship to medicine in Islam.
Camels
could help cure humans.
Honey
was proven to be healing for humans as was mentioned in the Noble Quran.
Scientific Miracles in the Quran Regarding Mary.
The
fly insect and its cure: Mentioned in Islam and confirmed by Science (Bacteriophages).
7-
Psychology:
The
psychological Wisdom of Prayers in Islam was proven in Science and Psychology.
The
Wisdom of the age of 40 in the Noble Quran, which had been Scientifically and
Psychologically proven to be True. See why Allah
Almighty is more forgiving to those who are under the age of 40, and how Science and
Psychology proved that people under 40 are less mature and tend to make more irresponsible
decisions (i.e., mistakes and sins).
8- Great Web
Sites:
http://www.geocities.com/thetruebook/index.htm A great
web site by a Muslim sister.
Her name is Sundus.
http://www.it-is-truth.net/
This is an awesome web site that has Western scientific information that accurately
confirms the Noble Quran's claims about astronomy, biology, geology and other sciences.
http://www.universalunity.net/universe.htm A great site
with excellent articles that are backed quotes and proofs about science in the Noble
Quran.

This web site is rich with irrefutable scientific facts and details that match many of the
Noble Quran's Verses. He has done a wonderful job in explaining things in good
details and providing detailed OBJECTIVE analysis that prove the Noble Quran's Scientific
Miracles. http://www.rationalreality.com.
Warning: This is a Hadith-rejector
web site.

A great book that contains several articles backed by good Scientific references that
prove several of the Noble Quran's Scientific Miracles. http://www.islam-guide.com/.

http://www.harunyahya.com/
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_refutation_darwinism.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_refutation_atheism.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_design_nature.php
Miracles of the
Noble Quran. Video files.
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_miracles_quran.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_quran_archaeology.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_myth_called_matter.php
The Bible, the
Quran and Science. Written by Dr Maurice Bucaille. In his work, Dr.
Baucille proves that the Quran correctly stated scientific facts unknown at the time of
the Prophet - showing its divine origin!
A web
site for the number 19 miracle in the Noble Quran.
Evaluating Islam as a Religion based on Divine Revelation.
Quran Prior to Science and Civilization, Astro, Islam, Mlivo.
Black Holes and Piercing Stars in the Noble Quran were confirmed by
Science.
9- Rebuttals:
Does the
Noble Quran support "The Earth moves around the Sun" theory? Rebuttal to Mr. Avijit Roy's challenge.
My
rebuttal to Avijit Roy's "Does the Quran support the Earth moves around the Sun
theory" response.
My rebuttal to Avijit Roy's "Does Quran have any Scientific
miracles?" article.
The Black Sea and Dark Waters in the Noble Quran!
A Muslim response to criticism of
Embryology in the Noble Quran. By Nadeem Arif Najmi.
Allah Almighty said
that the earth is "egg-shaped". Rebuttal
to the Christian "Answering Islam" team about "dahaha" in the Noble
Quran.
My rebuttal
to Jochen Katz' "The Qur'an and the flight of birds" article.
Did the Noble Quran really plagiarize Greek Embryology? A very nice article.
10- Prophecies:
Please visit The Noble Quran section, and read the
"Prophecies" sub section to see the great Prophecies that were fulfilled only in
the Noble Quran. The Noble Quran also made mention and promised the discovery of
lost ancient cities and people's bodies, and these promises were all fulfilled today.
He wrote:
Osama continues:
Benny Hyne, one of today's famous Christian missionaries who have
millions of fans world wide, claims and shows on TV how he could cure the paralyzed and
makes him walk again. He claims that Jesus is inside him when he performs his so-called
miracles. Why can't it be a bunch of liars that he paid and brought on TV, pretend to act
paralyzed and pretend to act healed?
Paul could just as well be another Benny Hyne, except that Benny Hyne performed
miracles (that are fake of course), but Paul never performed anything.
I hope you see how confusing the Bible really is. Its books are believed today from
conclusions only as you've seen above, and it is only to be believed by blind faith. Blind
faith is not the way to believe in GOD Almighty's Words, because GOD is not the author of
confusion.
For one thing, what does Benny Hinn have to do with Paul? Also how does Osama know that
these miracles are fake? Has he inspected them himself? No. He just assumes and doesn't
provide any evidence for his claims, like he says about Paul. Why should we accept what he
says then? Paul did perform miracles. He healed a demoniac girl as well as knocked off a
poisonous snake without being harmed. Muhammad himself said Jesus commissioned Paul. So
what is his problem with Paul?
My response:
The reference you provided above about Prophet Muhammad approving Paul is very weak and
doubtful. It is not authentic and strong. The reason why I mentioned Benny
Hinn or Benny Hynn, is because we see him today with our eyes claiming to make miracles,
when in reality he is a crook!
If Paul was really Truthful, then he wouldn't have contradicted Jesus, and well
respected Christian theologians would not have rejected him:
Is circumcision allowed or not allowed in the Bible? See the clear contradiction between Jesus and Paul.
Also, Paul was
rejected by many well-respected Christian theologians.
He wrote:
The Book of 1 Corinthians:
"Paul is acknowledged as the author both by the letter itself (1:1-2; 16:21) and
by the early church fathers. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1734)
Again, we see in here that Paul was the actual author without any confusion.
But again, why must we take every single word that Paul spoke especially during his
conversations with others as Words of GOD Almighty?!
Is Paul GOD Himself? No Christian believes in that. Paul fought with Saint Peter
and accused him of being "clearly in the wrong" (Galatians:
2:11-12), and had a huge argument with Saint Barnabas (Acts 15:36-39).
Did GOD favor Paul over Barnabas and Peter and inspired him the words while he was
fighting with them? I don't think so!.
Basically this is just a repeat of the above argument. We've already shown that
Osamas arguments do nothing to undermine Pauls credibility. In fact, after
Pauls dispute with Peter, the latter was humble enough to admit and write:
Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as OUR DEAR
BROTHER PAUL also wrote you with THE WISDOM that GOD GAVE HIM. He writes the same way
in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things
that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the
other Scriptures, to their own destruction. 2 Peter 3:15-16
Noted Evangelical Scholar Douglas J. Moo comments:
The implicit point Peter is making emerges from his claim that the false
teachers distort Paul's letters as they do the other Scriptures. The word
other (loipos) shows that Peter considers the letters of Paul to belong
to the category of Scripture. Some scholars think that this means no more
than that Peter considered Paul's writings to be authoritative. But the word
Scriptures (graphai) ALWAYS REFERS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TO THOSE
WRITINGS CONSIDERED NOT ONLY AUTHORITATIVE BUT CANONICAL- in a word, it refers to the
Old Testament
Peter therefore implies that the letters of Paul have a status
EQUIVALENT to that of the canon of the Old Testament itself. (Moo, The NIV
Application Commentary: 2 Peter, Jude [Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids MI
1996], p. 212; bold and capital emphasis ours)
It should be noted that this is also an "NIV" source which refutes the absurd
idea of Paul's words as being uninspired. Osama is obviously running out of ideas and must
result to "poisoning the well" against the beloved Apostle Paul.
Paul himself admitted before that he wasn't always inspired by
GOD Almighty himself (I Corinthians 7:25-30).
And since Paul never met Jesus in person, and only claimed that Jesus came to him in
person then there is always the possibility of him being untruthful. Since Paul never
performed any miracles to help us believe his claim of Prophet hood, then his claim about
him being GOD's apostle is just as good as me for instance claiming to be GOD's apostle.
We've already discussed verse this passage. But lets turn this same argument against
Muhammad. He claimed to have met Gabriel as well as allegedly reporting what Jesus said to
the Jews. Muhammad couldn't prove either one. He never met Jesus neither did he speak
Hebrew nor Aramaic, so how could he know exactly what Jesus said?
The Quran claims:
For he appeared (in stately form) while he was in the highest part of the horizon;
then he approached and came closer, and was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even)
nearer; So did (God) convey the inspiration to His Servant - (Conveyed) what He (meant) to
convey. The (Prophet's mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw. Will ye
then dispute with him concerning what he saw? For indeed he saw him at a second
descent, near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass: near it is the Garden of Abode.
Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!). (His) sight never swerved
nor did it go wrongs! For truly did he see of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest! Surah
53.6-18
In another passage the Qur'an again states explicitly that Muhammad had a definite
vision:
"And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon" Surah 81.23
Another verse states clearly that the vision was given by Allah himself:
"We granted the Vision which we showed thee" Surah 17.60
The confident manner in which Muhammad claimed that he had at least two definite
visions strongly suggests that he really did see a strange being on the horizon. He
described the second vision in these words:
"Once while I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked
up and saw to my surprise, the same Angel as had visited me in the cave of Hira. He
was sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and came back
home and said, Wrap me! Wrap me!" (Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 6, p. 452).
Muslims vehemently claim that it was the angel Gabriel who came to Muhammad, yet the
Qur'an only once refers to Jibril as the medium of the revelation (Surah 2.97) while
stating elsewhere that it came down with the Ruhul-Amin, the Faithful Spirit (Surah
26.193). The identification of Gabriel as the Qur'anic messenger is significantly only
made in a very late passage of the Qur'an after Muhammad had many dealings with Jews and
Christians. This spirit never identified himself as Gabriel when Muhammad first met him.
Nor do we find an explicit connection between the spirit and Gabriel. Also since the name
Gabriel came in a very late passage of the Quran, this shows that Muhammad wasnt at
all certain about the identity of this spirit.
My resposne:
The Noble Quran clearly defines Angel Gabriel peace be upon him as
the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Faith (Ruhul-Iman).
The different "Canons" of the Bible!
Different and conflicting variations of "gospels"
and "books" that are disagreed upon by the Churches today.
101 Contradictions
in the Bible!
He wrote:
He had to be around the Jews and Christians before finally deciding that Gabriel must
have also been involved in the sending down of the revelation. A telling story
indeed.
"The pre-Islamic Arabs believed in the demon of poetry, and they thought that a
great poet was directly inspired by demons...." (Tabari Vol. 9, page 167, note
1151)
This explains why Muhammad thought he was demon possessed, or influenced by demons; the
Quran in many places reads like typical Arabic poetry. Note also the following
embarrassing hadith:
Bukhari 4.440
'Aisha said that the Prophet said to her "O 'Aisha' This is Gabriel and he
sends his (greetings) salutations to you." 'Aisha said, "Salutations ... and
addressing the Prophet SHE SAID, "YOU SEE WHAT I DON'T SEE."
This is very important for the reader to recognize. Muhammad saw a spirit which nobody
else saw. This again is precarious because in order to believe that Gabriel came we would
have to accept only the testimony of Muhammad. Its one thing to be visited by an
angel and you are by yourself. But to claim that an angel entered a room without anybody
else besides yourself seeing him is another story. Muhammad was hallucinating or he was
bewitched into seeing things that werent there. In either case, why should we accept
his testimony about Allah? You cant even verify that Gabriel was present. Even
Muhammads companions didnt see him, which leaves him as a single witness.
Ironically, this is the same thing that Osama says about Paul.
Other people recognize "Gabriel" as a person they knew.
Bukhari 4.827
I got the news that Gabriel came to the Prophet while Um Salama was present.
Gabriel started talking (to the Prophet and then left. The Prophet said to Um Salama,
"(Do you know) who it was?" (or a similar question). She said, "It was
Dihya (a handsome person amongst the companions of the Prophet )." Later on Um
Salama said, "By Allah! I thought HE WAS NONE BUT DIHYA, till I heard the Prophet
talking about Gabriel in his sermon. .....
Very strange indeed. If we take Muhammads testimony seriously, we are left with
the conclusion that Muhammads Gabriel was none other than a man whom Um Salama said
was Dihya and happened to be Muhammads companion!!! Why didnt she
recognize Gabriel? The 3 wise men recognized the angel and didnt mistake his
identity. However Muhammad thought that his own companion was Gabriel!!! Since nobody else
thought it was Gabriel, but recognized him as a known friend, this shows us that Muhammad
was bewitched into believing that Dihya was Gabriel, or that he was hallucinating like the
little kid on the move "The Sixth Sense". Either way he should be given an Oscar
for the best acting job ever, since he fooled millions of Muslims into following his
claim, including Osama who demands proof for Paul!!
My response:
The following is taken from Was Muhammad
influenced by magic or hypnotism?:
If Muhammad was the Messenger of GOD, then how come he was
sometimes influenced by magic?
The sections of this article are:
- If Muhammad was the Messenger of GOD, then how come he was
sometimes
influenced by magic?
- It wasn't magic. It was hypnotism!
- Muhammad was a Prophet from Allah, how come hypnotism was able to effect him?
- How do we know then that the revelations from Muhammad that he claimed were
from Allah were indeed Divine Inspiration and not the work of hypnotism?
Let us look at the following Saying (Hadith) regarding Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him:
Narrated Aisha: "Magic was
worked on Allah's Apostle so that he used to think that he had sexual relations with
his wives while he actually had not (Sufyan said: That is the hardest kind of magic as it
has such an effect). Then one day he said, "O 'Aisha do you know that Allah has
instructed me concerning the matter I asked Him about? Two men came to me and one of them
sat near my head and the other sat near my feet. The one near my head asked the other.
What is wrong with this man?' The latter replied the is under the effect of magic The
first one asked, Who has worked magic on him?' The other replied Labid bin Al-A'sam, a man
from Bani Zuraiq who was an ally of the Jews and was a hypocrite.' The first one
asked, What material did he use)?' The other replied, 'A comb and the hair stuck to it.'
The first one asked, 'Where (is that)?' The other replied. 'In a skin of pollen of a male
date palm tree kept under a stone in the well of Dharwan' '' So the Prophet went to
that well and took out those things and said "That was the well which was shown
to me (in a dream) Its water looked like the infusion of Henna leaves and its date-palm
trees looked like the heads of devils." The Prophet added, "Then that thing was
taken out' I said (to the Prophet ) "Why do you not treat yourself with Nashra?"
He said, "Allah has cured me; I dislike to let evil spread among my people."
(Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 71,
Number 660)"
From the above Saying (Hadith) of our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, we
see the following:
1- Magic was played on the Prophet that he sometimes used to think that he was having
sex with his wives when he actually was not.
2- A hypocrite played this magic on the Prophet and effected him by Allah Almighty's
will.
3- The Prophet relied only on Allah Almighty to cure him. He could've used the
"Nashra" treatment, but he chose not to. He waited until Allah Almighty
cured him, because he wanted to teach the Muslims to rely only on Allah Almighty for
cures, and not on superstitious acts.
It wasn't magic. It was hypnotism!
The following is an email I received from a Muslim brother; may Allah Almighty always
be pleased with him.
From: "Moe _" <forest80@hotmail.com>
To: truthspeaks@answering-christianity.com
Subject: Muhammad (PBUH) and Magic
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:01:50 +0000
I just read your page on Muhammad (Peace be up on him) and Magic and I realized
something. This is a clear case of hypnosis, plain and simple. We know that
the *science* of hypnosis evolved in the 19th century and so we can accurately deduce that
in the 5th century (600AD) hypnosis was only known by the term Magic. Even today
there is no one word for hypnosis in Arabic. And even today people can be hypnotized, so
why wouldn't Muhammad (Peace be up on him) be able to get hypnotized, ESPECIALLY if Allah
wants to teach us a lesson. How you can tell this is hypnosis.
1. The person who performed it didn't do anything really spectacular, it's not like he
did Magic and made Muhammad's (Peace be up on him) hair or other body part disappear.
2. Look at the Hadith: Magic was worked on Allah's Apostle so that he used to
***think*** that he had sexual relations with his wives. But back then there was no other
way to describe it but Magic.
Next look at the Webster's dictionary definition in English for hypnosis:
Main Entry: hyp·no·sis
Pronunciation: hip-'nO-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural hyp·no·ses /-"sEz/
Etymology: New Latin
Date: 1876
1 : a state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose
suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
2 : any of various conditions that resemble sleep
3 : HYPNOTISM 1
Look at the date!! 1876... if the word didn't exist in English until 1876 then why
would it exist in 600 AD in the Middle East?
Salam,
Mohamad
Muhammad was a Prophet from Allah, how come hypnotism was
able to effect him?
Because Allah Almighty wanted to teach us that non is perfect but Him. He
inspired Muhammad peace be upon him to only seek the cure from Allah Almighty to set the
example for all Muslims. Muslims need to have high faith in Allah Almighty no matter
how difficult their situation is. This event showed the Muslim even Muhammad peace
be upon him is helpless without the help of Allah Almighty.
How do we know then that the revelations from Muhammad that
he claimed were from Allah were indeed Divine Inspiration and not the work of hypnotism?
The Noble Quran (Allah Almighty's Noble Book) is a book that proved itself to be the
Truth. It's Prophecies were all fulfilled. It's Divine Message and strong
Literature proved itself to be the Truth among all of the pagan Arabs who all latter
embraced Islam. Muhammad was predicted to come in the Bible. The Message of
the Oneness of Allah Almighty and the sacrifices that Muhammad peace be upon him has put
to embrace it and spread it only prove that he was indeed the True Messenger of Allah
Almighty. Islam's "Oneness of GOD" Message came and conflicted a great
deal with the Pagan Arabs customs, culture and business, because they worshiped more than
360 idol gods, and those idol gods were the main factor for generating money for them.
Muhammad and his followers were forced into so many challenges/battles and survived
all of them and by the Will of Allah Almighty were able to ultimately defeat all pagans
and make the entire Middle East a Muslim region. How could Muhammad and his Message
survive all of this if GOD Almighty wasn't backing him up all the way? How else
would a True Messenger from Allah Almighty prove himself to be truthful?
Allah Almighty promised to keep His Noble Book safe from corruption; "We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly
Guard it (from corruption). (The Noble Quran, 15:9)" Also "Nay, this is a
Glorious Quran, (inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved ! (The
Noble Quran, 85:21-22)" Today, there is only ONE Arabic Noble Quran copy in the entire world.
The following links on this site will help you fully understand the Truth of Islam:
1- Allah
Almighty scientific claims about how He created things accurately matches the Scientific
Discoveries that we have today. Muhammad could not have come up with these
claims on his own. For instance, the Big Bang Theory today proved that the Universe
was originally formed from "hot gas". The Noble Quran also claims that GOD
Almighty Created the Universe from "hot gas". Another example is science
proved today that the metal "iron" was not formed from earth material. It
came from traveling stars that collided with earth billions of years ago, and when their
melted metals cooled off and turned into solid form, they formed what we call today the
metal of "iron". The Noble Quran says that Allah Almighty sent down
"iron" for us. It was not created from earth. This link has many
details regarding this subject. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ON LINK #1 to get the
most details. The other links in this link are short articles that I wrote, and I
recommend for you to read them as well.
2- Prophet Muhammad's Prophecies. Click on this link and
read the "Prophecies" section.
3- Muhammad
was foretold in the Bible.
4- Human
equality in Islam.
5- What is
the wisdom of Islam?
6-
The Blessed Jesus peace be upon him in Islam.
He wrote:
The Book of 2 Corinthians:
"Paul is the author of this letter (see 1:1; 10:1). It
is stamped with his style and it contains more autobiographical material than any of his
other writings. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page
1762)"
Osama has no qualms with the NIV here, and seemingly agrees that Paul wrote this book.
The rest is just a repeat from the above.
My response:
I was only showing the contradiction in styles between the gospels and books in the New
Testament. Only Paul's books had their authors' signature on them. The rest
didn't. GOD Almighty can not have this huge difference in style if He and only He
inspired the entire New Testament.
He wrote:
The Book of Galatians:
"The opening verse identifies the author of Galatians as the apostle Paul.
Apart from a few 19th century scholars, no one has seriously questioned his
authorship. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1780)"
We are not certain whether or not Paul is the actual author of this Book, since he
didn't stamp his name on it as he did with his other ones. Notice that some of the
19th century scholars doubted this Book to be the True Word of GOD Almighty.
How can it be the Word of GOD Almighty anyway, even if Paul wrote it? Let us look
at this conversation that took place: "I am astonished that you
are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ....(Galatians 1:6)" Again, why
take every single word that Paul spoke especially during his conversations with others as
Words of GOD Almighty?!
The rest of Osama's argument is a repeat from above. Osama mistakenly claims that Paul
didnt stamp his name on this book. This is an amazing claim seeing that just earlier
he quoted this book to cast doubt on Pauls credibility due to his dispute with
Peter! It is obvious that Osama hasnt read the book since if he did he would have
found:
PAUL, AN APOSTLE (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ
and God the Father who raised him from the dead) Galatians 1:1
Listen! I, PAUL, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised,
Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! Galatians 5:2
All Osama can do here is appeal to some 19th century scholars, individuals he
doesnt even bother naming since he has obviously never read their works, in order to
cast doubts the authenticity of this authorship.
My response:
Thanks to the NIV Bible Committee, they seem to take their work seriously since they
obviously read it. If their work was not relevant, we would not see it listed in the
NIV Bible commentary.
He wrote:
Regarding Galatians 1:6, this exposes Osamas naivete regarding biblical
inspiration. But instead of educating him on the subject, we will simply apply his
criteria to the Quran to see if it passes:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of
the Worlds, The Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment, Thee (alone)
we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help. SHOW US THE STRAIGHT PATH, The path
of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of
those who go astray. S. 1:1-7
It doesn't take a genius to see that this truly can't be from Allah. Osama complains
about says "Paul's greetings" etc, but says nothing about Surah 1! Will Osama be
consistent and say that this Surah isn't from God? He would have to if he were honest and
consistent.
My response:
The difference between Galatians 1:6 and Noble Chapter 1 in the Noble Quran is that
Paul was having a personal conversation/statement, while Noble Chapter One was a
Revelation from Allah Almighty.
The following is taken from Is the First
Chapter in the Noble Quran (Surat Al-Fatiha) a prayer from Muhammad peace be upon him? or
a True Word of GOD (Allah Almighty)?:
Is the First Chapter in the Noble Quran (Surat Al-Fatiha) a
prayer from Muhammad peace be upon him? or a True Word of GOD (Allah Almighty)?
Let us look at Noble Chapter (Surah) 1 "1. In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
2. Praise be to God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the world;
3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
4. Master of the Day of Judgment.
5. Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
6. Show us the straight way,
7. The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not
wrath, and who go not astray."
Allah Almighty was glorifying Himself. He was teaching us how to glorify Him.
This Noble Chapter is used in every single prayer Muslims perform. It is very important
for us to use it because in our prayers we glorify Allah Almighty. That is why He
(Allah Almighty) taught us how to glorify Him in Words and in Action (praying) so we can
always do it right!.
A continuation of my answer from sister Nicole Woods, an American young sister who embraced Islam; may Allah
Almighty always be pleased with her:
A good addition would be the Hadith (Saying of our Prophet)
Qudsi [A Qudsi Hadith is the most sacred or authentic of all the
Sayings of our Prophet] that says:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH),
who said:
A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of the Quran (1) during it
is deficient (and he repeated the word three times), incomplete. Someone said to Abu
Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind the imam? (2) He said: Recite it to yourself, for I
have heard the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be up on him) say: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He), had said: I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant
into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. When the servant says:
Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My servant has
praised Me. And when he says: Ar-rahmani r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and sublime be He)
says: My servant has extolled Me, and when he says: Maliki yawmi d-din (5), Allah says: My
servant has glorified Me - and on one occasion He said: My servant has submitted to My
power. And when he says: Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta in (6), He says: This is between
Me and My servant, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. And when he says:
Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an amta alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa
la d-dallin (7), He says: This is for My servant, and My servant shall have what he has
asked for.
(1) Surat al-Fatihah, the first Surah (chapter) of the Qur'an.
(2) i.e. standing behind the imam (leader) listening to him reciting al-Fatihah.
(3) "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds."
(4) "The Merciful, the Compassionate".
(5) "Master of the Day of Judgement".
(6) "It is You we worship and it is You we ask for help".
(7) "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed
favors, not of those against whom You are angry, nor of those who are astray".
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
A continuation to my answer from a Muslim; may Allah Almighty
always be pleased with him:
Regarding this question about Surah Fateha, the world renowned scholar of Noble Qur'aan
[Syed Abu-Ala' Maududi] says and I quote:
Surah Fateha
Name
This Surah is named AL-FATIHAH because of its subject-matter. Fatihah is that
which opens a subject or a book or any other thing. In other words, Al-Fatihah is a sort
of preface.
Theme
This Surah is in fact a prayer which Allah has taught to all those who want to
make a study of His book. It has been placed at the very beginning of the book to teach
this lesson to the reader: if you sincerely want to benefit from the Quran, you should
offer this prayer to the Lord of the Universe.
This preface is meant to create a strong desire in the heart of the reader to seek
guidance from the Lord of the Universe, Who alone can grant it. Thus AL-FATIHAH indirectly
teaches that the best thing for a man is to pray for guidance to the straight path, to
study the Quran with the mental attitude of a seeker- after-truth and to recognize the
fact that the Lord of the Universe is the source of all knowledge. He should, therefore,
begin the study of the Quran with a prayer to him for guidance.
From this theme, it becomes clear that the real relation between AL-FATIHAH and the Quran
is not that of an introduction to a book but that of a prayer and its answer. AL-FATIHAH
is the prayer from the servant and the Quran is the answer from the Master to his prayer.
The servant prays to Allah to show him guidance and the Master places the whole of the
Quran before him in answer to his prayer, as if to say, "This is the Guidance you
begged from Me."
He wrote:
Take another look at the highlighted parts. Since Muslims believe that the Quran is the
speech of Allah, this means that Allah is worshipping either himself or is worshipping
some other Allah and seeking the guidance of this other god to show him the straight path!
If Osama denies this then he must admit that the Quran isn't totally from Allah, and
concde the fact that parts of it originate from men. Here are more examples showing that
the Quran is not completely from Allah:
"We come not down save by commandment of thy Lord. Unto him belongeth all
that is before us and all that is behind us and all that is between these two, and thy
Lord is never forgetful." S. 19:64
We must wonder whether if Allah is coming down because Muhammads Lord commanded
him? And if so, is there another god that we don't know about? If Osama claims that this
isn't Allah coming down at the command of another god, then to use his methodology
consistently we must conclude that Allah didnt author these parts but someone else
did. These passages are either the words of men or angels, which would debunk the Islamic
idea that the Quran is the speech of Allah alone. Again:
"I have been commanded TO SERVE TO LORD OF THIS CITY, Him who has
sanctified it and to whom all things belong. S. 27:91 (read verses 83-93 for context)
The question that has to be answered is if this is Allah who is speaking then who is
the Lord that he serves? If it is the angels or Muhammad speaking, then the Quran cannot
be considered 100% the word of God. Using Osama's method this is exactly what we find.
Other passages that are either nonsensical or have no value and practical application
include:
They ask thee concerning the New Moons. Say: They are but signs to mark fixed periods
of time in (the affairs of) men, and for Pilgrimage. It is no virtue if ye enter your
houses from the back: It is virtue if ye fear Allah. Enter houses through the proper
doors: And fear Allah: That ye may prosper. S. 2:189
Does this mean that entering backdoors is a sin? What about the following verses:
O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers;
and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the captives of war whom Allah has assigned
to thee; and daughters of thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal
uncles and aunts, who migrated (from Makkah) with thee; and any believing woman who gives
herself to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her;- this only for thee, and not
for the Believers (at large); We know what We have appointed for them as to their
wives and the captives whom their right hands possess;- in order that there should be no
difficulty for thee. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Thou mayest defer (the
turn of) any of them that thou pleasest, and thou mayest receive any thou pleasest: and
there is no blame on thee if thou invite one whose (turn) thou hadst set aside. This
were nigher to the cooling of their eyes, the prevention of their grief, and their
satisfaction - that of all of them - with that which thou hast to give them: and Allah
knows (all) that is in your hearts: and Allah is All- Knowing, Most Forbearing. It is not
lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor to change them for (other) wives,
even though their beauty attract thee, except any thy right hand should possess (as
handmaidens): and Allah doth watch over all things. S. 33:50-52
O ye who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses,- until leave is given you,-
for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its preparation: but when ye are
invited, enter; and when ye have taken your meal, disperse, without seeking familiar talk.
Such (behaviour) annoys the Prophet: he is ashamed to dismiss you, but Allah is not
ashamed (to tell you) the truth. And when ye ask (his ladies) for anything ye want,
ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for
theirs. Nor is it right for you that ye should annoy Allah's Messenger, or that ye should
marry his widows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in Allah's sight an
enormity. S. 33:53
What does this have to do with people today and why even bother revealing
these instructions? And these:
And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war), a fifth share is
assigned to Allah,- AND TO THE MESSENGER, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy, and
the wayfarer,- if ye do believe in Allah and in the revelation We sent down to Our
servant on the Day of Testing,- the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For Allah hath
power over all things. S. 8:41
Of their goods, take alms, that so thou mightest purify and sanctify them; and
pray on their behalf. Verily thy prayers are a source of security for them: And Allah is
One Who heareth and knoweth. S. 9:103
O ye who believe! When ye consult the Messenger in private, spend something in
charity before your private consultation. That will be best for you, and most
conducive to purity (of conduct). But if ye find not (the wherewithal), Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. S. 58:12
It seems that Allah really went out of his way to insure that Muhammad got rich! In the
words of Osama, why take every single word of the Quran, especially regarding instances in
Muhammads life which have no practical value for us today, as Words of GOD
Almighty?!
My response:
As most of the times, your whole logic is lengthy and is made up of a bunch of
nonsense. Your combination of the Noble Verses above clearly proves that you love to
mix things that are not related to each others to make up a gibirish point. This is
very similar to the trinity polytheist pagan theory that was created by your people.
Anyway, I have addressed your points in great details in the following links:
Good Manners in Islam. Read the "Respecting others' properties"
section.
Did
Muhammad self-serve himself in the Noble Quran?
Prophet
Muhammad a double-faced hypocrite?
If Muhammad
peace be upon him was fake?
My
response to "Muhammad didn't have witnesses to prove that he was truthful"
He wrote:
The Book of Ephesians:
"The author identifies himself as Paul (1:1; 3:1; cf. 3:7, 13; 4:1;
6:19-20). Some have taken the absence of the usual personal greetings and the verbal
similarity of many parts to Colossians, among other reasons, as grounds for doubting
authorship by the apostle Paul. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1790)"
Again, we are not certain that it was indeed Paul who wrote this Book. And even
if Paul was the one who wrote it, how are we to be certain that he was inspired by GOD
Almighty Himself? No where in this Book we see a statement saying that this Book was
inspired by GOD Almighty. Christians made that assumption on their own, just like
they made the assumption that it was Paul himself who wrote it.
We already presented evidence demonstrating that Paul was an inspired Apostle, so we
wont bother repeating ourselves. We would simply like to know why does Paul have to
mention in every book that he is inspired? Is this some rule we don't know about Osama?
My response:
I have to remind Quennel that these are not my words, but the words of the NIV Bible
committee themselves. I only quoted them and showed how doubtful this book is.
He wrote:
Since Osama demands such a statement from Ephesians, we issue the following challenge.
Provide verses from the Quran that claims that ALL OF IT IS FROM ALLAH AND THAT ALL 114
SURAHS WERE SENT DOWN FROM ALLAH TO MUHAMMAD. I'll be waiting.
My response:
You're comparing Paul's personal conversations to the Noble Quran's Revelations.
You're comparing apples to oranges. It's not the same, because the Noble Quran in so
many Noble Verses claimed to be from Allah Almighty, while all you have in the Bible is
conversations and fights among disciples in the New Testament (in some occasions as I
showed above).
Again, please visit this link: Responses
to the "Textual Variants" lies in the Noble Quran. History of
the Noble Quran's preservation.
He wrote:
Let us read 1:1 of this Book:
"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus."
This Book was a letter written by a person. He sent it to Paul and in it he
greets the saints of Ephesus.
If the Book was sent to Paul, the author clearly would've said it. Paul identified
himself as an apostle and said that the book WAS TO THE SAINTS IN EPHESUS NOT TO PAUL.
Osama doesn't even understand the Greek usage which shows that Paul was sending this
letter to someone else. He lies and claims that somebody else sent it to Paul. So who sent
it to Paul Osama? Surely you know right? Or is this just another one of your bright ideas?
My response:
Like almost all of the Bible's gospels and books, there are reasonable doubts regarding
the authenticity of this book, and I simply raised those doubts. Saying "He
lies..." about me only proves that you are a low-life who must resort to personal
insults to defend his corrupted Bible.
He wrote:
It is like writing the following:
"Dear Mike, John and Sam,
My greetings to all of your classmates...."
Neither Mike, nor John nor Sam would have written the letter!. It would be a
third party person who wrote it.
I say it again, I hope you see the real danger in making these assumptions when you are
willing to DIE for the fact that such Gospel is the actual True Word of GOD Almighty!
Osama erroneously assumes that since Paul writes in the third person this cannot really
be the Apostle who is writing this. If this is the case that third person usage points to
someone else, then Allah cannot be the author of the Quran since he too uses the third
person!
Behold! Allah said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and
clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee
superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then shall ye all return
unto me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute. S. 3:55
Then will Allah say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to thee
and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy spirit, so that thou didst
speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and
Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure
of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, and
thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And behold! thou bringest
forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from
(violence to) thee when thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among
them said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.' S. 5:110
And behold! Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto
men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah'?" He will say:
"Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a
thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know
not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden. S. 5:116
Perhaps Osama can explain to us why he still believes in the Quran in light of these
facts.
My response:
Paul is an individual who wrote his books and claimed in some of them that he was the
sole author of those books. Having third-party narrations in his other books clearly
raises doubts since it contradicts his style as a human. In the case of the Noble
Quran, it was revealed by Allah Almighty. It wasn't written by Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him. Prophet Muhammad never took ownership in any of the contents of
the Noble Quran. Again, you're comparing apples with oranges. The clear
contradiction in writting styles and the lack of knowing who really wrote those books and
gospels in the New Testament clearly proves that (1) They were written by different
mysterious individuals; and (2) They are corrupted. Only a biased and blind person
would refuse this obvious fact.
He wrote:
Furthermore, if Osama really knew anything he would have known that the Greek word for
Greetings which is used in the Bible is Aspasmos, which isn't present here at all.
Neither does the word Dear (Greek- Agapetos) appear in this passage. Therefore, his
theory that Ephesians mentioning Paul in the third person after a greeting proves that
Paul didnt author it is blatantly false.
My response:
Well again Quennel, the theologians of the NIV Bible wrote this: "...Some
have taken the absence of the usual personal greetings and the verbal similarity of many
parts to Colossians, among other reasons, as grounds for doubting authorship by the
apostle Paul. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1790)" They seem to agree with the other knowledable theologians that the
book is doubtful. Why should I believe a clown such as yourself when it comes to
theology and refuse the discoveries of those who agree that it is a doubtful book?
He wrote:
The rest is just a repeat about Benny Hinn.
The Book of Philippians:
"The early church was unanimous in its testimony that Philippians was written by
the apostle Paul (see 1:1). Internally the letter reveals the stamp of
genuineness. The many personal references of the author fit what we know of Paul
from other NT books. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page
1803)"
Again, it was assumed that this book was written by Paul himself. No one knows
for sure whether it was Paul or somebody else. The New Testament wasn't even
documented until 150-300 years after the disappearance of Jesus peace be upon him.
If we're going to assume that Books that look appealing to us as the True Word of GOD
Almighty, then we are committing a great crime against GOD Almighty and His Holy
Words. No where in this Book we see a statement saying that it was inspired by GOD
Almighty Himself.
Again Osama says the exact opposite of the NIV! It is the unanimous testimony of the
earliest eyewitnesses, not just an assumption. Do you see assumption in the NIV quote? No.
In fact, the beginning of the Book suggests that it was not Paul
who wrote the Book, read 1:1 of this Book:
"Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,
To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi...."
The person was writing to Paul and Timothy and he gave his greetings to the saints of
Philippi.
Again, it is like writing the following:
"Dear Mike, John and Sam,
My greetings to all of your classmates...."
Neither Mike, nor John nor Sam would have written the letter!. It would be a
third party person who wrote it.
Is this what the Word of GOD should be like? full of doubts and written by third party
people?
We've already exposed Osama's lack of knowledge about Greek. There is no word for
greetings or dear present in the text and is therefore not an example of 3rd person use.
Since Osama claims to follow the NIV why does he deny that Paul wrote this when the NIV
claims that the early Church unanimously held to Pauline authorship? Did he promote
himself to the NIV committee now? Surely not since he can't even get the simple Greek
words of the greetings correct. The rest of Osama's argument is the same repetitious post
dealing with Benny Hinn, etc. He uses the same arguments against Colossians and 1 and 2
Thessalonians, even though the NIV attributes Pauline authorship to all these books. Since
he claims that the NIV is truthful, we must believe the NIV over his assertions.
My response:
All I did Quennel was raise some very simple questions. This is how it is with
you and your trinitarian people. It takes a 50-page article to answer few simple
questions and concerns. You call this junk a True Religion of GOD Almighty?
Please!
He wrote:
The Book of Revelation:
"Four times the author identifies himself as John (1:1,4,9;
22:8).....In the third century, however, an African bishop named Dionysius compared the
language, style and thought of the Apocalypse (Revelation) with that of the other writings
of John and decided that the book could not been written by the apostle of John.
(From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1922)"
Again, we don't know who wrote the Book of Revelation. It is certainly highly
doubtful that it was written by Apostle John. So are you now going to consider the
other John's words as the Words and Inspirations of GOD Almighty?
Osama continues his fanciful argument by appealing to a dubious authority. Let us look
at the quote closely to expose his gross misunderstanding:
Four times the author identifies himself as John (1:1,4,9; 22:8).....
At the beginning of his quote it EXPLICTEDLY SAYS THAT THE AUTHOR IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS
JOHN. So what does Osama's argument stem from? Read:
In the third century, however, an African bishop named Dionysius compared the
language, style and thought of the Apocalypse (Revelation) with that of the other writings
of John AND DECIDED that the book could not been written by the apostle of John.
Anyone who reads this closely sees immediately that Osama bases his whole argument on
what Dionysius claimed. So his whole theory about Revelation being corrupted is based on
what Dionysius decided. This doesn't constitute as proof whatsoever, since this is just
the opinion of one person. Who are we supposed to believe? John, who wrote his name 4
times or some bishop which came approximately 200 years after John? Its funny how Osama
argues that the Bible isn't current and yet appeals to a bishop who lived in the 3rd
century!
Notice that in the sections of "Gospel
of John" and "Gospels of 1, 2 & 3
John" above, the author did not identify himself and it was ASSUMED without
actual proofs that it was Saint John who wrote them. Notice how they said that if he
were to identify himself, then it would be hard for them to explain it.
Now, notice the author in the Book of Revelation does identify himself as John, but he
has a complete different language and style of writing from the other books, which created
much uncertainty about its validity in the Church.
Again Osama continues his argument based on some little known African Bishop who lived
nearly 2 centuries later. He must think they we are so stupid to believe that a human can
only write in one style of writing for all his life. Maybe Osama didn't attend college. If
he did he would know that writing styles are based upon the situation that is being
addressed. For example, when you write a business proposal you would use a different
language and style compared to writing a love letter. As for his quotes let us look at
them closely:
"....Unlike most NT letters, 1 John does not tell us who its author is. The
earliest identification of him comes from the church fathers...(From the NIV Bible
Commentary, page 1904)"
"The letter is difficult to date with precision....(From the NIV Bible Commentary,
page 1905)"
Isn't it hilarious that he uses this as proof about John being corrupted when infact HIS EARLIEST IDENTIFICATION OF REVELATION NOT BEING CORRECT ALSO STEMS FROM A
SO-CALLED CHURCH FATHER 200 YEARS LATER!! So, if he uses this method to prove John
false, we can also prove his argument false by the same measure.
My questions here are: Who wrote the Books? And is or
is not Saint John supposed to identify himself in his books? And where are his books
that have his name on them?
This is a mere assumption. Again, I challenged Osama to show us a single Bible verse
where it is mandatory for the writer to give his name. He has yet to produce a single
verse to prove this!! So basically he is assuming something he has yet to prove.
My response:
Here is what the NIV commentary says: "Four times the
author identifies himself as John (1:1,4,9; 22:8).....In the third century, however, an
African bishop named Dionysius compared the language, style and thought of the Apocalypse
(Revelation) with that of the other writings of John and decided that the book
could not been written by the apostle of John. He suggested that the
author was a certain John the Presbyter, whose name appears elsewhere in
ancient writings. Although many today follow Dionysius in his view of
authorship, the external evidence seems overwhelmingly supportive of the traditional view.
(From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1922)"
Again, we don't know who wrote the Book of Revelation. It is certainly highly
doubtful that it was written by Apostle John. The Theologians and Historians of the
NIV Bible seem to agree with the invalidity of this book from the above quote. So
are you now going to consider the other John's words as the Words and Inspirations of GOD
Almighty?
As we see, the style of writing in the book of Revelation is different from the books
that are believed to be from John which are the Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John and 3 John.
The book of Revelation's style seems to be closer to John the Presbyter's writings.
This man is known in ancient writings. There are also many Christian
theologians today that hold the same view about the falsety of the book of Revelation.
Isn't this sufficient enough to prove that the book is doubtful?
Notice that in the sections of "Gospel of John"
and "Gospels of 1, 2 & 3 John" above, the
author did not identify himself and it was ASSUMED without actual proofs that it was Saint
John who wrote them. Notice how they said that if he were to identify himself, then
it would be hard for them to explain it.
Now, notice the author in the Book of Revelation does identify himself as John, but he
has a complete different language and style of writing from the other books, which created
much uncertainty about its validity in the Church.
My questions here are: Who
wrote the Books? And is or is not Saint John supposed to identify himself in his
books? And where are his books that have his name on them?
Again, keep in mind that the NT was not even documented on paper until 150 to 300 years
after Jesus (depending on what Christian you talk to). So the dating is way too long
for us to be assuming books to belong to certain people. Let alone considering their
nonsense (contents) as the True Living Words of GOD Almighty.
Please visit: Jesus the
"Alpha and Omega". Not only
this quote doesn't prove Jesus as GOD, but it was also written in a book that is
unreliable in later bibles. In the original
Bibles, the quote doesn't even exist!!
Arche of the
Creation of God as Alpha and Omega. The "Alpha
and Omega" doesn't even exist in the original Bibles! It's a
lie that was later inserted by trinitarians. See the historical proofs in the
article. If their site is down, then you can read the article at this link ON MY SITE.
False
and failed Prophecies about the Hour put in the mouth of Jesus in the books of Mark, Luke
and Revelation in the New Testament.
The Book of Revelation is a very important, probably the most important Book in the
Bible today, because it has prophecies in it of what Christians believe is for our future
today, even though it has nothing to do with our current world. It talks about Jesus
soon (1800 to 2000 years ago) will return (Revelation 22:7). I don't know how soon
is 2000 years to the Bible. All the people that this book was told to had died.
It also talks about the great battle of Gog and Magog fighting the righteous; "and will go out to deceive the nations in the four
corners of the earth [The earth DOES NOT
have four corners and no the earth is not a square or rectangle. It is round almost
like an egg!!]--Gog and Magog--to gather them for battle. In
number they are like the sand on the seashore. (From
the NIV Bible, Revelation 20:8)"
The thing that we need to notice here beside the grave error about the shape of the earth
in this false book (sorry to say that), is that the Gog and Magog existed before.
Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (Ezekiel 39:1), is the name of the leader and
Magog is the name of his nation (Ezekiel 38 and 39). The Gog and Magog army had
already been defeated and the Noble Quran confirms their story.
There had been historical discoveries that perfectly match the Noble Quran's
claims regarding the Gog and Magog, such as the discovery of the "Iron Gates",
and other literature that mentions the Gog and Magog army and location. There is even historical documentation about them which matches the Noble Quran
in London, England.
Please visit The story of
Gog and Magog and the Iron Gates in the Noble Quran and the Bible to see the references and proofs of these historical discoveries and
several more.
The
Bible says: The earth is flat! See all the verses in the Bible that claim the
earth is flat.
It is a common Christian answer to say "We support Israel because it is God's promised land to the Jews, and
He will prevail them against the army of Gog and Magog who seems to be mainly an Islamic
army today." They mostly rely on the Book of
Revelation from the Bible to support this claim.
The story of the Gog and Magog army attacking the Jews exists in both the Book of
Ezekiel and the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The Book of Ezekiel which came
literally thousands of years before the Book of Revelation predicted the attack and defeat
of the army of Gog and Magog.
The Noble Quran (The Muslims' Holy Scripture) talks about the army of Gog and Magog in
details and explains the events that ALREADY took place. As I mentioned above, there
had been historical discoveries that perfectly match the Noble Quran's claims regarding
the Gog and Magog, such as the discovery of the "Iron Gates", and other
literature that mentions the Gog and Magog army and location.
Please visit The army of Gog and Magog and the Iron Gates
in the Noble Quran and the Bible.
The lie (sorry to say that) of the Book of Revelation, however, also predicts the
coming of the army of Gog and Magog. But as I said, the army of Gog and Magog were
ALREADY predicted in the Bible thousands of years before the Book of Revelation.
So, the prediction in the Book of Revelation proves that the writer of the book, lacked
a great deal of knowledge about history, because as I said, the event of the Gog and Magog
battle (i.e., the battle of Armageddon) already happened!
The point is that the Book of Revelation, however, like most of the Bible today seems
to be nothing but a big hoax (sorry to say that). It is very doubtful, but yet
ironically, very important to the Christians of today.
Would you honestly deep inside yourself call nonsense of this kind the True Living
Words of GOD Almighty, especially after knowing that very important early Christian
resources thought "the book could not been written by the
apostle of John"?
Please visit What parts of the Bible do Muslims believe in?
He wrote:
The Book of Revelation is a very important, probably the most
important Book in the Bible today, because it has prophecies in it of what Christians
believe is for our future today, even though it has nothing to do with our current
world. It talks about Jesus soon (1800 to 2000 years ago) will return (Revelation
22:7). I don't know how soon is 2000 years to the Bible. All the people that
this book was told to had died.
A day is like unto a thousand years to God, so basically using God's timing we have
only been waiting 2 days. How can Osama argue about the Bible when he doesn't even know
anything about it? In fact the Book of Revelation never said those people who lived in
that time would see it, Osama has invented a straw man and then proceeds on to refute it.
It also talks about the great battle of Gog and Magog fighting
the righteous; "and will go out to deceive the nations in the four
corners of the earth [The earth DOES NOT
have four corners and no the earth is not a square or rectangle. It is round almost
like an egg!!]--Gog and Magog--to gather them for battle. In
number they are like the sand on the seashore. (From
the NIV Bible, Revelation 20:8)"
The thing that we need to notice here beside the grave error about the shape of the earth
in this false book (sorry to say that), is that the Gog and Magog existed before.
Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (Ezekiel 39:1), is the name of the leader and
Magog is the name of his nation (Ezekiel 38 and 39). The Gog and Magog army had
already been defeated and the Noble Quran confirms their
story. There is even documentation about them in London, England.
The fight of Ezekiel 38 and 39 occurs before the Tribulation. Gog and Mag still exist
since this is the modern country of Russia! Russia didn't collapse from a war silly! This
has yet to take place.
My response:
The topic of Gog and Magog is explained in details in the Noble Quran and Hadiths.
It's too much to paste here, so I will post the links for the reader to read:
From www.answering-christianity.com/jesus_in_islam.htm,
section "The "Chosen People?!" of GOD, the End of
Times and Gog and Magog":
The "Chosen People?!" of GOD, the End of Times and
Gog and Magog:
Introduction:
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him predicted that the Muslim countries shall all be
corrupted. Today almost every single Muslim country is ruled by a corrupted infidel
dictatorship:
Narrated Thauban: "The Prophet peace be
upon him said: 'The nations shall gather and team up against you (i.e., Muslims) as
the predators gather and team up against their preys. A questioner asked: 'Is it
because of us being low in numbers at that day?' The Prophet replied: 'No, you that
day shall be in great numbers, but you will be as powerless as the foam of the water on
the surface of the river, and Allah shall remove any fear from your enemies toward
you, and He shall put in your hearts a corruption.' A questioner asked: 'O
Apostle of Allah, what is the corruption?' The Prophet replied: 'The love
of life's amusements and the fear of death.' (Translation of Sunan Abu Dawud, The Book of Fierce Battles - The
Gathering of all Nations against Islam, Book 37, Number 4297)"
He also predicted that the battle of Armageddon
will take place when Saudi Arabia today will be corrupted, which in fact it is already:
Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal: "The Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) said: The flourishing state of Jerusalem will be when
Yathrib is in ruins, the ruined state of Yathrib will be when the great war comes,
the outbreak of the great war (i.e., the battle of
Armageddon) will be at the conquest of Constantinople and the
conquest of Constantinople when the Dajjal (Antichrist) comes forth. He (the Prophet)
struck his thigh or his shoulder with his hand and said: This is as true as you are here
or as you are sitting (meaning Mu'adh ibn Jabal). (Translation
of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Battles (Kitab Al-Malahim), Book 37, Number 4281)"
Allah Almighty told the Muslims that they will
fight the evil people of Gog and Magog during the End of Times:
"Until the Gog and Magog (people) Are let
through (their barrier), And they swiftly swarm From every hill.
Then will the True Promise Draw nigh (of fulfilment): Then behold! the eyes Of the
Unbelievers will Fixedly stare in horror: 'Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed Heedless of this;
nay; we Truly did wrong!' (The Noble Quran, 21:96-97)"
The People of Gog and Magog will be the
Polytheists from the idol worshipers and the Trinitarian Christians, and the evil people
from the People of Israel (i.e., the Zionists today) as clearly mentioned in the related
articles below.
Are Muslims the "Chosen People" of GOD? If not, then who
are?
Isaac
and Ishmael in Islam and Christianity.
Moses,
Jesus and several other Prophets in the Bible never liked the Jews. How can the Jews
be considered GOD's "Chosen People" then?
GOD in the Bible will take His Kingdom from the Jews and
give it to another Nation.
Was Hitler's Holocaust against the Jews prophesied in Islam?
The
"lost tribes of Israel" are the Muslims of Afghanistan and
Kashmir -- Proved from the Bible and History -- Afghan and Kashmiri cities mentioned and
documented.
The End of Times Battles in Islam.
The story of
Gog and Magog and the Iron Gates in the Noble Quran.
The
Signs of Armageddon (The End of Times Battles) in Islam.
The
future of Jerusalem in the Noble Quran - Examination of the end of times prophecies in the
Bible and the Noble Quran.
What is
the Status of Jerusalem in the Noble Quran?
Does the Noble Quran in 17:104 say that the Jews will prevail in the State
of Israel until the Day of Judgement?
The
corruptions and infidel dictatorships in the Muslim world today were prophesized by
Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
Prophet Muhammad predicted the coming of the "dictators" and bad
leaders.
How do you
respond to the End of Times Prophecies in the Books of Psalms and Ezekiel against the
Muslims of today in the Bible? See my
response to this Christian misunderstanding.
I was
told that what's happening in the Middle East today was all foretold in the Bible.
How do you respond to that?
What do
you think is the ideal solution for the situation in Israel and Palestine?
Muhammad isn't
the "Beast" in Revelation 13! It's the satanic Western (mostly Christians)
sexually open societies!
He wrote:
As for Osama's idiocy regarding the shape of the earth, this is a dumb argument since
the 4 corners of the earth means from all sides of the earth and has nothing to do with
the shape of the earth. Since he claims that the size of the earth proves that the Bible
is false, he must reject the Quran. Osama may claim that S. 31:29 and 39:5 indicate that
the earth is spherical, a fact not known until over 400 years ago. What Osama forgets to
mention is that both the Quran and early Muslim sources actually claim that the earth is
flat!:
"And the earth - We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm
and immovable
" S. 15:19 Y. Ali
"O you servants of Mine who have attained to faith! Behold! wide is Mine
earth.
" S. 50:7
"Have we not made the earth as a bed and the mountains as pegs."
S. 78:6-7 (Al-Hillali-Khan)
"
And the earth how it is spread." S. 88:20
So since the Quran says that the earth was spread out like a carpet, we must ask Osama:
IS A CARPET ROUND?
At first these verses would simply seem to be allegorical statements, not to be taken
literally. Yet, upon reading the works of the earliest Muslim commentators, it becomes
quite evident that Muhammad believed in a flat earth! Al-Jalalan, one of Islam's premiere
commentators, in his Tafsir, p. 509, states:
"In his phrase, `how it is spread', he denotes that the earth is flat. All the
scholars of Islamic law agree upon this. It is not round as physicists claim."
(Cited in Behind the Veil, p. 175)
Al-Tabari cites the following tradition on the authority of Wahb:
According to Muhammad b. Sahl b. 'Askar-Isma'il b. 'Abd al-Karim-Wahb, mentioning some
of his majesty (as being described as follows): The heavens and the earth and the oceans
are in the haykal, and the haykal I sin the Footstool. God's feet are upon
the Footstool. He carries the Footstool. It became like a sandal on His feet. When Wahb
was asked: What is the haykal? He replied: Something on the heavens' extremities
that surrounds the earth and the oceans like ropes that are used to fasten a tent. And
when Wahb was asked how earths are (constituted), he replied: They are seven earths
that are FLAT and islands. Between each two earths, there is an ocean. All that is
surrounded by the (surrounding) ocean, and the haykal is behind the ocean. (History of
Al-Tabari-General Introduction and From the Creation to the Flood, Vol. 1, pp.
207-208)
Wahb's claim that there are seven earths completely agrees with both the statement from
al-Kisa'i, Tales of the Prophets-Qisas al-anbiya found
above as well as with the following Quranic verse:
"It is God who created seven heavens, and of earth their like."
S. 65:12
Al Baidawi comments:
"'Stretched out the earth' means it was flattened in width and length so
that feet may be steady on it and animals may roll on it." (`Abdallah `Abd al-Fadi, Is
the Quran Infallible? [Light of Life PO Box 13, A-9503 Villach Austria], p.19)
In the book, Behind The Veil: Unmasking Islam, we are told:
"These are the comments of the ancient Muslim scholars (i.e., Baidawi,
Zamakhshari, Jalalan etc.) word for word. Even some Saudi scholars wrote a book a few
years ago to disprove the spherical aspect of the earth and they claimed that it was a
myth, agreeing with the above mentioned scholars, and said we must believe the Quran and
reject the spherical aspect of the earth." (Ibid., p. 176)
As the preceding citation stated, there have been several modern Saudian Muslim
authorities frankly admitting that the Quran does indeed teach a flat earth. The following
article is taken from Athar Shiraz Siddiqui's article The Earth According to
Quran:
The Earth According to Quran
Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality by Parvez
Hoodbhoy: **** (Page 49)
"
The Sheikh (Abdul Aziz Ibn Baz) authored ... a book in Arabic entitled Jiryan
Al-Shams Wa Al-Qammar Wa-Sukoon Al-Arz. This translates into Motion of the Sun and
Moon, and Stationarity of the Earth... In an earlier book, he had threatened
dissenters with the dire fatwa or takfir (disbelief), but did not repeat the
threat in the newer version."
"The earth is flat. Whoever claims it is round is an atheist deserving of
punishment." Yousef M. Ibrahim, "Muslim Edicts take on New Force",
The New York Times, February 12, 1995, p. A-14.
That is a well-known religious edict, or fatwa, issued two years ago by Sheik
Abdel-Aziz ibn Baaz, the supreme religious authority of Saudi Arabia. The blind
theologian's status gives his fatwas great weight, though his opinions have often raised
eyebrows or embarrassed worldly Saudis
Also cited by Sagan "The
Demon-haunted World", Carl Sagan, Ballantine, ISBN 0-345-40946-9, p. 325. I quote
(as fair use): "In 1993, the supreme religious authority of Saudi Arabia, Sheik
Abdel-Aziz ibn Baaz, issued a edict, or fatwah, "declaring that the world is flat.
Anyone of the round persuasion does not believe in God and should be punished."
Hence, we see that Muslims both of the past and present affirm that the Quran clearly
teaches that the earth is flat.
Finally, the fact that the earth is a sphere is not something new since the Holy Bible
already taught this centuries before the Quran was ever written:
"He has described a circle (Hebrew- khug) on the face of the waters,
at the boundary between light and darkness." Job 26:10
"When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle (khug)
on the face of the deep." Proverbs 8:27
"It is he who sits above the circle (khug) of the earth, and its
inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and
spreads them like a tent to live in." Isaiah 40:22
Again, Dr. Morris' comments on these last three passages:
"
'Compass' (Hebrew khug) is the same as 'circle' in Isaiah 40:22, as
well as 'compassed' in Job 26:10. All three clearly refer to the roundness of the
earth, especially to the spherical nature of sea level defining the global shape of the
earth. The Bible never teaches a flat earth, though the charge is frequently made."
(Morris, The Defenders Study Bible-King James Version [Word Publishing, Grand
Rapids MI, 1995], p. 682)
And,
"
Hebrew khug is translated `compassed' in Job 26:10 and 'compass' on
Proverbs 8:27. All three, in context, clearly refer to the sphericity of the earth."
(Ibid., p. 754)
Scientists also tell us that the universe is expanding. Hence, the statement in Isaiah
40:22 that God stretches out the heavens is not far off from what scientists today tell us
about the universe.
"Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know
his place. That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might
be shaken out of it? It is turned as clay to the seal, and they stand as a
garment." Job 38:12-14 KJV
Dr. Henry Morris notes:
"turned. This figurative statement refers to God's initiation of the
earth's rotation and the day-night cycle. Each night, like a rotating clay cylinder
exposing the impressions of the seal, the earth turns to the sun (or 'dayspring'),
exposing the wicked and their works of the night." (Ibid., p. 593)
"He (God) stretches out the north over empty space. He suspends the earth over
nothing." Job 26:7
As far as we can tell Job could have only known this by revelation from God. Dr. Henry
Morris, president of Institute for Creation Research, comments:
"Not only was the earth rotating, but it also began orbiting in space, suspended
upon `nothing' except the mysterious force of gravity, acting at a distance. This verse
was written at 3500 years before Isaac Newton identified and described this force."
(Ibid., p. 584)
"as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions
from us." Psalm 103:12
Dr. Morris claims:
"
Here is a second figure applied to the limitless scope of God's forgiving
grace. One can travel east (or west) forever without coming to its end. This perfectly
fits the idea of a global earth." (Ibid, p. 648)
"The wind blows to the south, and goes around to the north; round and round
goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. All streams run to the sea, but
the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to
flow." Ecclesiastes 1:6-7
Dr. Morris indicates:
"This is a remarkable anticipation of the modern discovery of the world's great
wind circuits, in the global circulation of the atmosphere." (Ibid., p. 701)
Dr. Morris also comments on the statement in verse 7 on streams running into the sea:
"
Similarly, this is an excellent summary of the earth's amazing hydrologic
cycle, as confirmed scientifically only in modern times." (Ibid, p. 702)
The final biblical passage affirming that the earth is a sphere as well as rotating on
its axis includes:
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be
taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one
shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be
taken, and the other left. And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said
unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. Luke
17:34-36
Dr. Morris observes:
"
When the Lord comes, it will be at night when men are in bed. But it
will also be early morn when women are grinding meal (Luke 17:35) and mid-day
when men are working in the field (Luke 17:36). This is possible since the earth is
round and rotating daily on its axis." (Ibid., p. 1116)
My response:
Quennel, the Bible clearly and irrefutably declares that the earth is flat and is
standing on pillars so that it wouldn't shake. The Noble Quran on the other hand
declares that the earth is "egg-shaped"! The Noble Verses above that you
mentioned were talking about how Allah Almighty spread out and stretched out earth to make
it livable for us. The "Carpet" thing that you mentioned is between
parenthesis "( )", which clearly proves that it is not in the original Arabic
text!
Minister Abdullah Yusuf Ali decided to use the word "carpet"
to describe the stretching of the earth, because the earth is as flat as a carpet to us
(except for the mountains and hills), while it is also miraculously "egg-shaped"
as the Noble Quran irrefutably declares:
Please visit: Allah
Almighty said that the earth is "egg-shaped".
The Earth is round according to Islam.
The
Bible says: The earth is flat! The Bible claims that the Earth is flat and
never moves, and is standing on pillars so that it wouldn't shake! It also claims
that the Sun hurries back to where it rises!
He wrote:
Osama continues:
The point is that the Book of Revelation, however, like most of
the Bible today seems to be nothing but a big hoax (sorry to say that). It is very
doubtful, but yet ironically, very important to the Christians of today.
Really? If we believe your misinterpretations yeah right? However you have just proven
that your own pagan prophet Muhammad copied from a big hoax. Read Rev. 13:11-2:
Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb,
but he spoke like a dragon.He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his
behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound
had been healed.
Here we see information about the Beast of the Earth. Now did the Quran copy this from
a so-called big hoax? Yes:
And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), we shall bring forth from
the earth a Beast to speak unto them because mankind had no faith in Our Signs. S.
27:82.
Therefore using Osama's logic we must conclude that the Quran is a big hoax too!!!
My response:
I never used the argument of the "Beast" as something that would disprove the
book of Revelation. I reject the book of Revelation because it is filled with
corruptions as I showed above, and it is rejected by many Christian theologians as I also
clearly showed above.
In regards to the beast in the Noble Quran, it doesn't mean a dragon. Let us look
at what Allah Almighty said about the beast:
"For the worst of beasts in the sight of God are the deaf
and the dumb,- those who understand not. (The Noble
Quran, 8:22)"
"For the worst of beasts in the sight of God are those who
reject Him: They will not believe. (The Noble Quran,
8:55)"
"And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), we
shall produce from the earth a beast to (face) them: He will speak to them,
for that mankind did not believe with assurance in Our Signs. (The Noble Quran, 27:82)" This beast could either be Jesus peace be upon him or the Mahdi,
who will come before Prophet Jesus peace be upon him to fight the evil doers and kick the
hypocrites from the Holy Lands of Mecca and Medina.
I personally believe that the beast in Noble Verse 27:82 is
Prophet Jesus peace be upon him, because he will come and fight the army of satan.
Obviously, Jesus will be very powerful; perhaps the most powerful human on earth in that
time, because he will have the ability to defeat all evil on earth, which is something
really miraculous. So calling him "the beast" who will speak to the
disbelievers would be appropriate.
"Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout! (The Noble Quran, 68:16)"
"When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human
habitations); (The Noble Quran, 81:5)"
The use of the word "beast" by Allah Almighty doesn't always mean that it is
referring to evil people. It could be also used for people (good and bad) in
general:
"He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see;
He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and He
scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the sky, and produce on
the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs. (The Noble Quran, 31:10)"
Notice here how Allah Almighty said "noble creature" when referring to the
beasts (including the humans).
Please visit: Muhammad isn't the "Beast" in Revelation
13! It's the satanic Western (mostly Christians) sexually open societies!
He wrote:
Exposing Osama's intentional
slander of the Old Testament
The Book of Genesis: "Historically, Jews and Christians
alike have held that Moses was the author/compiler of the first five books of the OT.
These books, known also as the Pentateuch (meaning "five-volumed book"), were
referred to in Jewish tradition as the five fifths of the law (of Moses). The Bible itself
suggests Mosaic authorship of Genesis, since Ac 15:1 refers to circumcision as "the
custom taught by Moses," an allusion of Ge 17. However, a certain amount of later
editorial updating does appear to be indicated (see, e.g., notes on 14:14; 36:31; 47:11).
(From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 2)"
So in reality, the book of Genesis had been tampered with by man. It had been
corrupted. It is dangerous to consider all of it as the True Living Words of GOD Almighty,
because by doing so, we are running into the risk of committing a crime against Him since
we are claiming that He spoke words that He never spoke.
Actually the NIV doesn't say what Osama claims. It only says that there were later
adulterations. We know from Joshua and parts of Exodus that the prophet Joshua did add
things to the book of the Law as God instructed him. Since the majority of scholarship
knows this we wonder why is this such a problem for Osama? If he wants to prove his idea
of Bible corruption then it is his job to show explicit proof that foreign hands tampered
the Bible. The tampering that Osama misunderstands is the update of words and names of
various places in order to help the later Hebrew reader understand Genesis better:
"The assertion that Moses is the principal author of the present text of Genesis
need not mean that it came from his hand exactly as we have it now. To the contrary, one
may confidently assume that the work has undergone post-Mosaic redaction. The main
reason such a redaction would have taken place was not to substantially change the book in
any way BUT RATHER TO MAKE IT INTELLIGIBLE TO A LATER GENERATION OF READERS. (ReThinking
Genesis, Duane Garrett, Baker: 1991, pg. 85-86)
Therefore the only change was to make the older names more common to the Israelites of
the day, so that they wouldn't forget where these events took place. Read what the NIV
says about Genesis:
MOSES WAS THE AUTHOR OF GENESIS. Because history here occured befoe he was born,
Moses must have recieved much of his revelation directly from God himself. (NIV Living
Insights bible, Commentary on Genesis, pg, 3)
Now read what the NIV Study Bible says about Genesis:
It is no coincidence that many of the subjects and themes of the first three chapters
of Genesis are reflected in the last three chapters of Revelation. WE CAN ONLY MARVEL
AT THE SUPERINTENDING INFLUENCE OF THE LORD HIMSELF, who assures US that "ALL
SCRIPTURE IS GOD-BREATHED" and that THE MEN WHO WROTE IT "SPOKE FROM GOD as they
were carried along by the Holy Spirit". (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Genesis,
pg. 4)
This is absolutely unbelievable!!! The NIV Study Bible, which Osama appeals to, says
that Genesis along with the entire Bible, despite who wrote it, was influenced by the
superintendence of YHWH God himself. The NIV is clearly affirming that ALL the Bible is
God-breathed!!! We have again refuted Osama's misunderstanding and misquoting of Genesis.
My response:
Here is the quote again:
"Historically, Jews and Christians alike have held that
Moses was the author/compiler of the first five books of the OT. These books, known also
as the Pentateuch (meaning "five-volumed book"), were referred to in Jewish
tradition as the five fifths of the law (of Moses). The Bible itself suggests Mosaic
authorship of Genesis, since Ac 15:1 refers to circumcision as "the custom taught by
Moses," an allusion of Ge 17. However, a certain amount of later editorial
updating does appear to be indicated (see, e.g., notes on 14:14; 36:31; 47:11).
(From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 2)"
Quennel Gale is twisting the obvious. All I did was raise a concern about the
so-called "editorial updates". Did GOD Almighty need editorial updates to
His Perfect Holy Words?
Also Quennel, I would like for you to answer this quote:
"Once mankind began to study the Old Testament in detail, comparing the various
passages which referred to the same topic in order to obtain as much detail as possible,
they began to notice conflicting accounts of many matters as well as other problems. For
instance, in the eleventh century, it was noticed that the list of Edomite kings in Genesis 36 names kings who lived long after Moses was dead Then
people began to notice such statements as "to this day" something is true, which
implies that the author was looking back at these matters through history and has seen
that they have endured."
(www.answering-christianity.com/sake12.htm)
How can you with all honesty and integrity declare that the book of Gensis is the
Perfect Holy Word of GOD Almighty?
The different "Canons" of the Bible!
Different and conflicting variations of "gospels"
and "books" that are disagreed upon by the Churches today.
101 Contradictions
in the Bible!
He wrote:
The Book of Numbers:
"It is not necessary, however, to claim that Numbers came from Moses' hand
complete and in final form. Portions of the book were probably added by scribes or editors
from later periods of Israel's history. For example, the protestation of the humility of
Moses (12:3) would hardly be convincing if it came from his own mouth. (From the NIV Bible
Commentary, page 183)"
So in reality, we don't know who were all the authors who wrote the book of Numbers.
How is it possible then to call the book of Numbers the True Living Revelations of GOD
Almighty if the book had been tampered with by the man-made laws of the scribes?
As you clearly saw in Jeremiah 8:8 in the introduction above, GOD Almighty condemned
the laws of the scribes and accused them for turning the Bible into a lie.
Regarding additions by later scribes or editors, we have already addressed this above.
We explained that the Bible needed updating for later generations, and that inspired men
such as Joshua were instructed by God to add to Moses Law. The NIV still attributes
authorship to Moses:
Writer: MOSES
date: c. 1406 b.c.
Purpose: To Show God's Judgement and his faithfulness.(ibid, pg. 135)
By misquoting his sources, Osama tries to show that the Bible is corrupted. Now see
what the NIV Study Bible says about Numbers:
The book graphically portray's Israel's identity as the Lord's redeemed covenant
people and her vocation as the servant people of God, charge with establishing his kingdom
on earth. (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Numbers, pg. 183)
According to the NIV, authorship has no bearing on how the accuracy of Numbers in
portraying Israel's relationship with God. If it did, we would have expected them to make
mention of it or called into question its historical veracity.
My response:
You have absolutely no proof that Joshua was the one who made the additions to any of
Moses' Books after him. And even if Joshua did the changing, was he inspired by GOD
Almighty? How do you know that? He never made any such claim or declared that
he received any Revelations from GOD Almighty.
He wrote:
The book of Deuteronomy:
"The book itself testifies that, for the most part, Moses wrote it (1:5;
31:9,22,24), and other OT books agree (1Ki 2:3, 8:53; 2ki 14:6; 18:12)--though the
preamble (1:1-5) may have been written by someone else, and the report of Moses' death
(ch.34) was almost certainly written by someone else. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page
240)"
As we clearly see, there is ample evidence that proves beyond the shadow of the doubt
that Moses was not the sole author of the book. He couldn't have possibly have written
about his own death. Again, another corrupted book by man in the Bible. How can you claim
that the book of Deuteronomy was indeed all revealed by GOD Almighty? If you're not sure,
and you still insist on your claim, then you are committing a crime against GOD Almighty's
Revelations.
OSAMA'S FALLACY: IF THE BOOK WASN'T WRITTEN BY THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR ONLY IT'S NOT
GOD'S WORD.
If you notice throughout his paper, Osama has established a logically flawed argument
since he believes that if the author doesn't give his name or if it isn't written by the
author it isn't the word of God. However, Osama has nothing to base this conclusion on
since he is using his opinion as a final standard to build his argument. Therefore, since
he has no biblical reference to prove his point, his whole argument is based on "MY
OWN OPINION".
My response:
Quennel, any normal human being with an atom of a brain would clearly understand and
accept my simple and straight forward logic. It's sad that you can't even reach this
level. If Moses wasn't the sole person who wrote the book of Deuteronomy, then who
else wrote it? And how do you know that that other person was GOD Almighty's
Messenger/Prophet?
After all, Jeremiah 8:8 clearly exposed the lies and corruption entered by scribes and
"editorial updates" that have corrupted the original Holy Book:
"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is
with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
(From the RSV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"
Quennel, I would like for you to answer the following quote:
"After this, it was noticed that in the beginning verses of the OT manuscripts,
Deuteronomy says: "These are the words that Moses spoke to the children of Israel
across the Jordan...." They noticed that the words "across the Jordan"
refers to people who are on the opposite side of the Jordan river to the author. But the
alleged author, Moses himself, was never supposed to have been in Israel in his life.
It was also noticed that Moses speaks in detail in Deuteronomy
34:5-10 about how he died and where he was buried. Moses also calls himself the
most humble man on earth in Numbers 12:3 (would the most
humble man on earth call himself the most humble man on earth?). In Deuteronomy
34:10 we read "And there arose not a prophet since in
Israel like unto Moses." This also implies that the author was looking back at
Moses through history a long time after Moses' death. Now the flood gates were opened and
countless other discrepancies began to show up."
(www.answering-christianity.com/sake12.htm)
I ask you again, how can you with all honesty and integrity declare that the book of
Deuteronomy is the Perfect Holy Word of GOD Almighty?
He wrote:
We have asked Osama over and over again to show us where it is an explicit rule that
all the authors of the names of the book must sign their name. He has yet to produce this
proof.
My response:
Only a brainless and goofy person would ask for such a thing.
He wrote:
Since he believes that the Quran is the word of God, we ask him to prove to us that God
personally revealed ALL THE VERSES AND SURAHS IN THE QURAN. Since neither the Hadith nor
the earliest Muslim records claim that ALL OF THE 114 SURAHS OR THE VERSES NOW FOUND IN IT
ARE FROM ALLAH we are forced to conclude that the Quran is not entirely the word of can't
be the word of God (which in fact it isnt!!!)
My response:
Beside the numerous Noble Verses that declare that the Noble Quran was from Allah
Almighty, I will post for you the following Noble Verses:
"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message
[The Noble Quran]; and We will
assuredly Guard it (from corruption). (The Noble Quran,
15:9)"
"Do they not consider the Quran (with care)? Had
it been from other Than God, they would surely have found therein Much
discrepancy. (The Noble Quran, 4:82)"
"Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?"
Say: "God is witness between me and you; This Quran hath been revealed to
me by inspiration, that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can ye
possibly bear witness that besides God there is another God?" Say: "Nay! I
cannot bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the one God, and I truly am
innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him." (The Noble Quran, 6:19)"
Need we say more Quennel? To you, we always have to say more because it is
impossible for you to comprehend the Truth, but to the reader, I think this is sufficient
enough.
He wrote:
However, the NIV does say that Moses wrote the majority of the Pentateuch. The rest of
it were written by his followers who were eyewitnesses to his life. Now since Osama
believes that the Quran is the word of God and the Bible was tampered with he only ends up
falsifying the Quranic witness to the Bible:
- Sura 7:156-157:
- "And I will write down (my mercy) for those who are righteous and give alms and who
believe in our signs; who follow the apostle, the unlettered prophet, whom they find
written in the Torah and the Gospel THAT IS WITH THEM.
If these verses are correct then the Torah and Gospel which were available to Muhammad
in AD. 600 were the Word of God, even though this would have been the same Torah which the
NIV says contains later additions!!! Hence, if Osama is correct in rejecting the Torah
then the Quran is wrong for confirming it!!!
- Sura 53:36:
- "Nay is he not acquainted with what IS IN THE BOOKS OF MOSES."
- Sura 5:46:
- "But why do they (the Jews) come to thee for decision, when they have the Torah
in which IS the command of God."
- Sura 5:50:
- "And let the People of the Gospel judge by what God has revealed in it. If
any fail to judge by what God has revealed, they are licentious."
- Sura 5:71:
- "Say, O People of the Book! You are not (founded) on anything UNTIL you PERFORM
the TORAH and the GOSPEL, and what was revealed to you from your Lord."
- Sura 3:93-94:
- "All food was lawful to the children of Israel except what Israel made unlawful for
itself before the Torah was revealed. Say, `BRING the TORAH and READ it, if you are men
of truth.' If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to God, they are indeed
transgressors."
- Sura. 28:48-49:
- "But when the truth has come to them from Us, they say: `why is he not given the
like of what was given to Moses?' Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses
before? They say: `Two kinds of magic (the Torah and the Quran) each helping the
other!' And they say: `Verily! In both we are disbelievers.' Say (to them, O
Muhammad): `Then bring a Book from Allah, which is a better guide than these TWO
(the Torah and the Quran), that I may follow it, if you are truthful.'"
Notice how Muhammad is commanded to defend both the Quran and the Torah of Moses that
was available to him as guidance from God. No mention of textual corruption whatsoever. So
was Muhammad ignorant of these facts? Or did the Quran consider these to be the word of
God? The answer is the latter due to the fact that Moses lived long before the advent of
Islam. Therefore Osama is either wrong or the Quran is wrong.
- Sura 32:23:
- "We did indeed aforetime give the Book to Moses: Be not then in doubt of its REACHING
(THEE): And we made it a guide to the Children of Israel."
These verses clearly show that an uncorrupted Torah and Gospel existed which both Jews
and Christians were commanded to study and adhere to. The only Torah the Jews have ever
known, and Gospel that Christians have possessed are that which make up the five books of
Moses and the four gospel accounts* found in our modern Bibles today. These Quranic verses
sufficiently expose Osama!!!
My response:
You (I believe accidentally) have misquoted Noble Verses 7:156-157. Here is what
the Noble Verses say:
""And ordain for us that which is good, in this life
and in the Hereafter: for we have turned unto Thee." He said: "With My
punishment I visit whom I will; but My mercy extendeth to all things. That (mercy) I shall
ordain for those who do right, and practise regular charity, and those who believe in Our
signs;- (The Noble Quran, 7:156)"
""Those who follow the apostle, 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." (The
Noble Quran, 7:157)"
To find out what Biblical verses predict the coming of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him, please visit: Muhammad was
foretold by the name in the Bible's Old and New Testaments.
We Muslims never declared that the entire Bible is not from GOD Almighty. We
declare that the Bible is mixed between GOD Almighty's Holy Words and man's alterations
and innovations, which makes the entire Bible corrupt/doubtful. The Noble Quran
makes a clear mention about this. Allah Almighty clearly declared this:
"Know they not Allah Knoweth what they conceal and what they
reveal? And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book (i.e., the Bible), but
(see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture. Then woe to
those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: 'This is from Allah,' To
traffic with it for a miserable price! Woe to them for what their hands do
write, and for the gain they make thereby. (The Noble Quran, 2:77-79)"
"O Apostle! let not those grieve thee, who race each other
into unbelief: (whether it be) among those who say "We believe" with their lips
but whose hearts have no faith; or it be among the Jews,- men who will listen to any lie,-
will listen even to others who have never so much as come to thee. They change
the words from their (right) times and places: they say, 'If ye are given
this, take it, but if not, beware!' If any one's trial is intended by God, thou hast no
authority in the least for him against God. For such - it is not God's will to purify
their hearts. For them there is disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a heavy
punishment. (The Noble Quran, 5:41)"
Narrated Ubaidullah: "Ibn 'Abbas said, "Why do
you ask the people of the scripture about anything while your Book (Quran) which has been
revealed to Allah's Apostle is newer and the latest? You read it pure, undistorted and
unchanged, and Allah has told you that the people of the scripture (Jews and
Christians) changed their scripture and distorted it, and wrote the scripture with their
own hands and said, 'It is from Allah,' to sell it for a little gain. Does
not the knowledge which has come to you prevent you from asking them about anything? No,
by Allah, we have never seen any man from them asking you regarding what has been revealed
to you!" (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Holding
Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah, Volume 9, Book 92, Number 461)"
Please visit: What parts of the
Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
He wrote:
The book of Joshua: "It seems safe to conclude that the
book, at least in its early form, dates from the beginning of the monarchy. Some think
that Samuel may have had a hand in shaping or compiling the materials of the book, but in
fact we are unsure who the final author or editor was. (From the NIV Bible Commentary,
page 286)"
Again, another book whom we don't know who in the world wrote it. Yet, Jews and
Christians consider this nonsense as a Revelation from GOD Almighty.
Another misinterpretation and misquotation. The NIV says that THEY ARE UNSURE OF WHO
THE FINAL EDITOR WAS. However, it says nothing about the author being unknown!! Osama
doesn't even know how to differentiate an editor from an author!! The author writes the
book, the editor makes sure everything written is in its proper place. Read this important
quote by the NIV commentary:
But tradition, LOGIC AND THE ACCEPTED TITLE OF THE BOOK ALL POINT TO JOSHUA AS THE
AUTHOR. ..this book is a result of a "journal" kept on a regular basis--
either by Joshua himself or by someone who was very close to the events recorded in the
book. SOME OF WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA IS TOO DETAILED NOT TO HAVE BEEN
THE RESULT OF AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT. (NIV Living Insights bible, Commentary on Joshua,
pg. 209)
Once again our point is established since the NIV DOES SAY THAT Joshua was the author
of this book.
If Osama's logic were true that the person himself must write the entire biblical book
bearing his name for it to be credible, then we must call into question every journal,
article and/or book that have been edited by individuals other than the author!! That
means all of history would be incorrect, even Islamic history, which has many historical
journals on the life of Muhammad that have undergone editing.
Let us again quote those parts of the NIV Study Bible which Osama didn't want his
readers to see:
Joshua is a story of conquest and fulfillment FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD (NIV Study
Bible, Commentary on Joshua, pg. 286)
According to the NIV Study Bible, Joshua details the fulfillment of Gods promises
to his people, the Israelites. No mention of corruption whatsoever.
In the judgment of many scholars Joshua was not written until the end of the period of
the kings, some 800 years after the actual events. But there are significant reasons to
question this conclusion and to place the time of composition much earlier. THE
EARLIEST JEWISH TRADITIONS (TALMUD) CLAIM THAT JOSHUA WROTE HIS OWN BOOK EXCEPT FOR THE
FINAL SECTION ABOUT HIS FUNERAL, which is attributed to Eleazer son of Aaron...Morever,
the author's observation are accurate and precise. He is thoroughly at ease with the
antiquated names of cities, such as "the Jebusite city" for Jerusalem, Kiriath
Arba for Hebron, and Greater Sidon for what later became simply Sidon. (NIV Study Bible,
Commentary on Joshua, pg. 286)
Contrary to Osama's misquoting:
Some think that Samuel may have had a hand in shaping or
compiling the materials of the book, but in fact we are unsure who the final author or
editor was. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 286)
The NIV says that there are many problems in using this thinking due to the fact that
Joshua's reporting was precise and accurate. If Joshua was indeed late than we would
expect to see Tyre mentioned. This would in fact prove Osama's assertions. However:
Tyre is never mentioned because in the days of Joshua it had not yet developed
into a port of major importance. (IBID, pg. 286)
Not only does this destroy Osama's fallacious assertions but also proves our point that
books such as Judges and Genesis had to be updated for the people since these books
contained place names of an earlier period which would have otherwise not been known to a
later generation. Today, that would be the equivalent of improving Shakespeare for people
of modern English to understand since the majority of English speaking people no longer
comprehend Old English.
My response:
Again, reread the quote again:
"It seems safe to conclude that the book, at least in its
early form, dates from the beginning of the monarchy. Some think that Samuel may have had
a hand in shaping or compiling the materials of the book, but in fact we are
unsure who the final author or editor was. (From
the NIV Bible Commentary, page 286)"
They are unsure who the final AUTHOR was. What is wrong with this quote Quennel?
Where am I being wrong? Let alone being a "liar"?!
Even Jeremiah 8:8 recognizes the forgery of the additions and tampering with the
original Bible:
"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is
with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
(From the RSV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"
Need we say more Quennel?
He wrote:
The book of Judges:
"Although, according to tradition, Samuel wrote the book, authorship is actually
uncertain."
"The date of the composition is also unknown, but it was undoubtedly during the
monarchy." (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 322).
Another book with many doubts had been inserted into the Bible. How much more evidence
do you need to be convinced that the Bible is corrupted, or to say the least, not a
perfect book?
Again Osama puts words into the NIV's mouth. This falls under the previous fallacy, if
the authorship was uncertain the book is therefore false. This also falls under the
fallacy of unprovability since the book can both be true and the author unknown. If Osama
is correct, then every book whose author is unknown must be false. Again, an for the
umpteenth time, notice how Osama intentionally misquotes his sources:
Although, according to tradition, Samuel wrote the book, authorship is actually
uncertain. It is possible that Samuel assembled some of the accounts FROM THE PERIOD OF
THE JUDGES and that such prophets as Nathan and Gad, both of whom were associated with
David's court, had a hand in shaping and editing the material. (NIV Study Bible,
Commentary on Judges, pg. 322)
The NIV says that Samuel could have assembled the material which was already known and
composed it for our learning. If Osama disagrees with this then he must reject the entire
Sahih Hadith of Islam, which was composed the exact same way.
Since he reiterated over and over again how we should only use the Hadiths, we find it
strange that he applies a double standard with Judges. The NIV, in discussing the contents
of the Book which deals with the consistent failure of the Jews to live up to the covenant
commands and Gods deliverance, writes:
We find this to be the case as far back as the ancient people of Israel and never
more obviously described than in the book of Judges. (NIV Living Insights Bible, pg.
235)
The Quran mentions many times how the Israelites fled from God. Where did it get most
of its information? From the book of Judges of course!! This book is the only one in the
Bible that covers Israels depravity explicitly and in greater detail than any other
one. So again we must conclude that the Quran is false for utilizing this information.
My response:
How are your quote and comments supposed to prove that the book of Judges was a
Revelation from GOD Almighty? You yourself did not even establish this conclusion.
So how am I being a liar here Quennel?
Also, the quotes I wrote down from the NIV Bible are pretty much self explanatory:
"Although, according to tradition, Samuel wrote the book, authorship
is actually uncertain."
"The date of the composition is also unknown, but it was
undoubtedly during the monarchy."
(From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 322).
As to the "Sahih" Hadiths:
First of all, not a single Muslim on earth would claim that they are the Revelations of
GOD Almighty.
Second, the Hadiths (Sayings of Prophet Muhammad) are simply narrations of Prophet
Muhammd's Sayings. They are not Noble Quran.
Third, not every Hadith is a "strong Hadith". Many Hadiths are marked
as "weak", because their chain of narrations are either broken (missing periods
between narrators had been noticed), or the people who narrated them are not trustful.
A note to the reader: You
comparing the Bible to the Hadiths and not to the Noble Quran clearly proves that deep
inside yourself you very well know that the Bible of today is corrupted. Again,
visit: What parts of the
Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
He wrote:
The book of Ruth:
"The author is unknown. Jewish tradition points to Samuel, but it is unlikely that
he is the author because the mention of David (4:17,22) implies a later date. (From the
NIV Bible Commentary, page 360)"
Same as above.
This has no effect on Ruth since this book is a biography and therefore doesn't have to
be written by the author. Read the NIV commentary as to how God's message is revealed in
Ruth:
There's one significant messagge that comes through in the book of Ruth: God doesn't
leave us in hard times. (NIV Living Insights Bible, Commentary on Ruth, pg. 261)
According to the NIV Ruth portrays a very important message of God himself. Since Osama
is obviously arguing under a fallacy, he is too dull to realize that a biography of Ruth's
life doesn't constitute proof that it is an erroneous book. Read how the NIV Study Bible
extols Ruth's literary quality:
The book of Ruth is a Hebrew short story, told with CONSUMMATE SKILL. Among
HISTORICAL NARRATIVES IN SCRIPTURE it is unexcelled in its compactness, vividness,
warmth, beauty and dramatic effectiveness--- AN EXQUISITELY WROUGHT JEWEL OF HEBREW
NARRATIVE ART (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Ruth, pg. 361)
According to the NIV Study Bible, the supposed corrupted book of Ruth is a literary
jewel as well as a historical narrative in scripture!! Why would the NIV say this if it
claimed that the book was corrupted? This would be highly illogical. This shows us again
that Osama does nothing more than misquote.
My response:
You have yet to prove that the book of Ruth was an actual Revelation from GOD Almighty.
You have also yet to prove that the book of Ruth was written by Ruth. Any
ordinary person could've written that book. That person would not have had to be a
Prophet or a Messenger. This means Quennel, that your Bible is not ALL from GOD
Almighty since you seem to agree with me that AT LEAST the book of Ruth is not really from
GOD Almighty.
Where would this leave the PERFECTION and purity of the Bible (that it is all 100%
revealed from GOD Almighty)? In the dumpster? I'll let you answer this one.
He wrote:
The books of 1 and 2 Samuel:
"Many questions have arisen pertaining to the literary character, authorship and
date of 1,2 Samuel."
"Who the author was cannot be known with certainty since the book itself gives no
indication of his identity." (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 368).
Again, unknown books with unknown authors had been inserted into the Bible and are now
considered GOD's Revelations. What a joke! Since when do we consider man-made stories and
narrations as GOD's Revelations?
Samuel again is the biography of the life of the prophet. Notice that Samuel was busy
doing God's work and since the Jews had many scribes they wrote down his work for us to
cherish. In fact, without Samuel we wouldn't even have King David, which the Quran
mentions over and over again. Therefore, since the Quran derives its information on David
and others from sources that are dependant on books such as Samuel (since apart from these
records next to nothing would be known about David) it too is corrupt and unreliable!
My response:
Again, you have yet to prove that the books of Samuel were actual Revelations from GOD
Almighty. You have also yet to prove that the books of Samuel were written by Samuel
himself! Any ordinary person could've written these books. That person would
not have had to be a Prophet or a Messenger. This means Quennel, that your Bible is
not ALL from GOD Almighty since you seem to agree with me that AT LEAST the book of Ruth
and the books of Samuel are not really from GOD Almighty.
Again, where would this leave the PERFECTION and purity of the Bible (that it is all
100% revealed from GOD Almighty)? In the dumpster? I'll let you answer this
one.
He wrote:
His argument of I and II Kings falls under the same category. There's no need to
repeat this.
The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles:
"According to ancient Jewish tradition, Ezra wrote Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah
(see Introduction to Ezra: Literary Form and Authorship), but this cannot be established
with certainty. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 569)"
Again, another doubtful nonsense had been considered to be GOD's Revelations.
The NIV doesn't say that the book was doubtful because the author wasn't possibly Ezra.
Read what it says:
GOD KNEW HE WAS NOT WHIPPING UP A BEST SELLER WHEN HE INSPIRED THE BOOKS OF
CHRONICLES-- but he never intended to...EZRA WROTE FROM A SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE AND
VANTAGE POINT. He was looking back on the history of his people after their spiritual
erosion, fall and captivity. When you write something from hindsight, you have a lot of
insight, and that is what EZRA BROUGHT TO THE RECORD CONTAINED IN CHRONICLES (NIV
Living Insights Bible, Commentary on Chronicles, pg. 402)
The NIV attributes Ezra's words and the books of Chronicles to the inspiration of God.
Therefore, Osama's theory about the unknown author means nothing as far as inspiration is
concerned. Since God inspired all of the Holy Bible, why should it matter if names were
mentioned or not? What makes this even worse is that even when a book does mention the
authors name Osama still finds reasons to reject it, such as his rejection of Paul
for allegedly inventing new doctrine. Either way, his arguments are simply bogus. Here is
more information on Chronicles:
And it must be acknowledge that the author, if not Ezra himself, AT LEAST SHARED
MANY BASIC CONCERNS WITH THAT REFORMING PRIEST. (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on
Chronicles, pg. 571)
The NIV Study Bible argues that Ezra came from the time of Ezra, and if he didnt
write it then a close eyewitness wrote it.
My response:
Notice how Quennel jumped from the Old Testament to Paul in the New Testament.
What Quennel fails to understand is that there is no one Holy Book called "The
Bible"! The word "Bible" itself does not even exist in the Bible!!
So therefore Quennel, you can't say "the entire Bible was inspired by
God", because you have absolutely no proof for that!
In fact, when one examines closely the history of every book and gospel in the Bible,
he will immediately see the overwhelming doubts and man's innovations and corruptions
inserted into this corrupted book, the Bible.
No truthful and knowledable person would take the Bible as a whole. The Bible
must be looked at and considered as a bunch of historical books put together. They
consist of many Jewish customs and man's words. Again, it is ironic that Jeremiah
8:8 in the Bible itself agrees with this fact:
"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is
with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
(From the RSV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"
He wrote:
The book of Esther:
"Although we do not know who wrote the book of Esther, from internal evidence it
is possible to make some inferences about the author and the date of composition. (From
the NIV Bible Commentary, page 707)"
Same as above.
More of Osama's faulty logic, read this on Esther:
The events recorded in the book Esther took place during the zenith of the
Persian empire.(NIV Living Insights Bible, Commentary on Esther, pg. 507)
Esther's material was recorded as they took place, being a biography not an
autobiography. Esther obviously wouldn't write this book due to the fact that she was
Queen and her position in the Kingdom precluded her from being a scribe. The scribes and
historians wrote books in ancient Persia. Do we find US presidents writing their own
books? NO. Are we able to read accurate information on their lives by others such as
historians and/or biographers? Yes.
My response:
Again Quennel, how are your words here supposed to prove that the book of Esther is the
Holy Revelation of GOD Almighty?! Your biblical standards are obviously very very
low. You take junk and attribute it to GOD Almighty for a misarable price:
"Know they not Allah Knoweth what they conceal and what they
reveal? And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book (i.e., the Bible), but
(see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture. Then woe to
those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: 'This is from Allah,' To
traffic with it for a miserable price! Woe to them for what their hands do
write, and for the gain they make thereby. (The Noble Quran, 2:77-79)"
"O Apostle! let not those grieve thee, who race each other
into unbelief: (whether it be) among those who say "We believe" with their lips
but whose hearts have no faith; or it be among the Jews,- men who will listen to any lie,-
will listen even to others who have never so much as come to thee. They change
the words from their (right) times and places: they say, 'If ye are given
this, take it, but if not, beware!' If any one's trial is intended by God, thou hast no
authority in the least for him against God. For such - it is not God's will to purify
their hearts. For them there is disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a heavy
punishment. (The Noble Quran, 5:41)"
I feel sorry for your soul Quennel.
He wrote:
Here is more on Esther:
Again and again through the book of Esther we see the LORD'S WORKING. As you
read Esther, take note of how many times God worked in the little things of life.
(Ibid, pg. 508)
The NIV says nothing about Esther being corrupted but actually extols it for being a
book to look to when wanting to read about God working in the little things of our life.
Here the NIV Study Bible concurs by saying:
The earliest reference to the land of Judah or to Jerusalem suggest that he was a
resident of a Persian city. The earliest date for the book would be shortly after the
events narrated, i.e., c. 460 B.C.,. INTERNAL EVIDENCE also suggest that the festival of
Purim had been observed for some time prior to the writing of the book. (NIV Study
Bible, Commentary on Esther, pg. 709)
Again Osama's nonsense is thoroughly refuted. Esther is a true historical narrative of
how God worked through a Jewish woman to deliver his people.
My response:
"Osama's nonsense"?! The only nonsense here is you and your corrupted
Bible Quennel. These same clowns of the NIV Bible committee did not prove anything
about the book of Esther being the Holy Revelations of GOD Almighty. They themselves
wrote:
"Although we do not know who wrote the book of Esther, from
internal evidence it is possible to make some inferences about the author and the date of
composition. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 707)"
Need we say more? To a brainless person such as yourself we always do, but to the
reader, I think this is sufficient enough.
He wrote:
The book of Job:
"Although most of the book consists of the words of Job and his counselors, Job
himself was not the author."
"The unknown author probably had access to oral and/or written sources...."
(From the NIV Bible commentary, page 722).
Ironically, the book is named as "The book of Job", but yet, Job was not the
author, and no one in this world knows who wrote the book. Today, it is considered GOD's
Revelations.
It's quite pathetic to consider unknown people as GOD's Messengers and attribute their
work to GOD's real Messengers.
It's obvious that like most of the Bible's book and gospels, the Book of Job had been
lost.
Notice the NIV quote says that JOB is mostly:
the words of Job and his counselors,
Osama ignores this part and then claims that since Job wasn't the author that this book
is corrupted or it isn't God's word. Osama conveniently failed to present the following
info to his readers:
The unknown author probably had access to oral and/or written sources from which, UNDER
DIVINE INSPIRATION, he composed the book that we now have. Of course the subject
matter of the prologue HAD TO BE DIVINELY REVEALED TO HIM, SINCE IT CONTAINED
INFORMATION ONLY GOD COULD KNOW. (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Job, pg. 722)
While Osama said that it was pathetic to consider books such as Job the word of God,
the NIV, which he claims support his arguments, states that this book was written
UNDER DIVINE INSPIRATION... SINCE IT CONTAINED INFORMATION ONLY GOD
COULD KNOW
My response:
Oh my GOD, really??!! And what is that information that only GOD Almighty knew?!
Care to elaborate more on this so we can examin it with intellegence? Not
every person is like you Quennel. Not everyone is stupid enough to take things
blindly. People do have brains and they have the divine right to use them.
This is something your corrupted bible had deprived you from using.
He wrote:
With this being said, and the NIV Study Bible exposing Osama, we also note that:
Job was a biography of the Patriach more than a self writing. (Scoffield, NKJV
pg. 245)
So we see that Job was a biography and not a autobiography, the NIV concurs with this
by saying:
Job's story begins almist like a timewoven fairy tale. You might be tempted to add,
"Once upon a time" as you start reading:
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and
upright; he feared God and shunned evil 1:1:
What a remarkable BIOGRAPHY IN ONE VERSE! (NIV Living Insights Bible, Commentary
on Job, pg. 519)
Based on the NIV, the reason why Job wasn't the author is because this book is a
divinely inspired biography of him!!
My response:
How do the clowns of the NIV Bible committee know that the book of Job was divinely
inspired when they themselves don't even know who wrote the book??!!
My dear GOD, what kind of stupidity are we dealing with here??!!
He wrote:
Osama is hilarious when he tries to impose his silly logic on the Bible.
My response:
Silly logic? The only silly thing here is you and your silly bible for not being
serious and respectful to your Creator. You attribute garbage to GOD Almighty, and
yet, you call me silly?
He wrote:
Every book isn't an autobiography in the Bible. We can apply this same logic to the
Quran, which has Surah's named after people who didn't write them:
10.YUNUS (JONAH)
11.HUD (HUD)
12.YUSUF (JOSEPH)
14.IBRAHIM (ABRAHAM)
19.MARYAM (MARY)
27.AN-NAML (THE ANT, THE ANTS)
34.SABA (SABA, SHEBA)
47.MUHAMMAD (MUHAMMAD)
71.NOOH (NOAH)
72.AL-JINN (THE JINN)
105.AL-FIL (THE ELEPHANT)
Osama's comment: It's quite pathetic to consider unknown people as GOD's Messengers and
attribute their work to GOD's real Messengers.
My response:
You have obviously reached your desperate point to switch topics to the Noble Quran.
The naming of the Noble Chapters in the Noble Quran was determined by Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him, because the Names were inspired by GOD Almighty to him.
The names represent the main event(s) that each Noble Chapter is talking about.
How does this have anything to do with the obvious and irrifutable corruptions in your
"silly" bible?
He wrote:
So who were the real authors of these books? Did the ants write? Did the Elephant write
a Surah? Last I checked, Joseph, Mary, Abraham, etc., were dead before the Quran was
given. We see that at least 11 Surahs in the Quran were named after people who didn't
write them!! So these Surahs cannot be the word of God if Osama's logic is correct!!!
However, Osama clearly takes them as biographies of these individuals. We wonder why then
does he use a double standard?
My response:
Again, you have obviously reached your most desperate point, because you are now
babeling and shifting the subject to the Noble Quran with stupid comments that any
ordinary Muslim would laugh at when he/she hears it. Again, the naming of the Noble
Chapters in the Noble Quran was determined by Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, because
the Names were inspired by GOD Almighty to him. The names represent the main
event(s) that each Noble Chapter is talking about.
Again, how does this have anything to do with the obvious and irrifutable corruptions
in your "silly" bible?
He wrote:
The NIV not only calls Job a biography but it says nothing the book being corrupted or
lost.
My response:
They have presented the historical facts that clearly proved that the books were
written by mysterious people. How can any truthful person consider such junk as GOD
Almighty's Holy Words?
He wrote:
In essence the NIV has no problem that the human author was unknown since they believe
that these books were given BY DIVINE INSPIRATION NO MATTER WHO THE AUTHOR WAS!!!
My response:
They have yet to find the original author of these books to then determine whether
these books were divinely inspired or not. Any clown such as yourself could've
written these books. Is that clown a Prophet/Messenger from GOD Almighty? Are
you Quennel a Prophet/Messenger from GOD Almighty?
With a stupid person such as yourself, it would'nt suprise me if you in the future
claim that you're the Messiah.
He wrote:
The book of Proverbs:
"Although the book begins with a title ascribing the proverbs to Solomon, it is
clear from later chapters that he was not the only author of the book. (From the NIV Bible
Commentary, page 935)"
Can anyone please tell me who that other author was? And did GOD Almighty spoke those
words through his tongue?
These are fair questions, aren't they?
That is a fair question so we will let the NIV answer it for us:
My response:
Before I let you continue, I just have to say that it is very funny and odd that you
now think of this question as a fair one. All of my other questions were the same
exact thing as this one! Why is it different now?
He wrote:
Ch. 30 is attributed to Agur son of Jakeh and 31:1-9 to King Lemuel, neither of
whom is mentioned elsewhere. Lemuel's sayings contain several Aramaic spellings that point
to a non-Israelite background. (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Proverbs, pg. 935)
The NIV tells us who the other authors were. Osama intentionally ignored this in order
to push his view that if the person in question didn't write the book or if the authors
are unknown then it can't from God. As for the Book of Proverbs being the word of God, we
let the NIV Living Insight Bible answer this:
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, offers this kind of peerless wisdom. I guarantee you, you
won't find this much practical discernment in any other literature. THE KIND OF WISDOM
CONTAINED IN GOD'S DIVINE TRUTH IS JUST NOT TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE. (NIV Living
Insights Bible, Commentary on Proverbs, pg. 634)
Hence, question answered completely by the NIV.
My response:
First of all, how do they know that Agur son of Jakeh and King Lemuel were the
co-authors? Second of all, they said that since this wisdom is "kind of
peerless wisdom", then it is from GOD Almighty. Well, since the other two
co-authors wrote the rest of the book of Proverbs according to the NIV Bible committee,
then it is obvious that others beside King Solomon were able to come up with a
"peerless wisdom". So this peerless conclusion is really no more than
peerless stupidity!
Also Quennel, if the book of Proverbs was truly inspired by GOD Almighty (which
ironically the NIV Bible committee agree that it wasn't all revealed, which clearly
refutes the "Bible is 100% faultless" nonsense), then GOD Almighty would not let
clowns like Agur and Lemuel tamper with His Holy Words.
But then again, why should I expect these high Islamic standards from brainless clowns
such as yourself?
He wrote:
The book of Ecclesiastes:
"No time period or writer's name is mentioned in the book, but several passages
strongly suggest that King Solomon is the authors. On the other hand, the writer's title,
his unique style of Hebrew and his attitude toward rulers may point to another person and
a later period. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 988)"
Was it or was it not Solomon who wrote this book? If you say it was Solomon, then how
can you prove it?
Notice that Osama takes weaker evidence over stronger evidence. The NIV has passages
which strongly suggest that Solomon is the writer.
My response:
Quennel, how come you didn't consider this question to be a fair one also? Is it
because you have no answer (even if it was a very stupid one like your previous one) for
it?
And as far as taking weaker evidence over a stronger one, I did not do that. All
I did was raise a very fair and simple question that is too difficult for satanic
decievers like to you answer.
Your whole bible is confusing Quennel. Is GOD Almighty a GOD of confusion?
I'll let you answer this one.
He wrote:
Osama, however, appeals to probable evidence which claims that it may point to another
author. This tells us that Osama is only interested in using evidence, which in some cases
are unprovable, to promote Bible corruption.
And by the way, was this book a revelation to Solomon, or just
Solomon's own personal writings, if it were Solomon's book from the first place?
Lets allow the NIV to address this for us again:
God breath out his message through the pen of human beings. However, not everything in
this book is intended to be a rule to live by. MANY OF THE ARGUMENTS IN ECCLESIASTES
ARE NOT GOD'S ARGUMENT; THEY ARE GOD'S ACCURATE RECORD OF HUMAN ARGUMENTS (NIV Living
Insights Bible, Commentary on Ecclesiastes, pg. 665)
Ouch!! The NIV says that this book is GOD'S ACCURATE RECORD OF HUMAN ARGUMENTS. This
means that according to the NIV the other author was God himself!!! Another bogus argument
of Osama, refuted by the NIV!!!
My response:
And what gives these clowns the right to say "God's accurate record of human
arguments", when they themselves don't even know who wrote the book to begin with?!
You are victim of your Bible Quennel. The Bible truly breeds stupidity and
blindness. I feel sorry for you.
He wrote:
Did you know that the number of chapters in this book are more in
the Roman Catholic Bibles? Please compare the number of chapters of the book of
Ecclesiastes in the NIV Bible to the number of chapters in the Roman Catholic New
Jerusalem Bible.
Really? Show proof of this if you are truthful. But before you do that, let me remind
you that I attended a Roman Catholic High School and received straight A's in Hebrew
Scriptures. The Roman Catholic Bible was canonized late in the Middle Ages and many of the
material in it isn't even considered to be the word of God by Catholic themselves.
My response:
The different "Canons" of the Bible!
Different and conflicting variations of "gospels"
and "books" that are disagreed upon by the Churches today.
101 Contradictions
in the Bible!
Hahaha. If I remember correctly, the New Jerusalem Bible had either 22 or 30+
chapters. Something like that, while the NIV Bible has only 12 chapters. I am
certain that you yourself know this very well, but because you are a deciever and a joker
who is only looking to win arguments (even if it's through stupidity and deceptions) and
not learn the Truth, you rely on picking silly things like this (like me not including the
same exact number of chapters) to desperately attempt to fool the reader and make it look
like that my argument is baseless and weak.
I got bad news for you Quennel. I will look up the exact number of chapters in
the New Jerusalem Bible and I will post it and expose you.
And by the way, this corrupted book claims that the Sun hurries
back to where it rises:
"The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where
it rises. (From the NIV Bible, Ecclesiastes 1:5)"
Since when the Sun hurries back to where it rises, like if there is some hole it rises
from and another hole it sets through on Earth?!
For those Jews and Christians who would like to see where in the Noble Quran does Allah
Almighty say that the planets in space rotate and move, read the following Noble Verse:
"It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and
the moon, all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its orbit with its own motion.
(The Noble Quran, 21:33)"
For more information and other Noble Verses, please visit:
Science in the Noble Quran and Islam.
The Earth is round according to Islam.
Also visit The Earth is
flat according to the Bible.
He wrote:
Let us look at this verse from this book: "....and the birth
of ANY daughter is a loss. (From the New Jerusalem Bible, Ecclesiasticus 22:3)" Since
when does GOD give stupid generalizing statements for ALL the members of a certain group
of His creation?
Obviously, one of those bibles has to be wrong. Or should I say both?!
Again hasty generalization and notice the presupposition. Since one Bible disagrees,
all of them must be wrong according to Osama. Maybe we should inform him that the Hebrew
Bible was canonized before the start of Roman Catholicism which began in the mid 300s AD.
Therefore, your stance is tremendously flawed. As for this verse, this doesn't matter to
us since it isn't originally part of the Jewish canon of the Old Testament.
My response:
Notice Chapter 22 in the New Jerusalem Bible. The NIV only has 12. Yet,
this clown asks me to prove that the New Jerusalem Bible has different quantity of
chapters in this corrupted book than the NIV Bible. Well, this is a proof by itself.
Also Quennel, are you telling us here that Ecclesiasticus 22:3 is
not from GOD Almighty? Are you telling us here that it is ok to have bibles with
different number of chapters in their books? How are we to know which is truthful
and which isn't?
As to the New Jerusalem Bible's book of Ecclesiasticus, I am
certain that the followers of this Bible will totally disagree with you that its chapters
are not all from GOD Almighty. Of course to me, non of this trash is from GOD
Almighty, but to them, I am sure they are ready to refute you.
In either case, the reader here clearly see the obvious
corruption in the Bible.
He wrote:
The book of Song of Songs:
"Verse 1 appears to ascribe authorship to Solomon. Solomon is referred to seven
times, and several verses speak of the 'king', but whether he was the author remains an
open question. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 997)"
Again, we don't know who wrote the book. Please visit X-Rated Pornography in the Bible
regarding this pornful and sick book.
Osama totally ignores what his quote says:
Verse 1 appears to ASCRIBE AUTHORSHIP TO SOLOMON. Solomon is referred to seven times,
and several verses speak of the 'king', but whether he was the author remains an open
question. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 997
The NIV says that Solomon was the author and then it states whether if he was the only
author.
My response:
No you liar that's not what the quote says. It says that it appears that Solomon
was the author, but the reality of this remains an open question. It doesn't talk
about him being a sole author, or if there is a co-author.
Also, you seem to have no problem with having clowns such as yourself being co-authors
in your garbage bible, do you? You have no problem in having trash mixed with the
Holy Words of GOD Almighty Quennel, do you?
He wrote:
So Osama is appealing to improbability. That's not good enough.
My response:
You're a joker man.
He wrote:
Osama also has an obsession with calling Song of Songs a pornful book. However, what he
fails to address is how can sex between a husband and wife be considered pornography? So,
in other words, all human sexuality is pornography according to Osama. Here are some
responses to Osama by people on my discussion board:
Osama, do you have a problem with your sexuality? (Written by Josef at 27 Apr 2001
23:23:53:)
He responds by saying-No, but I do have a problem with you Song of Songs Gospel crap.
My response:
This is addressed in great details in my article at: X-Rated
Pornography in the Bible. But to briefly answer Quennel, here is
my answer:
"A quick answer to the Christian folks who claim that the "Song of
Songs" book in the Bible is talking about a husband and a wife: As you will see
below in the article, the book is not talking about a husband and a wife. It's
talking about two lovers. But even if it was talking about a husband and a wife,
then wouldn't you agree with me that exposing your wife's
privates to the world is pornography by itself?"
(www.answering-christianity.com/x_rated.htm)
Let us look at few pornful verses from this hardcore pornography book:
Comparing the sister's breasts to the size of the towers:
Let us look at the following verses: "We have a young sister, and her
breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken
for? (Song of Songs 8:8)"
and later about the sister....."I am a wall, and my
breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing
contentment. (Song of Songs 8:10)"
Let us look at Song of Songs 4:5 "Your
two breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle that browse
among the lilies."
Praising the bed that they had sex on:
Let us look at Song of Songs 1:16 "How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our
bed is verdant"
Having sex all night long: Let us look at
Proverbs 7:18 "Come, let's drink
deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!"
His right arm sexually feeling her body:
Let us look at Song of Songs 2:6 "His
left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me."
Sleeping with his sister: Let us look at Song of Songs 5:4 "I slept but my heart
was awake. Listen! My lover is knocking: 'Open to me, my sister,
my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the
dampness of the night.' I have taken off my robe [showed
off his groin in other words] must I put it on again? I have
washed my feet, must I soil them again? My lover thrust his hand through the
latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him." What
a disgusting way for someone to talk so pervertly about his sister like that!!
Again, please visit www.answering-christianity.com/x_rated.htm
for more details and proofs.
He wrote:
However what Osama fails to realize is that his stance on this issue is based on his
opinion.
My response:
No opinions here. Just pure facts! I'll leave the opinions and man-made
conclusions such as your polytheist pagan trinity to you and your people since the word
"trinity" does not even exist in the Bible.
He wrote:
Notice that he doesn't give a reason as to why he has a problem with this and he
couldn't even answer me correctly when I told him, "what is wrong with sex between a
husband and a wife?" His only argument is that it shouldn't be stated. However,
shouldn't a delicate thing such as human sexuality be expounded on? Apparently Osama
thinks that God should leave everyone in the dark on this issue. Read what a lady said on
Song of Song, on my discussion board:
Hello Osama,
maybe you "have no problems with sex" but maybe with alcohol?
I think it is great to read that a womans vagina tastes for a man in this way, lovely!!
Sexual sensuality is something great, given by GOD to the people. You should show respect
for GODs creation and respect human sexuality and feeling expressions about it, remember
you was done by your parents in the same way.
I´m no christan, jew or muslim, but a real woman! (Written by Tjejen at 29 Apr 2001
10:07:01:)
This is coming from a woman!! She asks him what is wrong with human sexuality, since it
is a gift from God? Osama responds by saying:
Dear mam,
Please don't take this the wrong way, but perhaps if your 12-year old daughter gets
pregnant or your 10-year old son catches the AIDS Virus, then you'll realize how your
careless open sexuality is too harmful for you and for the society that you live in.
Regards, Osama Abdallah
NOTICE THAT OSAMA IS ATTACKING NON-SEXUAL SEX, BUT SOLOMON IS SEX BETWEEN HUSBAND
AND WIFE ONLY!!!
My response:
When one reads my X-Rated
Pornography in the Bible article, and sees the above quotes that I
quoted from the Song of Songs book and many more, he/she will immediately realize that it
is not talking about sex (because sex is created from GOD Almighty), but rather putting on
a show of pornography between two "lovers" and a "brother and a
sister".
When her vagina taste like wine to him, and her breasts are as tall as a
"tower", and she wished that he was her biological brother she wouldn't have to
take him to her mother's home in secret (to do her all night long!!), then this become
explicit and graphic pornography.
Otherwise Quennel, why do you condemn the pornography web sites on the internet?
Or do you really?
He wrote:
So again he fells to address the issue. Notice that none of his examples in his
statement relates to married people but only to teenagers. Also, Osama doesn't provide any
evidence that they based their sexual situations on Solomon. So basically Osama is
attacking pornography and unmarried sex and baloming that on Song of Songs which is
discussing sex BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND WIFE!! How stupid can you get!!
My response:
How stupid can I get? You will eat those silly and nonsensical words of yours in
the Day of Judgement when GOD Almighty pours His Wrath upon you and upon your
pornography-loving brethrens.
He wrote:
Read this from Bible Sex Facts:
13. Is it all right for a married couple to use pornography during foreplay?
No. There is no moral difference between a single person using pornography while
masturbating and a married couple using it during foreplay. In both situations, the
sexually-explicit pictures are causing lustful feelings directed to the models in the
pictures. Sexual desire for a person who is not your spouse is lust. Jesus said in
Matt. 5:28 that such lust is the equivalent of adultery.
There are two other major reasons pornography should not be used, even in marital
foreplay.
A. Pornography is habit forming. There may be a temptation for one spouse to use the
materials for private masturbation during sexual fantasies. Aside from evil lust which
this situation creates, the normal desire for sexual intercourse may be decreased, robbing
the other spouse of rightful sexual satisfaction.
B. Pornography models are usually young and very attractive. The spouse may not compare
favorably with such competition and should not be submitted to such an unrealistic
comparison. (Bible Sex Facts Part 3: For Married Persons, Cogan, J. F. pg. 13)
Unmarried sex is prohibited by the Bible, and just because people this has no bearing
on the Bible. You have Muslims who don't even adhere to the Quran. Osama is one of them
since he accuses Allah of lying by his constant attack the Holy Bibles credibility,
despite Allah saying that NONE OF HIS WORDS CAN BE CHANGED. This serves to show that Osama
has become an apostate. Does the NIV consider "Song of Song's" Pornographic?
No!!! Read:
In the Song--- it is love that finds words--- INSPIRED WORDS THAT DISCLOSE ITS
EXQUISITE CHARM AND BEAUTY AS ONE OF GOD'S CHOICEST GIFTS...GOD INTENDS THAT SUCH LOVE---
GROSSLY DISTORTED AND ABUSED by both ancient and modern people---be a NORMAL PART OF
MARITAL LIFE in his good creation. (NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Song of Songs, pg.
998)
According to the NIV Study Bible, which Osama uses, Song of Songs is inspired and it
deals with the beauty of sexual love in a marriage!! We wonder why he didn't put this on
his site??? Because he is a liar who misquotes books to create bogus arguments.
My response:
Again, I have addressed and exposed your pornography in great details in my article at:
X-Rated Pornography in the Bible.
Again, if Song of Songs was indeed talking about a husband and a wife, then wouldn't you agree with me that exposing your wife's privates
to the world is pornography by itself?
Let us look at few pornful verses from this hardcore pornography book:
Comparing the sister's breasts to the size of the towers:
Let us look at the following verses: "We have a young sister, and her
breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken
for? (Song of Songs 8:8)"
and later about the sister....."I am a wall, and my
breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing
contentment. (Song of Songs 8:10)"
Let us look at Song of Songs 4:5 "Your
two breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle that browse
among the lilies."
Praising the bed that they had sex on:
Let us look at Song of Songs 1:16 "How handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how charming! And our
bed is verdant"
Having sex all night long: Let us look at
Proverbs 7:18 "Come, let's drink
deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!"
His right arm sexually feeling her body:
Let us look at Song of Songs 2:6 "His
left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me."
Sleeping with his sister: Let us look at Song of Songs 5:4 "I slept but my heart
was awake. Listen! My lover is knocking: 'Open to me, my sister,
my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the
dampness of the night.' I have taken off my robe [showed
off his groin in other words] must I put it on again? I have
washed my feet, must I soil them again? My lover thrust his hand through the
latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him." What
a disgusting way for someone to talk so pervertly about his sister like that!!
Again, please visit www.answering-christianity.com/x_rated.htm
for more details and proofs.
He wrote:
The book of Lamentations:
"Although Lamentations is anonymous and we cannot be certain who wrote it, ancient
Jewish and Christian tradition ascribes it to Jeremiah. (From the NIV Bible Commentary,
page 1207)"
What a joke! Christians and Jews point the book to Jeremiah without any certainty to
who wrote the book. How is it possible for us to consider this book as the True Living
Words of GOD Almighty?
Christians and Jews have yet to find and prove the original author of the book and all
of the books mentioned above, and then prove that they were indeed Revelations from GOD
Almighty.
Failure to accomplish the two tasks and inserting this type of nonsense into the Bible
and claiming that it was the Words of GOD Almighty is A CRIME AGAINST GOD!
Even though Osama says that failure to identify the authors of the books is a crime
against God, it is an interesting fact that he doesn't present a single Bible verse which
claims that failing to do so is a crime. Does Osama think he speaks for God now?
Hilarious.
My response:
No I don't speak for GOD Almighty; never have and never will. I speak the Truth
that was revealed by GOD Almighty in the Noble Quran and Islam. You're obviously not
here to learn. You're here to act like a total loser and to write lengthy and
nonsensical articles.
You can continue to live in your pathetic stupidity Quennel, but the reader knows well
that you are a total joke.
He wrote:
As for this book being the word of God read what the NIV says.
Whether we choose to read what is written in this book or not, IT WILL FOREVER STAND
IN GOD'S WORD AS A MEMORIAL. When we have eyes to see and ears to hear, this is what
Lamentations shows and tells us: Sin, like crim, never pays, Never forget it. (NIV Living
Insights bible, Commentary on Lamentations, pg. 814)
My response:
Woe to you and to these clowns of yours for attributing trash to GOD Almighty.
Woe to you, for you have sold the Holiness of GOD Almighty's Words with a very cheap and
miserable price:
"Know they not Allah Knoweth what they conceal and what they
reveal? And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book (i.e., the Bible), but
(see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture. Then woe to
those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: 'This is from Allah,' To
traffic with it for a miserable price! Woe to them for what their hands do
write, and for the gain they make thereby. (The Noble Quran, 2:77-79)"
He wrote:
Not only does the NIV call this book the word of God, notice what it says about the
authorship of the book:
Although the bible never specifically says Jeremiah wrote Lamentations, tradition says
he did. This book follows the book of Jeremiah in our English Bibles for this very reason.
THE SAME PERSON WROTE BOTH BOOKS. LAMENTATIONS WAS JEREMIAH'S STYLE. IT CONTAINS HIS
CHARACTERISTIC HEBREW PHRASES. FURTHERMORE, THE SEPTUAGINT PUTS A UNIQUE PREFIX BEFORE THE
BEGINNING OF THE BOOK. IT READ:
It came to pass after Israel was taken captive and Jerusalem made desolate, JEREMIAH
SAT WEEPING and lamented over Jerusalem. (Ibid, pg. 814)
Osama argued on his site one time that certain books of John weren't his books because
they weren't his traditional style. However, this one is written in Jeremiah's style and
he still makes accusations!! Read what the NIV Study Bible has to say about Lamentations:
Also, since the prophet Jeremiah was an eyewitness to the divine judgement on Jerusalem
in 586 B.C., IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK that so
vividly portrays the event.(NIV Study Bible, Commentary on Lamentations, pg. 1207)
The NIV Study Bible says that it is okay to assume that Jeremiah wrote this book and it
even calls the judgment mentioned in this book divine!!! Why would it do so if it were a
supposed corrupted book as Osama claims? It wouldn't. History has shown that that Jeremiah
wrote this book, and there is no rule given which says that the authors name must be
placed on every book of his. If this were so then these particular surahs must also be
rejected.
10.YUNUS (JONAH)
11.HUD (HUD)
12.YUSUF (JOSEPH)
14.IBRAHIM (ABRAHAM)
19.MARYAM (MARY)
27.AN-NAML (THE ANT, THE ANTS)
34.SABA (SABA, SHEBA)
47.MUHAMMAD (MUHAMMAD)
71.NOOH (NOAH)
72.AL-JINN (THE JINN)
105.AL-FIL (THE ELEPHANT)
Osama's comment: It's quite pathetic to consider unknown people as GOD's Messengers and
attribute their work to GOD's real Messengers.
Hence, all of these books are corrupted and false based on Osama's own faulty logic!!
My response:
It is these same clowns that wrote:
"Although Lamentations is anonymous and we cannot
be certain who wrote it, ancient Jewish and Christian tradition ascribes it
to Jeremiah. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1207)"
They are not certain who wrote the book, but yet, they attribute it to Jeremiah.
No further comments.
As to the naming of the Noble Surahs (Chapters), like I said above: You have
obviously reached your desperate point to switch topics to the Noble Quran. The
naming of the Noble Chapters in the Noble Quran was determined by Prophet Muhammad peace
be upon him, because the Names were inspired by GOD Almighty to him. The names
represent the main event(s) that each Noble Chapter is talking about.
How does this have anything to do with the obvious and irrifutable corruptions in your
"silly" bible?
He wrote:
...And as Jesus passed forth thence, HE (Jesus) saw a man, named
Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and HE (Jesus) saith unto HIM (Matthew), follow
ME (Jesus) and HE (Matthew) arose, and followed HIM (Jesus). (Matthew 9:9)"
"So Moses....DIED... and he (God Almighty) BURIED HIM (Moses)... He was 120 years
old WHEN HE DIED... and there arose not a prophet SINCE in Israel like unto
Moses....(Deuteronomy 34:5-10)"
"And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant
of the Lord, DIED,
And they BURIED HIM
And Israel served the Lord all the
days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that over lived Joshua, and which had known
all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel
.(Joshua 24:29-33)"
Dealing with Matthew 9:9, Osama shows his blatant ignorance here. Regarding 3rd person
usage see above. As for Moses and Joshua, why should be thought incredible that their
followers wrote their obituaries. Joshua wrote Moses and Joshua's followers wrote his and
we take it by faith that they were instructed by God to do so, period.
My response:
You meant to say "we take it by BLIND faith that they were instructed by God to do
so, period." I am glad you finally have admitted that, because from the
evidence above, it is clear that these books were not written by the Prophets of GOD
Almighty. Your very own theologians are not certain of who wrote these books.
Also, none of these books claims to be from GOD Almighty. Why do you assume they
were from GOD Almighty?
He wrote:
Osama goes on to appeal to heretical arguments such as Darwinism, views that happen to
contradict the Quran as well!! Since this shows us just how desperate and flawed his
arguments are we will finish our response by addressing this next argument:
My response:
Before you continue, where did I appeal to Darwinism? You obviously have to lie
to spread your lies. By how else can lies be spread?
He wrote:
"In tradition, [David] is credited with writing 73 of the
Psalms; most scholars, however, consider this claim questionable."
Encarta Encyclopedia, under "David"
Is this how we define "inspired by God"?
Apparently the Quran thinks so read:
"Before this, We wrote in the Psalms (al-Zaburi), after THE REMINDER (Zhikri):
`My servants, the righteous, shall inherit the earth.'" Surah 21:105
"Then if they reject thee, so were rejected messengers before thee, who came with
Clear Signs, The Scriptures (Zuburi), and the Book of Enlightenment."
S. 3:184
"Without doubt it is (announced) IN the revealed Books of former peoples (Zubu-ril-'awwaliin)."
S. 26:196
"Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity IN
the Sacred Books (Zubur)?" S. 54:43
"And if they reject thee, so did their predecessors, to whom came their messengers
with Clear Signs, Scriptures (Zuburi), and the Book illuminating." S.
35:25
My response:
Again, we Muslims believe that the current bible is not 100% the Pure Revelations of
GOD Almighty. We Muslims never declared that the entire Bible is not from GOD
Almighty. We declare that the Bible is mixed between GOD Almighty's Holy Words and
man's alterations and innovations, which makes the entire Bible corrupt/doubtful.
The Noble Quran makes a clear mention about this. Allah Almighty clearly declared
this:
"Know they not Allah Knoweth what they conceal and what they
reveal? And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book (i.e., the Bible), but
(see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture. Then woe to
those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: 'This is from Allah,' To
traffic with it for a miserable price! Woe to them for what their hands do
write, and for the gain they make thereby. (The Noble Quran, 2:77-79)"
"O Apostle! let not those grieve thee, who race each other
into unbelief: (whether it be) among those who say "We believe" with their lips
but whose hearts have no faith; or it be among the Jews,- men who will listen to any lie,-
will listen even to others who have never so much as come to thee. They change
the words from their (right) times and places: they say, 'If ye are given
this, take it, but if not, beware!' If any one's trial is intended by God, thou hast no
authority in the least for him against God. For such - it is not God's will to purify
their hearts. For them there is disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a heavy
punishment. (The Noble Quran, 5:41)"
Narrated Ubaidullah: "Ibn 'Abbas said, "Why do
you ask the people of the scripture about anything while your Book (Quran) which has been
revealed to Allah's Apostle is newer and the latest? You read it pure, undistorted and
unchanged, and Allah has told you that the people of the scripture (Jews and
Christians) changed their scripture and distorted it, and wrote the scripture with their
own hands and said, 'It is from Allah,' to sell it for a little gain. Does
not the knowledge which has come to you prevent you from asking them about anything? No,
by Allah, we have never seen any man from them asking you regarding what has been revealed
to you!" (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Holding
Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah, Volume 9, Book 92, Number 461)"
Please visit: What parts of the
Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
He wrote:
Finally, the following citation demonstrates that there were Muslims who had no problem
in accepting all the OT Psalms:
Then Allah, may He be glorified and honored, revealed to Da'ud (David), the Psalms,
that is al-zabur, which are ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY in number and IN THE HANDS OF
THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS. (Abu 'l-Faraj Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Nadim, The Fihrist - A
10th Century AD Survey of Islamic Culture, edited and translated by Bayard Dodge
[Great Books of the Islamic World, Inc., Columbia University Press, 1970], p. 43; bold and
capital emphasis ours)
Although this source erroneously attributes all 150 Psalms to David, this nonetheless
demonstrates that some Muslims wholeheartedly embraced and accepted all of the OT Psalms
as God's revealed Word.
My response:
It's funny how you yourself said "erroneously attributes all 150 Psalms to
David". It is obvious that you yourself don't believe that the entire Psalm of
today is 100% from GOD Almighty.
Let me ask you this, can you honestly say this statement: "The Bible is 100%
from GOD Almighty"? If you can't, then what exactly is your point from this
nonsensical article that you wrote?
If you wanted to discuss the words created by men, then sorry, I am not interested.
But if you wanted to discuss the Holy Words of GOD Almighty, then until you prove
to me that:
1- The Bible is all perfect and from GOD Almighty.
2- The word "Bible" exists in the Bible, which would then help your
case in combining all 66+ books into one so-called "Holy Bible" book.
Until you establish this, then your whole argument is folly.
He wrote:
Hence, not only does the Quran say that Allah personally wrote the Psalms, but it also
says that the Psalms were given to other Prophets besides David!! Therefore, since Osama
believes that the Psalms aren't the word of God, then the Quran is wrong based on his
logic!! Amazing!!!
My response:
I covered this point in great details and showed the Noble Verses that declare the
Bible to be corrupted above. Again, please visit: What parts of the
Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
He wrote:
Conclusion:
The current Bible is not all the True Word of GOD Almighty. It is full of doubts and
man made corruptions as was proven above. How can we believe in a doubtful book as the
Perfect Book of GOD Almighty? Allah Almighty said in the Noble Quran regarding those who
try to corrupt His Holy Words: "Know they not Allah Knoweth what they conceal and
what they reveal? And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book [the Bible],
but (see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture. Then woe to those
who write the Book [the Bible] with their own hands, and then say: 'This is from Allah,'
To traffic with it for a miserable price! Woe to them for what their hands do write, and
for the gain they make thereby. (The Noble Quran, 2:77-79)"
Now let us see what happens when we emphasize specific parts of the passage in
question:
"Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from hearsay.
THEY BUT GUESS." S. 2:78
Once the passage is read in context, we discover that it is not speaking of Jews and
Christians corrupting their Holy Book, but rather unlettered Jews who were ignorant of the
content of scriptures and falsified revelation for gain.
My response:
You forgot this part in the Noble Verse: "Then woe to those
who write the Book [the Bible] with their own hands," This perfectly agrees with Jeremiah 8:8:
"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is
with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
(From the RSV Bible, Jeremiah 8:8)"
Again, please visit: What parts of the
Bible and Hadiths do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
He wrote:
Yet, the Quran clearly speaks of learned Jews and Christians who knew scripture and
would not sell it for gain:
"And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, those who believe in God,
and that which has been revealed to you, in that which has been revealed to them,
bowing in humility to God. They will not sell the signs of God for miserable gain.
For them is a reward with their Lord, and God is swift in account." S. 3:199
"NOT ALL OF THEM ARE ALIKE. Some of the People of the Book are an upright
people. They recite the signs (or verses) of God in the night season and they bow down
worshipping. They believe in God and the last day. They command what is just, and forbid
what is wrong and they hasten in good works, and they are of the righteous."
S. 3:113-114
Osama presents no proof of Bible corruption whatsoever. He lies and misquotes the NIV
Bible to develop a fake and phony argument against the Holy Scriptures. Here is Osama's
link where this information is found: http://www.answering-christianity.com/authors_gospels.htm
My response:
These Noble Verses don't suggest that the Bible is not corrupted. I have
presented the evidence from the Noble Quran and Hadiths that the Bible of today is
corrupt. These two Noble Verses that you presented are addressed in: What is the place of Jesus, Jews and Christians in Islam?
As to "Osama presents no proof of Bible corruption
whatsoever", this is an obvious lie on your part, because you yourself admitted that
there are bibles that have different quantity of chapters than others in specific books,
and you blindly follow the Bible without proofs. This is not to mention the obvious
and irrefutable historical facts about the mysterious authors who wrote the books and
gospels of the bible that you utterly failed to respond to. And last but not least,
your acceptance of unknown co-authors' writings in the Bible, and your refusal to consider
it as a major problem in "Bible Corruption" even if we don't know if these
co-authors were chosen from GOD Almighty or not.
Therefore Quennel, you have utterly and miserably failed to prove anything here other
than your lack of knowledge, real faith, and real respect to your Creator, the Almighty
GOD.
Back to My Rebuttals,
and exposing the lies of the Answering Islam team section.
101 Contradictions
in the Bible!
How can Jesus be GOD
Almighty when he asked for GOD's Forgiveness?
Answering Trinity.
Contradictions and History
of Corruption in the Bible.
Questions about Jesus
that trinitarian Christians don't have logical answers for.
What parts of the
Bible do Muslims believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
"Allah" was GOD
Almighty's original Name in the Bible according to the Hebrew and Aramaic sources.
Scientific Miracles in
Islam and the Noble Quran.
Most of the Bible's
books and gospels were written by mysterious people!
Jesus mentioned
Muhammad by the name in the Bible.
Hebrews 5:7-8
confirm Islam's claim about Jesus never got crucified and contradicts the Bible!
According to the documentary film, "Banned
from the Bible", which I watched on the History Channel, some of Saint Peter's apocalypse were banned from the
current Bible, and these Epistles contain what Islam claims - that Jesus didn't get
crucified on the cross and it only appeared that he was. This banned part
also says that Jesus was standing next to the cross laughing. These are the
parts of the Bible that only few people in the world know about.
According to the documentary film, the apocalypse was very popular among
Christians during the 2nd century. They believed "it was spiritually
inspired" by GOD Almighty to Saint Peter. They actually had doubts
about "John's apocalypse", which is known today as "the Book of
Revelation". Interestingly also, this apocalypse says that after GOD
Almighty fills both Heaven and Hell with inhabitants from Mankind, and the people of Hell
get tortured for a long period of time, the People of Heaven will ask and Pray to GOD
Almighty to Forgive the people of Hell. GOD Almighty will then eventually listen to
their Prayers, and will order the "Gates and the Steel Bars of Hell"
to be opened and allow the people of Hell to enter Heaven for Good. This apocalypse of
Peter seems to also perfectly fit Noble Verse 7:40 in the
Noble Quran where Allah Almighty Promised that He will eventually open the Gates of Heaven
to all disbelievers and empty Hell. Please visit: Hell will eventually be empty according to Islam.
Did Isaiah 53 really prophesies about
the crucifixion of Jesus?
It supports Islam's claims about Jesus peace be upon him never died on the cross. I
also addressed John 19:36-37 from the Bible and proved that Jesus never got crucified,
since GOD Almighty promised that he will protect Jesus' body and not let even a single
bone be broken. My question to all Christians is: How in the
world is it possible for the feet to get nailed on the cross without any penetration to
the bones by the nails, hence breaking part of the feet's bones?! I also added refutations to Exodus 12:46,
Numbers 9:12, Zechariah 12:10 and Psalm 34:20, which supposedly prove the
Christians' belief about Jesus crucifixion. I proved that this dogma has no truth
what so ever and exposed the wrong Trinitarian English translation of Zechariah 12:10. I also showed in Isaiah 52:13 "...he will be
raised and lifted up....", which clearly and
perfectly agrees with Islam about Jesus never died on the cross. "Raised
and lifted" suggests that Jesus will be picked up right from the cross, or saved
right from the cross by Allah Almighty. It suggests that Jesus will not die, nor get
crucified, but rather be raised and lifted by GOD Almighty to Heavens.
None of Jesus' disciples witnessed the
crucifixion. They "all fled" and "deserted" Jesus. This further
confirms Islam's claims.
Jesus was never
"disfigured beyond human recognition" in the New Testament as the Old Testament
predicted!
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