What Jews And Muslims Think About Christianity And Why.
Including presentations of some Christian's perspectives
"The Short Of It" They believe that there are only two or three possibilities. Either Jesus was a false prophet, or most of those who wrote the NT were, for Jesus did not come back in the time frame that is presented in our bible. Many Jews do now believe that Jesus may have been a good man or possibly even a prophet, but Christians have messed up the record of his life and teachings. Muslims do believe Jesus was a prophet and they also believe in the Virgin Birth.
"Attention!" "Before you go further please be warned!"
If you do not feel qualified, in the sense of perusing and thinking about attacks against Christianity, then I would suggest that you do more reading of the Bible and of the history of the world and especially the history of the reformation and the Church. There have been numbers of people, and even Christian leaders who have converted: some to Judaism and some to the Muslim religion.
I would warn you, that to dive into the material found on the links listed on this page will be in the least challenging, and it is possible that some of you could become very confused. If you are not a bible person and if you do not know history then go on and investigate at the expense of making a fool of yourself. Very few Christians that I know are disciplined in their faith well enough to handle the arguments found on these links. If you seldom, if ever, read the Bible I would suggest that you go back to some other site and forget you were ever here. I would also urge you to get right with God and become a disciplined Christian, for there is no other viable alternative and any other option is to make a genuine fool of yourself.
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the great majority of Muslims are peaceful – so what? Link
At the bottom of this page are some help links. They contain articles that expose the mistakes Muslims make in their approach to truth.
The following are links to web sites, and articles where the views of educated, religious, Jews and Muslims are expressed..
The following is a page of indexed responses to Christianity from a Jewish viewpoint
Jews for Judaism Knowledge Base
http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/
If you will take the time to peruse peacekey.com's material you will find that I agree with numbers of their thoughts, in the sense of their viewing many of popular Christian doctrines very much like I do. However, I do believe that, in a general sense, their views, (concerning what the NT does teach, and why), are not correct. However I also do not agree with all of the views of the most popular Christian teachers, nor with many popular and widely accepted traditional doctrines. I have worked at getting back to what the Bible does say and because of this I have been forced to agree with several of the points made by both Jews and Muslims, but with few of their conclusions. V. M.
Muslim Views
Jesus
Through a Muslim Lens
Many
may be surprised to learn that Muslims believe in Jesus' miracles. But this
shared interest goes much further
The following was a post by one "Abdulla"
7/13/01 3:49:17 AM
Verses about Jesus from the Qur'an: "That they said (in boast), 'We killed
Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah'; but they killed him not,
nor crucified him. Only a likeness of that was shown to them. And those who
differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge. But only
conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not. Nay, Allah raised him
up unto himself, and Allah is exalted in power, wise. And there is none of the
people of the book but must believe in him before his death; and on the day of
judgment he will be a witness against them." (Surat Al-Nisa'a 4:157-159)
The following is from the Muslim link above.
Muslims venerate Jesus as a divinely inspired human but never, ever as "the son of God." In the same vein, we treat the concept of the Trinity as a late footnote to Jesus' teachings, an unnecessary "mystery" introduced by the North African theologian Tertullian two centuries after Jesus' death. Nor do Muslims view his death as an act of atonement for mankind's sins. Rather, along with the early Christian theologian Pelagius, Islam rejects the doctrine of original sin, a notion argued into church doctrine by St. Augustine around the year 400.
The Councils of Nicaea (325), Tyre (335), Constantinople (381), Ephesus (431), and Chalcedon (451) were official, often brutal attempts to stamp out heterodox views of Jesus held by "heretical" theologians.
Rulings by these councils led to the persecution and deaths of tens of thousands of early Christians at the hands of more "orthodox" Christians who condemned them. Most disputes centered on divergent interpretations of the Trinity. For this reason, historians of religion sometimes see in these bloody divisions one of the root causes for early Islam's firmly unitarian outlook.
Then and now, no more dangerous religious mistake exists for a Muslim than dividing the Oneness of God by twos or threes.
To A Muslim Site That Promotes Their World View
Here are some more pro Muslim links with fairly well presented arguments.
Islamic Articles of Faith and Pillars
The Signs Of The Last Hour
Be a convinced Muslim
Background of Islam
Our case is against Bible thumpers and those who altered the Bible - NOT PROPHET JESUS! by - Islam the modern religion web site. Also -
"JESUS" - Myths & Message From the same site.
SECOND COMING OF JESUS
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AN EXPOSITION FROM AL-QUR'AN
Here are some help links
Muslims talk often about the many contradictions in the Bible. This link clears up 101 supposed bible contradictions
The Hadith (Inspired Sayings) of Muhammed (New)
Insights Into Islam
The Seven Deadly Questions of Islam
The Uniqueness and Titles of Jesus in Islam From the -"Answering the Muslim,"web site
Welcome to SuraLikeIt-UK? (Censored Writings like the Koran)