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Continued from here ... conceived in contempt. Christian is what disbelievers called the followers of Christ—a distasteful name to believers who knew themselves as Jews, following the latest in the line of Jewish prophets. And yet, that very label...

Click here for previous session       Exhibit #9 — The Resurrection  Some attribute divinity to Jesus based upon his alleged resurrection. This subject is critical, for the keystone of orthodox Christianity is the belief that Jesus died for the sins of mankind. The concepts of the crucifixion, resurrection and atonement are discussed later in depth. For now, the important point is that many early Christians doubted the crucifixion, for none of the gospels is an eyewitness account. In the words of Joel Carmichael, author of The Death of Jesus, “Who could the witnesses have been? …. Not only do  ‘all forsake’ Jesus and flee; they do not—even more surprisingly—reappear during Jesus’ trial nor are they present at...

Click here for previous session     Incidentally, once this contradiction became known, Bible translators tried to make it disappear. For example, the New Revised Standard Version translates the Hebrew yisre’eliy in 2 Samuel 17:25 to “Ishmaelite,” and then acknowledges in a discrete footnote that the correct translation is “Israelite.” Yishma’e’li is “Ishmaelite.” The evidence against the translators’ integrity is strengthened by the fact that practically any Bible published prior to the mid­twentieth century (including the American Standard Version of 1901, upon which the RSV and NRSV are based) translate yisre’eliy to “Israelite.” Only after the scriptural inconsistency was identified was the translation corrupted to “Ishmaelite.” By this modern deception, the New Revised Standard Version avoids conflict in their translation, but not in the source documents. And we would do well to note this deceit, for will we truly be surprised if future Bible translations attempt to gloss over the other errors exposed in...

Click here to read the previous session thatAbout 1,300 years after God gave the laws, Jesus upheld them calling them the "conunandments" and listing five of them for the rich young ruler <Matt. 19: 16-22>. And in the Sermon on the Mount,...

Click here for previous session     Nothing but Paradise should be asked for by Allah's Face Jabir ((May Allah be pleased with him)) narrated that Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: "Nothing except Paradise should...

Click here for previous session     The One who denies Qadar (Divine Decree)   Muslim reported that Ibn Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Him (Allah) in Whose Hand is the soul of lbn Umar, if anyone possessed gold amount...

Click here for previous session TRINITY The Trinity, which I came to know, is not biblical. The word trinity is not even in the Bible, nor the Bible dictionaries. The trinity was never taught by Jesus and was never specifically mentioned by Jesus. The formulation of...

Click here for previous session   The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church tells us “the name is used also by modern Arab Christians who say concerning future contingencies: ‘In sha’ Allah.’”   This phrase In sha’ Allah is translated as “Allah willing” or “If Allah wills.”   The Encyclopaedia Britannica confirms the shared Arabic usage of the name “Allah”: “Allah is the standard Arabic word for ‘God’ and is used by Arab Christians as well as by Muslims.”   In fact, from the Orthodox Christians of the land that was birthplace to Abraham (now modern­day Iraq), to the Coptic Christians of the Egypt of Moses, to the Palestinian Christians of the Holy Land trod...

Click here for the previous session JESUS AS GOD It is common knowledge that the divinity of Jesus was introduced by Paul, who never met Jesus or his followers, and was established on the dead bodies of millions of Christians through history which evoked Castillo's...

Click here for previous session        How it is to say "What Allah may will and you (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) may will"    Qutailah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A Jew came to the Prophet...