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Do not fall into error, brother. According to Islam, Jesus never died on the cross, nor ever wanted to die on the cross, nor ever was born to die on the cross. Muslims believe that Jesus was sentenced to death, and people thought that he got executed on the cross. The Holy Quran rejects this idea, and claims that it is a false one. Jesus never died on the cross, nor he ever died for anyone's sins. He is a great messenger of GOD but he is not GOD. To say otherwise would be the highest form of blasphemy. No man can be GOD. There is no God but GOD and Muhammad is his prophet.
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« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2010, 01:22:54 PM » |
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Do not fall into error, brother. According to Islam, Jesus never died on the cross, nor ever wanted to die on the cross, nor ever was born to die on the cross. Muslims believe that Jesus was sentenced to death, and people thought that he got executed on the cross. The Holy Quran rejects this idea, and claims that it is a false one. Jesus never died on the cross, nor he ever died for anyone's sins. He is a great messenger of GOD but he is not GOD. To say otherwise would be the highest form of blasphemy. No man can be GOD. There is no God but GOD and Muhammad is his prophet.
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2010, 03:09:21 PM » |
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Do not fall into error, brother. According to Islam, Jesus never died on the cross, nor ever wanted to die on the cross, nor ever was born to die on the cross. Showing it does not know what it is talking about. Muslims believe that Jesus was sentenced to death, and people thought that he got executed on the cross. The Holy Quran rejects this idea, Which is why we, and history, must reject the Quran. and claims that it is a false one. Jesus never died on the cross, nor he ever died for anyone's sins. He is a great messenger of GOD but he is not GOD. To say otherwise would be the highest form of blasphemy. No man can be GOD. There is no God but GOD and Muhammad is his prophet. No, he's not. But Christ is His Only-Begotten Son.
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2010, 03:16:55 PM » |
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He is a great messenger of GOD but he is not GOD. To say otherwise would be the highest form of blasphemy.
It is a VERY bold statement to hold a man to be God. Is it not? Those are mighty BIG shoes to fill. Why then do people believe such a grave thing? There must be some substance to the claim, for it to stick. No man can be GOD. Of course not. But you deny that God is incapable of becoming a man? Is this beyond His power? Is this beyond His love?
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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2010, 03:26:03 PM » |
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The thing is this faith according to a false prophet denies God since we know Jesus Christ is God who became man for our salvation. This faith according to false tradition of a man compells us to deny God (although it is said to not force compulsion).
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2010, 03:49:28 PM » |
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This guy's profile shows him as a clear troll having a laugh at our expense. Let's stop responding to him, and I await the moderators to step in and do something.
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2010, 04:03:09 PM » |
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I am starting to see two patterns emerge here. 1. Lot's of facepalm.
2. A muslim poster joins the forums, tries to refute Christianity, then fails miserably.
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2010, 04:09:31 PM » |
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This guy's profile shows him as a clear troll having a laugh at our expense. Let's stop responding to him, and I await the moderators to step in and do something.
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2010, 04:38:37 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2010, 04:41:57 PM » |
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This guy's profile shows him as a clear troll having a laugh at our expense. Let's stop responding to him, and I await the moderators to step in and do something.
Dunno bout the OP but I've gotten some cheap lulz.
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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2010, 05:46:57 PM » |
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I am starting to see two patterns emerge here. 1. Lot's of facepalm.
2. A muslim poster joins the forums, tries to refute Christianity, then fails miserably.
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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2010, 10:36:59 PM » |
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i know this guy have never read a Bible or history of Christianity, since owing one is punished by jail and death in lot of Muslim countries, also his responses show typical Islamic ignorance about Christianity
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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2010, 10:46:54 PM » |
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i know this guy have never read a Bible or history of Christianity, since owing one is punished by jail and death in lot of Muslim countries
You seem to know little of the Muslim world. Yes, Taliban Afghanistan may have forbidden possession of the Bible (but it also forbid the possession of most secular books), and Saudi Arabia makes it difficult to import large quantities of Bibles, but that's hardly "a lot". Throughout the vast majority of the Muslim world, people can easily obtain a Bible if they want one. After all, many Muslim countries have substantial Christian minorities, and some that don't like Tajikistan or the North Caucasus have Bible Societies introducing the Scriptures in the local language for free.
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« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2010, 11:19:44 PM » |
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Did somebaody leave the door open again?
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« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2010, 11:55:24 PM » |
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Did somebaody leave the door open again?
... or the holes in the chicken wire are bigger than we thought ....  I just had to laugh because I watched The Blues Brother movie last week!!
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« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2010, 01:32:56 AM » |
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i know this guy have never read a Bible or history of Christianity, since owing one is punished by jail and death in lot of Muslim countries
You seem to know little of the Muslim world. Yes, Taliban Afghanistan may have forbidden possession of the Bible (but it also forbid the possession of most secular books), and Saudi Arabia makes it difficult to import large quantities of Bibles, but that's hardly "a lot". Throughout the vast majority of the Muslim world, people can easily obtain a Bible if they want one. After all, many Muslim countries have substantial Christian minorities, and some that don't like Tajikistan or the North Caucasus have Bible Societies introducing the Scriptures in the local language for free. She said " A lot of Muslim countries", not all. And although the mere ownership of a Bible may or may not be frowned upon, it's often those believers who make Bibles accessible in many Muslim countries suspect of missionary activity which IS frowned upon in most Muslim countries. Since you seem to know so much about the Muslim world, surely the abuse of most missionary activity hasn't escaped you.
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« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2010, 05:00:25 AM » |
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Response to the Muslim response: Since the Qur’an denies Jesus’ passion and death with no overt theological reason and fails to provide adequate information on this issue, Muslim commentators feel themselves obliged to derive new solutions to the problematic verse of the Qur’an, running the risk of having conflictive theories. They constantly try to work out new solutions to the remarkable problem of their scripture with regard to Jesus’ death only because they know the bitter truth that their scripture is both theologically and linguistically incompetent in terms of distorting the basic Christian tenet of salvation through the cross.
One wonders why the Qur’an cannot remove the cross out of Jesus’ life altogether and claim that Jesus was never associated with the cross during His prophetic ministry. The authors of the Qur’an astonishingly make the crucifixion an indispensable part of Jesus’ life and mission through their denial of the event by clinging to a theory of illusion. All the Islamic theories that try to negate Jesus’ crucifixion and death eventually converge in the assertion that Jesus had to APPEAR to have been suffered and murdered by people who opposed His teachings and hated Him. The god of the Qur’an surprisingly needs an illusion to deny Jesus’ death on the cross, being unable to wipe the cross off the historical and secular accounts concerning Jesus.
What actually drove the authors of the Qur’an to explain the image of a crucified Messiah with the help of an illusion or appearance was their familiarity with the fact that the historical reality of Jesus’ passion cannot be ignored. Since the testimonies of both Jewish and non-Jewish eyewitnesses made the removal and deletion of the cross from Jesus’ life improbable, the removal of Jesus from the scene of crucifixion was tried as a remedy. This cunning strategy resulted in the depiction of the god of the Qur’an as a deceptive and unreliable deity that concealed the truth about Jesus until Muhammad’s advent. Consequently, the Messiah of the Qur’an was condemned by Muhammad to death only in appearance for the punishment of His adversaries unlike the true Messiah of the New Testament, who died in reality for the salvation of sinful mankind. The New Testament proclaims the crucified Messiah and saved humanity whereas the Qur’an promotes the saved Messiah and punished humanity.These paragraphs are taken from the Conclusion of the article entitled "A Hoax and its Paradoxes", which can be read at http://www.answering-islam.org/authors/masihiyyen/crucifiction_paradoxes.html
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« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2010, 11:49:36 AM » |
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Do not fall into error, brother. According to Islam, Jesus never died on the cross, nor ever wanted to die on the cross, nor ever was born to die on the cross. Muslims believe that Jesus was sentenced to death, and people thought that he got executed on the cross. The Holy Quran rejects this idea, and claims that it is a false one. Jesus never died on the cross, nor he ever died for anyone's sins. He is a great messenger of GOD but he is not GOD. To say otherwise would be the highest form of blasphemy. No man can be GOD. There is no God but GOD and Muhammad is his prophet.
And your point is? It never ceases to amaze me how people come here trying to convert us from a caraciturized faith that we do not accept to begin with.
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« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2010, 04:30:51 PM » |
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I'm wondering, if this is a drive by ...Never to hear from him again....  I'm thinking the same. It's not everyday you get to debate something new... 
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« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2010, 05:21:28 PM » |
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i know this guy have never read a Bible or history of Christianity, since owing one is punished by jail and death in lot of Muslim countries
You seem to know little of the Muslim world. Yes, Taliban Afghanistan may have forbidden possession of the Bible (but it also forbid the possession of most secular books), and Saudi Arabia makes it difficult to import large quantities of Bibles, but that's hardly "a lot". Throughout the vast majority of the Muslim world, people can easily obtain a Bible if they want one. After all, many Muslim countries have substantial Christian minorities, and some that don't like Tajikistan or the North Caucasus have Bible Societies introducing the Scriptures in the local language for free. In Saudi Arabia, its ILLEGAL to possess a Bible(or bring one in the country). People have been thrown to jail for this. You said its difficult to bring in” large quantities”. Are you kidding me?! People in Islamic world can’t buy a Bible and even though there are minority Christian communities in some of the Islamic countries, they are not even allowed to build churches or try to speak to anyone about Christianity or risk jail, beatings or even being killed. Your views are of someone who only reads what the liberal media puts out and you have a lot to learn what Islam really teaches and how are the Christians treated in Islamic countries And as for North Caucasus-one of my relatives who lived there(he was Ukranian, Christian Orthodox), was murdered by his Muslim neighbors who have known him for 20 years. His wife and daughter had to flee to Russia to avoid the same fate. That’s what Christians are treated like there, so lets not start on the subject of former Soviet Union republics about which you know nothing about.
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« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2010, 05:42:08 PM » |
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I think this thread is over. Clearly stickman seems not wanting to come back, and it seems he was embarrassed enough to remove references in his profile that indicated his specialty in female mutilation.
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« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2010, 06:40:59 PM » |
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I think this thread is over. Clearly stickman seems not wanting to come back, and it seems he was embarrassed enough to remove references in his profile that indicated his specialty in female mutilation. I cannot comment to his absence or presence, since I (and the other mods) don't usually "track" people's online time; but his "jurisdiction" reference was removed by the administration of this forum (myself in particular) as an issue of decorum and in line with our usual standards for conducting oneself in the public areas of the forum.
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« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2010, 06:43:23 PM » |
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Something I got From the comment section From Watching a U- tub Video that dealth with the Islamic Subject....
An American Indian, a cowboy, and a muslim were riding on a train across America together. There was an uncomfortable silence, so the indian spoke. Once we were many, but now we are few. The muslim sneered, once we were few here, but now we are many. The cowboy lit up a cigarette, tilted his hat and said, "that's because we haven't played cowboys and muslims yet, but it's a'coming.
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« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2010, 07:04:14 PM » |
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I think this thread is over. Clearly stickman seems not wanting to come back, and it seems he was embarrassed enough to remove references in his profile that indicated his specialty in female mutilation. I cannot comment to his absence or presence, since I (and the other mods) don't usually "track" people's online time; but his "jurisdiction" reference was removed by the administration of this forum (myself in particular) as an issue of decorum and in line with our usual standards for conducting oneself in the public areas of the forum. Oh...sorry about that. I take back what I said.
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Vain existence can never exist, for \\\"unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain.\\\" (Psalm 127)
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Something I got From the comment section From Watching a U- tub Video that dealth with the Islamic Subject....
An American Indian, a cowboy, and a muslim were riding on a train across America together. There was an uncomfortable silence, so the indian spoke. Once we were many, but now we are few. The muslim sneered, once we were few here, but now we are many. The cowboy lit up a cigarette, tilted his hat and said, "that's because we haven't played cowboys and muslims yet, but it's a'coming.
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« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2010, 07:37:26 PM » |
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An American Indian, a cowboy, and a muslim were riding on a train across America together. There was an uncomfortable silence, so the indian spoke. Once we were many, but now we are few. The muslim sneered, once we were few here, but now we are many. The cowboy lit up a cigarette, tilted his hat and said, "that's because we haven't played cowboys and muslims yet, but it's a'coming. I'm sure it's not P.C. to say this, but the cowboy will lose. I have my reasons for saying this, but won't discuss them here. 
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In Saudi Arabia, its ILLEGAL to possess a Bible(or bring one in the country). People have been thrown to jail for this. You said its difficult to bring in” large quantities”. Are you kidding me?! Saudi Arabia knows perfectly well that individual Christians bring in their Bibles in digital form nowadays and does nothing to stop it. It's the import of printed materials for dissemination that it actively forbids. Anyway, Saudi is not typical for the Muslim world. People in Islamic world can’t buy a Bible and even though there are minority Christian communities in some of the Islamic countries, they are not even allowed to build churches or try to speak to anyone about Christianity or risk jail, beatings or even being killed. There's a large Bible store on the south end of Istiklal, the main shopping street of Istanbul for example. In Cairo, I can readily think of five book shops downtown where a Bible can be had without hassle. "People in Islamic world" sure can "buy a Bible", and a few especially extreme countries don't negate the general rule. Your views are of someone who only reads what the liberal media puts out and you have a lot to learn what Islam really teaches and how are the Christians treated in Islamic countries My views are not based on "the liberal media" but on travelling in the Muslim world and seeing these things for myself. Yes, Christians are oppressed, that's undeniable and you'll note that I speak out against it regularly here, but that does not mean that possession of a Bible is widely illegal. And as for North Caucasus-one of my relatives who lived there(he was Ukranian, Christian Orthodox), was murdered by his Muslim neighbors who have known him for 20 years. His wife and daughter had to flee to Russia to avoid the same fate. That’s what Christians are treated like there, so lets not start on the subject of former Soviet Union republics about which you know nothing about. Victoria, I am a linguist specializing in minority languages of the former Soviet Union. I know a lot about these places because I have travelled there for fieldwork many times. I was just in one not two months ago. I am also in a position to see how efficiently the area is supplied with Bible translations in the local language. The persecution of Christians by Muslims really implies nothing about the legality and availability of Bibles per se.
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An American Indian, a cowboy, and a muslim were riding on a train across America together. There was an uncomfortable silence, so the indian spoke. Once we were many, but now we are few. The muslim sneered, once we were few here, but now we are many. The cowboy lit up a cigarette, tilted his hat and said, "that's because we haven't played cowboys and muslims yet, but it's a'coming. I'm sure it's not P.C. to say this, but the cowboy will lose. I have my reasons for saying this, but won't discuss them here.  If I'm thinking what you're thinking 
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An American Indian, a cowboy, and a muslim were riding on a train across America together. There was an uncomfortable silence, so the indian spoke. Once we were many, but now we are few. The muslim sneered, once we were few here, but now we are many. The cowboy lit up a cigarette, tilted his hat and said, "that's because we haven't played cowboys and muslims yet, but it's a'coming. I'm sure it's not P.C. to say this, but the cowboy will lose. I have my reasons for saying this, but won't discuss them here.  If I'm thinking what you're thinking  What are you thinking..... 
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Someone here seems to want, the last word.....  In Saudi Arabia, its ILLEGAL to possess a Bible(or bring one in the country). People have been thrown to jail for this. You said its difficult to bring in” large quantities”. Are you kidding me?! Saudi Arabia knows perfectly well that individual Christians bring in their Bibles in digital form nowadays and does nothing to stop it. It's the import of printed materials for dissemination that it actively forbids. Anyway, Saudi is not typical for the Muslim world. People in Islamic world can’t buy a Bible and even though there are minority Christian communities in some of the Islamic countries, they are not even allowed to build churches or try to speak to anyone about Christianity or risk jail, beatings or even being killed. There's a large Bible store on the south end of Istiklal, the main shopping street of Istanbul for example. In Cairo, I can readily think of five book shops downtown where a Bible can be had without hassle. "People in Islamic world" sure can "buy a Bible", and a few especially extreme countries don't negate the general rule. Your views are of someone who only reads what the liberal media puts out and you have a lot to learn what Islam really teaches and how are the Christians treated in Islamic countries My views are not based on "the liberal media" but on travelling in the Muslim world and seeing these things for myself. Yes, Christians are oppressed, that's undeniable and you'll note that I speak out against it regularly here, but that does not mean that possession of a Bible is widely illegal. And as for North Caucasus-one of my relatives who lived there(he was Ukranian, Christian Orthodox), was murdered by his Muslim neighbors who have known him for 20 years. His wife and daughter had to flee to Russia to avoid the same fate. That’s what Christians are treated like there, so lets not start on the subject of former Soviet Union republics about which you know nothing about. Victoria, I am a linguist specializing in minority languages of the former Soviet Union. I know a lot about these places because I have travelled there for fieldwork many times. I was just in one not two months ago. I am also in a position to see how efficiently the area is supplied with Bible translations in the local language. The persecution of Christians by Muslims really implies nothing about the legality and availability of Bibles per se.
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I'm sure it's not P.C. to say this, but the cowboy will lose. I have my reasons for saying this, but won't discuss them here. If I'm thinking what you're thinking What are you thinking..... For me: it's complicated, but deals heavily with fighting tactics and choice of weapons.
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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the one who can't read them." Mark Twain --------------------- Ordained on 17 & 18-Oct 2009. Please forgive me if earlier posts are poorly worded or incorrect in any way.
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« Reply #33 on: December 21, 2010, 09:15:15 PM » |
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An American Indian, a cowboy, and a muslim were riding on a train across America together. There was an uncomfortable silence, so the indian spoke. Once we were many, but now we are few. The muslim sneered, once we were few here, but now we are many. The cowboy lit up a cigarette, tilted his hat and said, "that's because we haven't played cowboys and muslims yet, but it's a'coming. I'm sure it's not P.C. to say this, but the cowboy will lose. I have my reasons for saying this, but won't discuss them here.  If I'm thinking what you're thinking  What are you thinking.....  It's not PC to say this  but so far I'm agreeing with Fr. George....LOL
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Vain existence can never exist, for \\\"unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain.\\\" (Psalm 127)
If the faith is unchanged and rock solid, then the gates of Hades never prevailed in the end.
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« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2010, 09:19:19 PM » |
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I'm sure it's not P.C. to say this, but the cowboy will lose. I have my reasons for saying this, but won't discuss them here. If I'm thinking what you're thinking What are you thinking..... For me: it's complicated, but deals heavily with fighting tactics and choice of weapons. I understand, suicide strapping explosives,,Dirty fighting..Cowardly Fighting ...and if there losing they complain the world is picking on them...
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« Reply #35 on: December 31, 2010, 12:00:18 AM » |
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Do not fall into error, brother. According to Islam, Jesus never died on the cross, nor ever wanted to die on the cross, nor ever was born to die on the cross. Muslims believe that Jesus was sentenced to death, and people thought that he got executed on the cross. The Holy Quran rejects this idea, and claims that it is a false one. Jesus never died on the cross, nor he ever died for anyone's sins. He is a great messenger of GOD but he is not GOD. To say otherwise would be the highest form of blasphemy. No man can be GOD. There is no God but GOD and Muhammad is his prophet.
The Koran tells us that Jesus was crucified until death upon the cross, in more than one place.
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« Reply #36 on: December 31, 2010, 12:14:40 AM » |
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The Koran tells us that Jesus was crucified until death upon the cross, in more than one place.
Even if so, Muslim popular belief is that Allah snatched him away shortly before the Crucifixion and had some other guy die up there on the cross instead.
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« Reply #37 on: December 31, 2010, 12:20:08 AM » |
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The Koran tells us that Jesus was crucified until death upon the cross, in more than one place.
Even if so, Muslim popular belief is that Allah snatched him away shortly before the Crucifixion and had some other guy die up there on the cross instead. What followers of islam believe, and what their book of faith states, are almost entirely in diametric opposition with each other...
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« Reply #38 on: December 31, 2010, 12:30:48 AM » |
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What followers of islam believe, and what their book of faith states, are almost entirely in diametric opposition with each other...
Even if so, Christians must confront both.
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« Reply #39 on: December 31, 2010, 12:41:52 AM » |
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What followers of islam believe, and what their book of faith states, are almost entirely in diametric opposition with each other...
Even if so, Christians must confront both. Educating Muslims on what their book of faith states is the root of change in their theology. As it stands right now, islam bases an entire theology around one mis-interpreted ayah from their Koran. Theology based upon one verse is just plain poor theology.
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« Reply #40 on: December 31, 2010, 03:55:18 AM » |
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The Koran tells us that Jesus was crucified until death upon the cross, in more than one place.
Reference? 
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« Reply #41 on: December 31, 2010, 07:02:47 AM » |
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Re: Jesus died for your sins - Muslim response Jesus be came man for our salvation, death was as followed price to be man. You communicating to much with Romans/Latinas not Christians(Orthodox). So your topic name is wrong initially. Before start such discussion at least learn history and Basic if Christianity Do not fall into error, brother. Empty words with out any ground and appropriate foundation. According to Islam, Jesus never died on the cross, nor ever wanted to die on the cross, nor ever was born to die on the cross. Islamic teaching about Jesus was establish and (enforced by sword) 6 centuries after Jesus and was mixture of modern Judaism and agnosticism. So basically Islam is not more then witness Jehovah /mormonic secta of 6th century. No mormons, nor WJ – not credible organisation or real teaching. Same with Islam – it is not religious teaching but governmental system. What Mohamed may know about man who lived 6 centuries prior? NOTHING! Would be Mohamed credible? NO WAY! Mohamed brain washed poor and ignorant pagans of peninsula and well use them. Muslims believe ..... Some people believe there is life on mars. ....that Jesus was sentenced to death, and people thought that he got executed on the cross. The Holy Quran rejects this idea, and claims that it is a false one. Muslim accepted any thing quran “say”. … Jesus never died on the cross, nor he ever died for anyone's sins. Of course he die not for sin. Allah become man , his name Jesus to save humanity, and flesh part of incarnated Allah was killed by Jewish for he testify about him self , he is God – Yahweh (I am) - Allah ( Eloah (Lord), Elogim (Lords)). It is was identify as blasphemy and penalty for it – death. He is a great messenger of GOD but he is not GOD. you have rights to say what ever you wish…. What you would do if some one draw imige of Mohamed and spit and shit on it? Right now you spiting on Allah and you think you can get away free? Poor man. Of course it is your rights to do it, you are free man till your body die. To say otherwise would be the highest form of blasphemy. one more Jewish style. no thing new. No man can be GOD. man cant turn into Allah, but for Allah it is not hard to be came man! To say otherwise would be the highest form of blasphemy. There is no God but GOD and Muhammad is his prophet.
we hearing this blasphemy for last 14 centuries. Peace to you.
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« Reply #42 on: December 31, 2010, 11:57:19 AM » |
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The Koran tells us that Jesus was crucified until death upon the cross, in more than one place.
Reference?  وقولهم إنا قتلنا المسيح عيسى ابن مريم رسول الله وما قتلوه وما صلبوه ولكن شبه لهم وإن الذين اختلفوا فيه لفي شك منه ما لهم به من علم إلا اتباع الظن وما قتلوه يقينا Waqawlihim inna qatalna almaseeha AAeesa ibna maryama rasoola Allahi wama qataloohu wama salaboohu walakin shubbiha lahum wa-inna allatheena ikhtalafoo feehi lafee shakkin minhu ma lahum bihi min AAilmin illa ittibaAAa alththanni wama qataloohu yaqeenan 4.157 And their saying: "Truly we killed The Messiah, Jesus, Mary's son, “allah's” messenger”, and that they killed him, and that they crucified him, and certainly they alike, and truly whom they differed in Him, certainly they (are) not in doubt from Him, on account of Him, from knowledge, except to follow the belief, and that they surely killed him.
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Bowman=stickman=bowman=stickman Just starting a new username?
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« Reply #44 on: December 31, 2010, 12:56:22 PM » |
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Bowman=stickman=bowman=stickman Just starting a new username?
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