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TRINITY: SATAN'S BIGGEST LIE

 
 
Sturgis
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2006 08:21 am
Setanta wrote:
. . even the best music can pall on you after a few thousand millenia . . . and psalm singing don't even come close to being the best of music . . .



And who decides what the best of music is?



Oh wait...let me guess here...that would be you, wouldn't it?
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2006 08:23 am
When the proposition is choosing one's hidey hole for eternity, it is not unwarranted that i speak for myself. You wanna joing the psalm singers, and they haven't condemned you to an eternity in Hell for your sexual preference, you knock yourself out . . .
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Arella Mae
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2006 11:26 am
ali87 Wrote:

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For those Christians who think that they don't have to follow the Old Testament, well my answer to them is this: The Old Testament prohibits for the brother to marry his sister, or for the son to marry his mother. The New Testament doesn't even talk about it. Does that mean that a Christian brother can marry his sister? or a Christian son can marry his mother? Jesus himself anyway ordered his followers to follow the Old Testament, so their argument is totally invalid.


Just because Jesus Christ did not repeat this particular issue, does not mean it then becomes a non-issue.

Marrying one's close blood relatives is against the law in the United States, ali87. We are to obey the laws of the land we live in. If we were to break that law, then it is a sin in God's eyes.

And in the case of laws of the land that are in conflict with God's laws, just because they are legal does not make them right. It does not mean that we can engage in the action of that law and be exempt from it's wrongness. We are not to engage in the activities of the laws that go against God's laws.
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revel
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2006 12:21 pm
ali87 wrote:
revel wrote:
edgarblythe
I am a christian, but I have to confess, I always loved Lennon. Despite the theme, I always liked that song as well as "Imagine."

For an atheist, he had a lot of religious stuff in his songs. Like Beautiful Boy." Before you go to sleep, say a little prayer
Every day in every way it's getting better and better."

Shame about his death just as it seems he was mellowing out some.

Sorry for the interruption folks.


As for the subject at hand:

Jhn 3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?

I don't believe that God and Jesus are one in a literal sense but are one in the sense of having the same goals so to speak. There is a lot I still don't understand, for instance I am confused on Jesus's existence before being born the son of man. So, rather than trying to muddle along, for once I'll leave the debate for others.



MY RESPONSE: you get confused because christianity, well not TRUE christianity, because it does not exist anymore, so i'll say the "christianty corrupted by man" sets the belief in jesus being God's son, or for some even more ignorant ppl, jesus being God himself. but islam on the other hand believes jesus to be the messiah and a prophet for mankind, to guide us to God. and islam also sets the belief in jesus coming back before the day of judgement. the jesus of islam never claimed to be perfect nor ever claimed to be God, jesus is one of islam's main and most important prophets, such as abraham, david, moses, mohammad. jesus simply did not exist before his miraculous birth. jesus was born without a father, so therefore he looked up to God almighty as a father, but not in the "literal" sense. one doesn't even need to go deep into thinking, or belief, to know that God our creator of the universe is greater than any being that "is" "was" or "will be", and that everything other than God is his creation. Islam acknowledges that Jesus Christ, the son of Mary was one of the mightiest of Messengers of God. It acknowledges that he was born miraculously, without any male intervention; that he was the Messiah; that he gave life to the dead, by God's permission; and that he healed the blind and the lepers, by God's permission.

NOW LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, AND IF IT DOESNT GET TO YOU, THEN I TRUELY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU, "DIDNT JESUS EAT?"

"And they gave him (Jesus) a piece of broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
And he (Jesus) took it, and did eat before them." - (Luke 24:42-43)

so did he not sh***, sorry, did he not relieve himself after a meal? how ignorant and closed minded do you have to be to believe this is your God! that this is the creator of the universe! my intensions arent to offend jesus, peace be upon him, i pray that God forgives me for this, but i have to open ppls eyes, i must show those who are misled the right path.


http://www.answering-christianity.com/allah4.htm


I dislike religious contests between Islam and Christianity as I have been through that before; although it has been some years ago. I am a little more than familar with some beliefs of Islam regarding Jesus and other issues of Islam regarding Christian beliefs.

As I said, I am not satisfied with my studies so far with the nature of Jesus before his birth so I don't really want to get into that too much.

Someone already answered why Jesus would have human needs like the rest of us and still be the Son of God. It is because he was born the Son of Man as well.
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mesquite
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2006 07:05 pm
Momma Angel wrote:
Just think about it, Mesquite. I had heard of those other books a long time ago. I have faith in the one I have chosen.

You are only fooling yourself with that one MA. Having heard of another book is a far cry from being taught from your earliest years that it was the way. Islamic ritual is built into nearly everything a muslim does. If your parents were muslim, you have no choice but to be a muslim. The choice is made for you. Apostasy (leaving the religion) is the second highest crime under islamic law. It is second only to murder and the punishment is death.

Had you been born a muslim in America where there is freedom of religion, then perhaps you could have escaped should it not suit you, But my original statement to you was "If you had been born somewhere else you could be quoting a completely different book."
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ali87
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2006 10:41 pm
It is generally thought that the Holy Quran (The Muslims Holy Scripture) provides the death sentence for those who desert the religion of Islam. There is not the least ground for such a supposition. The Holy Quran speaks repeatedly of people going back to unbelief after believing, but never once does it say that they should be killed or punished. Although the Holy Quran does provide the death sentence for some situations such as putting a murderer to death, but it never provided death sentence or ordered the death of those who leave Islam.

Let us look at Noble Verse 2:217 "They ask thee (Mohammed) Concerning fighting In the Prohibited Month. Say: Fighting therein Is a grave (offence); but graver is it In the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the sacred Mosque, and drive out its members. Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you turn back from their faith (Islam) and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the hereafter; they will be companions of the fire and will abide therein." Here in this Holy Verse we see that Allah Almighty talks about those who leave Islam, and promises them punishment in the day of judgment. Allah Almighty doesn't order the death of those people.

Let also look at Noble Verse 5:54 "O ye who believe! If any from among you turn back from his faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He (Allah) will love as they will love Him lowly with the believers, Mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproachers of such as find fault. That is the Grace of Allah which He will bestow on whom He (Allah) pleaseth. And Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things." Here in this Holy Verse we see again Allah Almighty strengthening the faith of the Muslims in Islam by assuring them that whenever they see Muslims leaving Islam they will also see those who join Islam with strong faith and love to Allah Almighty.

"As most men are rebellious." (5:49), it is inevitable that there should be apostates even from such a religion of reason and common-sense as Islam. In Verse 5:54 above there is a warning to the Muslims that they should not repeat the history of the Jews, and become so self-satisfied or arrogant as to depart from the spirit of Allah's teaching. If they do, the loss will be their own. Allah's bounty is not confined to one group or section of humanity. He can always raise up people who will follow the true spirit of Islam. That spirit is defined in two ways:

1- They will love Allah Almighty and Allah Almighty will love them.

2- Amongst the Brethren, their attitude will be that of humility, but to wrongdoers they will offer no compromises, and they will always strive and fight for the truth and right. They will know no fear, either physical, or that more insidious form. They are too great in mind to be haunted by any such thought.

Let us look at Noble Verse 5:55 "(O Muslims) Your (real) friends are (No less than) Allah, His Messenger, and the (Fellowship Of) Believers, those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship)." Here we see Allah Almighty telling Muslims after he warned them from apostates in (5:54) that their real friends are: Allah Almighty, Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him, and the good Muslims who keep up with their prayers and charity, and who humbly worship their God.

Let us look at Noble Verse 3:90 "But those who reject faith after they accepted it, and then go on adding to their defiance of faith never will their repentance be accepted; for they are those who have (of set purpose) gone astray." Here in this holy verse we see Allah Almighty rejecting the faith of those who keep coming back and forth to Islam. In order for a human being to accept Islam as his religion, he must be certain about it first. Allah Almighty's path is wide open, and his mercy is greater than this universe. This Holy Verse also does not order the death of those who leave Islam.

The path to Allah Almighty is always open and Allah Almighty will be your friend as in verse (5:55) above, and he will forgive your sins for you once you repent as in the following verse: "Except for those that repent (Even) after that, And make amends; for Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful." (3:89).
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ali87
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2006 10:47 pm
The absolute freedom of religion in Islam:

Some group of Muslims believe in killing apostates because they follow a Hadith (Saying) from Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him regarding the apostates. While Islam was weak and still growing among Jews, Christians and Pagans, Muslims did not have the full and complete religion that they needed. Some Jews and Christians wanted to take advantage of such situation to destroy Islam. They had a plan to adopt Islam first and then desert it, thus creating the impression that Islam was not a religion worth adopting.

Let us look at Noble Verse 3:72 "A section of the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) say: Believe in the morning what is revealed to the believers (Muslims), but reject it at the end of the day; perchance they may (themselves) turn back (from Islam)." To protect Islam from such Satanic attempts done by a group of the people of the book (Jews and Christians), Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him ordered the death of those who enter Islam and leave it. This temporary law that was put by our Prophet had stopped the hypocrites from the People of the Book who carried so much hatred toward Islam to enter Islam and desert it afterwards.

Allah Almighty ordered the Muslims to kill the pagans who fought against the Muslims. The following Noble Verse talks about all of the enemies who fought the Muslims long and bloody battles:

Let us look at Noble Verse 2:191 "And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have Turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith." The killing of the pagans who fought the Muslims during the time when Islam was not yet complete was essential.

Important Note: Noble Verse 2:191 above is not dedicated to the apostates as some Muslims use it to prove that the Noble Quran orders the killing of apostates. In fact, it doesn't even mention the apostates. It talks in general about slaying the pagans who declare wars on the Muslims. The pagans would obviously include the apostates who deserted Islam, but the Noble Verse certainly doesn't DIRECTLY order the killing of anyone who deserts Islam.

Allah Almighty promised that He will protect the Noble Quran from any corruption:

"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption). (The Noble Quran, 15:9)"

"Nay, this is a Glorious Quran, (inscribed) in a Tablet Preserved! (The Noble Quran, 85:21-22)"

Let us look at Noble Verse 5:3 ".....This day those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: Yet fear them not But fear Me (Allah). This day have I (Allah) perfected your religion for you, completed my favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your (complete) religion....". So long as Islam was not organized, with its own community and its own laws, the unbelievers and the Hypocrites from the People of the Book and the Pagan Arabs had hoped to wean the believers from the new teaching. Now that hope is gone forever with the complete organization of Islam.

Let us look at Noble Verses 15:2-3 "Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to God's will) in Islam. Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them)."

Let us look at Noble Verses 10:99-100 "If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed, all who are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to believe! No soul can believe, except by the will of God, and He will place doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand."

Let us look at Noble Verse 18:29 "Say, 'The truth is from your Lord': Let him who will believe, and let him who will, reject (it): for the wrong doers We have prepared a Fire whose (smoke and flames), like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem them in: if they implore relief they will be granted water like melted brass, that will scald their faces, how dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch to recline on!"

Let us look at Noble Verse 27:92 "And to rehearse the Qur'an: and if any accept guidance, they do it for the good of their own souls, and if any stray, say: 'I am only a Warner.'"

Let us look at Noble Verse 10:99 "If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,- all who are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to believe!" Allah Almighty doesn't like us to compel people into belief.

"No soul can believe, except by the will of God, and He will place doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand. (The Noble Quran, 10:100)" Allah Almighty helps those whom He likes to be guided to His Straight Path. If anyone doesn't believe, or reverts back from Islam, it is then his loss and it is the Will of Allah Almighty.

"Say: 'Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth'; but neither Signs nor Warners profit those who believe not. Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the days of the men who passed away before them? Say: 'Wait ye then: for I, too, will wait with you.' (The Noble Quran, 10:101-102)" Notice how Allah Almighty orders us to say "Wait" to those who reject Islam. This clearly says that we can't force anyone into Islam, or punish anyone for leaving Islam.

Let us look at Noble Verse 10:108 "Say: 'O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you from your Lord! those who receive guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those who stray, do so to their own loss: and I am not (set) over you to arrange your affairs.'" Whoever believes benefits his soul and whoever doesn't, harms it, and Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him is not in charge of people to arrange their affairs. Only Allah Almighty is.

"Say: 'Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger: but if ye turn away, he is only responsible for the duty placed on him and ye for that placed on you. If ye obey him, ye shall be on right guidance. The Messenger's duty is only to preach the clear (Message). (The Noble Quran, 24:54)" Prophet Muhammad's duty was only to preach.

"Those who pervert the Truth in Our Signs are not hidden from Us. Which is better? he that is cast into the Fire, or he that comes safe through, on the Day of Judgement? Do what ye will: Verily He seeth (clearly) all that ye do. (The Noble Quran, 41:40)" Here we clearly see Allah Almighty giving a freedom of choice for people to choose or refuse Islam.

"And those who take as protectors others besides Him - Allah doth watch over them; and thou art not the disposer of their affairs. (The Noble Quran, 42:6)" Again, Allah Almighty here told Prophet Muhammad that he has no authority over those who reject Islam.

"It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one whom thou lovest; but Allah Guides those whom He will and He Knows those who receive guidance. (The Noble Quran, 28:56)" Again, no authority to Prophet Muhammad over those who accept or reject Islam.

Let us look at Noble Verse 2:256 "Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy handhold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things." The Holy Quran prohibits Muslims to force any person into Islam. Muslims must not let people resent Islam and Muslims. They must leave people decide for themselves because the "Truth stands out clear from error" (2:256).

Compulsion is incompatible with religion: Because (1) religion depends upon faith and will, and these would be meaningless by force; (2) Truth and Error have been so clearly shown up by the mercy of Allah Almighty that there should be no doubt in the minds of any persons of good will as to the fundamentals of faith; (3) Allah Almighty's protection is continuous, and His Plan is always to lead us from the depths of darkness into the clearest light.



The following was sent to me from Vipor Poison; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him:

"I found another verse in the Quran that dealt with apostates. Noble Verse 4:137 "Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again) and (again) reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief,- Allah will not forgive them nor guide them nor guide them on the way."

Notice that the Quran says those who reject faith and then BELIEVE and again DISBELIEVE. if a Muslim rejects faith and is then killed for doing so how will he live to again BELIEVE and then DISBELIEVE. The atmosphere of this verse is that of free will and freedom of choice to everyone. If Allah wanted he would have said something about the punishment, if there was any, of those who reject Islam after accepting it. but Allah takes this to be clearly a private matter between them and Allah.

I found many verses in the Quran that teach us NO PUNISHMENT for an apostate BUT I found no verse that says the contrary.

Here is another verse about the freedom of expression in the Quran. many translators translate this wrongly and kill the meaning of the word making it a bogus and strange statement. Noble Verse 39:18 "Those who listen to the word, then follow the best of it; those are they whom Allah has guided, and those it is who are the men of understanding."

The Quran tells the Muslims to listen to every thing and follow only the best of what is said. it does not tell them to kill people if they say something that is not according to the cultural norm."



The following two sets of Noble Verses were sent to me by brother Rached Blili; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him.

Let us look at Noble Verses 109:1-6 "Say : O ye that reject Faith! I worship not that which ye worship, Nor will ye worship that which I worship. And I will not worship that which ye have been wont to worship, Nor will ye worship that which I worship. To you be your Way, and to me mine."

Let us look at Noble Verse 42:15 "Now then, for that (reason), call (them to the Faith), and stand steadfast as thou art commanded, nor follow thou their vain desires; but say: 'I believe in the Book which God has sent down; and I am commanded to judge justly between you. God is our Lord and your Lord: for us (is the responsibility for) our deeds, and for you for your deeds. There is no contention between us and you. God will bring us together, and to Him is (our) Final Goal.'"

The Noble Quran in all of the above Noble Verses is crystal clear about providing freedom of religion and choice to all people, Muslims and non-Muslims.
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ali87
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2006 10:55 pm
My rebuttal about the historical Muslims' battles with the Apostates:

According to the Islamic history, when Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him died, some of the Muslims had deserted Islam for several reasons. The biggest of those reasons was that they opposed paying the Zakah (2.5% of annual income of Islamic taxes for the poor). Keep in mind that Allah Almighty constantly Warning the Prophet and the Muslims from the hypocrites (false believers). The Arabs before Islam were used to exploiting each others. The strong ate the poor, and high interest rates were enforced on loans given to the poor to ultimately force them to sell of their cattle, sons, daughters and/or wives as slaves.

After the death of our Prophet, some of the rich hypocrites decided to join with the Pagan Arab tribes to fight the Muslims and end Islam. The leader of the apostates/renegades was Musylama Al-Kath-thab or Musylama the liar in English, started his army of infidels in what we call today the country of Oman, which is more than 1,000 miles away from Mecca and Medina where the Muslims resided.

After Musylama became strong and popular and was able to gather a big amount of pagans and hypocrites to form an army, he led them to march to Mecca and Medina to fight the Muslims. When his army finally reached the mountains near Mecca, the Muslims had fought them several battles until he ultimately was killed and his army was soundly defeated.

The objection that I have with some Muslims is for the following reasons:

1- It was the renegades or apostates that declared the war on the Muslims. The Muslims did not start the war.

2- We can't use the story of Musylama Al-Kath-thab to prove that it is ok today to kill any person who deserts Islam. Musylama was not a peaceful renegade. He wanted to destroy the Muslims through war. He had to be fought and killed. We can't use him as a standard and kill all renegades, especially those in the West for instance, who might embrace Islam and then desert it later due to the overwhelming anti-Islamic media and lies.

3- As I proved in this article, Allah Almighty in the Noble Quran talked about the apostates several times, and not a single command exists in the Noble Quran that orders the killing of any of them.

4- The Sayings of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, regarding killing the renegades came when Islam was partial and the Muslims were dealing with wars all the time. As I said above, if the person wasn't with the Muslims, then he was certainly with his people, the pagans and the other non-Muslims, and he would've then had to join the evil forces to fight the Muslims. So the case back then was different than today.

5- Today, if a week-hearted and easily persuaded person for instance decides to embrace Islam and then gets easily persuaded to leave Islam, and then gets easily persuaded to embrace Islam again, and then gets easily persuaded to leave it and so on, then how is it right for us to apply the things that were applied to the hypocrites and Musylama Al-Kath-thab during and after our Prophet's time to this innocent individual?

6- We must never forget Allah Almighty's Command that honors the freedom of religion and choice in Islam in Noble Verse 2:256 and the others as shown in this article.
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holyrosary
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:37 pm
lol, its like this, do you have a body, a sprit, and a mind? Well duh, even god, the son is like the body, the farther is like the mind, and the holy spirt is like your spirit. I mean your all one, but there just diffrent parts to you.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:38 pm
So, Holy_rosary, you're ultramontane, right?
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holyrosary
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:44 pm
Will jesus burn in hell? Jesus is raised to Allah, [Sura 4:158], near stationed with him {Sura 3:45], worshiped by billions of christians, yet Sura 21:98 says, that all who are worshiped other then Allah will burn in hell with those who worshiped them. CONTRADICTION Jesus can be in heaven, and hell at the same time!
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:47 pm
Well, OK then . . .


HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ? ? ?


Anybody in there?
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holyrosary
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:48 pm
im what? Im a boy anyway
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Doktor S
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:49 pm
ultramontane is just Set's $20 dollar way of asking you if you are catholic, methinks.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:49 pm
Ultramontane . . .

You are catholic, yes?

You are conservative, yes?
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holyrosary
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:50 pm
I am a catholic
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holyrosary
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:51 pm
by the way i like your dog, lol
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 07:58 pm
It means a particular type of conservative catholic, Dok . . . the Wikipedia article only discusses it in terms of internal church politics, and only carries it up to the Second Vatican Council. It also ignores the ramifications of Napoleon's Concordat with the Pope, and the birth of an underground ultramontane movement in France, which was reborn as an especially reactionary version of conservative catholicism at the time of the Second Vatican Council. Since then, ultramontane catholics have become the catholic version of charismatic evangelical fundamentalists. One of the most notorious modern ultramontanes today is Hutton Gibson, father of Mel Gibson. Check out that joker sometime . . .
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 08:01 pm
holy_rosary wrote:
by the way i like your dog, lol


Thank you very kindly, i like her, too, she's a real sweet heart . . .

Say, i'm a boy, too ! ! !

I used to be a catholic, but then they changed from Latin, so i gave it up . . .
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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2006 08:03 pm
Dok, check out this Wikipedia article on Hutton Gibson . . .

This is my favorite line:

Wikipedia wrote:
Gibson, with most Traditionalists, deduces that the Second Vatican Council was a secret anti-Christian plot by both Masons and Jews.
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