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Muslim75 wrote: When I read the excerpts you guys quote from the Bible, it seems I am reading some shameless story-telling.

Greetings Muslim75,

I can understand how, being raised as a muslim, it would seem this way.
There is one problem though;
Yshwe never disputed with the Hebrew scriptures while He was on earth.  He never said that anything written in them was wrong.
If He had, it most certainly would have been recorded by the Jewish leaders.

asalaam and blessings,
Caringheart

[/QUOTE]Can you please direct me to the passages on which you base your belief's about Muhammad's night journey?Shukran and salaam,Caringheart[/QUOTE]

Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 1

Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far Distant Place of Worship the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer. - See more at: http://www.alim.org/library/quran/ayah/compare/17/1/allah-took-muhammad-(pbuh)-on-a-tour-of-the-universe#sthash.lKEr8sVp.dpuf

Greetings and peace to you, Muslim75.  You wrote:

Kingskid,   Does it occur to you that the "NT" you read may be forged and not authentic ? When I read the excerpts you guys quote from the Bible, it seems I am reading some shameless story-telling. This is forged, without a doubt (speaking as a Muslim); only those who accept to believe in it will believe in it.

It is a fair question.  However, that door swings both ways, does it not?  How do you know the Quran isn't a figment of Mohammad's imagination or just an artful work of fiction?  It comes down to faith, but it doesn't have to be blind faith.  Biblical scriptures have been validated in many ways from history and archaeology, so empirical bases do exist. 

Greetings Hasan and may peace be yours.

I hear what you are saying.  You have done a lot of research and find that there are those who agree with you on a presumed fallacy of Biblical scriptures.  They are out there, of course.  But you see, Hasan, I could do the same thing and tell you what Don Richardson, Ibn. Warraq, Bat Ye'or, Reza Safa, David Pryce-Jones, et al, say about Islam and the fallacies thereof.  But, those arguments just lead to a door swinging both ways. 

You obviously are a pursuer of truth, as am I.  However, it takes more than just making your pursuit hinge on four points that are important to you.  That's approaching the issue from a very subjective stance.  An  objective approach may be more beneficial.  You say you believe the Gospel (I assume you mean Mat., Mark, Luke and John) was sent from God but people changed it along with the other books you mentioned.  If that is the case, then all Biblical references in the Quran should be deleted.  Once any part of something becomes suspect for one reason or another, then the whole thing becomes suspect.

To the extent that I am able, I hear your heart and the deep desire you have for things of God.  However, Muslims are not the only people who seek God.  My heart beats for God and I love Him with everything I have, imperfectly for sure, but so passionately that I feel consumed by His presence at times.  My Bible teaches me that it was Yeshua, the Son of God Who clothed Himself in humanity in order to do for me what no man can do for himself: to die for my sins.  He then rose from the dead and now sits at the right hand of God.  The Bible also says that we love God because He first loved us.  And there is no more powerful demonstration of His love for mankind than what was done at Calvary.  John 3:16 can be meditated on from now to eternity and we'll never be able to comprehend what it cost Yeshua in both His humanity and divinity to willingly lay down His life for sinful man.  That kind of love so surpasses anything I have ever experienced, and it absolutely slays me.

Hasan, I encourage you to not feel anguish or anger towards those who do not share your faith.  We do not need others to agree with us, but to try to hear each other's heart, because deep down, we are all created in the image of God and are on a pilgrimage to know Him better.  We take different roads in approaching God and He will sort it all out in due time.  God bless and peace to you, my fellow traveler.