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Click here for previous session     The concept that God provided revelation without clarifying His Own nature grates painfully against our innate understanding of God as all­merciful, providing clear guidance to all mankind. Standard Trinitarian response? That people would believe if only they understood. Standard Unitarian response? Nobody understands the Trinity—nobody. That’s why it’s a religious mystery. Talk with Trinitarian clergy long enough, bring up the above objections (and those that follow), and sooner or later the confirmed Trinitarian will admit, “It’s a mystery.” The you­just­have­to­have­faith defense is not far behind. The Unitarian typically points out, however, that moments earlier the Trinitarian proposed that people would believe, if only they understood. However, when a legitimate attempt is made to understand, by way of seeking answers to relevant questions, the claim transforms to one of a religious mystery (i.e., nobody understands!). A final defense is the suggestion that, “The...

  In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. All the cardinal doctrine of Christianity that is rejected by Islam and the controversy about the personality of Jesus Christ (May peace be upon him) is the major difference between Islam and Christianity. The...

Click here for previous session     Clarification of types of Sorcery (As-Sihr) Imam Ahmad (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Muhammad bin Ja'far narrated from Auf, from Haiyan bin Al- `Ala', from Qatan bin Qabisah, from his father that he heard...

Click here for previous session     Whoever seeks Blessing through a tree, a Stone, or the like     Allah the Most Exalted said: "Have you then considered AI-Lat and Al-'Uzza (the two idols of the pagan Arabs)." And Manat (another idol of the...

Click here for previous session     Virgin Birth    A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.  —Carl Sandburg, Remembrance Rock And in the case of Jesus, a baby was God’s determination that revelation should go on. A few “progressive” churches have made a ruckus by questioning the virgin birth. They shouldn’t. It happened. At least, that’s the mainstream Christian and Islamic opinion. The Christian viewpoint is well known, although the lack of convincing biblical detail is frustrating to many. The Islamic teaching is that just as God created Adam from nothing more than clay, He created Jesus without biological father as a sign to the people—a miraculous origin portending messianic status. Surah...

Click here for previous session     Jesus Christ   “But why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to me, and hears my sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. But he who...

Click here for previous session       To wear a Ring, Twine,  or anything similar to them for prevention or lifting  of Harm or Affliction, is an act of Shirk   Allah the Almighty said:  "Say: Tell me then, the things that you invoke...

Click here for previous session     (Love for Allah)    Allah the Most Exalted said: "And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allah as rivals (to Allah). They love them as they love Allah." (2: 165) Allah Almighty said: "Say: If...

The reader should bear in mind that we are trying to figure out the origin of the original sin. I have shown how God commanded Adam not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of...

Click here for previous session     Reviewing unprejudiced historical accounts, a large population of the religious throughout the known world voiced their opposition to Trinitarian Christianity, and those who denied Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and death were not necessarily a minority. Many would argue that from a gut level it makes more sense for God to have punished Judas for his treachery than to have tortured Jesus for his innocence. The argument would be more convincing if the doctrines of atonement and original sin could be shown to be invalid, for these two doctrines hinge off the doorframe of the alleged death of Jesus. The first hurdle...