Mark 14:32 “and he (Jesus) saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.”
Luke 3:21: “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened.”
Luke 6:12: “And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”
Luke 22:44 “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
Matthew 26:39: “And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”
Jesus was the first CHRIST DENIER
Jesus never worshiped himself and never ordered any Christians to worship or pray to him
On the contrary Jesus worshiped the one true God of Abraham
He showed the way to his disciples and Christians to worship
ONLY THE FATHER OR THE ONE TRUE GOD OF ABRAHAM
So Jesus became the FIRST CHRIST DENIER i.e JESUS BECAME THE FIRST CHRISTIAN TO DENY CHRIST WORSHIP
JESUS CHRIST HAS DENIED MOST OF THE PRESENT CHRISTIANS TODAY FOR FALSELY WORSHIPING CHRIST WHEN HE NEVER EVER ORDERED THEM TO DO SO !!!
SO KINDLY THINK ALL SO CALLED CHRISTIANS ARE YOU TRULY A CRISTIAN i.e THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST???!!!
CONCLUDING REMARKS QUOTED FROM
Tom Harpur says:

“In fact, unless we are prepared to believe that his prayer-
dependence on God was nothing more than a sham for our
edification, a mere act to set us a good example, it is impossible
to cling to the orthodox teaching that Jesus was really God
Himself walking about in human form, the Second Person of the
Trinity. The concept of God praying – let alone praying to
Himself – is incomprehensible to me. To say that it was simply
the human side of Jesus talking to God the Father (rather than
his own divine nature as Son of God) is to posit a kind of
schizophrenia that is incompatible with any belief in Jesus’ full
humanity”
For Christ’s Sake, pp. 42-43.

6 ‘Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearlsbefore swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn andmaul you.
Ask, Search, Knock
7 ‘Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find;knock, and the door will be opened for you.
8For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searchesfinds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
9Isthere anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone?
10Or if the child asks for a fish, will give a snake?
11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to yourchildren, how much more will your Father in heaven give goodthings to those who ask him!
The Golden Rule
12 ‘In everything do to others as you would have them do to you;for this is the law and the prophets.
The Narrow Gate
13 ‘Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and theroad is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many whotake it.
14For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads tolife, andthere are few who find it.
A Tree and Its Fruit
15 ‘Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’sclothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
16You will know themby their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
17In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the badtree bears bad fruit.
18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree beargood fruit.
19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down andthrowninto the fire.
20Thus you will know them by their fruits.
Concerning Self-Deception
21 ‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter thekingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
22On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we notprophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, anddo many deeds of power in your name?”
23Then I will declare tothem, “I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.”
Hearers and Doers
24 ‘Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
25The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat onthat house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.
26And everyone who hears these words of mine and does notacton them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
27The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew andbeatagainst that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!’
28 Now when Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astounded at his teaching,
29for he taught them as one having authority, and not as theirscribes.
Matthew 7:6-24
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So what do you make of the Biblical fact that Jesus allowed others to worship Him without so much as a rebuke? Or the fact that he repeatedly stated, “I and the Father are One” or the fact that he was convicted of blasphemy by the Sanhedrin?
You appear to be a Muslim, are you not? I have it on good Authority that Islam is a sham. In fact, I’ve always been intrigued by the similarities between the origins of Muhammad’s false religion and the cult of Mormonism: two “prophets” receiving secret instruction from alleged angels that contradict and castigate the Word God has already revealed as being allegedly corrupted by its “evil” followers.
I doubt you’ll keep these comments on your blog. You’ll pretend my comments just didn’t really happen, just like you believe Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection never really happened. Thus, you dishonor Jesus Christ who said that He would be killed by evil men but would rise again on the third day.
Islam is little more than contradiction. I’ve always had a hard time taking it seriously. How do you explain the first few verse of John’s Gospel? Will you answer me? Or has Islam never been a thinking man’s religion? Is that why you quote a man’s opinion rather than the Scriptures? Men are fallible. Only God is infallible and only a Book written under the inspirartion of God could be wholly infallible. I have Truth on my side; you have only Muhammad. What really went on in that cave? An angelic visitation or creative, but altogether natural inspiration?
–Sirius Knott
SAID
So what do you make of the Biblical fact that Jesus allowed others to worship Him without so much as a rebuke? Or the fact that he repeatedly stated, “I and the Father are One” or the fact that he was convicted of blasphemy by the Sanhedrin?
MY REPLY :
SIRUS GROW UP – PLEASE
“I and the Father are One” or the fact that he was convicted of blasphemy by the Sanhedrin?
DID JESUS SAID I AM GOD – NO WHY – BECAUSE HE IS NOT GOD
JESUS SAID I AND FATHER ARE ONE – BUT HE DID NOT SAY I AND MY FATHER ARE GOD
- PLEASE WAKE UP FROM YOUR BAD DREAM AND ILLUSIONS AND DON’T PUT YOUR WORDS INTO JESUS MOUTH AND MAKE A MOCKERY OF JESUS CHRIST !!!
Let us look at John 10:30 “I (Jesus) and the Father are One.” This verse is severely misunderstood and is taken out of context, because beginning at verse John 10:23 we read (in the context of 10:30) about Jesus talking to the Jews. In verse John 10:28-30, talking about his followers as his sheep, he states: “…Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father who gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are One.”
These verses prove only that Jesus and the Father are one in that no man can pluck the sheep out of either’s hand. It does not at all state that Jesus is God’s equal in everything. In fact the words of Jesus, ” My Father, who gave them me is Greater than ALL…,” in John 10:29 completely negates this claim, otherwise we are left with a contradiction just a sentence apart. All includes everyone even Jesus.
Also let us look at verse John 17:20-22 “That the ALL may be made ONE. Like thou Father art in me, I in thee, that they may be ONE in us. I in
them, they in me, that they may be perfect in ONE”. In this verse, the same word ONE used, the Greek, HEN is used, not only to describe Jesus and the Father but to describe Jesus, the Father and eleven of the twelve disciples of Jesus. So here if that implies equality, we have a unique case of 13 Gods.
Of the verse in question, “I and the Father are One” in (John 10:30), we also need to take note of the verses following the 30th verse in the text. In those verses, the Jews accuse Jesus falsely of claiming to be God by these words. He however replies, proving their accusation wrong by their own text: “The Jews answered him saying,’For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because that thou being a man, makest thyself a God ‘” (John 10:33).
Jesus replies to this accusation saying: “Jesus answered them, ‘Is it not written in your Law, “I said ye are gods. If He can call them gods, unto whom the word of God came, say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, “Thou blasphemeth,” because I said I am the son of God?’” (John 10:34-36).
Let us look at Acts 2:22 “O you men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a MAN approved of God among you…” Peter in the Book of Acts testifies about Jesus. Jesus thus even to his disciples, as to early Christians, not poisoned by Pauline doctrine, was a man, not a God.
PLEASE MY FRIEND JUST SHOW ME A ONE , YES JUST ONE SINGLE VERSE IN BIBLE WHICH SAYS JESUS (P) SAID ” I AM GOD AND SO WORSHIP ME ”
PLEASE DO THAT AND THAT WILL SPARE YOUR FELLOW CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS THE TROUBLE OF READING ALL THOSE NUMEROUS MISQUOTATIONS OF BIBLE WHICH YOU HAVE QUOTED TO PROVE JESUS IS JEHOVAH(GOD) HIMSELF BUT FAILED TO PROVE THAT JESUS (P) IS GOD HIMSELF .
I AM EVER WAITING FOR THAT MAGIC VERSE FROM BIBLE – WAITING FOR YOUR KIND REPLY
STILL WAITING , MY GOOD CHRISTIAN FRIEND – DON’T WORRY TAKE YOUR TIME .
That’s was a hell of a dodge. Allow me to compliment you on your Engrish. [No it's not a typo.]
I really do like it when people start quoting the Bible OUT OF CONTEXT and then pretending as if they’ve actually made a case. A text without a context is a pretext for error.
Why did Jesus request that we pray in his name if Jesus is not God? [John 14:13-14; 15:7] The early church not only prayed in His name [1 Cor 5:4], but prayed TO Christ Jesus [Acts 7:59]
And did you by any chance READ the verse you quoted to me. Jesus first says that no man can pluck them from his own hand. Then Jesus states that no one can pluck them from his Father’s hand. Why? Because “I and my father are One.” Becuase they are ONE AND THE SAME.
Furthermore, you who spouts forth words devoid of knowledge, who else but God can forgive sin, as Jesus did?
The divinity of Jesus Christ is proven in His resurrection, which He repeatedly predicted and which was necessary to fulfill messianic prophecy. He stated that he had the power to lay down his life and to take it back up again, and he did so.
Here’s more on the resurrection. Pay particular attention to the Muslim Lie.
http://siriusknotts.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/resurrection-apologetics/
Muhammad was a fake and so is the bleeding book he made up. It was brilliant forgery in its power to unify his people group, but a clever hoax nonetheless.
–Sirius Knotts
I just believe in Allah, no others
Ok, you’re like, what, twelve years old or something? [I'm guess-timating your probable age based on that cute little Opie picture you've provided as your icon and, in a much larger part, on your incredibly juvenile [read: wildly immature and overstated] attempts at response.
It’s obvious that you’ve been well indoctrinated [that is to say, mindlessly programmed] in your pseudofaith. It’s obvious, Mr. Bombs-for-brains, that you actually think that you believe the borrowed beliefs that your parents and teachers rammed down your throat since you were a babe. It’s equally obvious that any further dialogue is pointless as you will happily join Mohammed in HELL before you use the brain God gave you.
Let me be perfectly clear: Jesus said, I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life; NO MAN comes to the Father, EXCEPT BY ME.
This same Jesus said: For GOD so loved the world that He gave HIS ONLY SON that whoever believes in HIM [Jesus] should not perish, but have eternal life.
He goes on to say that those who believe in HIM [Jesus] will be saved, but those who do not are DAMNED.
Now, the question YOU are faced with, Mr. I-Like-Missing-The-Forest-For-The-Trees, is ARE YOU CALLING JESUS A LIAR?
Are you rejecting Jesus as the only means of salvation based on what your daddy said? Or because a mere man [I really doubt this demon of hell was a prophet of God, considering the bloodshed and hatred your religion was born and propogated in.] said he’d received a new, albeit very inconsistent and subsequently ammended word from God. How does a perfect God gives us an imperfect word such as the Qur’an? He doesn’t. It’s a fake, pure and simple.
Now, a few comments on your Scriptorture. I know Muslims don’t give a damn for the Bible. You might make reverent mouthings about it, but in the end you believe that any part that disagrees with Mohammed’s fictional work must have been changed and corrupted by Jesus’ discples. So it’s no surprise that you seem to have NO GRASP of the concept of a Context.
For example, the “final nail in my coffin,” has a context. In that context, Jesus is talking about how you cannot serve God and money [yes, money. It's what the word mammon means.]. I have NO IDEA what point you’re trying to make with this verse. We haven’t even discussed money. How does it relate to your accusations? You quote a bunch of Scriptures, claiming that it refutes me somehow, but you’re a horrid expositor. No one knows what you’re saying. Perhaps you are too used to preaching to the choir. Go heap your bile upon them. I see no reason in your ignorant attempts at argument.
The same applies to pretty much everything you’ve said. You can quote me the Lord’s Prayer all you want, but I am correctly unimpressed when you do not explain why it should somehow condemn me. Go take a course in debate. Learn how to structure an argument. Learn what REASON is.
In the meantime, go tell your mommy that you just got spanked by Sirius Knott.
– Sirius Knott.
BTW, you can leave this on your blog or you pretend like you scored the final blow by erasing it. Either way, you and I will know the truth of what I said. One day you will stand before the Judgment throne and Mohammed will not be on it, not will Allah, but Jesus Christ will separate the goats from the sheep and everyone will be judged by Christ Jesus, whom you have called a liar, from the Book of Life. Sleep well, sufi786
To Sirius:
The Gospels were not written by Jesus, but between 40 and 70 years after Jesus’ death: therefore no one knows what Jesus’ words really were.
Saint Paul is the one who reconfigured the past to make history and Jewish scripture seem as if it all pointed towards the coming and divinity of Jesus. Saint Paul was also a guilt ridden, cunning, vindictive, epileptic fellow (Jesus never said anything about Original Sin).
The four gospels chosen as canonical were all carefully selected, 400 years after the death of Jesus, by a conclave of bishops to justify the Church and the authority of their position as mediators between God and man (I’m curious, how do Protestants interpret the passage “thou art Peter and on this rock I will found my Church” which blatantly give authority to Rome?). Any gospel which suggested man himself was divine, or that man had a direct relationship with God, thereby destroying the authority of the Church, was proclaimed heretical.
Ultimately, Jesus’ position as God is only useful for people who want to ride on the coat-tails of the consequent authority. Spiritually, Jesus’ position as God is useless.
Read the gospel of Thomas. And also, learn some manners.
Petersonion,
Why would I read a thoroughly discredited Gnostic apocryphal text like the Gospel of thomas? Why not just read Grimm’s Fairy Tales and base my authority on that?
As to you other question, we explain it by quoting the entire text. You know, keeping everything in context… C’mon, I’m sure you’ve heard of it. Well, it’s where you take EVERYTHING that was said and interpret the Bible [or whatever source] given ALL of the pertinent facts. For example, in this text, Jesus ask Peter, Who do you say I am? Peter answers, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God. To which Jesus responds, Thou art Peter [a Stone, being what his name means] and upon this rock [the declaration you've just made, Peter] I’ll build my church. It’s a figurative use of speech.
Also, no thinking archaeological scholar would agree that this SHORT amount of time between the writing of the New Testament and the life of Christ is enough time for myths and legends to form. In fact, it’s a short enough time for which Paul in writing to the Corinthians about Christ’s post-resurection appearances could note that Christ appeared to several people by name and even 500 at once [1 Cor 15], some of whom were dead at the time of the writing, but others who still lived. In other words, he was begging someone to dispute his claims. All the had to do was check the facts. Furthermore, commenting on Christ, his crucifixion and resurrection to King Agrippa, Paul notes that Agrippa knew of this since “this thing was not done in a corner.” [Acts 26:26] The facts could certainly be checked. All the Romans or jews had to do was produce a body to stop the mouths of these early Christians. They could not because he rose again to give eternal life to whoever will believe.
Now, as for my manners, well, I apologize if I seem harsh, but this ignorant Muslim just called all of Christendom a pack of liars. Muslims have impeccable manners it seems. Nevertheless, I will give no quarter to a lie.
Sufi786,
You’ve just proven my point. It is pointless to argue with you, not becasue you are right [you've swallowed the biggest lie imaginable!] but because you refuse to accept the authority of the Scriptures because of Mohammed’s lies. You make yourself a hypocrite by pretending you believe the Bible is true, but only quoting it [in error and AGAIN quite out of context] to hope to refute Christendom. Newsflash, sufi: Christianity has already heard your lame challenges and silenced them. When refuted, you Muslims always fall back on claims that Christ’s disciples inserted lies into the Gospels. Because you have no real case.
Prove to me that the Bible is a pack of lies and that only your accursed Qur’an is true.
You cannot not, because God’s Word is Truth and the Qur’an is work of fiction by a liar from hell. Those who follow his teaching are not even granted assurance of salvation for their faith. Christianity alone promises this. The reason Islam makes no such promises is because those who believe not on Christ are damned. Mohammed would warn you from hell itself if he were allowed.
I pray reason will afflict you with the sense to recant this false prophet and accept the only true way to the father, Jesus Christ. BTW, you know exactly what that verse means. Jesus is the only way.
–Sirius Knott
Dude,
I have completely stopped listening to you. If THIS pathetic diatribe is how you plan on converting the world to Islam, Christianity has NOTHING to worry about. What are you gonna do? Offend us all into converting? Force us to convert just so we don’t have to endure your self-righteous drivel any longer?
Or maybe you’ll choose one of your usual modus operandi: roadside bombs.
Islam is the most racist religion I’ve ever even heard of. And the most murderous and hateful. Convert or die! Stop twisting the Scriptures. And stop quoting that pathetic work of fiction. It’s not a miracle; it’s only a miracle anyone has ever taken it seriously.
I shall no longer respond to you. I shall no longer cast my pearls before you.
If islam were true [it's not] and I went to hell for rejecting the joke called Mohammed, it would be because you have been such a poor advocate of your faith. Who would want to join the ranks of such poor reasoners? [Of course, I'll not be going to hell, because I am assured of my salvation through Jesus Christ.]
I’m sorry for you. I hope the Holy Spirit grants you repentance that you too might believe on Jesus Christ.
–Sirius Knott
Sirius,
sarcasm and belittlement do not become you (or Christianity). And your slight expansion of the context doesn’t change the fact that in the text Jesus gave validity only to Catholicism (Peter being the first pope). But none of that really matters, because I doubt the real Jesus cared very much for the establishment of a church anyhow. I mean seriously, the man didn’t even leave a single written word (except for that scribble in the dust).
As for the gospel of Thomas, it has been discredited only by those who are threatened by it. Indeed, all in Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and so on is frequently discredited by other sects who have conflicting truths. Indeed, it must be nerve wracking to pour your whole life and identity into such flimsy structures, which continuously require INTERNET VINDICATION and other brave gestures lest they be disrespected or something. Be honest, you can furnish no more objective validity for the synoptic gospels than anyone else can for the validity of the gnostic gospels (or the Quran for that matter). Or do you have it on “good authority”, which you will withhold because deigning to explain your infallibility would only be “tossing pearls before swine”?
Now, if you want to tell me that faith does not require objective truth, that there is simply one’s own personal relationship with and experience of God, fine. But then the whole dispute of THE ONE TRUE RELIGION dissolves and all that is left is Paul’s “baptism by fire” — that is, people come to knowledge of God on their own, not through a book or a church or a priest or an exclamation of faith. And this is what most gnostic gospels speak of, as opposed to the synoptic, which require absurd and narrow stipulations before salvation can be granted, as if God were a contract attorney.
Who cares about the afterlife. Ask yourself, Sirius, have you experienced the divine in this life? You will say yes to me, but you know the truth — and your quickness to attack and be offended tells me that you haven’t experienced the greatness of THIS life. For the Kingdom of God is spread out upon the earth and men refuse to see it.
sufi786,
sorry, lest you think I’m on your side because I have been disputing with Sirius, Islam carries no more validity than Christianity.
Indeed, all that can be said about the Quran is that it is obvious it was composed by an illiterate camel driver, for it is inferior poetry.
You were once Hindu? How could you have left those brilliant, beautiful books, the Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita, for the limited, the clumsy Quran?
petersonion
SAID
sufi786,
sorry, lest you think I’m on your side because I have been disputing with Sirius, Islam carries no more validity than Christianity.
Indeed, all that can be said about the Quran is that it is obvious it was composed by an illiterate camel driver, for it is inferior poetry.
You were once Hindu? How could you have left those brilliant, beautiful books, the Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita, for the limited, the clumsy Quran?
MY REPLY:
I KNOW YOU ARE NOT ON MY SIDE
FIRST TALKING ABOUT VEDAS IT IS ALL A MIX OF GOOD AND BAD AND SOMETIMES EVIL AND THE WHOLE VEDAS COMBINED COMPARES TO ONE SINGLE VERSE OF QURAN IN ELOQUENCE
WHAT IS THIS ?
HYMN VI. Indra.
1 They who stand round him as he moves harness the bright, the ruddy Steed
The lights are shining in the sky.
2 On both sides to the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to him,
Bold, tawny, bearers of the Chief.
3 Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men: where form was not,
Wast born together with the Dawns.
4 Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of babes unborn,
Assuming sacrificial names.
5 Thou, Indra, with the Tempest-Gods, the breakers down of what is firm,
Foundest the kine even in the cave.
6 Worshipping even as they list, singers laud him who findeth wealth,
The far-renowned, the mighty One.
7 Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra’s side:
Both joyous, equal in your sheen.
8 With Indra’s well beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to heaven,
The sacrificer cries aloud.
9 Come from this place, O Wanderer, or downward from the light of heaven:
Our songs of praise all yearn for this.
10 Indra we seek to give us help, from here, from heaven above the earth,
COMPARED TO THIS
Surah 96. The Clot, Read!
1. Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created-
2. Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:
3. Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,-
4. He Who taught (the use of) the pen,-
5. Taught man that which he knew not.
6. Nay, but man doth transgress all bounds,
7. In that he looketh upon himself as self-sufficient.
8. Verily, to thy Lord is the return (of all).
9. Seest thou one who forbids-
10. A votary when he (turns) to pray?
11. Seest thou if he is on (the road of) Guidance?-
12. Or enjoins Righteousness?
13. Seest thou if he denies (Truth) and turns away?
14. Knoweth he not that Allah doth see?
15. Let him beware! If he desist not, We will drag him by the forelock,-
16. A lying, sinful forelock!
17. Then, let him call (for help) to his council (of comrades):
18. We will call on the angels of punishment (to deal with him)!
19. Nay, heed him not: But bow down in adoration, and bring thyself the closer (to Allah.!
SORRY WHEN YOU SAY QURAN IS A BAD POETRY IN ARABIC YOU HAVE SHOW YOUR LACK OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OR RATHER YOU ARE TOTALLY IGNORANT OF THE TRUTH OR YOU WOULD NOT LIKE TO QUOTE THE TRUTH AND FACTS RATHER
IT IS WELL KNOW IN THE WHOLE ARABIA THAT QURAN IS THE BEST LITERAL WORK OF UNIQUE KIND AND TILL DATE NO BODY COULD PRODUCE NOT EVEN A SINGLE VERSE OF QURAN EQUAL IN PAR WITH LITERAL ELOQUENCE OF THE QURAN – AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN THE QURAN – WHICH ALL NON MUSLIMS ARABS HAVE FAILED TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE OF ALLAH TO EVEN PRODUCE A SINGLE VERSE LIKE QURAN EQUAL IN LITERAL ELOQUENCE TILL DATE AND I KNOW THEY WILL NEVER EVER BE ABEL TO DO SO EVEN IN FUTURE BECAUSE HUMANS CANNOT COMPETE WITH GOD
Say: “If the mankind and the jinns were together to produce the like of this Qur’an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped one another.” [Qur'an 17:88]
And if you (Arab pagans, Jews, and Christians) are in doubt concerning that which We have sent down (i.e. the Qur’an) to Our slave (Muhammad Peace be upon him ), then produce a surah (chapter) of the like thereof and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides Allah, if you are truthful. [Qur'an 2:23]
And this Qur’an is not such as could ever be produced by other than Allah (Lord of the heavens and the earth), but it is a confirmation of (the revelation) which was before it [i.e. the Taurat (Torah), and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.], and a full explanation of the Book (i.e. laws and orders, etc, decreed for mankind) – wherein there is no doubt from the the Lord of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns,and all that exists).
Or do they say: “He (Muhammad(P)) has forged it?” Say: “Bring then a surah (chapter) like unto it, and call upon whomsoever you can, besides Allah, if you are truthful!” [Qur'an 10:37-38]
Or they say, “He (Prophet Muhammad(P)) forged it (the Qur’an).” Say: “Bring you then ten forged surah (chapters) like unto it, and call whomsoever you can, other than Allah (to your help), if you speak the truth!” [Qur'an 11:13]
Or do they say: “He (Muhammad(P)) has forged it (this Qur’an)?” Nay! They believe not! Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur’an) if they are truthful. [Qur'an 52:33-34]
PEACE !!!
Sufi786,
I never mentioned the Vedas, because I don’t think them that well written. Nevertheless, I hope in your comparison of the Veda passage and the Quran passage your intention wasn’t to show the superiority of the language of the Quran. The Veda passage is more beautiful: “Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men: where form was not, wast born together with the Dawns.” — What a wonderful line!
Have you read the Quran in Arabic? I have not. Nor have I read The Odyssey in Greek, or the Zohar in Aramaic, or the Metamorphoses in Latin, or Don Quixote in Spanish. But if a work of literature is powerful, its power cannot help but shine through in the translation. Therefore the Quran has no excuse being inferior in English, which it is.
I do not doubt that in Arabic speaking countries the Quran is considered the height of literature and poetry. And apparently no one has attempted to surpass it: that would explain the lack of good writers from Arabic (also Muslim) countries. I can think of only three: Hafiz, Rumi and Khayam. But I will give you the Thousand and One Nights as well.
If the Quran is indeed the work of Allah, and it is the height of literature, than Allah has made a mistake: He has shamed men’s desire for literary achievement. That would be like me (as a teacher) shaming my students by always comparing their work with my own. How inappropriate of Allah!
It is a shame to look down on the masterpieces of other cultures simply because they do not agree with your world view.
Sufi, shut up. I know this is your blog and all, but you’re more or less irrelevant to the present conversation. And stop writing everything in ALL CAPS as most of us who’ve used the Internet for more than a week know, usuing all CAPS generally denotes someone is YELLING. With your utter lack of reason and your scrambled semblance of coherence, you do NOT need the added charge of being one of those shrill voices screaming in the digital night. Those you yell the loudest generally have the least to say.
Think about it.
And Muhammed and the Qur’an are still fakes. And I’m starting to think you are too.
And I’m not commenting on anything you’ve said, mostly because I’m still not listening to you. You see, I suffer from idiosis: a severe allergic reaction to the presence of idiocy. [Yes, I'was trying m talking about you again. Those suffering from idiocy generally have no idea they're afflicted.] It’s my hope that some day you’ll actually have something worth hearing because you’ll actually have something worth saying.
Now, petersonion…. You’re the reason I’m still even on this poor Muslim sap’s blog. You showed up in My Comments.
You’re really blowing my mind there, peter.
So my use of belittlement and sarcasm doesn’t become Christianity, eh? Um,Elijah. Mount Carmel. Prophets of Baal. Read it again.
And I’d really watch throwing stones when you live in the same glass house I live in. Internet vindication? Couldn’t I easily accuse you of the same thing? After all, you’re trolling the Net, pushing your views… You looking for internet vindication, bud? Your views that flimsy?
Please pick a better argument next time.
The Gospel of Thomas is discredited as anything but a GNOSTIC text by anyone except the blasted Jesus Seminar. Now, as a Gnostic text, it is thoroughly discredited from a traditional orthodox Christian point of view. Which is really the only POV that matters in this case. Why? Because Christendom has the right to determine what is heresy and what is orthodox Christianity. Gnosticism was identified as a heresy pretty much from square one.
You point about the “upon this rock I will build my church” text is bunk. Why? Because if the interpretation [you called it an expansion] I related is correct then the text cannot be used to buttress Catholicism. It’s important to note that this text has only even been [mis]quoted to try to disallow Protestantism as a valid expression of the faith. The expanded treatment negates its use as an endorsement of the Catholic faith per se.
I have lived my life. God willing, I’m not done. I’ve lived passion, depression, love, hate, reason, faith, doubt, joy and pain and all the rest. As the Master said, In this world you will have trouble, but I will give you my peace. I am come that you might have life and have life more a bundantly.
Gnosticism only promises “secret knowledge.” Promises, promises. On what authority? At least the idiot Muslim claims to have an authority for his knowledge. His authority is a sham, of course. What’s your authority? You? Are you more than human? prove it. Are you merely human? Why should I listen to you?
I’ll take the Word of God, thank you, proven historically, archaeologically accurate, verified by fulfilled prophecy and validated by God by the literal historical resurrection of Jesus Christ.
–Sirius Knott
MY REPLY :
DONT TELL HOW TO WRITE AND HOW NOT TO WRITE , BETTER GIVE THIS ADVICE TO YOUR VERY OWN SCRIBES LIARS WHO HAVE WRITTEN THE 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)”
YOU ARE BORN LOOSER SIRUS , AND YOU HAVE LEARNED TO BECOME A PATHETIC LIAR AS WELL , WELL DONE THAT ADDS TO YOU STRIPES IN MERRITT !!!
YOU HAVE PROVEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER MERIT AND THAT IS OF BEING A COWARD !!!
IN THIS WHOLE MARATHON OF DEBATE YOU HAVE FAILED TO PROVE JESUS AS AN GOD , AND EXPLAIN WHERE THIS PORNOGRAPHY AND TERRORISM , RACISM CAME FROM IN YOUR HOLY BIBLE !!!
ALL YOU HAVE SPOKEN IS THAT YOU KNOW QURAN IS FALSE AND BIBLE IS RIGHT – WITHOUT SHOWING A SINGLE BAD PORNOGRAPHY OR TERRORISM IN THE QURAN OR A SINGLE MISTAKE WHICH WILL MAKE QURAN A NOT SO HOLY BOOK AS YOUR NOT SO HOLY BIBLE!!! .
GO IN PEACE – BE HAPPY IN YOUR DELUSIONS !!!
Sufi,
You really should take my advice. And you might want to work on your spelling, too.
It’s spelled L-O-S-E-R, you semi-literate Qur’an worshipper.
See why I take you so seriously?
;]
Sirius Knott
MY REPLY :
YOUR ARE VERY BAD L-O-S-E-R , SAY G-O-O-D-B-Y-E TO YOUR FAITH AND G-O-D !!!
THANKS FOR THE ADVICE ON SPELLING I AM REALLY BAD IN SPELLING , WILL WORK ON IT .
I rest my case.
Sirius Knott
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