RE: What are the Characteristics of a NT Christian?
April 14, 2017 at 1:47 pm
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2017 at 1:49 pm by Mystic.)
(April 14, 2017 at 1:34 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(April 14, 2017 at 1:07 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Do you have a feasible alternative explanation (as in, alternative to Allah is really real™)for the existence of their places of worship, the existence of historical belief, and the existence of their religious texts?
The Koran is a single text composed by one man of considerable power based on revelations made directly to him and initially spread mostly by military conquest. It makes almost no historical claims and breaks with and supplants prior revelatory traditions. In contrast to this, the New Testament is a collection of multiple attestations to historical events and revelations made to many people, initially spread among a marginalized group (until Constantine of course) and builds on a prior religious tradition going back hundreds of years. The reasons Christians believe their special revelation in the person of Jesus Christ and the reasons why Muslims believe in the special revelation of a book are not the same.
The Quran is a reminder, and the reminder and clear proof by its own words are both the Messenger, and the family of the reminder is the way to show gratefulness for the God and the Messenger's religion.... You are right that most Muslims believe due to a book, which I would add due to their perverse reading would not have believed it were it not for victorious nature of Islam in history nor see the reminder in it (the Perfect humans and their path) but I personally don't distinguish between the reminder and the hearer of the reminder which is the "O you" called to in the Quran, which lives and extends to us all by which we are called to be awakened to.
Not only that, but without acknowledging the divine tongue and ear of God on earth (the leader and guide), the book cannot be properly read and recited as we are in need of his help!
The Quran itself shows the signs in the souls and in the horizon is the means to knowing it's the truth.
While Muslims emphasize that it is unique in eloquence (which obviously it would be if it were from God), the Quran says "bring a book more in guidance then both of them".
In other words, it's real miracle is how it guides and unveils the soul to the extent in unveils the mystical link between the heavens and the earth, the leader and guide of our time!
It emphasizes to reflect on it signs (verses) for it in lies the reminder, and despite it being the very word of God which is majestic and higher then all speech, at the end, it's but a reminder....it cannot do but remind us....
What we do once it has done that is up to us.
Secondly, despite clear proofs, I would say Muslims and non-Muslims over all believe in their religion for the same reason, and very few people will find the true religion based on true reasons and then be sincere in that to follow nothing but guidance from God and not be mixed with the falsehood of people.
If you constantly listen to streams from other than God, you are bound to constantly hear falsehood.
The interpreters of Quran and Quran go in hand....
The Prophet said "I am leaving you two weights, Quran and my family, the two will not separate till they return to my fountain".
