Muslims say that Muhammad was a descendant of Ishmael, and most Muslims consider themselves in a religious sense, descendants of Ishmael. With that, let’s turn to the Bible, Genesis 16:11-12, "Behold, you are with child, and you will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction. He will be a wild man; his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him.” Well, that pretty much sums up the 1400 year history of Islam. Though some of you may still be wondering, will Muslims always be in conflict with their neighbors; can’t they all just get along? Let me explain further, or better yet, I’ll let Ishmael’s descendant Muhammad explain: Qur’an Surah 9:123, “Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto him).” Well, I guess not. So as always, God is accurate in His prediction.
Now, let’s fast-forward about 2000 years and turn to II Thessalonians 2:3-4, “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come [referring to the second coming of Christ] unless the apostasy comes first,” now lets stop here; the apostasy, or as the New King James says, “the falling away.” What could that be? I Timothy 4:1-3, “But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from certain foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who know the truth.” Forbidding people to marry; what religious organization forbids people, or certain people to marry?
Anyway, back to II Thessalonians chapter 2, “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” Let’s read that last line again, “so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” What’s on the temple mount today? The Dome of the Rock, the 3rd most sacred shrine in Islam that says, “there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.”
While you’re contemplating this passage, let’s turn to another one of Paul’s letters, Galatians 1:8-9, “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” So Paul, who proven through the fulfillment of the prophecy in II Thessalonians chapter 2 is speaking for God, says that even if an angel preaches anything other than Jesus Christ and Him crucified, let him be accursed. Keep this in mind as we continue.
Fast forwarding almost 6 centuries to the sands of what is now Saudi Arabia, we read a story found in the Islamic text in Bukhari V1B1N3, which is narrated by Muhammad’s child bride Aisha, who he married when she was six and started having sexual relations with her when she was nine (Bukhari V7B62N64, 65, and 88, which by the way is against what is said in Song of Solomon 8:8-9, and I Corinthians 7:36), we find the first of what would be a series of revelations over a 20 year period given to Muhammad by an “angel” who would later identify himself as Gabriel. In the first of these revelations, the angel appears to him in a dream, and tells the illiterate Muhammad to read; when Muhammad replies he can’t read, the angel seizes him and presses him to the point of death, while at the same time saying (among other things), “your lord is most generous.” Picture the visual here; beating up and choking someone while at the same time saying how generous they are, sounds like something a gangster would do. Anyway, after the third replay of this scenario, Muhammad runs home frightened to his wife Khadija, jumps in bed, and hides under the covers.
Now, let’s compare Muhammad’s Gabriel (the one who likes to beat and choke), with the Gabriel from the Bible. The prophet Daniel, writing about his revelation from Gabriel says in Daniel 8:18, “but he touched me, and stood me upright.” So Muhammad’s Gabriel throws him down to the ground and chokes him, and Gabriel from the Bible touches Daniel and stands him upright—interesting.
Next, let’s compare the Jesus of the Qur’an and the Jesus of the Bible. Muhammad, speaking the words revealed to him by his angel, said in Qur’an Surah 4:157, “but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of Iesa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man), and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not.” Modern English translation: I Muhammad, an illiterate man who was born 6 centuries after the fact, really know what happened. The angel who beat me up and choked me said that Jesus was not crucified, someone who looked like him was. And those guys from the 1st century who were alive at the time, they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Now, turning to the book of Matthew (one of those who were there with Jesus in the 1st century), what do we find Jesus saying to Peter when Peter told Jesus that He will not be crucified? Matthew 16:23 “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” So Muhammad said that Jesus was not crucified and almost six centuries beforehand, Jesus says that anyone who does not want Him to be crucified is either: following the will of Satan, or following their own earthly desires, again—very interesting.
Turning to the history of al-Tabari, (Islam’s most trusted historian) we find in Tabari VI, page 83, “This is Muhammad bin Abdallah, who claims that Allah has sent him as his messenger with this religion and that the treasures of Persia and Rome will be given to him in conquest.” And also Bukhari V9B87N141, “I heard Allah’s apostle saying…while I was sleeping, the keys to the treasures of the earth were brought to me and put in my hand.” So as we conclude: Muhammad’s “angel” who beat him up and choked him, not only told him that Jesus was not crucified, but if he did what he told him to do, he would make him very rich (this gangster analogy is making more and more sense as we continue). I Timothy 6:9, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” And II Corinthians 11:14, “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.”
II Thessalonians 2:3-4, and 9-12, “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God…that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false, in order that they may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.”
Friday, May 9, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Who Is Allah, The Conclusion
In my two postings, Who is Allah, Parts I and II, I said that Muhammad was the prophet of Satan and gave evidence (using Islamic scripture) to support my claim. But you may ask, how do Muslims see Allah? Since they worship him, how do they describe who he is? Since that’s an excellent question, let’s do some research and find out what Muslims say about their god.
A quick google search of “names of Allah” will turn up a whole list of Muslim Web sites that list the ninety-nine names of Allah. Ninety-nine names you may ask? Why does Allah have ninety-nine names? One of the reasons why is because in the Hadith of Abu Hurairah, Muhammad said that Allah has ninety-nine names. If you're wondering why Muhammad would say something like that, let me explain; or better yet, I’ll let Muhammad explain: Bukhari V4B56N732, “Allah’s Apostle said, I have five names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad (the most praiseworthy); I am Al-Mahi (the obliterator) through whom Allah will eliminate infidelity; I am Al-Hashir who will be the first to be resurrected, the people being resurrected after; and I am also Al-Aqib (there will be no prophet after me).” Tabari VIII: 182-183, “The people assembled in Mecca to swear their allegiance to the Messenger in submission. He received from them an oath of allegiance to himself, to heed and obey…Now go for I have accepted your allegiance and praise.” Qur’an Surah 48:10, “Verily, those who pledge allegiance with you (Muhammad), pledge allegiance with Allah.”
So now that we know that Muhammad must be praised and adored, then it makes sense that Allah should be praised and adored even more. So if we take a look at the ninety-nine names of Allah (which the majority of them are some variation of how great Allah is) there are a few of them however, that should grab your attention. Since the Arabic spellings on these vary, I’ll just list the English translation. Those names are: the Abaser, Afflicter, Destroyer, Distresser, and the Humiliator. If you’re a Christian, you’re probably seeing something like big red flashings signs going off in your head saying: warning, warning, danger, danger! Especially that destroyer name: where have we heard that before? Revelation 9:11, “They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon” (destruction), “but in Greek he has the name Apollyon” (destroyer). Oh yeah! That’s where.
So again, that brings us to the same question: is Allah really Satan? Well, let’s look at one of the most well known verses in the Bible that refers to Satan and see what it says. Isaiah 14:12, “How you have fallen from heaven O Lucifer, son of the morning!” The phrase translated as “Lucifer, son of the morning” from the Hebrew text is “helel ben shachar” which means: shinning, son of the dawn. Is there somewhere in the Islamic scriptures that refers to someone of the dawn? Actually there is. If we turn to Qur’an Surah 113:1-2 we find, “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Dawn, from the evil of what he has created.” Well now, Lord of the Dawn, creates evil, seems like we have a match.
But just to be sure we have this right, lets turn to Matthew 5:34-37, and see what Jesus said when He was talking about swearing, “But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet…But let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” That’s funny, because in Qur’an Surah 91:1-6 we find Allah swearing by: the sun, the moon, the day, the night, the heaven, and the earth. Not to mention throughout the Qur’an we also find him swearing by such things as: the angels who violently tear out souls (79:1); the planets (81:15); the after glow of sunset (84:16); and of all things, the fig and the olive (95:1). Allah just can’t seem to stop swearing can he? “But let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” Yes, the evil one indeed!
So now we know why every time there is a teaching in the Bible, we seem to find the exact opposite in the Islamic scriptures. Here are a some more examples:
Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Qur’an 9:5, “Then when the sacred months have passed, then kill the disbelievers wherever you find them.”
Luke 24:47, “that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” Qur’an 8:39, “And fight them until there is no more disbelief and the religion will be all for Allah alone.”
Mark 16:16, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved.” Qur’an 9:111, “Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties for (the price) that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight in Allah’s Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed.”
Acts 2:38, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.” Qur’an 61:11-12, “believe in Allah and his Messenger and strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives…if you do so he will forgive your sins.”
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Qur’an 5:72, “Surely they have disbelieved who say: Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. But the Messiah said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Verily, whosoever sets up partners with Allah, then Allah has forbidden Paradise to him, and the Fire will be his abode.”
Titus 3:2, “to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.” Qur’an 3:61, “Then whoever disputes with you concerning Him (Jesus) after knowledge has come to you [meaning Jesus is not the Son of God]…then we pray and invoke the curse of Allah upon those who lie.”
Matthew 5:44, “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” Qur’an 33:60-61, "If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts are a disease, and those who spread false rumors in the city do not cease, we will urge you on against them…Accursed, they will be seized where they are found and slain with a terrible slaughter."
Matthew 26:34, “Jesus said to him, Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” Muslim C19B035N6581, “When you listen to the crowing of the rooster, ask Allah for his favor as it sees angels.”
I Thessalonians 4:16-17, “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.” Bukhari V4B55N657, “Allah’s Apostle said, by him in whose hands my soul is, surely (Jesus) the son of Mary will soon descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly, he will break the cross and kill the pigs” [pigs interpreted to mean Jews, Qur'an 5:60].
As we have discovered in these three postings, Muhammad was Satan's prophet, proclaiming Satan's message to the world. Thus, everything written in the Qur'an and Hadiths are the antithesis of what's written in the Bible. I’ll close this series with what seems like a Freudian slip from Muhammad: Bukhari V4B55N544, “Allah's Apostle said, Shall I not tell you about the Dajjal a story of which no prophet told his nation? The Dajjall is one-eyed and will bring with him what will resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he will call Paradise will be actually Hell.” Qur’an Surah 33:21, “Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting with) Allah and the last Day.”
A quick google search of “names of Allah” will turn up a whole list of Muslim Web sites that list the ninety-nine names of Allah. Ninety-nine names you may ask? Why does Allah have ninety-nine names? One of the reasons why is because in the Hadith of Abu Hurairah, Muhammad said that Allah has ninety-nine names. If you're wondering why Muhammad would say something like that, let me explain; or better yet, I’ll let Muhammad explain: Bukhari V4B56N732, “Allah’s Apostle said, I have five names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad (the most praiseworthy); I am Al-Mahi (the obliterator) through whom Allah will eliminate infidelity; I am Al-Hashir who will be the first to be resurrected, the people being resurrected after; and I am also Al-Aqib (there will be no prophet after me).” Tabari VIII: 182-183, “The people assembled in Mecca to swear their allegiance to the Messenger in submission. He received from them an oath of allegiance to himself, to heed and obey…Now go for I have accepted your allegiance and praise.” Qur’an Surah 48:10, “Verily, those who pledge allegiance with you (Muhammad), pledge allegiance with Allah.”
So now that we know that Muhammad must be praised and adored, then it makes sense that Allah should be praised and adored even more. So if we take a look at the ninety-nine names of Allah (which the majority of them are some variation of how great Allah is) there are a few of them however, that should grab your attention. Since the Arabic spellings on these vary, I’ll just list the English translation. Those names are: the Abaser, Afflicter, Destroyer, Distresser, and the Humiliator. If you’re a Christian, you’re probably seeing something like big red flashings signs going off in your head saying: warning, warning, danger, danger! Especially that destroyer name: where have we heard that before? Revelation 9:11, “They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon” (destruction), “but in Greek he has the name Apollyon” (destroyer). Oh yeah! That’s where.
So again, that brings us to the same question: is Allah really Satan? Well, let’s look at one of the most well known verses in the Bible that refers to Satan and see what it says. Isaiah 14:12, “How you have fallen from heaven O Lucifer, son of the morning!” The phrase translated as “Lucifer, son of the morning” from the Hebrew text is “helel ben shachar” which means: shinning, son of the dawn. Is there somewhere in the Islamic scriptures that refers to someone of the dawn? Actually there is. If we turn to Qur’an Surah 113:1-2 we find, “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Dawn, from the evil of what he has created.” Well now, Lord of the Dawn, creates evil, seems like we have a match.
But just to be sure we have this right, lets turn to Matthew 5:34-37, and see what Jesus said when He was talking about swearing, “But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet…But let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” That’s funny, because in Qur’an Surah 91:1-6 we find Allah swearing by: the sun, the moon, the day, the night, the heaven, and the earth. Not to mention throughout the Qur’an we also find him swearing by such things as: the angels who violently tear out souls (79:1); the planets (81:15); the after glow of sunset (84:16); and of all things, the fig and the olive (95:1). Allah just can’t seem to stop swearing can he? “But let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” Yes, the evil one indeed!
So now we know why every time there is a teaching in the Bible, we seem to find the exact opposite in the Islamic scriptures. Here are a some more examples:
Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Qur’an 9:5, “Then when the sacred months have passed, then kill the disbelievers wherever you find them.”
Luke 24:47, “that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” Qur’an 8:39, “And fight them until there is no more disbelief and the religion will be all for Allah alone.”
Mark 16:16, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved.” Qur’an 9:111, “Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties for (the price) that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight in Allah’s Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed.”
Acts 2:38, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.” Qur’an 61:11-12, “believe in Allah and his Messenger and strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives…if you do so he will forgive your sins.”
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Qur’an 5:72, “Surely they have disbelieved who say: Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. But the Messiah said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Verily, whosoever sets up partners with Allah, then Allah has forbidden Paradise to him, and the Fire will be his abode.”
Titus 3:2, “to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.” Qur’an 3:61, “Then whoever disputes with you concerning Him (Jesus) after knowledge has come to you [meaning Jesus is not the Son of God]…then we pray and invoke the curse of Allah upon those who lie.”
Matthew 5:44, “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” Qur’an 33:60-61, "If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts are a disease, and those who spread false rumors in the city do not cease, we will urge you on against them…Accursed, they will be seized where they are found and slain with a terrible slaughter."
Matthew 26:34, “Jesus said to him, Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” Muslim C19B035N6581, “When you listen to the crowing of the rooster, ask Allah for his favor as it sees angels.”
I Thessalonians 4:16-17, “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.” Bukhari V4B55N657, “Allah’s Apostle said, by him in whose hands my soul is, surely (Jesus) the son of Mary will soon descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly, he will break the cross and kill the pigs” [pigs interpreted to mean Jews, Qur'an 5:60].
As we have discovered in these three postings, Muhammad was Satan's prophet, proclaiming Satan's message to the world. Thus, everything written in the Qur'an and Hadiths are the antithesis of what's written in the Bible. I’ll close this series with what seems like a Freudian slip from Muhammad: Bukhari V4B55N544, “Allah's Apostle said, Shall I not tell you about the Dajjal a story of which no prophet told his nation? The Dajjall is one-eyed and will bring with him what will resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he will call Paradise will be actually Hell.” Qur’an Surah 33:21, “Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting with) Allah and the last Day.”
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Who Is Allah, Part II
In my last posting, Who is Allah, Part I, I dealt mostly with the texts that comprise the Hadith, the words and deeds (also known as the traditions) of the prophet Muhammad, and gave some examples of how they showed that Muhammad was the prophet of Satan. I mean after all, who else would say that he was given inspiration while he was having sex with a 9 year old. Saying to everyone: I know this looks bad, but don't you worry, because my god says it's ok! In Part II, let’s dive straight into the Qur’an itself. The book that is suppose to be the actual words of Allah, and see what it says about who he is. But here's a hint: Qur'an Surah 113:1-2, "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Dawn, from the evil of what he has created." Hmm, Muhammad's god creates evil. Let's keep this in mind as we continue.
As with any person or organization, you can tell a lot about them by who endorse them and speak on their behalf. Are there any such kind of endorsements in the Qur’an that vouches for its authenticity, other than Allah and Muhammad himself? Actually there is, as we find in Qur’an Surah 72:1-2, “Say (O Muhammad): It has been revealed to me that a company of the jinn has listened (to the Qur’an) and said (to their people), Indeed we have heard an amazing recital (Qur’an) which guides to the right way, so we have believed in it, and will never associate a partner with our Lord.” So who are these jinn? Well, in Surah 15:27 and 55:15 of the Qur’an, we find that jinn are made from fire. In Surah 7:12 it says that Satan himself was created from fire and in 18:50 that Satan is also a jinn. The jinn’s true nature is talked about in Qur’an Surah 72:6 (Surah 72 by the way is entitled The Jinn) as “increasing men in sin and transgression” and in verse 8 and 9 while trying to "steal" news from heaven (a telling choice of words), they are prevented from doing so. So these are unsavory characters, to say the least.
You know, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say these jinn are demons! One of the writers of the Sunnah also believed that jinn were demons as we find in a Hadith that’s similar to the story found in Quran Surah 72:8-9 that’s in Bukhari V1B12N740, “At the same time, a barrier was put between the devils and the news of heaven. Fire commenced to be thrown at them. The devils went to their people, who asked them, "What is wrong with you?" They said, "A barrier has been placed between us and the news of heaven. And fire has been thrown at us." Continuing on with this Hadith about the Devils, we find another conversation that’s like the one from Qur’an Surah 72:1-2, “They went to their people and said, O our people; verily we have heard a wonderful recital (Qur'an) which shows the true path; we believed in it and would not ascribe partners to our Lord." This Hadith concludes with, “And what was revealed to him [Muhammad] was the conversation of the Jinns.” Yes ladies and gentlemen, you read right, according to Bukhari, not only have the devils just endorsed the Qur’an and Allah (calling Allah their lord), but we also know that jinn and devils are one in the same.
Now knowing all this, let’s find out what Muhammad said about jinn to his followers that’s recorded in Muslim C14B039N6757, “Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said, There is none among you with whom is not an attaché from among the jinn (devil). They (the companions) said: Allah’s Messenger, with you too? Thereupon he said: Yes, but Allah helps me against him and so I am safe from his hand and he only commands me for good.” A demon commanding someone for good, now there’s an original idea! Or perhaps he’s been so consumed by evil, he can’t tell the difference between right and wrong: I think it’s the latter. So the jinn or demons endorsement of the Qur’an, Muhammad, and Allah can only mean one thing: it’s an endorsement of the Devil’s religion!
Since I’m making a serious claim here, let’s review how we arrived at this point. When Muhammad was a child, some of his relatives were afraid he was demon possessed. The people who lived with Muhammad, the Meccans, said he was demon possessed. Muhammad himself, said he was demon possessed, and later told his followers he had a demon attached to him. And finally, the demons endorse Muhammad, Allah, and his Qur'an. If this was a chess game, I would say “Checkmate;” but since Muslims aren’t allowed to play chess (Muslim C2B028N5612), anything to prevent a Muslim from thinking, I'll continue on. While some of you may be saying, that’s a cheap shot! Why would Allah not want his followers to think? Well think about it, if you found out that you where worshiping the Devil, what would you do? Allah knew this way back in the 7th century when he revealed Qur’an Surah 5:101, “O you who believe, ask not about things which if made plain to you, may cause you trouble,” because in the very next verse we find that those who did ask questions, “became disbelievers.” Muhammad, being the Messenger of Allah, also taught this, as Bukhari records in his Sunnah V8B76N480, that Muhammad forbade, “idle talk, asking too many questions in religion…and burying your little daughters alive.” I guess Muslims have always had a thing for “honor killings”, but I digress.
So now you know why anyone who even questions Islam, the prophet Muhammad (or names a teddy bear after him for that matter) must be immediately silenced, because the truth, if it comes out: it’s over, their religion is finished! And to make the point perfectly clear that descent will not be tolerated, and that no one even thinks about leaving Islam, Muhammad taught his followers as recorded in Bukhari V4B52N260, “if a Muslim discards his religion, kill him.” So now you know why you hear very few Muslims speak out against terrorism and violence: they can’t. Not only is it un-Islamic (as I give examples of at the bottom of my blog site under the title Terrorist Justification for Violence), they do so at great personal risk. As Muhammad told the Quraysh tribe in Mecca who criticized him, "By him who holds Muhammad's life in his hand, I will bring you slaughter" (Ishaq's The Life of Muhammad, page 131).
If you’re a Muslim and happen to get through reading all this, contrary to what you might think, I don’t hate you. If I was brought up in a Muslim society, I might think just as you do. Speaking of societies, we in the West have gotten to the point where we are afraid to make any value judgments about anyone or anything. But sooner or later, we are going to have to decide, whether we value a culture whose deity say’s, for example in Qur’an Surah 18:102, “We have prepared Hell for the unbelievers as an entertainment for them.” Or value a culture who’s God say’s in II Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” Between a society that believes in Quran Surah 9:123, “Fight your disbelieving neighbors, and let them find harshness in you.” Or one who believes in Matthew 22:39, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Contrary to what the atheist think, our laws in the West are founded on the Bible; thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor, for example; just as laws in the Muslim world are based on Islamic scripture, hence 200 lashes, for the rape victim.
Also for Muslims, allow me to prove the Bible has not been corrupted as you have been taught, so that the Quran and Biblical scriptures I have contrasted will make more sense to you. In Qur’an Surah 2:41, Allah, through Muhammad, said to the Jews in Medina, “Believe in what I have sent down (this Qur’an), confirming that which is with you (the Torah and the Gospel), and be not the first to disbelieve therein.” Now, there are two problems with that statement. First, the Jews don’t believe in the Gospel. But more importantly, Allah said, the scriptures that are with you, that is with the Jews, in Medina, in the 7th Century A.D.. The Old Testament was translated from Hebrew into Greek in the 3rd century B.C.; it’s called the Septuagint, and it’s used in Biblical translations of the Old Testament today. There’s nothing in the Old Testament about Allah or Arab prophet anywhere. So if the Old Testament today, matches the Old Testament from the 3rd century B.C., where does that leave Muhammad in the 7th century A.D.?
In the New Testament, one of the most common verses used by Muslims clerics is John 14:16, which says, “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.” If you read the very next verse and also verse 26, it tells who the Helper is, and it's not Muhammad. Let’s read it again, John 14:16-17, “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you.” And John 14:26, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” You see, the Helper is the Holy Spirit. You can read any chapter or verse in the Bible for free online, in almost any language, including Arabic, at http://www.biblegateway.com/. I hope you will, and I hope these postings will be helpful to everyone who reads them.
As with any person or organization, you can tell a lot about them by who endorse them and speak on their behalf. Are there any such kind of endorsements in the Qur’an that vouches for its authenticity, other than Allah and Muhammad himself? Actually there is, as we find in Qur’an Surah 72:1-2, “Say (O Muhammad): It has been revealed to me that a company of the jinn has listened (to the Qur’an) and said (to their people), Indeed we have heard an amazing recital (Qur’an) which guides to the right way, so we have believed in it, and will never associate a partner with our Lord.” So who are these jinn? Well, in Surah 15:27 and 55:15 of the Qur’an, we find that jinn are made from fire. In Surah 7:12 it says that Satan himself was created from fire and in 18:50 that Satan is also a jinn. The jinn’s true nature is talked about in Qur’an Surah 72:6 (Surah 72 by the way is entitled The Jinn) as “increasing men in sin and transgression” and in verse 8 and 9 while trying to "steal" news from heaven (a telling choice of words), they are prevented from doing so. So these are unsavory characters, to say the least.
You know, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say these jinn are demons! One of the writers of the Sunnah also believed that jinn were demons as we find in a Hadith that’s similar to the story found in Quran Surah 72:8-9 that’s in Bukhari V1B12N740, “At the same time, a barrier was put between the devils and the news of heaven. Fire commenced to be thrown at them. The devils went to their people, who asked them, "What is wrong with you?" They said, "A barrier has been placed between us and the news of heaven. And fire has been thrown at us." Continuing on with this Hadith about the Devils, we find another conversation that’s like the one from Qur’an Surah 72:1-2, “They went to their people and said, O our people; verily we have heard a wonderful recital (Qur'an) which shows the true path; we believed in it and would not ascribe partners to our Lord." This Hadith concludes with, “And what was revealed to him [Muhammad] was the conversation of the Jinns.” Yes ladies and gentlemen, you read right, according to Bukhari, not only have the devils just endorsed the Qur’an and Allah (calling Allah their lord), but we also know that jinn and devils are one in the same.
Now knowing all this, let’s find out what Muhammad said about jinn to his followers that’s recorded in Muslim C14B039N6757, “Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said, There is none among you with whom is not an attaché from among the jinn (devil). They (the companions) said: Allah’s Messenger, with you too? Thereupon he said: Yes, but Allah helps me against him and so I am safe from his hand and he only commands me for good.” A demon commanding someone for good, now there’s an original idea! Or perhaps he’s been so consumed by evil, he can’t tell the difference between right and wrong: I think it’s the latter. So the jinn or demons endorsement of the Qur’an, Muhammad, and Allah can only mean one thing: it’s an endorsement of the Devil’s religion!
Since I’m making a serious claim here, let’s review how we arrived at this point. When Muhammad was a child, some of his relatives were afraid he was demon possessed. The people who lived with Muhammad, the Meccans, said he was demon possessed. Muhammad himself, said he was demon possessed, and later told his followers he had a demon attached to him. And finally, the demons endorse Muhammad, Allah, and his Qur'an. If this was a chess game, I would say “Checkmate;” but since Muslims aren’t allowed to play chess (Muslim C2B028N5612), anything to prevent a Muslim from thinking, I'll continue on. While some of you may be saying, that’s a cheap shot! Why would Allah not want his followers to think? Well think about it, if you found out that you where worshiping the Devil, what would you do? Allah knew this way back in the 7th century when he revealed Qur’an Surah 5:101, “O you who believe, ask not about things which if made plain to you, may cause you trouble,” because in the very next verse we find that those who did ask questions, “became disbelievers.” Muhammad, being the Messenger of Allah, also taught this, as Bukhari records in his Sunnah V8B76N480, that Muhammad forbade, “idle talk, asking too many questions in religion…and burying your little daughters alive.” I guess Muslims have always had a thing for “honor killings”, but I digress.
So now you know why anyone who even questions Islam, the prophet Muhammad (or names a teddy bear after him for that matter) must be immediately silenced, because the truth, if it comes out: it’s over, their religion is finished! And to make the point perfectly clear that descent will not be tolerated, and that no one even thinks about leaving Islam, Muhammad taught his followers as recorded in Bukhari V4B52N260, “if a Muslim discards his religion, kill him.” So now you know why you hear very few Muslims speak out against terrorism and violence: they can’t. Not only is it un-Islamic (as I give examples of at the bottom of my blog site under the title Terrorist Justification for Violence), they do so at great personal risk. As Muhammad told the Quraysh tribe in Mecca who criticized him, "By him who holds Muhammad's life in his hand, I will bring you slaughter" (Ishaq's The Life of Muhammad, page 131).
If you’re a Muslim and happen to get through reading all this, contrary to what you might think, I don’t hate you. If I was brought up in a Muslim society, I might think just as you do. Speaking of societies, we in the West have gotten to the point where we are afraid to make any value judgments about anyone or anything. But sooner or later, we are going to have to decide, whether we value a culture whose deity say’s, for example in Qur’an Surah 18:102, “We have prepared Hell for the unbelievers as an entertainment for them.” Or value a culture who’s God say’s in II Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” Between a society that believes in Quran Surah 9:123, “Fight your disbelieving neighbors, and let them find harshness in you.” Or one who believes in Matthew 22:39, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Contrary to what the atheist think, our laws in the West are founded on the Bible; thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor, for example; just as laws in the Muslim world are based on Islamic scripture, hence 200 lashes, for the rape victim.
Also for Muslims, allow me to prove the Bible has not been corrupted as you have been taught, so that the Quran and Biblical scriptures I have contrasted will make more sense to you. In Qur’an Surah 2:41, Allah, through Muhammad, said to the Jews in Medina, “Believe in what I have sent down (this Qur’an), confirming that which is with you (the Torah and the Gospel), and be not the first to disbelieve therein.” Now, there are two problems with that statement. First, the Jews don’t believe in the Gospel. But more importantly, Allah said, the scriptures that are with you, that is with the Jews, in Medina, in the 7th Century A.D.. The Old Testament was translated from Hebrew into Greek in the 3rd century B.C.; it’s called the Septuagint, and it’s used in Biblical translations of the Old Testament today. There’s nothing in the Old Testament about Allah or Arab prophet anywhere. So if the Old Testament today, matches the Old Testament from the 3rd century B.C., where does that leave Muhammad in the 7th century A.D.?
In the New Testament, one of the most common verses used by Muslims clerics is John 14:16, which says, “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.” If you read the very next verse and also verse 26, it tells who the Helper is, and it's not Muhammad. Let’s read it again, John 14:16-17, “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you, and will be in you.” And John 14:26, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” You see, the Helper is the Holy Spirit. You can read any chapter or verse in the Bible for free online, in almost any language, including Arabic, at http://www.biblegateway.com/. I hope you will, and I hope these postings will be helpful to everyone who reads them.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Who Is Allah, Part I
As we see Muslim violence all around the world, seemingly senseless killings while the perpetrators shout “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is Greatest) and even issue death threats against cartoonist: I think its time we take Theo Van Gogh’s last words to heart. His last words while being murdered in the name of Islam for his production of the 11 minute movie entitled Submission Part I were, “can’t we talk about this?” I think it’s high time we have a talk and find out who is this “being” that seems to drive so many to kill and whose prophet can’t stand in the least to be ridiculed. My sources for this posting will be the Islamic scriptures themselves: beginning with Ishaq’s Sira, called Sirat Rasul Allah, which has many passages similar to the Qur’an and which you can purchase at Amazon.com under the title The Life of Muhammad, The History of al-Tabari, volumes VI - IX, Bukhari’s and Muslim’s Hadith, which are also called the Sunnah (from which Sunni Muslims get their name, because the follow the Sunnah of the prophet), and of course the Qur’an itself.
Like with anything, let’s start at the beginning and go back to the 6th century when Allah (the moon god) was just one of the many gods enshrined in the Ka’aba. In fact, there was also a moon god in ancient Mesopotamia who at one time was called “Sin”, and wouldn’t you know it: one of His symbols was a crescent moon too, but let’s stay with the topic at hand. Since Muhammad is the lone prophet of Islam, let’s begin with him. You can often find out a lot about a person by examining their parents, so let’s go to Ishaq’s Sira, The Life of Muhammad, page 69, and see what it says about Muhammad’s mother when she was pregnant with him: “A voice said to her, you are pregnant with the lord of this people and when he is born say, I put him in the care of the one from the evil of every envier; then call him Muhammad” (the same language that’s in Qur’an Surah 113:5 when it’s referring to evil). So am I missing something here or did the Islamic scriptures just say that Muhammad was to be placed in the care of Satan? Certainly this must be some mistake, and I’m sure Ishaq will straighten all this mess out for us later on.
Well, as the story of Muhammad continues on pages 71 and 72, we find as a child he is placed in the care of some relatives. One day, they suddenly rush to take him back to his mother after some strange encounter with two men “clothed in white” who threw him down to the ground and opened up his belly. And of all the things Muhammad’s relatives and his mother would talk about after something happened to him, what do you suppose it was? If you guessed demon possession, you’re correct! “When she asked if I fear a demon possessed him, I replied that I did.” Well, perhaps we’re jumping to conclusions here, because after all, it could be that Muhammad’s relatives were just a bit eccentric. Let’s continue on with our research.
As Muhammad grew, we find that others are saying a lot of things about him too. I’ll skip over a wide array of pronouncements about the prophet of Allah that are said to be made by Jews, Christians, and Soothsayers (a weird combination indeed) that are in the first 100 pages of Ishaq’s Sira and in Tabari’s VI volume, but one in particular is interesting. On page 79 of The Life of Muhammad, we find that a seer, who was also described as a fortune teller (so in other words an occultist), takes a keen interest in him. “Bring me that boy”, the occultist says, “for by Allah he has a great future.” Hey, nothing beats a good satanic endorsement! But maybe we’re getting ahead of ourselves because after all, Muhammad hasn’t yet spoken for himself, or Allah hasn’t yet spoken to Muhammad: but he will, in the cave of Hira.
One of the more detailed accounts of what happened in the cave of Hira is found in Bukhari’s Hadith, Volume 1, Book 1, Number 3, which is narrated by Muhammad’s child bride Aisha, who he married when she was 6 and started having sexual relations with her when she was 9 (Bukhari V7B62N88 and Tabari IX 131). We find Aisha recounting the story told to her by her husband, that an “angel” (who would later identify himself as Gabriel) appears to him in a dream and tells the illiterate Muhammad to read. When Muhammad replies he can’t read, the angel seizes him and presses him to the point of death, while at the same time saying, among other things, “your lord is most generous:” a curious and contradictory statement indeed. This scenario is played out three times, after which Muhammad runs home frightened to his wife Khadija and covers himself in blankets (or in other words, runs home, jumps in bed, and hides under the covers); hence the title of Surah 73 and 74 of the Qur’an (the 3rd and 4th in revelation order), The One Wrapped in Garments and The One Enveloped. So indeed, it must have frightened him for some time. Now I ask you, from a supposed revelation from God, doesn’t this sound a bit odd?
Fortunately, this same event and what followed was written down by Ishaq with added detail in The Life of Muhammad on page 106. After which, Muhammad instinctively knew what he had encountered in that cave: and it wasn’t good. Muhammad said, “Woe is me, poet or possessed…I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself and gain rest.” Yes ladies and gentlemen, you heard right. Muhammad, the lone prophet of Islam said after his first encounter with the “angel” he was demon possessed. This is also confirmed, albeit unknowingly, in Bukhari V9B87N113, when Muhammad said, “A true good dream is from Allah and a bad dream is from Satan.” Yes, he had a very bad dream indeed. So then who was it that appeared to Muhammad in the cave of Hira? As we’ve discovered so far (that Muhammad was to be placed in the care of Satan), and what we shall soon discover, it had to be a demon or the Devil himself. For those of you who are Christians, this shouldn’t sound too far fetched, because in II Corinthians 11:14 Paul writes, “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.” Still not convinced? Well, let’s continue on shall we.
Remember Aisha, Muhammad’s 9 year old wife? The cave of Hira wasn't the only place were Muhammad said he received a revelation from Allah. While talking to one of his other wives about his child bride, Muhammad said in Bukhari V5B57N119, “Don’t trouble me by harming Aisha, for by Allah, the inspiration never came to me while I was under the blanket of any woman amongst you except her.” Now just stop and think about that statement for a moment. Muhammad just said, he gets revelations from Allah while in bed with a 9 year old girl. Apparently, Allah approves of having sex with 9 year old girls and rewards Muhammad with Qur’an revelations for doing so: sounds demonic to me. However, even before that event, some of the Meccans saw Muhammad for what he really was, as we find in Bukhari V6B60N475, “A lady came and said, Muhammad! I think your Satan has forsaken you, for I have not seen him with you for two or three nights!” And what do you suppose happened next? Did Allah or Muhammad issue a repudiation of such a claim? No; but they would figure out they had better start doing that with regularity later on. Instead we find as Bukhari continues, Allah revels what would later become Qur’an Surah 93, “By the night when it darkens," Allah loves darkness, "your lord has neither forsaken you nor hates you.” Oops! I guess sometimes the truth just slips out.
While you may be saying, this cannot be! How can these scriptures be called scriptures? Well, these scriptures and many others are taught in every Muslim school from Morocco to Malaysia (and also in Arabic in the West), as coming from Allah himself and Muhammad as the "par excellence" to be imitated. And as we shall see in Part II, these scriptures are only the beginning.
Like with anything, let’s start at the beginning and go back to the 6th century when Allah (the moon god) was just one of the many gods enshrined in the Ka’aba. In fact, there was also a moon god in ancient Mesopotamia who at one time was called “Sin”, and wouldn’t you know it: one of His symbols was a crescent moon too, but let’s stay with the topic at hand. Since Muhammad is the lone prophet of Islam, let’s begin with him. You can often find out a lot about a person by examining their parents, so let’s go to Ishaq’s Sira, The Life of Muhammad, page 69, and see what it says about Muhammad’s mother when she was pregnant with him: “A voice said to her, you are pregnant with the lord of this people and when he is born say, I put him in the care of the one from the evil of every envier; then call him Muhammad” (the same language that’s in Qur’an Surah 113:5 when it’s referring to evil). So am I missing something here or did the Islamic scriptures just say that Muhammad was to be placed in the care of Satan? Certainly this must be some mistake, and I’m sure Ishaq will straighten all this mess out for us later on.
Well, as the story of Muhammad continues on pages 71 and 72, we find as a child he is placed in the care of some relatives. One day, they suddenly rush to take him back to his mother after some strange encounter with two men “clothed in white” who threw him down to the ground and opened up his belly. And of all the things Muhammad’s relatives and his mother would talk about after something happened to him, what do you suppose it was? If you guessed demon possession, you’re correct! “When she asked if I fear a demon possessed him, I replied that I did.” Well, perhaps we’re jumping to conclusions here, because after all, it could be that Muhammad’s relatives were just a bit eccentric. Let’s continue on with our research.
As Muhammad grew, we find that others are saying a lot of things about him too. I’ll skip over a wide array of pronouncements about the prophet of Allah that are said to be made by Jews, Christians, and Soothsayers (a weird combination indeed) that are in the first 100 pages of Ishaq’s Sira and in Tabari’s VI volume, but one in particular is interesting. On page 79 of The Life of Muhammad, we find that a seer, who was also described as a fortune teller (so in other words an occultist), takes a keen interest in him. “Bring me that boy”, the occultist says, “for by Allah he has a great future.” Hey, nothing beats a good satanic endorsement! But maybe we’re getting ahead of ourselves because after all, Muhammad hasn’t yet spoken for himself, or Allah hasn’t yet spoken to Muhammad: but he will, in the cave of Hira.
One of the more detailed accounts of what happened in the cave of Hira is found in Bukhari’s Hadith, Volume 1, Book 1, Number 3, which is narrated by Muhammad’s child bride Aisha, who he married when she was 6 and started having sexual relations with her when she was 9 (Bukhari V7B62N88 and Tabari IX 131). We find Aisha recounting the story told to her by her husband, that an “angel” (who would later identify himself as Gabriel) appears to him in a dream and tells the illiterate Muhammad to read. When Muhammad replies he can’t read, the angel seizes him and presses him to the point of death, while at the same time saying, among other things, “your lord is most generous:” a curious and contradictory statement indeed. This scenario is played out three times, after which Muhammad runs home frightened to his wife Khadija and covers himself in blankets (or in other words, runs home, jumps in bed, and hides under the covers); hence the title of Surah 73 and 74 of the Qur’an (the 3rd and 4th in revelation order), The One Wrapped in Garments and The One Enveloped. So indeed, it must have frightened him for some time. Now I ask you, from a supposed revelation from God, doesn’t this sound a bit odd?
Fortunately, this same event and what followed was written down by Ishaq with added detail in The Life of Muhammad on page 106. After which, Muhammad instinctively knew what he had encountered in that cave: and it wasn’t good. Muhammad said, “Woe is me, poet or possessed…I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself and gain rest.” Yes ladies and gentlemen, you heard right. Muhammad, the lone prophet of Islam said after his first encounter with the “angel” he was demon possessed. This is also confirmed, albeit unknowingly, in Bukhari V9B87N113, when Muhammad said, “A true good dream is from Allah and a bad dream is from Satan.” Yes, he had a very bad dream indeed. So then who was it that appeared to Muhammad in the cave of Hira? As we’ve discovered so far (that Muhammad was to be placed in the care of Satan), and what we shall soon discover, it had to be a demon or the Devil himself. For those of you who are Christians, this shouldn’t sound too far fetched, because in II Corinthians 11:14 Paul writes, “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.” Still not convinced? Well, let’s continue on shall we.
Remember Aisha, Muhammad’s 9 year old wife? The cave of Hira wasn't the only place were Muhammad said he received a revelation from Allah. While talking to one of his other wives about his child bride, Muhammad said in Bukhari V5B57N119, “Don’t trouble me by harming Aisha, for by Allah, the inspiration never came to me while I was under the blanket of any woman amongst you except her.” Now just stop and think about that statement for a moment. Muhammad just said, he gets revelations from Allah while in bed with a 9 year old girl. Apparently, Allah approves of having sex with 9 year old girls and rewards Muhammad with Qur’an revelations for doing so: sounds demonic to me. However, even before that event, some of the Meccans saw Muhammad for what he really was, as we find in Bukhari V6B60N475, “A lady came and said, Muhammad! I think your Satan has forsaken you, for I have not seen him with you for two or three nights!” And what do you suppose happened next? Did Allah or Muhammad issue a repudiation of such a claim? No; but they would figure out they had better start doing that with regularity later on. Instead we find as Bukhari continues, Allah revels what would later become Qur’an Surah 93, “By the night when it darkens," Allah loves darkness, "your lord has neither forsaken you nor hates you.” Oops! I guess sometimes the truth just slips out.
While you may be saying, this cannot be! How can these scriptures be called scriptures? Well, these scriptures and many others are taught in every Muslim school from Morocco to Malaysia (and also in Arabic in the West), as coming from Allah himself and Muhammad as the "par excellence" to be imitated. And as we shall see in Part II, these scriptures are only the beginning.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Conversations With An Atheist, Part II
Here's the second part of some conversations I had with an atheist that I meet on the internet. Again, I will not publish her name or her emails to me; however, I've made some minor changes so her arguments will be very plain. This will be the last one in this series I will do for a while, but check back in two to three weeks when I will show who Allah and Muhammad really are.
I agree! Plants cannot live without light. Light was created the first day. So you’re willing to accept one part of the Bible to justify your beliefs, but reject another part: that doesn’t make any sense. Again, the Bible doesn’t say the earth is six thousand years old and there are hints given in the Bible that it is not. In Genesis 2:4, it says “these are the generations of the creation of the heavens and the earth”, then it describes all of creation as, “in the day the Lord God made the earth and the heavens”, so creation was a period of time. Also, when Cain is lamenting his punishment, he says in Genesis 4:14, “and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me” and in verse 17, “Cain knew his wife”; so where did all the people come from if the Bible says the earth is only six thousand years old? Another clue is in Genesis 3:16 where God says, “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception: in pain you shall bring forth children." Therefore, we can conclude that at least Adam and Eve had children in the garden. Also, Adam laterally means “the man”, so if carbon dating is somewhat accurate, human beings could have indeed been around for a very long time and the story of the Garden of Eden could be a parable: remember, Jesus spoke in parables. The Bible is a spiritual book, not a science book.
The Bible gives only one story, not two of why there are so many languages, and that’s in Genesis chapter 11. Chapter 10 tells of the genealogy of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and where their descendants settled and what nations they would found, It even mentions Babel and the generations long after Babel. Chapter 10 tells that there are many languages, but It doesn’t tell why: the why is told in chapter 11. Have you ever read a book or watched a movie where at some point in the story it tells of what happened at an earlier time? This could be because they were written down by different authors. I know the first five books of the Bible are called “The Five Books of Moses”, but the writing in those books never make that claim; or it could just be the right flow for the story.
So let me get this straight, your basic problem with the Bible is the place or status of women in the Bible? Remember, the Bible was written in the ancient world, and if you look at the laws in the Bible, women were treated very well compared to the rest of the world at that time. Although polygamy was allowed in the Old Testament, it was never condoned. In Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5 and Mark 10:7-8, "a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." Wife is singular. So God's plan is one man and one woman. Read John chapter 4, the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. Jews would have no dealings with Samaritans, men generally didn't have conversations with women they didn't know, especially in public, and by going to draw water in the heat of the day, she was an outcast in her own village, yet Jesus talked to her. Jesus broke the norms of the day, the customs of the ancient world, and treated women and all people with respect: so should we.
If you think of life as some man woman power thing, you’re missing the boat! I know in I Timothy 2:12 It says that in matters of the church a woman is not to have authority over a man, and that’s because in verse 14 It says, “Eve sinned first.” But also in Galatians 3:28 It says, “we are all one in Christ Jesus.” So we are all equal, it’s just when it comes to matters of the church that a woman is not to have authority over a man, but it’s not some power thing. An example of those who are in authority is given in I Peter 5:3 which says, “nor as being lords over those entrusted you, but being examples to the flock.” And Jesus said in Matthew 18:4, “whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” and in verse 6, “whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he was drowned in the depth of the sea.” So again, it’s not some man woman power thing. Think about it, how great a place the world would be if all men followed Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her", and Ephesians 5:28, “So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself."
I will leave you with this one verse because I think it’s a great summation of the whole Bible and how we are to treat one another: I John 4:20, “If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”
I agree! Plants cannot live without light. Light was created the first day. So you’re willing to accept one part of the Bible to justify your beliefs, but reject another part: that doesn’t make any sense. Again, the Bible doesn’t say the earth is six thousand years old and there are hints given in the Bible that it is not. In Genesis 2:4, it says “these are the generations of the creation of the heavens and the earth”, then it describes all of creation as, “in the day the Lord God made the earth and the heavens”, so creation was a period of time. Also, when Cain is lamenting his punishment, he says in Genesis 4:14, “and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me” and in verse 17, “Cain knew his wife”; so where did all the people come from if the Bible says the earth is only six thousand years old? Another clue is in Genesis 3:16 where God says, “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception: in pain you shall bring forth children." Therefore, we can conclude that at least Adam and Eve had children in the garden. Also, Adam laterally means “the man”, so if carbon dating is somewhat accurate, human beings could have indeed been around for a very long time and the story of the Garden of Eden could be a parable: remember, Jesus spoke in parables. The Bible is a spiritual book, not a science book.
The Bible gives only one story, not two of why there are so many languages, and that’s in Genesis chapter 11. Chapter 10 tells of the genealogy of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and where their descendants settled and what nations they would found, It even mentions Babel and the generations long after Babel. Chapter 10 tells that there are many languages, but It doesn’t tell why: the why is told in chapter 11. Have you ever read a book or watched a movie where at some point in the story it tells of what happened at an earlier time? This could be because they were written down by different authors. I know the first five books of the Bible are called “The Five Books of Moses”, but the writing in those books never make that claim; or it could just be the right flow for the story.
So let me get this straight, your basic problem with the Bible is the place or status of women in the Bible? Remember, the Bible was written in the ancient world, and if you look at the laws in the Bible, women were treated very well compared to the rest of the world at that time. Although polygamy was allowed in the Old Testament, it was never condoned. In Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5 and Mark 10:7-8, "a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." Wife is singular. So God's plan is one man and one woman. Read John chapter 4, the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. Jews would have no dealings with Samaritans, men generally didn't have conversations with women they didn't know, especially in public, and by going to draw water in the heat of the day, she was an outcast in her own village, yet Jesus talked to her. Jesus broke the norms of the day, the customs of the ancient world, and treated women and all people with respect: so should we.
If you think of life as some man woman power thing, you’re missing the boat! I know in I Timothy 2:12 It says that in matters of the church a woman is not to have authority over a man, and that’s because in verse 14 It says, “Eve sinned first.” But also in Galatians 3:28 It says, “we are all one in Christ Jesus.” So we are all equal, it’s just when it comes to matters of the church that a woman is not to have authority over a man, but it’s not some power thing. An example of those who are in authority is given in I Peter 5:3 which says, “nor as being lords over those entrusted you, but being examples to the flock.” And Jesus said in Matthew 18:4, “whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” and in verse 6, “whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he was drowned in the depth of the sea.” So again, it’s not some man woman power thing. Think about it, how great a place the world would be if all men followed Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her", and Ephesians 5:28, “So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself."
I will leave you with this one verse because I think it’s a great summation of the whole Bible and how we are to treat one another: I John 4:20, “If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”
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