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questions for the Christians TRINITY 1.To
be son is to be less than divine and to be divine is to be no one’s son. How
could Jesus have the attributes of sonship and divinity altogether? 2.Christians
assert that Jesus claimed to be God when they quote him in John 14:9: "He that has seen
me has seen the Father". Didn’t Jesus clearly say that people have never
seen God, as it says in John 5:37:
"And the father himself which Has sent me, has borne witness of me. You
have NEITHER HEARD HIS VOICE AT ANY TIME NOR SEEN HIS SHAPE"? 3.Christians
say that Jesus was God because he was called Son of God, Son of Man, Messiah,
and "savior". Ezekiel was addressed in the Bible as Son of Man.
Jesus spoke of "the peace makers" as Sons of God. Any person who
followed the Will and Plan of God was called SON OF GOD in the Jewish
tradition and in their language (Genesis
6:2,4; Exodus 4:22; Psalm 2:7; Romans 8:14).
"Messiah" which in Hebrew means "God’s anointed" and not
"Christ", and "Cyrus" the person is called
"Messiah" or "the anointed". As for "savior",
in II KINGS 13:5,
other individuals were given that title too without being gods. So where is
the proof in these terms that Jesus was God when the word son is not
exclusively used for him alone?
4.Christians
claim that Jesus acknowledged that he and God were one in the sense of nature
when he says in John 10:30
"I and my father are one". Later on in John 17:21-23, Jesus refers to his
followers and himself and God as one in five places. So why did they give the
previous "one" a different meaning from the other five "ones? 5.Is
God three-in-one and one in three simultaneously or one at a time? 6.If
God is one and three simultaneously, then none of the three could be the
complete God. Granting that such was the case, then when Jesus was on earth,
he wasn’t a complete God, nor was the "father in Heaven" a whole
God. Doesn’t that contradict what Jesus always said about His God and our God
in heaven, his Lord and our Lord ? Does that also mean that there was no
complete god then, between the claimed crucifixion and the claimed
resurrection? 7.If
God is one and three at a time, then who was the God in heaven when Jesus was
on earth? Wouldn’t this contradict his many references to a God in Heaven
that sent him? 8.If
God is three and one at the same time, who was the God in Heaven within three
days between the claimed crucifixion and the claimed resurrect ion? 9.Christians
say that: "The Father(F) is God, the Son(S) is God, and the Holy
Ghost(H) is God, but the Father is not the Son, the Son is not the Holy
Ghost, and the Holy Ghost is not the Father". In simple arithmetic and
terms therefore, if F = G, S = G, and H = G, then it follows that F = S = H,
while the second part of the statement suggests that F ¹ S ¹ H (meaning,
"not equal"). Isn’t that a contradiction to the Christian dogma of
Trinity in itself ? 10.If
Jesus was God, why did he tell the man who called him "good master"
not to call him "good" because accordingly, there is none good but
his God in Heaven alone? 11.Why
do Christians say that God is three-in-one and one in three when Jesus says
in Mark 12:29:
"The Lord our God is one Lord" in as many places as yet in the
Bible? 12.If belief in the Trinity
was such a necessary condition for being a Christian, why didn’t Jesus teach and
emphasize it to the Christians during his time? How were those followers of
Jesus considered Christians without ever hearing the term Trinity? Had the
Trinity been the spinal cord of Christianity, Jesus would have emphasized it
on many occasions and would have taught and explained it in detail to the
people. 13.Christians
claim that Jesus was God as they quote in John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God". This is John speaking and not
Jesus. Also, the Greek word for the first occurrence of God is HOTHEOS which
means "the God" or "God" with a capital "G",
while the Greek word for its second occurrence is "TONTHEOS", which
means "a god " or "god" with a small "g". Isn’t
this dishonesty and inconsistency on the part of those translating the Greek
Bible? ? Isn’t such quotation in John
1:1 recognized by every Christian scholar of the Bible to
have been written by a Jew named Philo Alexandria way before Jesus and John? 14.Wasn’t
the word "god" or "TONTHEOS" also used to refer to others
as well as in II Corinthians 4:4
"(and the Devil is) the god of this world" and in Exodus 7:1 "See , I have made
thee (Moses ) a god to Pharaoh"?
15. If
it was agreeable with God’s Majesty to have sons, He could have created a
million sons the like of Jesus. So what is the big clear deal about this only
son? 16.Why
does the Bible say that Jesus wanted to die on the cross, when the one on the
cross was shouting "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
according to Matthew 27:45
and Mark 15:33? 17. If
God had wanted to save us, couldn’t He have done that without sacrificing
Jesus? 18.
God is Just, and justice requires that nobody should be punished for the sins
of others, nor should some people be saved by punishing other people. Doesn’t
the claim that God sacrificed Jesus to save us because He was Just,
contradict the definition of justice? 19.
People sacrifice things they have to get something they don’t have when they
can’t have both. Christians say that "God SACRIFICED His only son to
save us". We know that God is Almighty; to whom did He sacrifice Jesus? 20. A
real sacrifice is when you can’t get back what you have offered , so what
would be the big deal about such a sacrifice if God could recover the same
offering? (according to the Christians’ terminology)? 21. If
all the Christians are saved through Jesus and are going to Heaven no matter
what they do, then the teachings of Jesus are irrelevant and the definition
of good and bad are also rendered irrelevant. If this is not so, then do
Christians who believe in Jesus yet do not follow his teachings nor repent go
to Hell? 22.
How can Christians take deeds as irrelevant after becoming one when Jesus
says in Matthew 12:36;
"But I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment. For by the words thou
shalt be justified, and by the words thou shalt be condemned"? 23.
Christians say that people go to Heaven ONLY THROUGH JESUS, yet Paul says in 1 CORINTHIANS 7:8-16 that the
unbelieving husband is acceptable to God because he is united with his wife
and vice versa, and their pagan children are also acceptable to God. So
people can go to heaven without believing in Jesus according to this. 24.
How come the Bible says that ALL Israel is saved although they don’t believe
in Jesus? Doesn’t that contradict the claim in the Bible that the only way to
heaven is through Jesus? 25.
According to Christians, those who have not been baptized will go to Hell. So
even the infants and babies go to Hell if not baptized, since they are born
with an inherited original sin. Doesn’t this contradict the definition of
justice? Why would God punish people for sins they never committed?
27.In John 16:7-8, it says: "But if
go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world of
sins and of righteousness and of Judgment". What do "he" and
"him" refer here? Don’t they refer to a man? 28.Does
the Holy Spirit talk to good Christians and bad Christians as well? Is the
Holy spirit with them all the time or just at certain times? When does it start
visiting a person who wants to become a Christian? 29.How
can you as a Christian tell if the Holy Spirit is inside another Christian?
How come many Christians fooled people by claiming that the Holy spirit was
inside them only to be converted to another religion later on ? 30.Does
the Holy Spirit dictate what Christians should do without choice or freedom
at all or does it only guide them and they have the freedom to follow or not
? 31.If
the Holy Spirit dictates what Christian should do, why do Christians commit
sins and make mistakes ? How can you explain the conversion to other
religions and atheism of many Christians? Are they told to do that by the
Holy Spirit? 32.If
the Holy Spirit guides Christians only, and they are free to do what they
want, then how do we know that the writers of the Gospels didn’t make
mistakes in writing them? 33.If
Christians believe that the Holy Spirit comes and talks to them everyday, why
don’t they ask the Holy Spirit about which version of the Bible to follow
since there are too many versions floating around?
34.Why
do the Christians say that Jesus came with a universal mission when he said
that he was sent to the Jews only? He said to the Canaanite woman who asked
him to heal her daughter from demon-possession: "I was sent ONLY to the
lost sheep of Israel" and also said: "It is not right to take the
children’s bread and toss it to their dogs", Matthew 15:21-28.
35.
Which narration now is more authentic? 36.Why
is the appearance of Jesus after the crucifixion taken as a proof of his
resurrection when there is an explanation that he was not dead because
someone else was crucified in his place when God saved Him? 37.How
did Matthew know of the claimed agreement between the soldiers and the chief
priest? Can’t someone say that someone paid the women a large sum of money
and told them to spread the word around that Jesus rose from the dead, with
the same authenticity as that of the story of Matthew? 38.Why
did they believe that man in the white clothes? Why did they believe he was
an angel? John’s narration is too strange, since he says that Mary did not
recognize Jesus (one of the two) while talking to him, and she only
recognized him when he called her by her name. 39.How
does an empty tomb prove that Jesus was crucified ? Isn’t it that God is
capable of removing another man from the tomb, and of resurrecting him too? 40.The
Gospels are believed to be the verbatim words of God, they are supposed to be
dictated by the Holy Spirit to the Disciples who wrote them. If the source
were the same, why shouldn’t they correspond with each other in reporting
such an important event? 41.How
could Matthew, Mark, Luke and John be considered eyewitnesses of resurrection
when the Bible implies that nobody at all saw Jesus coming out of the tomb?
42.Why
doesn’t Mark 16:9-20
exist in as many versions of the Bible while it exists as a footnote or
between brackets in some other versions? Is a footnote in the Bible still
considered as God’s word, especially when it addresses an important feature
like the Ascension? 43.Why
does the Catholic Bible
contain 73 books
while the Protestant Bible
has only 66? With
both claiming to have the complete Word of God, which one should be believed
and why? 44.Where
do those new translations of the Bible keep coming from when the original
Bible is not even available ? The Greek manuscripts which are translations
themselves are not even similar with each other. 45.How
can you take two gospels from writers who never met Jesus, like Mark and
Luke? 46.Why
is half of the New Testament written by a man who never even met Jesus in his
lifetime? PAUL claimed with no proof that he had met Jesus while on his way
from Jerusalem to Damascus. PAUL was the main enemy of Christianity. Isn’t
that reason enough to question the authenticity of what he wrote? Why do the
Christians call those books of the Old Testament "God’s Word" when
the revisors of the RSV Bible say that some of the authors are UNKNOWN? They
say that the author of SAMUEL is "UNKNOWN" and that of CHRONICLES
is "UNKOWN, PROBABLY COLLECTED AND EDITED BY EZRA"!
48.Why
does Luke in his gospel report the Ascension on Easter Day, and in the Acts,
in which he is recognized as the author, FORTY days later? 49.The
genealogy of Jesus is mentioned in Matthew and Luke only. Matthew listed 26
forefathers from Joseph to David while Luke enumerated 41 forefathers. Only
Joseph matches with Joseph in those two lists. Not a single other name matches!
If these were inspired by God word by word, how could they be different? Some
claim that one is for Mary and one is for Joseph, but where does it says Mary
in those two Gospels? 50.If
Moses wrote the first books of the Old Testament, how could Moses write his
own obituary? Moses died in the fifth book at age 120 as mentioned in Deut. 34:5-10. 51.In
the King James Version, why does it report SEVEN years of famine in II SAMUEL 24:13 while it reports
THREE years of famine in I
CHRONICLES 21:12?
Why did they change both to THREE years in the New International Version and
other versions? 52.Still
In the same King James Version, why does it say that Jehoiachin was eight
years old when he began to reign in
II CHRONICLES 21:12, while it says EIGHTEEN years in II KINGS 24:8? Why did thessey
change in both to EIGHTEEN in the new Versions? 53.In
all versions, why does it say that David slew the men of SEVEN HUNDRED
chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand HORSEMEN as evidenced in II Samuel 10:18 while its says
SEVEN THOUSAND men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand FOOTMEN, in I CHRONICLES 19:18? 54.In
all versions, why does it report TWO thousand baths in I KINGS 7:26 while II CHRONICLES 4:5 reports THREE
THOUSAND? 55.In
the King James version, why does it report that Solomon had FOUR THOUSAND
stalls for horses in II CHRONICLES
9:25 while it accounts that Solomon had FORTY THOUSAND stalls
of horses in 1 KINGS 4:26?
Why did they change both to FOUR THOUSAND in the new versions? 56.In GENESIS 1, God’s creation
progresses from grass to trees to fowls, whales, cattle and creeping things
and finally to man and woman. GENESIS
2, however, puts the creation of man before cattle and fowl
and woman subsequent to beast. How can this be explained? QUR’AN AND CHRISTIANS
"O People of the
Scripture! Why will you argue about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel
were revealed till after him? Have you then no sense? Abraham was not a Jew, nor
yet a Christian; but he was an upright man who had surrendered (to Allah),
and he was not of the idolaters.
Lo! Those of mankind who
have the best claim to Abraham are those who followed him, and his Prophet
and those who believe (with him); and Allah is the Protector of the
believers. A party of the People of
the Scripture longs to make you go astray; and they make none to go astray
except themselves, but they perceive not. O People of the Scripture!
Why disbelieve you in the revelations of Allah, when you (yourselves) bear
witness to their truth? O People of the
Scriptures! Why confound you truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the
Truth? (Al-Qur’an 3: 64-71)
But Allah took him up unto
Himself. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise. (Al-Qur’an
4:157-158).
The Messiah will never
scorn to be a slave unto Allah, nor will the favored angels. Whosoever scorns
His service and is proud, all such will assemble unto Him. Then, as for those who
believed and did good works, unto them will He give them their wages in full,
adding unto them of His bounty; and as for those who were scornful and proud,
then He will punish with a painful doom." (Al-Qur’an 4:171-173).
O People of the Scripture!
Now has our messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which
you used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. Now has come unto
light from Allah and plain scripture: Whereby Allah guides him
who seeks His good pleasure unto paths of peace, He brings them out of
darkness unto light by His decree, and guides them unto a Straight Path. They indeed have
disbelieved who say: Lo! Allah is the messiah, son of Mary. Say: Who then can
do aught against Allah if he had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary,
and his mother and everyone on earth? Allah’s is the sovereignty of the
heavens and the earth and all that is between them. He creates what he wills.
And Allah is able to do all things. (Al-Qur’an
5:14:17).
They surely disbelieve who
say: Lo! Allah is the third of the three; when there is no God save the One
God. If they desist not from so saying, a painful doom will fall on those of
them who disbelieve. Will they not rather turn
unto Allah and seek forgiveness of Him? For Allah is oft-forgiving, most
merciful. Say: Serve you in place of
Allah that which possesses for you neither hurt nor use? Allah is the Hearer,
the Knower. Say: O People of the
Scripture! Stress not in your religion other than the Truth, and follow not
the vain desire of folks who erred of old and led many astray, and erred from
a plain road." (Al-Qur’an
5:72-77)
I spoke unto them only
that which You commanded me (saying); worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. I
witness of them while I dwelt among them, and when You took me, You were the
Watcher over them. You are witness over all things. If You punish them, Lo!
They are Your slaves, and if you forgive them (Lo! They are Your slaves). Lo!
You, only you are the Mighty, the Wise. Allah says: This is a day
in which their truthfulness profits the truthful, for theirs are Gardens
underneath which rivers flow, wherein they are secure forever, Allah taking
pleasure in them and they in Him. That is the great triumph. (Al-Qur’an 5:116-119)
They have taken as Lord
besides Allah their rabbis and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, when
they were bidden to worship only One God. There is no God save Him. Be He
glorified from all that they ascribe as partners (unto him)! Faint would they put out
the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah disdains (aught) save that He
shall perfect His light, however much the disbelievers are averse. He it is Who has sent His
messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to cause it to prevail
over all religions, however much the idolaters may be averse. O you who believe! Lo!
many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks devour the wealth of
mankind wantonly and debar (people) from the way of Allah. They who hoard up
gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah, unto them give tidings
(O Muhammad) of a painful doom.
On the Day when it will
(all) be heated in the fire of Hell, and their foreheads and their flanks and
their backs will be branded therewith (and it will be said unto them): Here
is that which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to
hoard." (Al-Qur’an 9:30-35). MUHAMMAD OR JESUS? Muhammad
was an Arab, and the Arabs are from Ishmael, son of Abraham, while Moses was
a Jew, and the Jews are from Isaac, son of Abraham. Hence, the term THEIR
BRETHREN refers to the children of the first son being brethren of the
children of the other. This couldn’t apply to Jesus, since he was a Jew. According
to the Christians, Jesus went to Hell for three days while Moses did not.
Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses. (In
Islam, none of the three Prophets went to Hell) Moses
and Muhammad were born to fathers and mothers while Jesus was born to a
mother alone. Moses
and Muhammad got married and had children, while Jesus did not marry at all. Moses
and Muhammad got problems and difficulties from their people initially, but
were accepted by them at the end., whereas Jesus was rejected by his people
at the start and is still rejected by the Jews until today. "He (Jesus)
came unto his own, but his own received him not".( John 1:11) Moses
and Muhammad had power, besides being prophets. They both performed some
capital punishments, for example, while Jesus had no power over his people.
"My kingdom is not of this world", Jesus said in John 18:36 . Moses
and Muhammad brought new laws while Jesus did not. Moses
was forced to emigrate in adulthood to Median while Muhammad was forced to
emigrate at that stage in his life too, towards Madina . Whereas Jesus did
not have such forced emigration in his adulthood . Moses
and Muhammad both died of natural deaths after which they were buried ,while
the same could not be said of Jesus. He was neither killed nor crucified at
all, according to the Qur’an and did not die a ‘natural’ death as could be
affirmed by Christians who believe in Crucifixion. FINAL
QUESTIONS: 58.Have
you, as a Christian , learned of Islam and if so, was it from the true
Muslims? 59.As
a Christian, do you agree that out of fairness and honesty you must
investigate what Islam says about God, Jesus, including this life and the
hereafter? 60.Being
a Christian, do you also believe that we must all stand accountable to our
Creator and that the Creator is Perfect and Just? As a sincere believer in
God, don’t you owe it upon yourself to find out the entire unadulterated
truth regardless of the consequences?
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