Non-Semitic Texts Cannot Be Used to Prove a Semitic God.

Submitted by Servant of Christ (United States), Sep 30, 2007 at 17:25

Thanks for replying earlier.

No problem ^^. I have freed up a little more time now so I should be able to respond sooner now.

In Arabic, most of the things they compare things to are the size of Dirham coins or the size of chickpeas or the shape of coins and the like. It wouldnt come out of nowhere where the Quran would start to compare chewed things, people dont say that, the Quran would have said if it had not know the view of a fetus that it was the size of such and such etc. It wouldnt just come that it would change the description of things.

Chewed things have no definite form so it remains extremely vague.

Yes, they are not talking about color, they are talking about the shape and the look of the fetus when it is made.

The chewed object is still so vague. I was hoping for a more definite prophesy like the one Jesus made about the Temple of Jerusalem's destruction or say Ezekiel's prophecy of Tyre's destruction.

And when the Quran was first revealed to him, it was recited in poetic verse, so he didnt just make it up. And everytime an issue had come to them, such as drinking, or adultery, or family problems, a Quranic verse would come Straight after the event, he couldnt have thought of such verses in very little time but it came very quickly as a guidance.

There are many teachers of morality. Poetry does not indicate divine influence because the Book of Psalms and Song of Solomon are in poetic form.

Everything Muhammad memorized from Jibreel (AS) or Gabriel, he made sure his Hafidh (protectors) Hafidh-al-Quran (protector of Quran) Memorized it, then from them the Quran was written on leaves, palms, leather etc, Those Huffadh made sure that nothing was made up, all straight from the tongue of Muhammad (S).

You just said earlier that they were not written down and now they were?

Yes, but there are many other holy and ancient scripts foreseeing the arrival of Muhammad, other than the Bible, there are too many different types of Bibles to figure it out, and altered ones.

Other ancient texts? Muhammad only said that the Bible (certain parts) was inspired by God. We can't rely on other religious text for there is one word of God and that was given to the Jewish race. And there aren't many Bibles nor is there any sign of corruption.

In hindu scriptures it says that this man will be born to in hindu (Servant of God) and (Trust). And Muhammads father, whos name is Abdullah, his name has exactly the same meaning. And his mother, whos name is Aminah, means trust in female context.

Hindu Scriptures contradict with Islamic and Hebrew texts. How can multiple gods be reconciled with monotheism?

It also says the same man who was born to Servant of God and Trust, will recieve prophetic knowledge in a cave, and Muhammad got his first verse and prophet hood from the cave of Hira.

We must rely on Hebrew texts alone. If Muhammad is the Prophet, then why is he Arabic?

And these scriptures are 4000-10000 years old, MUCH older than the Bible, and such scriptures were unalterable.

Why is it that those Hindu Scriptures are unalterable yet the Hebrew Scriptures are? And once again, ancient writings of non-Jewish sources conflict with Jewish writings so it doesn't hold any meaning.

It also says that this man will stay in that cave to a period of three days before recieving prophetic knowledge, EXACTLY referring to Muhammed.

Are you saying Hindu gods are the gods of Muhammad?

And Muhammeds teachings dont totally conflict to that of Jesus'. They both want peace. They both want monotheism. I dont know about the Bible, but the Quran says not to disrespect Ahlul Kitab, The people of the Book, Jews and Christians. SO they both dont want conflict. Both have respect to all prophets. Both have similar prophets and Angels etc Both have similar laws such as anti-homosexualism or adultery or keeping clean etc. Both teach the same etiquettes, so Muhammeds teachings dont conflict with Jesus' but almost, agree with them. But come out in different points of view.

I am happy to reciprocate that Christianity also teaches us to love one another. But it also commands us to show others that Jesus Christ is God's Son who came to save us.

They do indeed conflict with Jesus. True, many beliefs are shared, but our doctrines have significant differences.

Jesus made the claim that he was God and only he can make us go to Heaven. We cannot work our way up there (if you object to these claims then I will be delighted to give the references). Paul also wrote that anyone, taking the form of an angel, that contradicts the Jesus of the New Testament is a liar.

The Jesus of the New Testament is the very one the Jews prophesied about. Jesus Christ is both Prophet and Messiah. He is God (Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6) the Son (Proverbs 30:4).

Thank you for replying. Hope we continue this conversation :)

Peace, Ridwan

My thanks and regards.
I do hope we continue this exchange.

God Bless!

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