Category: Christianity
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Contrasting the Prophet Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad: A Muslim Viewpoint
Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi Christians often like to contrast Jesus (P) and Muhammad (P) by saying that Jesus (P) was a man of love and peace while Muhammad (P) was a man of war and implemented “violent” laws. But we must realize that Jesus’ (P) career was cut short by his departure. Had he succeeded…
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The Prophet Jesus In the Noble Qur’an
What does Allah (God) say about the Prophet `Eesa (Eesho/Jesus)(P) and his mother Maryam (Miriam/Mary) in His last Revelation to mankind, the Qur’an? The following are selected Qur’anic verses dealing with `Eesa and Mary, may God’s blessings be upon them: “O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: nor say of Allah…
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Epimenides Paradox: Was Paul “Inspired”?
Introduction In a study of logic, there is something which we call “undecidable propositions” or “meaningless sentences”, which are statements that cannot be determined because there is no contextual false. One of the classic examples cited is the Epiminedes’ paradox. Saul Kripke says: Ever since Pilate asked, “What is truth?” (John XVIII, 38), the subsequent…
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Paul in Islam: The False Apostle From Tarsus
The purpose of this brief article is to show that Paul, the self-acclaimed “apostle” whom the Christians follow, has no place in Islam at all. Muslims believe that between the time periods of the Prophet Jesus(P) and the Prophet Muhammad(P), no Messenger of God had come between them, whether to the Gentiles or the Jews.…
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The Problem of Paul
Hyam Maccoby Excerpts from The Mythmaker: Paul and The Invention of Christianity Chapter 1: The Problem of Paul At the beginning of Christianity stand two figures: Jesus and Paul. Jesus is regarded by Christians as the founder of their religion, in that the events of his life comprise the foundation story of Christianity; but Paul…
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The Problem of Paul Regarding Esau
There is an interesting observation made by a pro-Torah Christian and he has issued a “challenge” to Pauline Christians regarding Paul’s (mis)understanding of the nature of Esau in the eyes of God. The issue is what Paul had written in his epistle to the Romans, as follows: “For the children not yet being born, nor…