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NASB | Luke 17:3 "Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. |
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Bible Question:
The bible is only useful if it fits into the world. If this is true, how can you study it without its application? The Koran is the Moslem bible. It also says that it is ok to kill non moslems with immunity. There is little condemnation for murder in the Koran. It is also full of sexual content. Do you doubt that if a person does a terrorist attack that they think that they will have a bunch of virgins waiting for them in Heaven? I guess I have been frustrated about the one sided culture war that has been going on. |
Bible Answer: Pete2 While I have no interest in defending Islam in all fairness I think you taken things out of context or perhaps others have and your merely repeating them. First Islam holds to the Pentateuch however they do believe it was corrupted in that Isaac’s and Ishmael’s name were transposed by the Jews. In other words they view Ishmael the child of promise not Isaac. That said they do have a prohibition against murder however in Jihad (holy war/ fight against other religions) like our war killing is acceptable. In the case of Islam even rewarded. Yes the Koran does infer that all non Islamic people either need to be converted to serving Allah or suffer death. But there is no blanket charge to go kill everyone. Koran is viewable on the internet just do a search for Koran in any search engine and read for yourself it is not filled with sex innuendo, the teaching you refer where anyone killed in Jihad is rewarded with virgins is from oral tradition and is not written as such in the Koran. To understand Islam you have to understand their view of God, Allah to them is vindictive and possesses little or no mercy. Their life is weighed in a scale, if their good deeds out weigh their bad/evil then they go to heaven where they are rewarded with all the material pleasures of life. If the bad/evil deeds are heavier they are tortured for eternity. Death in a Jihad immediately tips the scales to their favor and assures them entrance into heaven. They have no concept of God as a loving father but rather view him as one standing ready to punish them should they step out of line. This breeds cruelty in its very nature and Islam is very harsh religion. But perverted sexual acts are not condoned however in some sects they are overlooked. Treatment of woman is equally harsh viewing women from an Old Testament view. An offspring is of this is the view that women are considered inferior to man. However again this position is not supported in either the Old Testament or the Koran. Again Islam is aberrant and something the world needs to deal with but in all fairness let us know the truth about it. Not painting all Muslims as child molesting, wife killing perverts. EdB |