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Wed 25 May, 2005 11:46 am
Tehran, IQNA: May 17,2005?-piety and impartiality are key elements in finding the path to truth and those who fail to get rid of prejudice will wonder in the valley of darkness forever. IQNA here brings some live example quoting some of the most knowledgeable converts to Islam here are the remarks of Malik LeBlanc IQNA also emphasizes on the OBJECTIVITY of the reasons he tells how he discovered Isalm within the pages of Bible. Source: International Edition Voice of Islam. " During my Christian days there were many verses in the Bible that made me question the religion I was following (Christianity). There was one particular verse, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 which says; "pray without ceasing," that lingered heavily in my mind. I often wondered how a person (Christian) was supposed to pray (be in a state of worship) without ceasing? Without any biblical or divine guidance, the only way I thought this to be possible was to always do good deeds and keep the remembrance of God on my tongue and in my heart.However, I found this to be impossible to do as a human being. But when I was introduced to Islam in 1987, and began to read and learn more about this way of life, I found that Islam provided divine guidance both from God (Allah) and Prophet Muhammad (SAW) by which a person could pray (be in a state of worship) without ceasing, if it was the Will of God. Whether waking up, eating, sleeping, putting on clothes, being in the presence of a woman, looking at a woman, going shopping, going to the bathroom, looking in the mirror, traveling, visiting the sick, sitting in a non-religious meeting, taking a bath, having sexual intercourse with one's wife, yawning, cutting you nails, sneezing, greeting people, talking, hosting guests at home, walking, exercising, fighting, entering one's house, praying and many other acts, Islam and the guidance therein of the Quran, and the acts and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), provided ways in which I could observe 1 Thessalonians 5:17. In addition, it allowed me to be at peace with myself and in submission to the one True God - Allah (SWT). This divine guidance of Islam taught me greatly about my duties, responsibilities and birthright to my Creator (Allah), and more about the religion of Christianity as a Muslim, I [By the Will of Allah (SWT)] felt it necessary to share with you how the Bible led me to Islam. Christianity Given the fact that there has never been in the history of the Torah (Old Testament) the religion of God to be named after a Prophet (i.e. Adaminity, Abrahamity, Mosanity, etc.), I hope to explain that Jesus did not preach the religion of Christianity, but a religion that gives all Praise and Worship to The One God. One of the questions I asked myself as I took an objective (second) look at Christianity was; where did the word Christianity come from and was the word ever mentioned to Jesus? Well, I did not find the word Christianity in the Bible, not even in a Bible dictionary. Specifically, I did not find in the Bible where Jesus called himself a Christian. The word Christian was first mentioned by a pagan to describe those who followed Jesus. It is mentioned one of three times in the New Testament by a pagan and Jew in Antioch about 43 AD, (Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16) long after Jesus left this earth. To accept the words of pagans
So many words in your three posts and my brain is so small. Please do me a tiny favor. (two, actually; well, mabe three)
First; explain for us dullards what the heck terms like IQNA, SWA and SWT mean.
Second, create paragraphs.
Get to the point. Are you saying that Jesus was only a prophet and not the one to whom God referred in Genesis 3:15? Then say so.
I gotta tell ya, I'm not about to wade through fifty pages of BS to tell you its BS. All I need is a paragraph, or maybe only a sentence.
Quote:explain for us dullards what the heck terms like IQNA, SWA and SWT mean
IQNA = Iranian Qur'anic News Agency
SAW = Sallaallaho Alayhi Wassallam = May the peace and blessings of God (Allah in Arabic) be upon him
SWT = Subhanaho Wa Taala = May He be Glorified and Exalted
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