You mean Israel the country? If so, than so does the Quran and the hadith (sayings of the prophet which were written down).

Brother I think you're being a little biased. Islam is the most rational relegion. Christianity teaches of the original sin. That because Adam and Eve sinned, every man sins. Even children are born sinners. This is rejected by Islam. Islam says that you are responsible for your own deeds, the good and bad, you're not responsible for the deeds done by your greatest father milions of years ago. If your father steals, God forbid, can we throw you in jail? You say no thats not fair. I say exactly than why would God make you in account of something you never did.

Islam believes in One God who has no partners, He is perfect, and Merciful.

As for Islam being created by Satan, brother, you only believe that because you barely know anything about Islam.

Read the Quran, and than tell me if you still believe that it was created by Satan.

Satan creats evil, Islam is not evil.

Also, you speak of prophecies, the prophet Mohammed prophecised of many things to come and that have happened including:

Telivisions, radios, the Gulf war, the sanctions possed on Iraq after the gulf war, and many many other things.

I advice you to study Islam before judging it. Read the Quran, understand the basics of Islam, read Mohammeds biography (you can find it on amazon its called Mohammed written by Martin Lings).

You see if Satan created Islam, which would Satan chose to create, a religion which propagates worshiping idols, or worshiping God alone? of course, idols. At the time of Mohammed most the Arabs were idol worshipers they worship almost 360 Gods. Than comes along Mohammed who proclaims that God is one who has no partners. That Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah, he was born a miraculous birth, he gave life to the dead by Gods permission, and his mother Marry was the most rightouse women that ever lived. That you must give charity. That you mustnt kill innocent people. That a smile is a form of charity. That alcohol is forbidden. That high manners and ethics are very important. Satan inspires this? Please, please, stop. All Muslims say before they start there prayer "I seek refuge in Allah from Satan". (Allah means God in arabic). Why on earth would Satan do this, its crazy.

If satan were to inspire anything, he would have at least left the Arabs they way they were before Islam, drunkards, and murderers, and idol worshipers.

Brother do yourself a favour and study Islam.

heres an introduction:

http://www.islam-guide.com - www.islam-guide.com

Mohammed:

http://www.prophetofislam.com/ - http://www.prophetofislam.com/

Islam: (another, better introduction)

http://www.whatsislam.com/ - http://www.whatsislam.com/

Dear Josh, you said the following:

"Also Islam came way after Christainity. "

Yes, so it did.  I am a Roman Catholic.  All the other Protestant churches came long after Jesus Christ Himself instituted St. Peter as the first head of the Church....or made him the first Pope.  The Protestant's were unhappy with some of the Catholic doctrine (rules) and decided to leave and begin their own churches with their own beliefs.  They still do it yet today....if they decide they don't like the doctrine of whatever church they belong to, they break away and start another church.  Only the Roman Catholic Church has been in existance since the time of Christ Himself.

I understand you are sincere....and I know what sort of information you have been reading/studying....as well the the people you are listening to.  Please educate yourself before you come here and begin to insult a whole religion and people.  You are probably quite young and have many bad feelings about situations in the world.  Well, we all do, don't we?  But how do we handle these feelings?  Certainly not by going around creating more hard feelings and chaos.  We are ALL God's children.  Don't ever forget that, Josh!  God loves every single one of us.....what a shame we don't follow his mandate and "love each other as I have loved you." 

You can disagree with people without being rude and abrupt with them.  Sometimes it's more how you say something than what you say.  Oh, please learn how to spell "Christian", it's not Christain.

God Love You!

Josh_345 wrote: I`m a Christain, and Islam doesent make any sense. (please dont be offended, leave if you might be :)) Anyways, I am a christain. I will admit i`m not the strongest Christain. I believe Islam was created by Satan, and he told Muhammed this.

What is the evidence that has lead you to this belief?

Also Christainity makes more sense.

How does it make more sense to you and where does Islamic Theology go wrong?

The Bible says Iseral would come back (I think it does im 99% sure) and Iseral is back. Thats just my thoughts.

What prophecy are you referring to?

Josh,

I agree with Patty.  Your statements sound a little juvenile, but then you may be a juvenile.  But if you are going to claim that Islam was created by Satan, first you need to set up a set of rules to apply to a religion in order to determine that.  Then you need to apply those rules to various religions; such as, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Christianity, ect. and to do it in a fair manner  Then you will have specific reasons for claiming that a religion was started by Satan.  Also, you might want to research the origin of the concept of Satan.  Try the Zoroastrian religion for that one.  As it is, you gave no reason for your claim.  Of course, first you will have to learn a little about each of these religions in order to have something to compare.  There is a lot of info out there.  You, just, need to Google away for that knowledge.

You do need to be corrected on one other thing.  While Israel is back, the Bible never claimed that Israel would come back.  In fact, it never said it would leave!

Good luck,

Sid

Dear Sid, just fixed and restored Satan.  Hope you didn't mind.

BR

BMZ

sgeorge5 wrote: Josh, I agree with Patty.  Your statements sound a little juvenile, but then you may be a juvenile.  But if you are going to claim that Islam was created by Satin, first you need to set up a set of rules to apply to a religion in order to determine that.  Then you need to apply those rules to various religions; such as, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Christianity, ect. and to do it in a fair manner  Then you will have specific reasons for claiming that a religion was started by Satin.  Also, you might want to research the origin of the concept of Satin.  Try the Zoroastrian religion for that one.  As it is, you gave no reason for your claim.  Of course, first you will have to learn a little about each of these religions in order to have something to compare.  There is a lot of info out there.  You, just, need to Google away for that knowledge. You do need to be corrected on one other thing.  While Israel is back, the Bible never claimed that Israel would come back.  In fact, it never said it would leave! Good luck, Sid

Enjoying your contributions. Thanks for adding a voice of neutral sanity. I think you will enjoy Servetus and Cyril (there are others but I have a lot on m plate at this moment..cannot think), they also add sound ideas, even if they do not always agree with Islam. Sometimes we all must Agree to disagree, which is no sin!

Patty wrote: Dear Josh, you said the following: "Also Islam came way after Christainity. " Yes, so it did.  I am a Roman Catholic.  All the other Protestant churches came long after Jesus Christ Himself instituted St. Peter as the first head of the Church....or made him the first Pope.  The Protestant's were unhappy with some of the Catholic doctrine (rules) and decided to leave and begin their own churches with their own beliefs.  They still do it yet today....if they decide they don't like the doctrine of whatever church they belong to, they break away and start another church.  Only the Roman Catholic Church has been in existance since the time of Christ Himself. I understand you are sincere....and I know what sort of information you have been reading/studying....as well the the people you are listening to.  Please educate yourself before you come here and begin to insult a whole religion and people.  You are probably quite young and have many bad feelings about situations in the world.  Well, we all do, don't we?  But how do we handle these feelings?  Certainly not by going around creating more hard feelings and chaos.  We are ALL God's children.  Don't ever forget that, Josh!  God loves every single one of us.....what a shame we don't follow his mandate and "love each other as I have loved you."  You can disagree with people without being rude and abrupt with them.  Sometimes it's more how you say something than what you say.  Oh, please learn how to spell "Christian", it's not Christain. God Love You!

enjoyed your post Patty. Nice to see you back. Hope your holidays are fulfilling and safe.

"enjoyed your post Patty. Nice to see you back. Hope your holidays are fulfilling and safe."

Ditto, Andalus!  It's good to be posting here again.  I also wish you peace and joy in the New Year.

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Hanan,

I second thee along with Arab.

BMZ

It means I support you and agree with your proposal.

For example, you nominated Josh for poster of the year and I second that.

I read that Josh DOES believe wholeheartedly in Satan....as he stated Islam was started by Satan (unless I read him wrong.)  I do not believe this to be true.  Of course he has a right to his opinion.  But he may benefit from studying and learning a little more about different religions before making such statements. 

He stated he was a "new" Christian, and as such he may need a little guidance...especially in the area of politeness.  No harm meant, Josh. You're more than welcome to express your opinions.  We may not always agree with them, but no one agrees with everyone, everytime.

God Bless You, Josh!

Josh,

Patty is right. You are welcome and free to express your views as long as they are decently conveyed.

By the way, Satan is a sworn enemy of God Almighty. Why would he show the true path to lead to the One Lord Almighty?  His job is to lead people away from God and he does not like God.

BMZ

Arab,

"loool  I dont second that! "

That was an example, neither did I really mean that!

Patty,

Pls join us in the SLAVERY discussion.  I would like to hear your opinion.

Sid

Slavery is inhuman and is against the law in most countries.

It is inhuman to own any person.

I think after such a long period of time, that Mr. Joshua has left the building.  Too bad...he may have been learned some valuable information if he had remained patient and chosen to stay for awhile.

God's Peace.

yasha,

Good to see you helping Josh.

As for "Why believe in Islam?", the answer is very simple. Islam leads us to the One God, the Lord Almighty. There is no adulteration in God and the Magnificience of God Almighty remains the Most High.

Some comments, in response:

From you: "An interesting question.  The answer would involve a study of Satan, his character, as presented in the bible.  And at best we would try and deduce what kind of 'religion' he would create and if Islam might qualify.  I invite you to list off the traits of Satan, according to Islam.  I'll provide a few points according to the bible.  Lets see if we can find Any common ground regarding this being."

Satan is not into the business of creating religions. Satan wants simply to lead people away from the Lord Almighty. Even Jesus was attcked by him. But Jesus kicked him out. So far the world has never heard of any religion created by Satan.  

From you; "Here are a few points: (scriptures availble upon request)

1) Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
2) Satan is the great imitater.
3) Satan desires to be like God.

Therefore if Satan were to invent a religion, we might expect it to imitate God's religion, with an outward appearance of rightousness."

Satan is neither an angel nor an ex-angel or light. He has his own powers and does not have to imitate. Satan's desire is to lead humanity away from God and that's what he is after. I don't think he has any desires to be like God for he knows God Almighty and His Powers well! He knows he was created and also knows that he can be destroyed. 

For more information on how Satan has been described as an evil, you will have to read and understand Qur'aan, which is the only Book that describes Satan's revolt against God and tells us how he became a sworn enemy of God after making sure he got a respite till the Judgement day.  Is there any account of that in the Bible?


From you: "If Satan were to do such a thing, it would be quite a deception wouldn't it?  I believe deception is a quality that Satan also posesses."

Satan has many qualities and his job is to mislead people and make them go astray, with whatever means he has.  

From you: "From a Christian point of view, Satan is defeated in Christ.  Therefore all Satan need do is prevent people from accepting the salvation offered by Christ. With out Christ people are on their own.  And their sin will kill them, no matter how many good deeds they posess."

Satan was never defeated and still remains fully active. Even Jesus Christ could not kill or destroy him. Sins, death, illnesses, bloodshed, deception, hate, wars, plundering and all evils continue. Nothing has changed. To say that Satan is defeated in Christ is void. People knew of a life hereafter several milleniums before Jesus. In fact, if you look at Jesus' 1-3 years of ministry, you can see what Satan did during that period and after Jesus was gone.

BMZ

Satan is not into the business of creating religions. Satan wants simply to lead people away from the Lord Almighty. Even Jesus was attcked by him. But Jesus kicked him out. So far the world has never heard of any religion created by Satan.

People are religious by nature.  They need to worship.  Redirecting their worship is how one is led away from the Lord.  If Satan's business is to lead people away from God, then he MUST be in the business of creating religions.  However the biblical perspective is quite clear on Satan desireing worship.

He has his own For more information on how Satan has been described as an evil, you will have to read and understand Qur'aan, which is the only Book that describes Satan's revolt against God and tells us how he became a sworn enemy of God after making sure he got a respite till the Judgement day.  Is there any account of that in the Bible?

Satan was never defeated and still remains fully active. Even Jesus Christ could not kill or destroy him. Sins, death, illnesses, bloodshed, deception, hate, wars, plundering and all evils continue. Nothing has changed. To say that Satan is defeated in Christ is void. People knew of a life hereafter several milleniums before Jesus. In fact, if you look at Jesus' 1-3 years of ministry, you can see what Satan did during that period and after Jesus was gone.

yasha,

From you: "People are religious by nature.  They need to worship.  Redirecting their worship is how one is led away from the Lord.  If Satan's business is to lead people away from God, then he MUST be in the business of creating religions.  However the biblical perspective is quite clear on Satan desireing worship."

Not necessarily. To lead people away is Satan's business. satan just does not want people to obey and listen to God. He deceived Adam and Eve and tricked them both into eating the fruit. All religions believe in this story. 

From you: "Matt 4:8-9
8    Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
9    "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."
(NIV)"

Ok, I can accept that according to the story which tells me that the temptation was specially and specifically organised and arranged by God for Jesus and the Spirit led him into the desert to be tested by Satan. I don't know why God had to test him after declaring so boldly and loudly from heavens "This is my son with whom I am pleased." I think God should not have done that if He were pleased with his son. If I am pleased with my son, I would not push him into difficulties and trials.

Anyway, Satan asked him to worship him but Jesus answered,"It is written:'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.' " This is a huge statement, don't you think, keeping in mind the word only?

And I think the above statement should have reverberated throughout the Bible but unfortunately, it did not. Why was that so and who did the diluting of that statement? I am not saying that it was done 100% by Satan. What do you think?

I do not discuss anything from the chapter of Revelations, as it's John's own dream, vision or thoughts. It's his own story and the chapter had been in and out of the Bible quite a few times according to Christian scholars and historians but finally was left in. Hence I have no comments.

From you: "The qur'ans story, which has a jewish origin, is not found in the bible.  There are only hints of Satan's fall, but enough."

All the Scriptures, mostly have the Hebrew and the Jewish origin. The OT of the Christians is a 100% copy of the Jewish Holy Scriptures, with quite  afew changes made, where necessary but the interpretation done is entirely different and the funny part is that the Jews are not aware of.  

From you: "As you may know, in Christianity it is through Christ, only, that one can be saved."

Yes, I am aware of that but one must know that according to Isaiah and other Prophets, one can only be saved by the Saviour only, who is the Lord Almighty. And remember that the words of the Lord Almighty never change. Whatever God Almighty uttered through Isaiah, uttered in all Integrity sworn by God Almighty Himself.

How did that change from the Lord Almighty to Jesus? Was it posssibly the work of Satan? 

From you: "All Satan needs to do is keep people from believing the NT.  Islam, at present, it seems, teaches people to reject the gospel, which is to reject the forgiveness of sins, reject salvation, reject God." 

I don't think so. Satan does not want people to believe in any book that has got anything to do with God.

Islam does not reject the teachings of Jesus, for Jesus taught the words of God from the Torah, spoke about God and asked people to worship only God Almighty with all their herats, minds and souls. Who then asked people to worship Jesus? Satan?

Islam does not reject forgiveness of sins, salvation and God. Islam says,"believe only in God, the Lord Almighty, have full faith and trust in the Lord Almighty and one would have one's sins forgiven and one would have salvation from God Almighty only, not from anybodyelse. it is that simple. I believe all those, who believe in God Almighty, are saved. This is where, you don't have to point a finger to the moon. Just look at it direct.

From you: "This is why many Christian believe Islam to be Satanic in origin.  Satan in already defeated, it's just a matter of time.  Those in Christ are already saved.  All his effort is undone with Christ, that is why it is first priority to keep people from believing the good news.  If people try to lead good lives (as muslims are supposed to), yet reject salvation through Christ (which muslims do), then Satan is victorious in their lives.   But in Christ Satan is defeated."

It is our duty to tell the Christians and others that all religions before Islam were attacked and infected by Satan, the Master Virus. In fact, we can say that Satan has been defeated by Islam with it's open and blaringly loud declaration "There is no other god/God but only One God, the Lord Almighty". Satan will never be pleased with this declaration.  He has given up on Islam.

I must tell you something interesting here, that almost a hundred times or may be more, every day, every Muslim, recites this: "I seek refuge in Allah, the Lord Almighty only, to  keep away this kicked-out/cursed Satan."   Believe me, he dares not sway our Faith and Belief in the One God, the Lord Almighty!

BMZ

Dear Pauline, Greetings

My post has to be read as a response to yasha's post.

Regarding Satan, he is also into politics and all related matters, pitting people against people, nation against nation and was so successful in deceiving the well-educated and civilised Germans that they slaughtered Jews and other weaklings. Satan excited the current American regime to invade Iraq and destroy a people and their country.

What Osama did was wrong. I have no sympathy for him. His action was his own revenge or retaliation and had nothing to do with Islam. Of course Satan deceived him too.

From you: "Pauline questioned : I just don't see how the Satan has been defeated by Islam through its declaration? Christianity also declare that only ONE GOD AND JESUS IS THE SON OF THE LORD."

Satan has been defeated by Islam, since Islam declares One unadulterated God Almighty. Christians do say one but they split that one God, trying to fit Jesus in. 

You appear to be a Unitarian. Is that so? The reason I asked is because you seem to believe in One God Almighty and keep Jesus away as a Son of God, a separate person.

Best Regards

BMZ

pauline35 wrote: The hadith which is the sayings of Prophet Mohammed : TO STAND ONE HOUR IN THE BATTLE LINE IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH IS BETTER THAN SIXTY YEARS OF NIGHT PRAYER. What do you understand from it?

First of all, you should have quoted where you got this hadith from, which book is it in, etc. War is ordained in Islam in self defense. Because sooner or later, every country will be put in a position where it has to go to war in order to defend itself. If its religion says nothing about this, what are they to do? Think of Hitler. If he was never fought, imagine what more evil he could have done. So Islam allows to go to war in self defence and going to war in self defence is better than sixty years of night prayer (if the hadith you quoted is accurate) because this person is putting his life on the line without fear, complete trust in God that if he dies defending Gods religion for the sake of God he will enter heaven. But the guy who sits and prays is in no danger, so they cant be compared. So naturally the man putting his life on the line for God is better then the one who is safe. This is what I understand from the hadith. Think of it this way, the early Christians who were greatly prosecuted, can they be compared with a safe Christian today? No.

Keep in mind, while in war, Muslims arent allowed to kill a woman or a child or any citizen and or even plants. Today with our civilised world we have finally after hundreds of conventions made it unlawfull to kill a civilian, Islam has done this 1400 years ago.

 (Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #1744, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #3015.)

 Allah does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes.  Allah loves just dealers.  (Quran, 60:8)

Listen to Abu Bakr (the first Caliphate or Muslim ruler after the prophet) says to Usama on his campaign to Syria:

For more on Islams War Ethics:
http://members.tripod.com/maseeh1/advices7/id226.htm - http://members.tripod.com/maseeh1/advices7/id226.htm

Pauline,

"The hadith which is the sayings of Prophet Mohammed :
TO STAND ONE HOUR IN THE BATTLE LINE IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH IS BETTER THAN SIXTY YEARS OF NIGHT PRAYER.

What do you understand from it?"

Pauline, I am not much into the subject of Hadith. I refer mostly to Qur'aan for what it says.

The battle has to be in the cause of Allah. What does that mean? The battle of Osama, for example, was not not in the cause of Allah and as such I would not waste my years of prayers but if an enemy of Islam wages a war on Islam, I would stand hours in the battle.

A note here: The battles fought by the Muslims in the infancy of Islam were never initiated or waged by Muslims. They were attacked first and were allowed to retaliate, when the persecution became worse than slaughter.

Coming back to what I thought about you, may I ask you a question and hope you would not mind:

Do you think that trinity falls under an "operating system" designed to accomodate God, son and the holy ghost, by the ancient church fathers of the fellow Christians?

Best Regards

BMZ

Believe me, he dares not sway our Faith and Belief in the One God, the Lord Almighty!

Nor ours either, BMZ.  If I've said it once, I said it 100 times here.  Christians believe in ONE GOD.  NOT THREE GODS!  ONE GOD.  He is made up of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.....but He is still ONE GOD.  You know there are numerous Biblical references to the Holy Trinity, although the word "trinity" is not used....nevertheless, the meaning is there. 

Christians say they believe in one God because they do.  If they believed in 3 Gods, they would say so and try to explain why....but that is not the case.  Whoa, I feel a meltdown coming on....guess that's it for now!  One God, BMZ.....one God.  (Still have my aspirins handy.)

pauline35

Only 2% of the world's population understood what Osama did was not islamic

Every now and then, those Muslims who were not aware of the misinterpreted hadith have gone to church asking to be baptised for they do not want to be Muslim anymore.

Where did you you get this from??

The Title Reads: "Why believe in Islam?"

I've been reading several books on the author Ibn Waraaq who, wrote the famous book "Why I am not Muslim" which was also followed by several books he edited. One called "The historical Muhammad" and the other which escapes my memory at this second is abouyt the Qur'an. It is quite interesting to hear (or in my case read) about how Islam is "this and that." In his new book "Leaving Islam" was quite funny......

So whats the point?

The reason why I chose Islam originally because, spiritually I felt close to its principles crystallized in the Qur'an. Logically it made sense to me and even atheist would argue that even if they denied its theology any young religion would be closer to modern thought. Because Islam contains a lot of modern thought it find itself agreeable to modernist like myself.

Israfil,

"The reason why I chose Islam originally because, spiritually I felt close to its principles crystallized in the Qur'an. Logically it made sense to me and even atheist would argue that even if they denied its theology any young religion would be closer to modern thought. Because Islam contains a lot of modern thought it find itself agreeable to modernist like myself."

Well-said.

Best Regards

BMZ 

pauline35 wrote: Brother BMZ asked : Do you think that trinity falls under an "operating system" designed to accomodate God, son and the holy ghost, by the ancient church fathers of the fellow Christians? I think it is about a family not an operating system. It is probably designed to inspire the followers to cherish a decent family. Holy ghost sounds very angelic. It serves as a reminder for the followers to remember god so to be protected by god's servant, perhaps the holy ghost. When the church chant, father and son and holy ghost, I freaked out. I would prefer to hear Holy Spirit than Holy GHOST. Spooky! Anyway, I am no longer a Catholic neither a Muslim.

That is why they changed the translation from Holy Ghost to the Holy Spirit, which does not scare or frighten anyone.

Patty ain't gonna like what you said in the last sentence.

bmzsp wrote: pauline35 wrote: Brother BMZ asked : Do you think that trinity falls under an "operating system" designed to accomodate God, son and the holy ghost, by the ancient church fathers of the fellow Christians? I think it is about a family not an operating system. It is probably designed to inspire the followers to cherish a decent family. Holy ghost sounds very angelic. It serves as a reminder for the followers to remember god so to be protected by god's servant, perhaps the holy ghost. When the church chant, father and son and holy ghost, I freaked out. I would prefer to hear Holy Spirit than Holy GHOST. Spooky! Anyway, I am no longer a Catholic neither a Muslim. That is why they changed the translation from Holy Ghost to the Holy Spirit, which does not scare or frighten anyone. Patty ain't gonna like what you said in the last sentence.

From my end Catholics and the church say Holy Spirit  I have always known it to be that way I say it that way, its more natural to me that way and when i heard from others say ghost its like huh? but i guess some people say it that way

From BMZ:

"Patty ain't gonna like what you said in the last sentence."  

Well, no I'm not happy with it (you little rascal, you).  But I feel badly when I hear or read of anyone who has lost their faith for whatever reason.  Many times we as humans tend to take a "swerve" until we find our way again.  I did for a long time.  Many of my friends did too.  But eventually we got a tap on the shoulder from God saying "come home, I love you and welcome you back."  If we listen, I think He says this to all of us at certain times in our lives. 

You're really a fun person, BMZ.  I love discussing with you because you have one of the kindest, sweetest personalities I've ever encountered.  God/Allah truly blessed you with a wonderful manner of conversing with people!

Then BMZ said:

"That is why they changed the translation from Holy Ghost to the Holy Spirit, which does not scare or frighten anyone."

My friend, everyone knows "ghost" and "spirit" are the same.  There's nothing spooky about either.  Not unless you just enjoy trying to scare the bejeebers out of somebody.

Have a good night, BMZ!

Patty wrote: My friend, everyone knows "ghost" and "spirit" are the same.  There's nothing spooky about either.  Not unless you just enjoy trying to scare the bejeebers out of somebody.

what like those night tours at haunted places  

if islam is really a religion created by satan to lead people away from worshipping christ, then its ironic that his followers "seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the rejected one."

when muslims perfom salaah, before we read the surahs, we say "aaoozubillahi minashaitanirajeem" :( i seek refuge in Allah from satan the rejected one.) then we say "bismillahir rahmannir rahim" ( in the name if Allah most beneficient, most merciful).

to me, this is proof enough that Islam cannot be a religion created by satan. every day muslims seek protection in Allah from Satan. how does this help satans course and how does this amount to worshipping satan? unless satan feels worshipped by the fact that he is cursed daily by muslims all over the world. maybe thats how they worship him in reverse. by cursing him, they actually worshipping him.

whoever came up with that idea of Islam being satans religion is truly misguided. wanaoozubillah.

Douggg wrote: Hi BMZ, , first, thankyou for welcoming me in the other thread.   I appreciate the opportunity for friendly dialogue. Satan, in the wilderness temptation of Jesus, challenged Jesus as to being the Son of God.  Satan tempted Jesus 3 times.    Twice directly challenging Jesus as to being the Son of God... "if thou be the Son of God" in Matt 4:3, again in Matt 4:6.   The third temptation of Satan offering Jesus the kingdoms of this world was also a challenge to Jesus's being the Son of God,  simply because the kingdoms already belonged to Jesus to begin with being the Son of God. Does not Islam not echo the doubt pursued by Satan to put in people's mind denying that Jesus is the Son of God... except that Islam is even more direct and affirmative in this area, as core to the belief of Islam is that God has no Son?      For that reason, it seems to me that the inspiration of the Islam religion originates with Satan. Peace, Doug L.

No, Douggg

There is a serious problem here.

Satan did not go on his own to tempt or test or try Jesus. Jesus, on the other hand, was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan.

I suspect this statement was inspired by Satan. Don't you think so? The second problem is after declaring,"This is my son with whom I am pleased". Why would the Father plan to have him tested or tempted by the devil? Did the Father have doubts?

In case of Adam & Eve, Satan went himself to deceive or trick them.No spirit led Adam and Eve to be tested by Satan.

bmzsp wrote: [QUOTE=Douggg] Hi BMZ, , first, thankyou for welcoming me in the other thread.   I appreciate the opportunity for friendly dialogue. Satan, in the wilderness temptation of Jesus, challenged Jesus as to being the Son of God.  Satan tempted Jesus 3 times.    Twice directly challenging Jesus as to being the Son of God... "if thou be the Son of God" in Matt 4:3, again in Matt 4:6.   The third temptation of Satan offering Jesus the kingdoms of this world was also a challenge to Jesus's being the Son of God,  simply because the kingdoms already belonged to Jesus to begin with being the Son of God. Does not Islam not echo the doubt pursued by Satan to put in people's mind denying that Jesus is the Son of God... except that Islam is even more direct and affirmative in this area, as core to the belief of Islam is that God has no Son?      For that reason, it seems to me that the inspiration of the Islam religion originates with Satan. Peace, Doug L.

Satan did not go on his own to tempt or test or try Jesus.

The bible only says that Satan came to tempt Jesus after Jesus had been there 40 days fasting such that Jesus was physically weak and hungry when Satan decided to tempt him.  

Jesus, on the other hand, was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan.

I suspect this statement was inspired by Satan. Don't you think so?

No, I don't.  Why would you think that?

The second problem is after declaring,"This is my son with whom I am pleased". Why would the Father have doubts?  The Father had just publically declared that Jesus was his beloved son.

I don't see the relavency.   Nonetheless, Adam and Eve were not anointed by the  Holy Spirit, I agree with that... and they fell to temptation - didn't they?

Dougg, out of how many Gospels were our gospels today chosen? Tens? Hundreds? And please dont talk about the militant jihadists because u forget something which is, who attacked Iraq when Iraq never attacked it? Your government. Who invaded Afghanistan when Mulla Omar asked your government to just show him one proof that links bin laden to 9-11 and he'll personally hand him over? Your government. Whos on a, I quote, "crusade" right now? Your government. So plz give me a break.

Jesus according to the bible was tempted by satan yet according to your belief, those who voted on the trinity werent tempted by Satan? The fact is nothing can make u sure. What happened to those who didnt believe Jesus was God? They were persecuted.

Read the Quran ull come to realize that there is nothing in the Quran which contradicts the message of the prophets. There is something in the Quran which contradicts the doctrines which came into existance AFTER the prophets thanks to normal human beings of whom u follow till this very day. If a trinity existed which it doesnt, it would have been preached by all the prophets since the very begening and we wouldnt have been having this discussion. Noah peace be upon him would have said "your God is a truine God but one" Moses would have said your God is one and in a trinity but one. Even Jesus would have said o children of Israel the lord your God is one, in a trinity. The prophets woud have preached that your salvation comes in you believing that later on God is going to sacrafice his own son for your sins on a cross. No one ever preached that. All of a sudden we are to believe this while all of this came into existance after all the prophets and after Jesus Christ himself!? Impossible.

Dougg, out of how many Gospels were our gospels today chosen? Tens? Hundreds? And please dont talk about the militant jihadists because u forget something which is, who attacked Iraq when Iraq never attacked it? Your government. Who invaded Afghanistan when Mulla Omar asked your government to just show him one proof that links bin laden to 9-11 and he'll personally hand him over? Your government. Whos on a, I quote, "crusade" right now? Your government. So plz give me a break.

Satan works every angle he can to destroy the souls of mankind.

Jesus according to the bible was tempted by satan yet according to your belief, those who voted on the trinity werent tempted by Satan? The fact is nothing can make u sure. What happened to those who didnt believe Jesus was God? They were persecuted.

Read the Quran ull come to realize that there is nothing in the Quran which contradicts the message of the prophets. There is something in the Quran which contradicts the doctrines which came into existance AFTER the prophets thanks to normal human beings of whom u follow till this very day. If a trinity existed which it doesnt, it would have been preached by all the prophets since the very begening and we wouldnt have been having this discussion. Noah peace be upon him would have said "your God is a truine God but one" Moses would have said your God is one and in a trinity but one. Even Jesus would have said o children of Israel the lord your God is one, in a trinity. The prophets woud have preached that your salvation comes in you believing that later on God is going to sacrafice his own son for your sins on a cross. No one ever preached that. All of a sudden we are to believe this while all of this came into existance after all the prophets and after Jesus Christ himself!? Impossible.

The Lord from heaven came into this world to save it.   Do you believe this?    The plan of salvation was not revealed to man's understanding until after the resurrection - because that was God's decision.  That's why even according to the nt, Christianity would agree with you, in part.   Do the prophets over-ride God? 

Peace,

Doug L.

Douggg: "The Lord from heaven came into this world to save it. Do you believe this?"

No, I do not believe this but would like to know which Lord came down from the heaven. I have not seen any improvement in this world after the arrival and departure of the "Lord".

Douggg: "The plan of salvation was not revealed to man's understanding until after the resurrection - because that was God's decision.  That's why even according to the nt, Christianity would agree with you, in part.   Do the prophets over-ride God?"

What plan of salvation was revealed by Jesus in his own words?

Douggg: "The Lord from heaven came into this world to save it. Do you believe this?"

No, I do not believe this but would like to know which Lord came down from the heaven. I have not seen any improvement in this world after the arrival and departure of the "Lord".

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Hi Doug,

Will Jesus be arriving before Gog and Magog start killing each other or will he be arriving after all are dead?

That is another problem that I can foresee. Muslims believe too that he would return. But I see no point in his return. He had completed the mission given to him by God Almighty before he was put on the cross. That is what the Good Book says.

BMZ

Hi Doug,

The Flow Chart, of the Coming Big Troubles, has a note "Jews are Christians". I don't think the Jews are going to accept that. If Jesus lands in Israel, he will be the Messiah that the Jews had been waiting for milleniums.

I think Christians will have to become Jews in all sincerity becuase Jesus will be looking after the sheep of Israel. 

BMZ

Will Jesus be arriving before Gog and Magog start killing each other or will he be arriving after all are dead?

The beginning of the 7 years is marked by the confirming of the covenant by the incognito Antichrist.   In other words, most people will not understand who he is.   That the 7 years is kicked off by the confirming of the covenant is nearly 100% universal among Christian bible prophecy scholars.  

Again, Jesus returns to the earth at the end of the 7 years.

had completed the mission given to him by God Almighty before he was put on the cross. That is what the Good Book says.

I understand what you are saying, BMZ.   I have discussed the Muslim end times view with several muslims on line.   To be honest with you, what I was looking for was to see if there was any possibilty of the muslim prophecies being such that the Antichrist could pose as the Mahdi or Jesus, thus, fooling the Muslims.    My suspicions were at causal glance it is possible, but thanks to the information I receive from the Muslim gentlemen, I concluded that there were too many conflicting prophecies that it couldn't happen.   So what I conclude is that the Muslim prophecies just won't play out, as basically the religion of Islam will be invalidated when Gog/Magog happens.   That's why I am pointing you to the countries listed in Ezekiel 38 for consideration, as they are all being Muslim except Russia - who herself is a big time Muslim nation ally, arms, and nuclear supplier.   Time will prove me either right or wrong.

Nonetheless, let me say there are many Christian bible prophecy scholars who do think the Antichrist will pose as the Muslim Mahdi or Jesus.  Personally, I think they need to speak to some Muslims themselfs in some extended discussions regarding the muslim end-times view.

The Flow Chart, of the Coming Big Troubles, has a note "Jews are Christians". I don't think the Jews are going to accept that. If Jesus lands in Israel, he will be the Messiah that the Jews had been waiting for milleniums.

You're telling me they wouldn't it accept it!  They would get very upset looking at my chart.    They are looking for a messiah who fits what Judaism believes about the moshiach (messiah).   They get a good portion of their expectation from the Rambam, a 1200 CE Jewish theologian, not to be confused with the Ramban, another Jewish theologian.  A person can get a good understanding of the moshiach the Jews are expecting at http://www.jewfaq.org/moshiach.htm - http://www.jewfaq.org/moshiach.htm http:// -

Many of the Jews living in Israel right now don't even have a solid faith in God, as Judaism believes Him, much less believe that Jesus is the Lord and messiah, as Christians do.    However, the Gog/Magog event will bring the secular Jews to call upon the God of their bible in their time of desparation when the enormous invasion alliance of Russia and the many muslim nation mobilize to invade.   Ezekiel 38 says that God will by supernatural means destroy those armies in the mountains and plains of Israel and the far away cities of the invaders will also receive devastation.   It isn't clear as to how the far away cities are devastated - whether by supernatural means or missle retaliation,  I don't know.

But what I do know is that in that battle. God as it is writtne in Ezekiel 38 is on the side of the Jews and Israel.   That much is overwhelmingly clear.  Those passage in Ezekiel 38 and 39 were written 500 years before Jesus's time.   So neither Isam nor Christianity was in existance at that time.

Given the fact that we have the greek Septuagint LXX to verify the Maorectic text (the Jewish Bible) and the KJV,  those equivalent modern muslim countries prophesied as making up the invading force was not something the Jews did to conspire againt Islam.

Although the nonreligious Jews will get religion durning that time of streses, they will definitely not be Christians.   There is some times of troubles for the Jews that they must go through, even after Gog/Magog, before they come to the point when they finally accept Jesus as the Christian bible says they will do one day.

With the destruction of all of her enemies in region, overjoyed, the Jews will (erroneously) think that they will have entered the messianic age.   This will be bolstered by the arrival of the false messiah, the Antichrist, at that time.   The rest of the world will be pretty elated too - no more terrorism.   And what few pockets of muslim resistance
are left will be swiftly dealt with by the false messiah, to the cheers of the world.  

The Antichrist will confirm the covenant prophesied in Daniel 9:27, which I am fairly certain will be the Mt. Sinai covenant that established the animal sacrifices to begin with.  Oh, he won't be sincere, it will be a total act of deception.   And with there being no more muslim authority, after Gog/Magog, to deal withl concerning the temple mount, the Jews will rebuild their temple (look back at the chart).   In the middle portion of the seven years, the Antichrist will show himself for his true colors and go into the temple and declare himself to be god.   And he will stop the sacrifices, demanding worship of himself.

At that point the Jews will realize that their big mistake.   That they had made a covenant with death and hell by embracing the false messiah.   It is then that God removes the scales from their eyes and they turn to Jesus, as Lord and Saviour.

BMZ. there are tons of bible verses that support all of what I have said, but we are just having a friendly dialogue here, not a Christian bible class.   This is after all a muslim site.  I respect that.  So that's why I narrated rather than overwhelm you with all of the specific verses and rationale involved.   That would take away from the flow of the discussion, I would think.

I think Christians will have to become Jews in all sincerity becuase Jesus will be looking after the sheep of Israel.

Yes, I understand what you are saying, coming from your muslim perspective.  I appreciate the discussion. 

btw, once the Antichrist declares that he is god, the entire world, including those in the U.S. will belief him.   The Jews, however, will not and neither will those who become Christian during that time.   You have heard of 666, haven't you?

Peace,

Doug L.

Hi Doug,

Prophecy was not really the subject or issue that God was interested in.

The message was consistent throughout the history of man and it was,"Thou shall only worship thy God the Lord Almighty." Moses said it, Jesus said it and Muhammad said the same.

The prophecy, that Jesus would return in the lifetime of his disciples, failed to come true. He did not! Shall we say that prophecy failed and it was wrong?

Great importance has been given to prophecies but the simple message was later distorted when the doctrine of trinity was pushed forward. That was the time, when Muhammad was sent to assert the perpetual message.

pauline35 wrote: From Amah: Where did you you get this from?? I got the news from my country and the pastor who is my colleague confided to me that he receives special guest (almost every week) who requested to be baptised in his church. These 2% Muslims have started to embrace other religion since 9/11. One of my colleague(Zakri) that I know have embraced Christian because of believing that Islam teaches terrorism as what Osama did. What he didn't understand is that Osama is cultist. Zakri is attending the Christian church every sunday morning but still carries his muslim name. Another saddest thing is that the most latest trend is about using Islam as the foundation to swindle money from those gullible student who wants to learn about Islam. My point is Muslims around the world, need to be alert about cultist who misinterprets the teaching of true Islam.

Hi Pauline,

Thanks for your post and I am sorry for the delay in replying.

Peace.

rami,

"The Assyrians conquered and destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel in about 722 BC (about 2700 years ago). The Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC (about 2600 years ago). Jerusalem and the Temple were later rebuilt but were destroyed again, this time by the Romans 70 AD. In 135 AD, the Romans again attacked and destroyed Jerusalem."

Million thanks to Lord Almighty Allah, there is no record of Muslims destroying Jerusalem. In fact Lord Almighty preserved the Jews through the Muslims and kept them safe.  

All I can say is, there has to be a serious downfall in the holy lands which would warrant the coming of the long-and-much-awaited Messiah. If Messiah has to come, the land has to be in chaos and has to be under occupation as the Biblical and true History shows. For Messiah to come, Israel has to be in 1 BC or 1 AD.

There is no House of Israel left. The tribes are not there. There is currently not a single person, who can claim to be from the lineage of King David.

The prophecies never came true and the Jews had already lost the chance when the Messiah really came and went unrecognised. I am sorry to say that Jesus can't be coming for them many times.   

Anyway, to be precise, if prophecies are to come true, the condition of Jews and Israel has to deteriorate and only they are the ones who have to work hard on this. And who do they get after such a looooong period? Jesus again!

Best Regards & Salaam Alaikum

BMZ

bmzsp wrote: rami, "The Assyrians conquered and destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel in about 722 BC (about 2700 years ago). The Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC (about 2600 years ago). Jerusalem and the Temple were later rebuilt but were destroyed again, this time by the Romans 70 AD. In 135 AD, the Romans again attacked and destroyed Jerusalem." Million thanks to Lord Almighty Allah, there is no record of Muslims destroying Jerusalem. In fact Lord Almighty preserved the Jews through the Muslims and kept them safe.   All I can say is, there has to be a serious downfall in the holy lands which would warrant the coming of the long-and-much-awaited Messiah. If Messiah has to come, the land has to be in chaos and has to be under occupation as the Biblical and true History shows. For Messiah to come, Israel has to be in 1 BC or 1 AD. There is no House of Israel left. The tribes are not there. There is currently not a single person, who can claim to be from the lineage of King David. The prophecies never came true and the Jews had already lost the chance when the Messiah really came and went unrecognised. I am sorry to say that Jesus can't be coming for them many times.    Anyway, to be precise, if prophecies are to come true, the condition of Jews and Israel has to deteriorate and only they are the ones who have to work hard on this. And who do they get after such a looooong period? Jesus again! Best Regards & Salaam Alaikum BMZ

Hi BMZ,  But the invading countries listed in Ezekiel 38 are muslim countries - not Israel.    Those verses don't say a word about alleged not really jews moving to the land from those countries - as being Gog/Magog.    The countries that attack, do so with their ARMIES.   100% guaranteed.    The Jews, not the Paliestinians, not the Arabs, not the Persians, not the Syrians will be burning the weapons for 7 years afterwards.   Ezekiel 39.

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Hi Doug,

Most of the biblical prophecies have never come true. Even the prophecy attributed to a child being born was never a prophecy for Jesus. The Temple has never been rebuilt. Jesus did not return during the life-time of his disciples.

No, it can't be Muslims. Jeruslaem had always been destroyed by the Romans and others. It was never destroyed by the Muslims. I think Ezekiel was referring possibly to the Russians, the Germans, the Spanish, the English and many other Westerners who persecuted and killed millions of Jews. Damascus never destroyed Jerusalem so why should the Lord destroy Damascus?

The Lord already did enough damage by assisting Joshua who went on a killing spree under the direct guidance and supervision of YHVH. Please read the chapter on Joshua in the Holy Bible. All of that was done within the boundaries of current Israel. May be God destroyed those tribes who were doing the fighting in the holy lands. 

I don't believe that US will attack Iran. US is already stuck up in the mudpit or the greatest quagmire in Iraq, a failed story. US does not have enough manpower, whereas the region spreading out from Afghanistan to the borders of saudi Arabia has millios of people who would give up their lives, if attacked by US. You have seen that in Iraq and Afghanistan. US and Nato are begging for more troops!

Israel has already learnt a lesson at the hands of Hizbullah and had for the first time, to fight more than 33 days. Israel will be domesticated soon as it has been humbled.

Most of the prophecies in the Bible are actually like curses. They  mean nothing. The interpretations are wishful thinkings.

From you: "Some have theorized that Irans will attack American trops in Iraq first."

Iranians are smart people. They have already kept US away from their doors for the last 27 years.

From you: "Whatever begins the war aside, would you agree with me that war with Iran and the non-muslim countries is coming very shortly?"

No, I cannot agree with you on above. Would you include Russia, China, South America, Japan, Africa, the entire Far East and the South-East to be fighting for fulfilling these biblical prophecies?

Why should the entire world die and destroy for the sake of a few million people and some false prophecies to come true? Unless you believe that God wants another Joshua to ruin this world. No, I do not believe in the biblical prophecies.

I was at a party where most of the elderly were just talking about  the end of the world, the Dooms Day, etc., which according to them was very near. Some said they could see it coming.

I told them,"Please let our young children grow and let them enjoy their life, instead of wishing for their early demise and disposal, because you are already too old!!! Why do you wish death and destruction for your kids and the younger generations?"

BMZ

No, it can't be Muslims. Jeruslaem had always been destroyed by the Romans and others. It was never destroyed by the Muslims. I think Ezekiel was referring possibly to the Russians, the Germans, the Spanish, the English and many other Westerners who persecuted and killed millions of Jews. Damascus never destroyed Jerusalem so why should the Lord destroy Damascus?

I don't believe that US will attack Iran. US is already stuck up in the mudpit or the greatest quagmire in Iraq, a failed story. US does not have enough manpower, whereas the region spreading out from Afghanistan to the borders of saudi Arabia has millios of people who would give up their lives, if attacked by US. You have seen that in Iraq and Afghanistan. US and Nato are begging for more troops!

Israel has already learnt a lesson at the hands of Hizbullah and had for the first time, to fight more than 33 days. Israel will be domesticated soon as it has been humbled.

Hizbullah gets its support from Syria.   Damascus is the capital of Syria.   Syria has a pact with Iran.    There is a possibity that what provokes the Gog/Magog attack by the muslim nations is that Israel nukes Damascus - maybe, it is just a theory, but a pretty good one.

From you: "Some have theorized that Irans will attack American trops in Iraq first."

It is just one of many theories, BMZ.   Well, the US is on their doorstep right now.  Front door and back door.  Iran would have to split it forces to fight on two sides at the extreme opposite ends of their country.   And recently, the focus I hear from Iraqi governement and the US, is going to be to seal off the borders of Iraq from both Iran and Syria.   Which may mean relocation of US troops and forces near Iran's border.   The US would be pushing right up to Iran's door knocker.

From you: "Whatever begins the war aside, would you agree with me that war with Iran and the non-muslim countries is coming very shortly?"

No, I cannot agree with you on above. Would you include Russia, China, South America, Japan, Africa, the entire Far East and the South-East to be fighting for fulfilling these biblical prophecies?

Why should the entire world die and destroy for the sake of a few million people and some false prophecies to come true? Unless you believe that God wants another Joshua to ruin this world. No, I do not believe in the biblical prophecies.

I was at a party where most of the elderly were just talking about  the end of the world, the Dooms Day, etc., which according to them was very near. Some said they could see it coming.

I told them,"Please let our young children grow and let them enjoy their life, instead of wishing for their early demise and disposal, because you are already too old!!! Why do you wish death and destruction for your kids and the younger generations?"

Arab wrote: which would Satan chose to create, a religion which propagates worshiping idols, or worshiping God alone?

He would create a religion that worshiped himself alone... through the deception of calling himself God.

asalaam.