RE: Convert me if you can
January 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2011 at 7:55 pm by Rayaan.)
DeistPaladin Wrote:Islam's Claim: God spoke to Muhammad
Christianity's claim: God spoke to Jesus
The point is that the same thing can be said for Christianity by using the same argument that you're using for Islam.
DeistPaladin Wrote:Evidence Offered:
1. "Look how beautiful the poetry of the Koran is." (appeal to art)
2. "Islam has grown and so it must be true." (appeal to popularity)
3. "There's scientific knowledge in the Koran that Muhammad couldn't have known."
And what are your evidences for Christianity?
Please make a list for Christianity as you did for Islam and prove to me that they are better than Islam's. I'm asking you to do this because you're trying to compare the two religions and saying that there is more evidence for Christianity than Islam. That's why I want to see how would prove this by comparing the evidences from both religions.
DeistPaladin Wrote:Christians will at least present historical documentation and supposed "eye-witnesses" to try to compliment their claims regarding Jesus.
Then tell me about these historical documents. Where should I look to find the eye-witness accounts? The Book of Acts of the Apostles is one of them and what else?
DeistPaladin Wrote:The Koran, by stark contrast, has zero corroborating evidence.
Then prove to me that the Bible has more corroborating evidence than the Quran since you said that there is a "stark contrast" between them, right?
DeistPaladin Wrote:Muslims are forced to use exclusively their holy book to prove their holy book is true.
You already agreed with me before that Muslims also use the Hadiths of the Prophet (pbuh), not only the Quran. I don't know why you're trying to go back again.
DeistPaladin Wrote:Islam doesn't even offer anything to be examined aside from its holy book.
Refer to the comment above. We use the Hadiths AND the Quran. We don't look at the Quran only as you're implying.
DeistPaladin Wrote:That he was divine, an intercessor for mortals with God, who's sacrifice redeemed us from sin. That much all the branches of Christianity seemed to agree on.
And do you believe that Jesus actually said that or no?
If yes, then that means you accept that the Christians are wrong in believing that he is the son of God, because you don't believe in that yourself. If he didn't say that, however, then that means that the Christians are still wrong about Jesus because he didn't say that "I am the son of God" and it's not true that he rose up from the grave after he died.
So, who is more likely to be right about Jesus (and why): Muhammad or the Christians?