The following is an email conversation that I had with a Christian. It took place between the 23rd and 28th of July. This is the entire conversation, except that I removed the signatures in our emails and I removed any mention of his name and I fixed a spelling error in one of my replies to him. His comments will be in red and mine in black.

Him:

I got on google today and decided to do a search starting with "christianity is". Google’s search bar dropped down with the most popular searches along those lines, one of which was "christianity is false". Out of curiosity I clicked on it and saw a link to your top ten reasons. Why do you hate christianity and democracy? Were you raised a Muslim? I myself am a Christian, a Jesus-follower. I am honestly interested in hearing more about why you feel the way you do. I understand nothing I say will change your mind just as nothing you say will change mine. But maybe we can understand more of why the other believes the way he does.

Me:

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

Thanks for the email. I’m glad that you have taken some time to converse with me. I am a bit concerned when you say nothing will change your mind. It reminds me of a joke Steven Colbert made at the expense of G. W. Bush when he said that on Wednesday Bush believes exactly as he believed on Monday regardless of what happened on Tuesday. In any case, my mind can be changed. I only desire truth because when I die and stand before my Lord I will have to answer Him myself.

God said in His Quran [52:11]:
Then woe that Day to those that treat (truth) as falsehood

I was not raised Muslim. I grew up attending Southern Baptist (my father’s side) and Pentecostal (my mother’s side) churches. I was baptised as ‘Born Again’ at 15 and I left Christianity at 16. I became Muslim just before my 19th birthday. I’ve now been Muslim for over 10 years.

I hate Christianity because if I had died at 15 as a Christian, I would have gone to Hell. I came to the brink of Hell, one push and it would have been over. I can never forgive Christianity for that.

 
God said in His Quran [4:48]:
Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed.

I hate democracy because by its very design it intends to remove authority away from God to the most despicable of men with money and charm.

God said in His Quran [12:40]
the command is for none but Allah

In short anything that seduces mankind from pure monotheism and the worship of our Lord deserves hatred and ridicule.

Again thank you for taking the time to email me, I am looking forward to your reply. May God make our correspondence beneficial, may He instil a sincerity for truth in us, and may He bring us ever closer to the straight path. Ameen.

P.S. I didn’t get this email until I was nearly finished replying to your comment on my blog. I will hold off publishing either your comment or my reply until we conclude our discussion here. That is to prevent us from having two separate discussions, which will take away from our ability to have a productive discussion.

Him:

Thank you very much for your reply and the deal with the comment reply sounds good to me. Now my comment about not being able to change my mind is based on the fact that I do sincerely believe I know the truth and that the truth I know is in Christ Jesus. So, yes I believe the one and only truth of God can change hearts and minds but being that I believe I already know that truth, I don’t expect my mind to change.

 
That is extremely interesting about your up-bringing in the church. I’m the opposite actually. I never attended church growing up and was without any real influence religiously to any one belief system. It was when I was in my first year of college in Las Vegas that I came to a brink with depression and a feeling of futility that I began to read my Bible that I had owned for years but never read. Through reading Ecclesiastes and then into the Gospels I drew closer to God and committed my life to Christ in January of 09′. So yes I am a very young christian.

 
I appreciate the verses that you have used from the Quran, but I think the burden of proof rests on the credibility of the Quran. I understand it’s original language is Arabic and being written around 620 A.D. would mean that the copy of the Quran in English that we have today is beyond all reasonable doubt very accurate to the original manuscript penned by Muhammad. But the credibility of those original words written by Muhammad being truly inspired revelations given by God is what worries me. Is there considerable archeological and historical evidence that under girds the credibility of the Quran’s authenticity as God-inspired revelation?

 
About your points on democracy; I do agree that it is very sad how this system of government has condemned monotheism in the way that it does. But I do cherish the freedoms provided by this government and the opportunities it gives to live a lifestyle that is safe for all people to practice their respective beliefs and to come to God by their own free will and choice of heart rather than by the threats and dangers impressed by a theocratic or totalitarian government.

 
If you don’t mind talking about some more personal stuff, I was just wondering where you grew up and where you currently live. I was born and raised in Texas, myself.

 
And was there a significant occurrence or event that lead you to leave the Church at 16?

Thank you again for your willingness and friendliness in discussing these topics of interest. I am looking forward to your reply and the continuance of our correspondence.

Me:

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

I do not expect my mind to be changed and even less when it comes to Christianity. However, to say nothing will change your mind suggests that you will disregard everything the other has said that doesn’t fit with your narrative. That is not my position and I hope not yours.

January ’09 makes you a very young Christian indeed. I wonder how long you were reading the Bible before you were inclined to become a Christian. Was it instant or did it take time and thought?

You are right to question the credibility of the Quran. If the Quran is not credible then Islam is false. How can we determine if the Quran is credible or perhaps easier how can we disprove the Quran’s credibility?

Is there archaeological and historical evidence that the events mentioned in the Quran actually happened? Yes. Is there archaeological evidence that these things did not happen as described by the Quran? No. Does the fact that these things happened convince you that the Quran is authentic? Should you be convinced?

Some early points to establish the authenticity of the Quran:

• The Quran we have today is the Quran of Muhammed, salallahu alayhi wa sallam.
• The Quran remains in its original language.
• Muhammed, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, was known as ‘The Trustworthy’ even by his enemies.
• Muhammed, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, never materially profited from his claim of prophethood or his position as the leader of a large state.

Do you know that the Quran established freedom of religion long before Europeans thought it was a good idea?

God says in His Quran [2:256]:
Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.

Despite what is happening in Israel there are large numbers of Jews living peacefully in North Africa, Iran and other places within the Muslim world. In fact, during the Spanish Inquisition the Jews fled from Spain to the Islamic empire where they settled and never left. Moreover, in Egypt there are millions of Christians and yet they have lived under Islamic law for over 1,000 years (they are not living under Islamic law now).

 
I was born in Baytown, Texas and raised in Dayton, Ohio but I now live in Europe. There wasn’t any special event that lead me away from Christianity except the regret I was feeling and the my disillusionment with the Bible. I used to ask God everyday to guide me towards the truth and everyday I felt less and less inclined towards Christianity. Then I read things in the Bible that I could not accept. I had no choice but to leave Christianity and I did it happily.

Him:

My turn to Christ did take time and thought but was a very prominent pull from the very beginning. Thank you for the information on the Quran. But no, I am not yet convinced that it is credible as the Word of God. I do hold to the belief that it is written in the Bible that no revelation will follow the close of the cannon which ended with the writing of Revelation. So I do have a very hard time believing in any such acclaimed revelations as the Quran and the books of Mormonism alike.

 
What parts of the Bible can you not accept? Are they actual teachings of God or are they actions people performed in the Bible that are not necessarily deemed by God? I don’t agree with Samson sleeping with a prostitute, but neither does the commandments of God. And the literary use of this event in no way represents an action that is favorable or should be exampled after. It is merely part of a story, the redemptive story of God’s people.

 
If the Quran established religious freedom, then why do some muslims believe that Quran 2:191-193 supports jihad and the killing of any religion opposed to Allah? Why is it mortally dangerous to preach the Gospel in such places as Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia (all Islamic countries if I’m not mistaken)? Why is there not one publicly permissible Christian church in all of Saudi Arabia?

I do know that Jesus is mentioned in the Quran, but I don’t know as to what extent. Is Jesus believed to just be a prophet of God? How is Jesus portrayed in the Quran?

Me:

I didn’t expect you to be convinced just yet. However, you must acknowledge that these early points are favourable to the Quran’s credibility.

 
I find your belief that no revelation will follow the close of the cannon very curious. Where did you get that from? Who decided which books would be part of the cannon and why?

 
There was no agreement as to which books should be included, with each Church adhering to their own cannon. For example the codex Sinaiticus contains two extra books in the New Testament, the Shepherd of Hermas and the Epistle of Barnabas.

 
It wasn’t until the fourth century that an effort was to determine which book belonged and which didn’t. I find this very telling. Christians did not receive direct guidance from Jesus, his companions, Paul, or anyone else close to the events. In addition, there was a large body of writing that must have been outright lies and forgeries, while claiming to be divinely inspired. I wonder what was the system that was used to determine the accuracy of the manuscripts. Moreover, 300 years is an amazing amount of time and it is unlikely (read impossible) for 100% accuracy. Please describe the system that was used to accept or reject these manuscripts.

 
To determine which books belong or didn’t belong, the council of Nicaea (325) was established, they determined that the Epistle of Jude was authentic and believable and announce the rest as doubtful. Another council in Liodicia (364) determined that, in addition to Jude, six other books were to be added to the acceptable list. Again in Cartgage (397) they added another six books. There would be three more councils that in the end would include all the books that were originally declared as doubtful, including Revelations. Later came the Protestant Reformation, which saw some books purged from the Bible. Until this day, Christians do not have a consensus about which books belong in the cannon.

I do not accept a single word that is written in the Bible. My opposition to Judges 16:1 is not whether God condones Samson’s fornication or not. Nor do I care whether Samson was a good or bad person. Nor whether it actually happened or not. My opposition to the verse is that it is there. The verse is superfluous and unduly profane. Past that, I cannot accept the sin attributed to David, I cannot accept the impure lineage of Jesus, I cannot accept the apostasy of Solomon, I cannot accept incest between prophet Lot and his daughters, I cannot accept rape and murder committed on the orders of God, I cannot accept the divinity attributed to Jesus, I cannot accept Paul’s campaign against the law, I cannot accept the hippy and cowardly portrayal of Jesus.

Jihad has nothing to do with religious freedom. No Islamic army ever entered into a place and forced people to convert to Islam because that was never the purpose of Jihad in Islam. In fact, there have always been specific orders to leave places of worship and the priests, rabbis, monks, nuns were to be safeguarded. Couple the fact that buildings of worship and people of faith were protected even during the heat of battle with the historical truth of long standing Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian and other religious communities we can safely say that Jihad has nothing to do with the religious freedoms of non-Muslim communities in Islamic law and practice.

 
Quran 2:191-193 do not say kill anyone from any religion that is opposed to Allah. When the prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, first publicly announce the message of Islam to the idol worshippers of Mecca, they lashed out very hard. They tortured, robbed, murdered and forced Muslims from their homes in an attempt to crush the Islamic movement in its infancy. Throughout this time, the prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, forbade his followers from fighting back and told them to remain steadfast. After the Muslims migrated to Medina, the polytheists of Mecca raised the stakes and threatened to wipe out the Muslims with armies. It was then that Allah gave permission to the Muslims to defend themselves. These verses are saying fight them like they are fighting you, do to them what they are doing to you, but if they stop fighting you then you must stop fighting them. Moreover, even during this fight you are not allowed to kill women or children or priests or the elderly. You are not allowed to cut down trees or kill animals without a useful reason (such as eating).

 
Islam does not have a command to kill non-Muslims just because they are non-Muslim nor does it have a history of doing it; do you know of a religious community that does? A religious group force converted African slaves in America, they force converted the native populations of the Caribbean, they force converted in Spain and in England. Moreover, they force converted people in the most horrific way. Can you guess what religious group that I’m talking about?

 
Can you please give me the name of a missionary killed in Saudi Arabia? Even when the Taliban caught missionaries in Afghanistan, prior to the war that is going on there now, they released them unharmed. Tell me why there is no Mosque in Vatican City. Moreover, tell me why there is so much opposition to mosques in a supposedly ‘religion neutral’ country like the US?

Regarding Jesus in the Quran please review the short article found here.

Him:

Hey Abu,

I have been pretty busy the past couple days and will be for the next couple of days with wrapping up some school stuff and some ministries in the Church before I head back out for college so it may be another couple days before I can really sit down and spend the time worthy of answering your questions and responding. But I wanted to at least give you a heads up. I hope your week is going good and your family is well. I will talk to you soon! Have a good one.

Me:

Thanks for the heads up, however, do not feel that you are under any sort of obligation to reply or that you must do so quickly.

God says in His Quran [3:64]:
Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you – that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allah ." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."

That is how our conversation ended, the last message being received on the 28th of July. I waited nearly two months for the promised rebuttal. Enjoy.

I had <insert your favourite disease/illness here>, I prayed to Jesus and was healed!

She begins, “All things are possible through Jesus. He is the only one who can hear us. He is the only one who can give us salvation. He died on a cross to save us from our sins.” I’m listening but only just. Her shouting and spastic movements detract from my ability to hear every word. As she speaks of Jesus’ ability to do all, I recall a verse in the Bible where Jesus supposedly says, ‘Of my ownself I can do nothing’. I can’t quite remember the reference. I can’t be asked to try to remember. I’m not debating anyone. Plus, I’m fasting. She continues, “I’m from Pakistan, from a city called Karachi”. I try to listen more attentively. If she is going to claim to be an apostate, I want to her what she says. She continues, “I had diabetes, a very serious case”. Laughing to myself, I tune out. Over the course of the last 10 years, I’ve heard this argument many times. It usually presents itself when pressing Christians for proof of the correctness of their faith. It is an argument that will only convince those who wish to be convinced by it.

I remember the first time I ever ‘debated’ a Christian. I was working at a marketplace along with a few of my Muslim friends, although we were working at different stalls. A priest, his wife and another man were trying to give dawah to one of my friends. He called me over. When I arrived the priest greeted me and asked my name. I responded, ‘My name is Abdullah’. He asked, ‘You have a new name and a new religion? Do you know there are thousands of religions in India?’. I replied, ‘Yes, but there is only one Islam’. From there he began telling me of this terrible illness that he suffered that the doctors could do nothing about. It was only after he prayed to Jesus that he was made healthy again. His wife tells me an almost identical story about herself. I asked them, ‘Don’t you know there are people who pray to trees that are not sick?’. A few minutes later they left without saying goodbye. I remained speaking to the third man until he left saying, ‘It’s not right that they call Jesus the Son of God’. I saw the priest and his wife about an hour later. I tried to smile at them and wave but they just looked at me sternly and their faces were blood red.

The Christian tells us, ‘Don’t you know that there was this Muslim man, who had a Christian friend and they used to debate religion all the time. After a number of years and neither man shifting his position, the Muslim man met up with the Christian man, who was off to help with an exorcism. The Muslim man went with him. After being left alone with the victim of demonic possession, the Muslim man decides to put Islam and Christianity to the test. First, he prays to Muhammad to heal the girl but nothing happens. Next, he prays to Jesus and suddenly the girl becomes well and the Muslim man confesses to the truth of Christianity.” Perhaps you have heard a similar story. I’ve heard it in several incarnations. There are many problems with the Christians narrative that exposes it for its falsehood. The biggest glaring mistake is the Muslim’s prayer to Muhammad, salallahu alayhi wa sallam. Is there such a Muslim that prays to Muhammad? Could such a person even be classified as a Muslim? Moreover, the Christian cannot fix his story because if he changes the word Muhammad to Allah, our object of worship and to whom we direct our prayers, he exposes himself as a liar. Allah is the same name used in the Bible to refer to the supreme deity that the Jews and Christians claim to worship. One just needs to open the Bible in Arabic and you will find the word Allah in the very first verse. Also, Malaysian Christians were fighting the government of Malaysia for the right to refer to God as Allah in their Christian writings. Once again the reason we are given to follow Christianity is Jesus’ ability to heal.

That’s Not Proof.

These are just three examples of this extraordinary claim in Jesus’ ability to heal. The first I heard yesterday as I walked through the park, the other two I heard years ago. When I have been told these stories the person telling me them expected that I would profess Christianity and follow them in worshiping Jesus. Sorry mate, I don’t worship men. I don’t even care if the stories are true. As a matter of fact, I give each person the benefit of doubt. I reject them as proof and I’m going to tell you why.

Many people form various backgrounds have claimed similar things these include just about every religious group. Since I wasn’t present when these things supposedly happened, I treat them the same as I do the Christians by giving them the benefit of the doubt. They believe and think they saw proof that their deity heals the ill.

One of the Imams of a masjid I used to attend fell ill. The doctors in the hospital were convinced he was going to die and told his family to make preparations for that event. This Imam was very well liked and many people prayed for his recovery. A week later he was back leading the salaah, running his shop and conducting his Islamic classes. That is a true story that I witnessed, but I’ve never tried to us that in a debate to prove the correctness of Islam.

My mother practises something called ‘Reiki’, which she says involves asking spirits to come and heal the body of the person being treated. She goes to a nursing home and does this treatment on the residents, who claim to feel better after their session. My mother told me one person even started walking again after treatment.

Ava Worthington, the 15 month old little girl died when her parents tried praying to remove her pneumonia instead of taking her to the hospital.

If you live in a Christian majority country, pop down your local hospice and find out how many Christians are dying in their beds, while there family members pray to Jesus to help them.

When I worked in a long term care facility, there was a resident that had an illness that caused him to lose his mind. He was incontinent and used to get into fights with his chair. Before his illness, he was a priest. As I learned about the residents, I realised that the majority with mental disorders were devout Christians before they fell ill.

Jesus did heal the sick and blind when he was walking this earth. According to the Bible and the Quran, he did it only after supplicating to Allah. Meaning, it is not something he was doing by himself but Allah was curing them through Jesus to strengthen his claim of prophethood.

[The Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic." [Quran 5:110]

Jesus the son of Mary, has no ability to help or heal anyone. He cannot even hear your supplication. Turn instead to the One who can, the One who gave you life and will cause  you to die. There is no need for intermediaries. Call on Him, The All Hearing, The All Seeing, The Knower of the seen and the unseen, your Lord who will repay you for your belief or your disbelief.

I testify to the fact that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah, who remains alone without any partner. And I testify to the fact that Muhammad the son of Abdullah is His slave and messenger. 

A very kind brother who wished good for me sent me a link to these lectures. I have spent a number of weeks reviewing them and I now regard them very highly. Oh Allah reward the brother and reward the speaker. Ameen.

Part 1
From Isa to Islam – Part 1

Part 2
From Isa to Islam – Part 2
From Isa to Islam – Part 2 Q&A

Parts of the lecture series (unsure of the order)
Abdul-Ahad – From Isa to Islam-05 True Followers of Isa

Abdul-Ahad – From Isa to Islam-04 Historical Environment of Isa – Recap

Abdul-Ahad – From Isa to Islam-02 Isa the Messiah – A Method

Abdul-Ahad – 14 Recap and Detailed Look at Documents

Abdul-Ahad – 13 The First Four Decades

Abdul-Ahad – 12 The Importance of James

Abdul-Ahad – 11 Introduction to the Qumran Community

Abdul-Ahad – 10 TheDisagreement

Abdul-Ahad – 09 Defense Of The Methodology

Abdul-Ahad – 08 James and Paul – Confrontation and Betrayal

Abdul-Ahad – 07 What Really Happened

Abdul-Ahad – 06 James and Paul – Confrontation and Betrayal

Abdul Ahad – Modest to Visit

This lecture series is about 12 hours of audio. I believe that the lecturer Abdul Ahad is Gary Miller.

The following is a recent email conversation that I had with a Christian reader of MyIslamicFamily. His messages will be in red and mine will be in green. Enjoy.

Hello?!?!?!?!? Are you there?!?!?!?

All Praise and Thanks belong to Allah, I am here. Are you there?

Yes i am here. I was reading your 10 reasons why you thought Christianity was "false". How do you know that the scribes wrote in the Holy Bible?

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

I know this to be the case because I have read a few books by Bible scholars who have said as much. Please take a look at Adam Clarke’s commentary on Jeremiah chapter 8 verse 8: http://www.studylight.org/com/acc/view.cgi?book=jer&chapter=008 as one such example.

Could you give me a summary of it? 

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

In commentary of Jeremiah 8:8 Adam Clarke wrote:
The deceitful pen of the scribes. They have written falsely, though they had the truth before them. It is too bold an assertion to say that "the Jews have never falsified the sacred oracles;" they have done it again and again. They have written falsities when they knew they were such.

What makes you think islam is the only right religion?

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

Perfection. God is perfect. If He wasn’t our universe would collapse in on itself and life would never have existed.

His guidance must also be perfect; not just perfect but perfect from every possible angle. The Quran is the only guidance that conforms to the requirement of perfection. Therefore, the only right religion is the religion that derives itself from the perfect Quran.

But we all fall short to God. We all sin. Sin is wicked, unjust, and not perfect. So we need someone to forgive us of our transgressions. Jesus did just that by dying on the cross.  Isaiah 63:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

God does not need Jesus to forgive mankind and He forgave many people without Jesus.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

The conditions for forgiveness are laid out in the above verse, call God by His name, humble yourself, pray and seek God, and turn away from the sin you were committing. Then God will definitely forgive you. God is great and He is not in need of anything to do what He wants.

Moreover, there are reasons to not trust the crucifixion stories that are narrated in the four Gospels of the New Testament.

Yes. But He also promised that there will be a Messiah. Jesus fulfilled all of the prophecies. Including rising from the dead.

According to Matthew 12:38-40, when the Jews wanted Jesus to prove that he was the Messiah they asked him for a sign. Jesus answered that there was only one sign; the sign of the prophet Jonah. Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale and so Jesus would spend three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. However, when we add up the days and nights that Jesus was supposedly in the tomb it falls far short of three days and three nights.

According to the Bible:
Friday night, Jesus was hurriedly taken from the cross wrapped up and placed in the tomb. The total so far is one night.

Saturday, Jesus spent the day and night in the tomb. The total becomes one day and two nights.

Sunday, Jesus was taken out of the tomb before sunrise. So the total remains one day and two nights.

We can clearly see that Jesus did not fulfil all the prophecies. He failed the one that he supposedly uttered from his own mouth.

The days of the Jewish tradition are different than ours. Jesus died on Wednesday and rose up on Saturday. For more details i have the website below.

http://www.biblelineministries.org/articles/basearch.php3?action=full&mainkey=WHEN+DID+JESUS+RISE+FROM+THE+DEAD%3F

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

Thank you for sharing that very interesting article. I agree that the three days and three nights must be three days and three nights. I also found the remarks about paganism within Christianity interesting. You will recall that one of my ten reasons to know Christianity is false is the pagan influences that have been Christianised into becoming part of the orthodoxy.

The article is not fault free. The reason the vast majority of Christians believe in and follow a Friday to Sunday burial is because of tradition. However, the underlying reason for this belief is the belief that Jesus was actually killed on Friday night.

Getting to the thesis of the article, was Jesus killed on Wednesday? Unfortunately, the author has not provided us with any proof. In fact it appears that the method of arriving at Wednesday was simply to count 72 hours backwards. Had the prophesy said two days and two nights, the article would be proposing a Thursday death.

What the article does show is the confusion and doubt surrounding the cornerstone event in Christianity.

That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:- [Quran 4:157]

Finally, the article ends by saying that the day is unimportant but knowing how to be saved is the real issue and the only way to be saved is through the blood of Jesus. The day is important and the full count of days he was supposedly in the tomb are important because Jesus put this forward as the ONLY sign. Moreover, you and I know that the blood of Jesus is not essential to forgiveness.

We attain salvation, not through the bloody death of Jesus, but by turning to God and humbling ourselves in prayer, seeking His forgiveness and staying away from the evil, which we were committing. What negates this is calling to someone other than God, offering our prayers in the name of someone other than God, ascribing partners with God.

Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah." If then they turn back, say ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah’s Will). [Quran 3:64]

The website i gave you told you why Jesus was crucified on Wednesday. I’ll just tell you why He was crucified on Wednesday in my own words in another e mail. Meanwhile, what gives you the thought that islam is the only right religion?

John 19:31  The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The high Sabbath is not the regular Sabbath on Saturday. The high Sabbath is a special day for a feast. It was the Passover Sabbath which happened on Thursday on the Crucifixion week. And Jesus was crucified on the Preparation day of the high Sabbath. The high sabbath is a special sabbath day for a feast, and the feast here was Passover, because Jesus is the fulfillment of the Passover, Jesus is the Passover Lamb that takes away the sins of the world!

That is why the crucifixion day was Wednesday, not Friday. 

John 19:31  The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The high Sabbath is not the regular Saturday Sabbath. It is a special feast. The feast was the Passover. It was the Passover feast which happened on the Thursday of the Crucifixion week. And so Jesus was Crucified on the Preparation day, which is Wednesday because the high Sabbath is the next day.  The high sabbath is a special sabbath day for a feast, and the feast here was Passover, because Jesus is the fulfillment of the Passover, Jesus is the Passover Lamb that takes away the sins of the world!

That is why the crucifixion day was Wednesday, not Friday. 

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

Thank you. I have decided to ask a rabbi a question about the Passover before I remark on why I disagree with a Wednesday Shabbat.

 
I find it interesting that you call Jesus the Passover lamb. How is it possible that Jesus is the Passover lamb when the Passover was already killed even before he was arrested? Mark 14:12-46.

Regarding your question on why I know Islam is the only right religion, I have already answered that. Please look back in previous emails.

I will answer the Passover Lamb question in another e mail. But i have read that you were from Christianity but then converted to islam. Is that true?

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

There really is no need to answer the Passover lamb question. It it very unlikely that you will be able to present me with something new that won’t take the mental gymnastics, assumptions and guesswork that other explanations rely on.

Back to the prophesy in Matthew. John 19:31, is not a proof that Passover was on Wednesday or any other day. The bit in the verse that is in parentheses is what is known as an interpolation, meaning it is not found in ancient manuscripts but it was added later by a scribe or other person who had no authority to write verses in the Bible. Therefore, it is unacceptable and unconvincing as proof.

 
There are things that are in favour of a ‘good Friday’ as opposed to a ‘good Wednesday’. Number one, all of the Christian world believes this event to have taken place on no other day than Friday. Number two, all of the Bible scholars that I have read, unequivocally state that Jesus was killed on Friday. Number three, the author of the article, which you linked, refutes himself. Luke 24:21 does not say 3 days since Passover. That would be unintelligible considering Passover is eight or nine days long. The only way to make that verse to be in favour of his position was to ADD the word ‘Passover’ in his explanation, which does not appear in the verse or in the surrounding verses. In fact if you read Luke 24:20, it is clear they are talking about the crucifixion and not Passover.

Yes, I was a Christian and like so many others I left it and accepted Islam. All praise and thanks belong to God!

Really. You are really making stupid questions up. There are a lot of Bible verses that i can say to you that could prove your point wrong but my brother in Christ said to not associate with you anymore. You are not interested in Salvation and are trying to make me a muslim. I have a final thing to say to you.   

1 John 2:9  They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

Peace be upon those who follow righteous guidance,

I can not make you a Muslim. It is up to God to guide you.

I wonder if the verse you quoted (1 John 2:9) is true then why are you and your brother afraid to associate with me? Doesn’t your Bible also say to prove everything (1 Thessalonians 5:21)? Doesn’t that make proving me wrong obligatory for you?

We must have sincerity towards the truth and follow truth no matter the name by which it is called. Salvation can only come from adhering to the truth.

I pray God guides you to truth and saves you from the abyss.

I was asked this question by a young missionary man in his attempt to understand how it is possible for someone to be Christian, to be born-again, and then abandon it. I paused reflecting back on my youth. After serious thought, I replied, ‘regret’.

Regret.

Prior to that moment, I was a happy church goer and I soaked up everything the pastor said. I did my very best to implement what I was taught in Church on Sundays and what I read in the Bible at night when I was alone. After, I was cautious and critical of some things I learned in Church and the Bible no longer appealed to me. It was at this time that I began to be inclined towards Islam. Alhamdulillah.

It’s impossible to accept Jesus and then leave Christianity, he asserts. The Bible says such and such in such and such place.

I’m accused of lying.

It is possible. Jesus isn’t God. He can’t enter into people’s hearts. The Bible isn’t true.

I asked someone who couldn’t hear me to do the impossible task of coming into my heart. It is little wonder why he didn’t respond.

All praise and thanks belong to Allah alone, Who guided me away from the kufr of Christianity to Iman in Allah.

I Testify to the fact that there is none worthy of worship, except Allah and I testify to the fact that Muhammad is the slave and messenger of Allah.

Here is my top ten list of ways to know Christianity is false. Enjoy.

Number 10: Missionary Deception.

Lying and deceiving is part of the Christian evangelic tradition, which started with the founder of Christianity, Paul. Every method of trickery is employed to catch the gullible, the poor, and the ignorant. The missionary is a vulture preying on the destitute and the disadvantaged. He is in the service of Satan and his call is evil.

Number 9: Pagan Influence.

The religion of Jesus the son of Mary, alayhi sallam, was the antithesis of paganism and idolatry. However during the first few centuries after Jesus, there was no consensus on such things as which texts to include in the Christian canon,  the role of Mosaic law, or whether Jesus was a man, a man-god or God. As early Christians struggled to create an orthodox identity, politicians and other unscrupulous characters took advantage and shaped Christianity to secure their own places of power and influence. Pagan customs and idolatry were Christianized and became part of the orthodoxy. A religion claiming to speak for the one true God must be free from such influences.

Number 8: The Bible is Inconsistent.

There is nothing wrong with a book written over thousands of years to contain stylistic differences. However, if the source is the same unchanging and perfect God then we expect a consistent and coherent message throughout. The Bible suffers from drastic schizophrenic  changes. God’s very nature gets turn upside-down. The changes are so great that it is impossible for someone to give an intelligent description of God’s nature based on the entire Bible.

Number 7: Jesus Rejects Christians.

The Jesus of the Bible rejects those that preached and taught in his name. He casts them aside and disassociates himself from them because their work was evil and they were evil.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matthew 7:21-23.

This rejection is for the Trinitarian who ascribes Jesus as a partner to God, because there is nothing more evil and disgusting than ascribing a partner to God.

Number 6: Jesus Isn’t God.

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Luke 18:19

Does anything more need to be said?

Number 5. Jesus is Unknown.

No Christian knows Jesus. He is a mystery figure. There are arguments about what he looked like, what language he spoke, whether or not he ever married and whether or not he was crucified. Even the authors of the Bible are confused about him. Did he cry tears of blood out of fear for his impending death? What were his last words before he died on the cross? Did he leave Palestine and travel to Egypt as a youth? Was he killed on the day before or after Passover? On all these things the Bible gives conflicting answers. How strange that Jesus is so central to Christian theology and yet they are so ignorant about him. It might be that the only thing Christians and the Bible can agree on is that he existed!

Number 4: The Bible witnesses against itself.

The Bible tells us that the Bible is not from God. The word of God must be perfect (Psalms 19:7) but the Bible falls far short of perfection. What scribes write is in vain (Jeremiah 8:8) and the Bible is the failed effort of scribe writing and changing what they inherited. Every verse in the Old Testament must be fall under one of the four categories: doctrine, reproof, correction or instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16) but there are many examples of Old Testament verses that do not fall into any of those categories and could only be classified as pointless (example Judges 16:1). Since the Bible is telling us it is not from God, why do some claim that it is?

Number 3: Jesus wasn’t Crucified or Resurrected.

Christianity relies on the gory death of an innocent man. However, there are reasons to disregard its claim as an absurdity.  The Bible is inconsistent in its description of the crucifixion. There is no independent attestations that it was a historical event. There was no need to sacrifice Jesus because the people were already forgiven. Early manuscripts do not contain the passion narrative. Many early Christians did not believe in the crucifixion. In short, there is no proof.

Number 2: The Bible is corrupt.

The original Torah, Psalms and Gospel have not reached us. What we do have today could not even be described as a copy of a copy of a copy. It is a copy of a copy of a copy of a mistranslation of a copy of a mistranslation of a copy of a copy of a rewrite of an account by someone who wasn’t a witness to the events. It is riddled with errors, contradictions, failed prophecies and unintelligible verses. As such, it is impossible to know what the message of the originals might have been and, therefore, impossible for reasonable people to put any trust in its conclusion.

Number 1: Islam is Truth.

Two opposing statements cannot both be true. If Islam is true then Christianity must be false and Islam is true. Free from the problems of Christianity, Islam is unique among faiths for its purity, perfection and its strict adherence to monotheism. There are no pagan influences or absurd stories. There is no filth or lies. There is only perfection. All praise and thanks belong to Allah for making me a Muslim and saving me from the kufr of the Christians.

Have I got these right? What would be your top ten?

Regular readers of this blog will remember a conversation that I had with with a Christian in the post, Why I’m Not Donating Any Money to Haiti. This person objected to my use of the word bastard as a description for Christian missionaries. Instead of apologizing, I defended my use of the term citing missionary deception in the quest for converts. Before that I made this post, Contradiction or Contrast, highlighting a deception of John Gilchrist in one of his debates with Shabir Ally. In the comments of that post I promised a post on deception in Christian evangelism. This post both a fulfilment of my promise and examples for anyone who wishes to deny deception among the callers to Christianity. I hope that this will also serve as a warning to Muslims not to be duped when you come into contact with these silver tongue devils.

And say: “Truth has come and Batil has vanished. Surely! Batil is ever bound to vanish.” [Quran 17:81]

A special duaa for our brother and sheikh, Ahmed Deedat, who spent a very large portion of his life working to uncover the ugly face of Christianity and giving the fruits of his labours away freely. Ya ar-Rahman have mercy on Ahmed Deedat, forgive his sins, overlook his shortcomings and reward him handsomely for his faith and righteous deeds. Deedat is a hero of ours and we love him. Surely a man loved by the ummah of Muhammad is loved more by You. All praise belongs to You. There is no God except You.

To proceed:

I would like to clear something up from the beginning. I often use the words missionary, apologetic and evangelic interchangeably and often they are synonymous with the meaning of, ‘someone calling to Christianity’.  However, they have slightly different meanings. I don’t really care about the different meanings, just remember that I use these words to mean someone calling to Christianity and that I will try to stick to the use of ‘missionary’ for this purpose. If you object to my definition or usage of any of these terms please keep it to yourself.

The Bible Endorses Missionary Deception:

“Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.”

(1st Corinthians 9:19-22)

“But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.”

(2nd Corinthians 12:16)

“But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?”

(Romans 3:7)

And most devilish,

“But what does it matter? Nothing matters except that, in one way or another, people are told the message about Christ, whether with honest or dishonest motives, and I’m happy about that. Yes, I will continue to be happy.”

(Philippians 1:18)

Could these verses be any clearer in their endorsement of lying for the case of Christ? Watch the videos and look at the pictures with these verses in your mind.

Using Political Turmoil to Convert Muslims:

Talk by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat on Christian Missionary Deception:

If Christianity were true then it would not need to resort to trickery and lies to convert, because there is no way that falsehood can stand up to truth.

And say: “Truth has come and Batil has vanished. Surely! Batil is ever bound to vanish.” [Quran 17:81]

This will be my last post that has anything to do with Christmas this year.

After spending some time reading about Christmas trees and Christianity relating to them, I started thinking about other aspects of Christmas that are misguidance.

That led me to Santa Claus. Parents lie to their children regarding his existence. He is given the god-like qualities of hearing and seeing everything, and the ability to travel the globe and visiting every home in a single night, the ability to give as he pleases of his gifts.

I grew up believing in him. I was scared to misbehave, I didn’t want any lump of coal. I would lie in bed and ask him for all the things my heart desired. How could he not exist? My parents were telling me he did, the cookies and milk left out for him were gone in the morning, when I went to bed there were very few gifts under the tree but when I woke there were so many that they couldn’t fit under the tree and all marked with a tag that said, ‘from santa’.

I don’t believe in him now. Can any guess why? I grew up and they let me in on the dark secret that there is no santa. It was nothing more than an elaborate trick played on fragile minds. Later in life, I was the one eating cookies left for santa and wrapping the gifts with the ‘from santa’ tags.

I bring all this up because I have been told on a number of occasions that because I left Christianity it meant that I never really believed in the first place. That goes for anyone who has left, not just me. They use that statement to discredit me or to protect their own faith. However, looking back at the little boy that I used to be, the little boy that had a firm conviction in the existence of santa, which was uprooted with a little knowledge, I know that people can believe in something today and reject it tomorrow.

Ya Allah, ar-Rashid, an-Nur, al-Hadi, keep me firm on Islam. Ya Allah, Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim, Al-Ghaffar, Al-Ghafur, forgive my shortcomings and cover my faults in this life and in the hereafter.

I don’t mean to brag but MyIslamicFamily has a number of Christian fans that evidently are regular readers. I’m not sure whether its my writing style or my unique ability to offend Christian polytheism that keeps them coming back for more. Whatever the case is they latch onto my every word.

They get so desperate to refute my understanding of Christianity that they start to comment on every post that I have made about Christianity. They complain about my grouping Catholics and Protestants in the same Christian pagan pile. They complain at my insistence that the Bible has many errors, contradictions, racism, pornography and absurd statements. They complain at my highlighting minority Christian groups that do retarded things, i.e. Ava Worthington, even when the groups act in accordance with popular Christian thinking. More recently there was an outcry because I said Christmas trees are a pagan tradition.

I don’t let anyone, who comes for the sole purpose of arguing, to post comments. Why? Because this site is my little thread on this massive Web and I don’t want to have endless arguments here. This is a place for my musings, my thoughts, my writings. Its random nature and the often careless structure of posts should tell you that. Moreover, I write for myself and about the events that surround my life and my opinions about things. If your following then you’ll understand that this blog is all me and no you. That said, I am flattered that I do have a few regular readers and that some of them comment. The idea that my randomness has been interesting for more than just myself amazes me.

When commenting fails my Christian fans they turn to email. When email fails them a few resort to blogging about me. One thing that I have noticed about bloggers is that they find someone that they disagree with and they blog about them and then the person being blogged about blogs about the other person. In the end there are twenty posts that amount to little more than mudslinging. It is of course a cheap way to give visitor traffic and something I will not get involved in no matter how ridiculous the posts from my detractors get. I’m not saying that I don’t read a few of the posts or that I don’t appreciate the links.

My indifference has caused some to have several false assumptions about me. One, I am intentionally/unintentionally being deceitful because I didn’t read or understand and therefore gave an erroneous interpretation of Bible verses or events. Two, I don’t listen or read counter arguments, apparently I find something on the Web and I don’t bother to read an explanation. Three, I haven’t already come across your position in the past. Four, I don’t understand fundamental concepts in the Quran. Five, I am a complete moron. I’m sure that there are more but I’ll leave it there.

Let’s look at the Christmas tree ‘controversy’. Last week, I posted a picture of decorated Christmas trees with verses from the Bible underneath, which I proposed meant that the current and popular custom of putting decorated trees in houses for Christmas is a pagan tradition opposed by the Bible.

My Christian fan attempts to refute me by assuming that I hadn’t read the entire verses. I spend a lot of my personal free time developing a site with the core functionality of displaying the Bible. Whenever I come across a Biblical verse that has interested me for whatever reason, I first go to Biblerrors and read the entire chapter surrounding that verse. I also regularly visit a Christian site that displays multiple versions and translations of the Bible to give me a better insight. Then I read from at least one Christian commentary of the Bible. This case was no different.

My fan said that the answer lies in the full verses. They are not talking about the Christmas tree but about carving idols from trees.

An unknown author wrote:

Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. (J.10-2) For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (J.10-3) They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (J.10-4)

This is a case where the KJV is not so clear so let’s look at the NIV to fully get what these verses are talking about.

This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.

How did I miss this obvious aspect of these verses? The truth is I didn’t miss this aspect when I first read it and I didn’t miss this aspect when I search for a Christian explanation of the Christmas tree in light of these verses. It is my opinion, however, that it takes an exceptionally superficial reading of these verses to limit its scope to those of idols carved from trees.

The first part of the quotation is telling the ‘house of Israel’ to stay way from pagan customs because they are worthless. It then carries on and gives an example of their worthless customs, which is to cut a tree down, carve something out of it or on to it, cover it with gold and silver and then nail it to the ground so it cannot move.

What is the origin of the Christmas tree? There are a lot of myths and guesses but what we can be sure of is that it has no endorsement in the Bible, Jesus never had one, neither did his disciples nor did Paul. Therefore, reason tells us that its origins are outside of Judaic/Christian customs and then must come from a pagan source, which the first part of this quotation is condemning as worthless.

We can see now that even without the other verses Jeremiah 10:2-3 is condemning all pagan customs, which includes Christmas tress and many other aspects of Christmas. Who then will say these verses have nothing to do with Christmas trees?

Is there something specific about Christmas trees in these verses? Yes and no. The author of these verses did not have the foresight to write about something in the future of which he was completely unaware. He was writing about a custom that pre-dated the Jews and warning them from following it. Modern Christians are not following that same custom but by not reading and understanding their book they fell into the same trap that the author of Jeremiah was warning the Jews about. Pre-Christian pagan Europeans were busy worshipping trees, cutting them down, putting them into their houses, decorating them and fastening them to the floor long before the arrival of Christianity. One difference between the Pre-Jewish custom and the Pre-Christian custom is that the European pagan was not carving anything into the tree. They were simply worshipping the tree as it was. Christians later adopted the custom to their own detriment.

If the Christian commentator focuses too heavily on the part of carving then they are missing the whole point of the verses. The striking similarity between the verses of Jeremiah and modern Christian Custom should have immediately aroused the conscience of faithful Christians. They should have been moved to keep far away from a custom that did not belong to them, that was exceedingly similar to one already condemned in the Bible, for fear of repeating past mistakes and falling into idolatry. Modern Christians should abandon the custom immediately after learning about these verses, the non-Christian origin of the tree, and its history as an idol of pre-Christian Europe. They should then condemn the custom to every other Christian that is not yet aware. Of course, they won’t do any of that because Christians are not a people who enjoin righteousness nor forbid evil, for themselves or for others.

Christian, are you convinced? It doesn’t really matter to me if you are or not. Christmas trees are small things compared to your sin of worshipping a man. However, I hope that you have the decency not to accuse me of not reading or being deceitful or not listening to all the arguments.

I invite you all to the worship of your Lord, without ascribing partners to Him. I invite you to a pure monotheism that is free of any polytheistic impurity. I invite you to light and away from darkness. I invite you to Islam. If you accept then glad-tidings of paradise, in the company of the God-fearing, basking in the pleasure of our Lord. If you don’t accept then be warned of a painful torment to anyone who ascribes partners to the Most High God.

I recently watched a debate between Shabir Ally and John Gilchrist, which took place in Benoni Town Hall, Benoni, South Africa on the 25th June, 2009. As I was watching, I started to write a comment for the video on YouTube but I quickly ran out of my allotted comment characters. I then open Word to write something up and share on here. It was going to be my thoughts on the entire debate. I had lots to write but parenting got in the way and I abandoned it.

I was disappointed in Shabir’s lack of killer instinct (and a few other things). Niceties are fine but we must also have the courage to speak forcefully. I say this because even though John’s responses were absurd the Christians in the audience were clearly energised. I am assuming that was not the goal of the IPCI (who hosted the event).

In that debate, however, was a lesson for the Muslim wishing to understand the view many Christians have of their own book. Often we Muslims try to project our expectation of perfection on anything that is claimed to be from Allah ta’ala. I think it is a fair expectation to expect a perfect God to produce a perfect book for guidance. Christians have no such expectation, they can’t afford to with such an error ridden book as the Bible.

Christians employ various methods to deal with the problem of an imperfect book. The most common of these methods might be the choice to remain ignorant, which would be the easiest way to deal with it. If you are unaware of a problematic verse then there is no need to reconcile it with your religion. I have been criticised by Christians for reading Christian commentaries of the Bible and that position was justified on this blog by another Christian. The reason for this criticism should be clear. The more you dig, the more problems you uncover. It is essential for the future health of Christianity that the Christian masses remain ignorant.

While ignorance is the most common it is not the only method, by far. It is not my intention to go through each of the methods that I have experienced but it might be a useful discussion to have in the comments area, if anyone feels so inclined. I do wish to write about the method employed by John Gilchrist. I want to discuss it because Shabir Ally made no attempt to refute them and for the Christians it was convincing enough that Shabir Ally’s words appeared to have little to no effect on them. Moreover, his method was extremely devious and indicative of the lengths that Christian leaders go to to cover up the weaknesses of the Bible.

During Shabir’s convincing, yet a bit too academic, opening statements he listed several contradictions in the Bible and then made the familiar claim by Muslim daiees that because these errors, contradictions and absurdities exist within the Bible, the Bible is unreliable as a proof. He then demanded proof that could substantiate the unreliable Biblical claim they were debating. None was forthcoming.

In response John claimed that these were not contradictions but rather contrasts. Each author of the Bible is showing a different aspect of Jesus and so they focus on different things surrounding those same events. It is true that if you read the Gospels in the New Testament you will get a drastically different picture of who Jesus was but how does that explain those things that are seemingly contradictory? Relabelling them contrasts does not absolve them of error. What for example were the last words of Jesus? Was it before or after passover when he was killed? Did he speak or not on the way to his crucifixion? And there are many many more questions we could ask but I hope that these will suffice.

John attempts to answer this problem by relating the story of the Titanic ocean-liner that sank on its maiden voyage. Eyewitness accounts from survivors varied on whether or not the Titanic sank in one piece or two pieces. The majority claimed one and a small minority claimed two. After investigation it was discovered that the Titanic broke into two pieces but because of the way it sank it appear to many to have sunken in one piece. So you can see that neither group of the witnesses were lying and they both were telling the truth from their perspectives. Likewise the authors of the Gospel are telling the story from their perspectives.

Since when does God deal in relative truth? The Titanic survivors might not have lied but the majority of them were wrong. The Titanic sank in two pieces, not one. Likewise, it is impossible that Jesus both spoke and remained silent at the same time. We might absolve the authors of the Gospels of lying but we cannot absolve them from the error that is found on the pages of their accounts. God is not limited by the circumstances that surround events. He knows the absolute truth of everything.

Was the Bible inspired by a god who couldn’t differentiate between relative and absolute truth or did he intentionally mislead the authors to write false statements?

John mentioned that there is no way to verify the statements of the authors of the Gospels because we can’t dig them up and question them. However, we were able to ascertain the real truth about the fate of the Titanic because we were able to question survivors and later we were able to descend and view the Titanic in two pieces on the bottom of the ocean.

The irony is that the Titanic has little significance and there is less significance on whether it went down in two pieces or one and yet God choose to preserve the truth regarding that event but He wasn’t bothered to preserve His Bible.

John’s deceit is clear. First, he relabels the contradictions as contrasts and then he reduces the Bible down to relative truth. John’s position effectively destroys the Bible of any value as a book of guidance because the guidance of God must be absolute. That is the only way that mankind would be able to navigate the pitfalls of life in a manner that is pleasing to God.

I invite you all to the absolute truth of God, His Quran and His noble prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam. I invite you all to the light of pure monotheism and true guidance. I invite you all to Islam.