the Bible VS the holy Qura'n

[pandora]

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You're terribly missing the point hear honestly .

I think I see the point now... Lol.. I will answer in my next post..

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When Quran states a historical fact accurately and it is impossible for anyone at the time to know , it's further evidence of its divine source . Otherwise , how can a person know all these facts written in hyrogliphic which he couldn't even put his hands on in the first place ?

I don't buy that.. You cannot say prophet Mohammed never came into contact with materials written or otherwise and had knowledge of them. You cannot prove he did not so you can't rule out the possibility. I'm not saying he did or did not.. I'm just saying the possibility exists that information could have come his way. Word of mouth was like the newspapers of the day..or internet ;) information highway. The gospels were spread throughout that part of the world hundreds of years before prophet Mohammed was born.

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When we say Quran is not a history book , we mean it isn't concerned with details to the digree of mentioning what someone ate on lunch or dinner ! It doesn't mention everything but rather what holds a purpose to be mentioned . And what on Earth is the problem if Quran says "Pharoh's wife" ?

I personally find the Quran does not have much in the way of historical context, which sometimes makes it difficult to date things. Maybe you do not place much emphasis on that kind of thing and are happy with just a nominal mention on some facts. Which is a tiny bit ironic that you expect a different standard entirely when disseminating the Bible.. Demanding proof to the enth degree. Even though the Bible... Certainly the Old Testament is considerably older by a 1000+ years than the Quran....There is still proof to be had. Not that you would believe it.. I guess. ;)

absolutely nothing wrong with the term "Pharaoh's wife"... On the same basis as what is wrong with the title "Pharaoh" being used in the Bible...

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The point of this thread was that historical facts point that the title "Pharoh" isn't used during the times of prophet Yusuf but rather sometime before the birth of prophet Moses peace upon them both . Quran states that accurately . So either the Bible is wrong when it says Pharoh in an inaccurate period of time , or in case we accept the Bible using such a term , Quran is more accurate .

I will get to this.. Now I see where your problem lies.. :) however... You can't really claim because the Quran is more accurate in the term used as evidence that the Bible used the same term. The problem is how you are comparing the books.

Peace.

[Burninglight]

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I think I see the point now... Lol.. I will answer in my next post..



I don't buy that.. You cannot say prophet Mohammed never came into contact with materials written or otherwise and had knowledge of them. You cannot prove he did not so you can't rule out the possibility. I'm not saying he did or did not.. I'm just saying the possibility exists that information could have come his way. Word of mouth was like the newspapers of the day..or internet ;) information highway. The gospels were spread throughout that part of the world hundreds of years before prophet Mohammed was born.



I personally find the Quran does not have much in the way of historical context, which sometimes makes it difficult to date things. Maybe you do not place much emphasis on that kind of thing and are happy with just a nominal mention on some facts. Which is a tiny bit ironic that you expect a different standard entirely when disseminating the Bible.. Demanding proof to the enth degree. Even though the Bible... Certainly the Old Testament is considerably older by a 1000+ years than the Quran....There is still proof to be had. Not that you would believe it.. I guess. ;)

absolutely nothing wrong with the term "Pharaoh's wife"... On the same basis as what is wrong with the title "Pharaoh" being used in the Bible...



I will get to this.. Now I see where your problem lies.. :) however... You can't really claim because the Quran is more accurate in the term used as evidence that the Bible used the same term. The problem is how you are comparing the books.

Peace.

Good points Pandora. Muslims still don't get that the Bible is not considered a dictation straight out of the mouth of God like the Quran is supposed to be. Sigh, I get tired repeating it. The Bible can contained variances as long as the central gospel message doesn't contradict itself we are fine. If any one tells me a book is directly from the mouth of God, it is guaranteed to have discrepancies, because no such books exists. God must be followed and obeyed by faith, and when we mix faith with God's grace the results in salvation and eternal life in paradise. There is no other name given whereby we might be saved but Jesus Christ. I have been following your posts and you are getting really good at presenting truth.

Blessings to you.

[*اسلامي عزي*]

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Good points Pandora. Muslims still don't get that the Bible is not considered a dictation straight out of the mouth of God like the Quran is supposed to be.

2Timothy 3 :16

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All scripture is given by inspiration of God .

All scripture is given by inspiration of YAHWEH even the term " pharaoh " who is a big historical mistake !



peace to you .

[pandora]

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2Timothy 3 :16



All scripture is given by inspiration of YAHWEH even the term " pharaoh " who is a big historical mistake !



peace to you .

Look up the word ~~ INSPIRATION ~~ and please do NOT say YHWH makes mistakes. For you to accuse Almighty God of making mistakes... I think is a very big mistake on your part..



Peace

[نصير الدين]

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I don't buy that.. You cannot say prophet Mohammed never came into contact with materials written or otherwise and had knowledge of them. You cannot prove he did not so you can't rule out the possibility.

Now if , I'm saying IF we agree with this "possibility" , how on Earth did he choose what's right and leave the huge loads of falsehood ? You're not convinced if we say he's illiterate , you're not convinced if we say he never left his land , you're not convinced when we tell you his life is recorded in detail and the many enemies of Romans , Persians , and Arabians would have knew if he had been "quoting" someone . Not to mention that they failed completely to state what these imaginary sources are .

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absolutely nothing wrong with the term "Pharaoh's wife"... On the same basis as what is wrong with the title "Pharaoh" being used in the Bible...

Now let's say it's not a mistake in hte Bible , Quran would be more accurate . That's the point .

[Burninglight]

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Now if , I'm saying IF we agree with this "possibility" , how on Earth did he choose what's right and leave the huge loads of falsehood ? You're not convinced if we say he's illiterate , you're not convinced if we say he never left his land , you're not convinced when we tell you his life is recorded in detail and the many enemies of Romans , Persians , and Arabians would have knew if he had been "quoting" someone . Not to mention that they failed completely to state what these imaginary sources are .



Now let's say it's not a mistake in hte Bible , Quran would be more accurate . That's the point .

It is not the point to me that you are insidiously trying to make; moreover, you do have a very funny way of seeing things. Let's say the Quran has the more correct term. It has had several hundreds of more years to get it right. If the Bible was written the same time as the Quran perhaps it may have used the same or a better term. These arguments are futile and do not get to the root of the problem between the Bible and Quran. Moreover, as far as 2 Timothy, some versions of the Bible interpret this as "All Scripture given by God is good..." It is obvious that not all Scriptures written in some versions of the Bible are God breathed by inspiration, but the central gospel message that can be found in most Bibles is along with every Scripture pertaining to it. For the nth time the Bible wasn't received as a verbatim word from God as the Quran was supposedly; so, you cannot judge it the same way you are trying to.
Show me a Bible that says Jesus didn't die and He didn't rise from the dead or that He wasn't born of a virgin or that says God is not a trinity or there is no tri unity pertaining to the one God or that Jesus is not the son of God or that Jesus is not divine and not coming back or His blood is not what cleanses us from sin. You won't find it. This is what we base the central gospel message on and what is God breathed by inspiration. All other things you mention are trivial. Nice try or attempt to destroy the Bible. Maybe we should concentrate on dispelling misconceptions we have about each other's religion instead of trying to destroy them?

Peace

[pandora]

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Now if , I'm saying IF we agree with this "possibility" , how on Earth did he choose what's right and leave the huge loads of falsehood ? You're not convinced if we say he's illiterate , you're not convinced if we say he never left his land , you're not convinced when we tell you his life is recorded in detail and the many enemies of Romans , Persians , and Arabians would have knew if he had been "quoting" someone . Not to mention that they failed completely to state what these imaginary sources are .

It's your belief that he chose what's right and left out falsehoods. The fact weather or not prophet Mohammed was illiterate or not makes no difference really. Sure, I find it odd that he ran his wife's business and over his lifetime despite being chosen as a prophet (your belief) he never thought that it be better to become literate the better to serve Allah. Does not Allah wish for people to educate themselves? However, he employed scribes, he was intelligent, he could hear and see... So assuming he spoke to people.. Jews and Christians of the time, of which there is evidence he did do... Then I still don't see how you can rule out the possibility that he heard and was influenced by those around him.
Yes, his life was recorded in detail.. In the aHadith? Of which there seems to be a great quantity which are considered as authentic or not as the case may be.. Who decides what is authentic? And when was it decided?
In regards to his enemies not noticing.. Or people not mentioning something they disagreed with.. Well, you don't know for sure they did not notice... Maybe someone corrupted or changed the texts... Are you sure no one mentioned the similarity of certain sources.. From Jewish writings etc? There must have been good reason for Jews and Christians of the time chose to reject Mohammed's claim as a prophet.. Otherwise they would have all been muslims. I can see why the Christians would not.. But the Jews were still awaiting their "Messiah" they had already rejected Jesus... Yet also rejected Mohammed.

Im not convinced of a lot of things... That is why I question things that do not add up to me.. I accept this could be down to my own misunderstanding when it comes to interpreting the Quran... As I have to compare it with what I already have and when I do that.. Then certain things do not make sense to me. I can respect that you have no such issues because you do not compare Islam to anything or see any faults. I struggle to see what the Quran brings that is "new" or improvement on what I already have in Jesus.

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Now let's say it's not a mistake in hte Bible , Quran would be more accurate . That's the point .

Fair enough..

Peace.

[*اسلامي عزي*]

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please do NOT say YHWH makes mistakes. For you to accuse Almighty God of making mistakes...
I think is a very big mistake on your part..

the bible who say YAHWEH makes mistakes - Errors - not me !

God is perfect !
he can not makes mistakes nor sleeps !

This is our belief !

Allah says :

There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

the holy Quran 42 : 11


p.e.a.c.e

[pandora]

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the bible who say YAHWEH makes mistakes - Errors - not me !

God is perfect !
he can not makes mistakes nor sleeps !

This is our belief !

Allah says :

There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

the holy Quran 42 : 11


p.e.a.c.e

Er nope... The Bible does not say YHWH makes mistakes. As YHWH is perfect making mistakes is not a possibility. You just believe the Bible says thus.. Because it suits your purpose to disbelief in its truth. YOU made this claim based on your misunderstanding of scripture.. Then you pass the blame for your short coming in this regard.

It does not work that way.

Peace upon you.

[محمد سني 1989]

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Er nope... The Bible does not say YHWH makes mistakes. As YHWH is perfect making mistakes is not a possibility. You just believe the Bible says thus.. Because it suits your purpose to disbelief in its truth. YOU made this claim based on your misunderstanding of scripture.. Then you pass the blame for your short coming in this regard.

It does not work that way.

Peace upon you.

Apparantly you have not read your bible :

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Exodus 32: 14