Tag: Christology
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The Apotheosis of Jesus of Nazareth
A special “gift” for the Christian missionaries on occasion of Good Friday. I wish to show by an analysis of Wisdom Christology in Matthew’s gospel chapter 23, that the evangelist took the dramatic step of changing Jesus’ metaphysical status from creature to Creator by altering the Q tradition, and to reflect on the theological implications…
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Saviour-gods Mutilated Throughout Antiquity
One of the big questions nobody has asked about Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ is this: If the crucifixion was a historic event and so central to the Christian Gospel, why is it that there is no evidence whatever of a man on a cross in Christian art and monuments for almost seven…
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10 Points Against the Divinity of Jesus
As a Muslim, I honour and respect the Messiah Jesus(P) as an elect Prophet of God. The Islamic view of Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jews, who reject Jesus(P) as a Prophet of God, calls him an impostor. The Christians, on the other hand, considers him to be the God in flesh and worship…
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Is Jesus God? Think About It!
That the Christianity of today rests solely on the the doctrine of Jesus Christ, that he was God in human form and died on the cross as a suffering deity need no longer be explained. However, there is hardly a single statement where Jesus had explicitly stated that he is God, although Christians do bring…
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Was Islam Spread By The Sword? A Brief Analysis and Responses to Critics
Professor Thomas W. Arnold was a polyglot and a scholar of massive erudition. His magnum opusT.W. Arnold, The Spread of Islam in the World offers an unbiased and authoritative history of the expansion of Islam. It exposes the deliberate hamperings of some historians and goes directly to the records early sources to examine numerous claims.…