Re: Facts & Misunderstandings about the Bible

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:59:22 -0000, Firnando
<geovani_the_italian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 14, 8:51 am, Kayid Al-Kuffar <Kayed...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Facts & Misunderstandings about the Bible

In the Quran Allaah informs us that He revealed a number of books,
including the pages of Prophet Abraham (Ibraaheem ), the Psalms of
Prophet David (Daawood ), the Torah of Prophet Moses (Moosaa ), the
Injeel (Gospel) of Prophet Jesus ('Eesaa ), and finally, the Quran of
Prophet Muhammad . Of these revealed texts only the Quran remains
intact in its original form. All of the others (as complete books)
have been lost, their remains have survived only as fragments or
tampered with in some way so as to make their authenticity doubtful.
No where in the Quran is the Bible even mentioned, to say nothing of
its being among the revealed texts of Allah, or as Christian claim
"The Word of God." Further, we know from respected scholars that
although some fragments of the Psalms, the Torah, and the Injeel (the
teachings of Prophet Jesus) may be found in the Bible, comprised of
the Old and New Testaments, the Bible can not rightfully be called
"The Word of God." Why is this so?

As one publisher (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois)
stated: "The Bible may look like one book, but it is actually sixty-
six books in one. Thirty-nine books make up what we call the Old
Testament, and twenty-seven make up the New Testament. It is possible
that more than forty writers were used by God to write all sixty-six
books." (Quoted from the "Holy Bible" - New Living Translation, Gift &
Award Edition, l997, p. vii)

So if the Bible is neither narrated by God nor written by Him, and, as
such, is not 'the word of God,' then what is it? By any objective
criteria, the Bible is a book containing a compilation of stories,
legends, folk tales, folk lore, myths, sagas, narratives, poetry,
fragments of scriptures (fragments from the Psalms, the Torah, and the
Injeel as already mentioned), letters (esp. in New Testament),
visions, dreams, accounts of events from doubtful sources (not eye
witnesses), editors' or scribes' notes, as well as human errors.

For those who believe in it, it is a book that has historical,
cultural, moral and ethical values, and a source of spiritual teaching
and guidance. It is a book held in high esteem, primarily by
Christians who see it as a divine book and the source of their
religious beliefs. But, in the final analysis it is only a book with
many limitations and imperfections which disqualify it from being
called "The Word of God." Whoever makes such a claim then the burden
of proof rests with him. On the contrary, the Glorious Quran is the
Speech of Allaah and, through the Angel Gabriel, was revealed to
Prophet Muhammad ; later compiled into a book more than 14 centuries
ago it remains preserved in its original form until today.

Some common misunderstandings about the Bible include the following:

· The Bible is one book, the Old Testament. The Bible contains sixty-
six books (or more depending upon the denomination one belongs to).

· The Old Testament (OT) is the Torah followed by the Jews. The OT
contains some fragments of the Torah which was lost and the Psalms,
but the Talmud is the book followed by the Jews and is totally
unrelated to the Bible.

· The New Testament (NT) is the Gospel of Prophet Jesus, or the
Injeel. It is neither. It is made up of twenty-seven books, none of
which was narrated or written by Prophet Jesus although the NT may
contain fragments of the Injeel (sayings and teachings of Prophet
Jesus). The Injeel as revealed through Prophet Jesus has been lost.
The fragments which may be cited in the NT may not be authentic or in
their proper context. So it is erroneous to equate the NT with the
Injeel mentioned in the Quran.

· The Bible is a holy book, narrated, dictated by God and is
infallible. While this is a claim, this misconception has already been
addressed. Since the Bible is 'only' a book, there is no need to call
it a forgery, a corrupted text, etc. The Quran is the only authentic
"Word of God," His Speech, and Allah has promised to protect it from
distortion of any kind until the Day of Judgment and He has kept His
promise. Not one letter or syllable has been changed over the past l4
centuries.

http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=138189

I am absolutely amazed by your informative article

It's a shame that it's all so misguided and in accurate. Jesus was
and is the Son of God. Mohammed was not. You are tied to a dogma
that preaches that you can lie to non-Muslims and it's okay because
Allah will forgive you. So going by what you have said and what
Imams have said, and it's on record, nothing you say is the truth.

It seems that all Muslims want to do is take over the world and are
will to do so by any means they can. This includes, murder, fraud,
deception, theft and a range of other crimes that they think Allah
will forgive.

Well when you go to meet your maker, make sure you have your story
worked out as to why you did what you did, and said what you said.
Because God is the final judge and he is the one who is going to sit
in judgement on you and your friends. Like it or not, it won't be the
likes of Christians who judge you. True Christians want to save your
soul not condemn it. If you were to sit down with Christians and
talk to them on a one to one basis, not sit and quote the Bible or the
Koran at each other, you would find that a lot of what you have had
pushed down your throat over the years is guff. Open you mind to what
other people have to say and stop listening to dogma.

Mohammed started out writing his advice to the masses and was quite
reasonable, but after he went to God's People and asked them to say he
was a profit and they told him to go away, he got very anti Jew and
anti Christian.

One of the things he says is do not do business with Jews or
Christians, so why then are so many Muslims doing business with
Christians all over the world, yet you profess to follow the Koran.
You wouldn't be lying would you?

I have seen the Koran translated into English, with parts the attack
Jews and Christians removed so that the truth will not be seen by
people who read English. That's okay because you don't want the truth
about your religion to come out. People would see it for what it is.
The trouble is there are people who have translated it all of it even
the parts that you don't want people to see.

You have Imams who preach that it's alright for men to have sex with
girls of 9 years of age, and that Mohammed was wonderful because he
didn't have sex with his wives until they were 12 years of age. These
days he would find himself in prison as a pedophile, and that is where
these Imams should be. They are corrupting young people and you
believe what you hear. Why? Simple because you have it fed to you
day in day out by people who have only one thing in mind, domination
and power. Open your eyes and see the world around you. Ignorance is
bliss, but one day you could be asked to go out and kill someone, and
because you have been brainwashed you will do it. Just like the
idiots in Iraq and other countries are doing. A lack of education is
a dangerous thing. I have heard Palestinian children say that only a
couple of thousand Jews died in the Holocaust, where did they hear
that from? Their Imam? Their teachers? It shows a total ignorance of
history. If they can be that ignorant over something that happened
such a short time ago, what hope is there that they will hear the
truth from the people that teach them about religion. In my opinion
none, the muslim faith is almost as new as Scientology and that's just
as deluded.

One last point, Jerusalem and the site of The Temple was Holy Ground
to the Jews long long before your waffle writer Mohammed came along.


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