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Response to Misha'al Al-Kadhi: John 1:1 (the Word was God) Paid Members Public
A response to 1.2.2.6 John 1:1 (the Word was God) Part I Sam Shamoun The following post is a critical examination of some of al-Kadhi"s assertions in relation to John 1:1 John 1:1 (the was God) Another verse quoted in defense
The Veil of Equality and Justice Paid Members Public
Section Two The Veil of Equality and Justice Muslim propagandists take advantage of the fact that Westerners do not read Arabic and therefore (out of ignorance) do not know the reality of Islamic faith as recorded in the books of Muslim scholars. Therefore, Muslim missionaries roam across Europe and America,
The Jewish Foundation of Islam : The Narratives of the Koran Paid Members Public
Jewish Foundations of Islam Fourth Lecture The Narratives of the Koran1 Charles Cutler Torrey We have seen in the preceding lectures that the Koran brings to view a rather long procession of Biblical personages, some of them mentioned several times, and a few introduced and characterized repeatedly. The experiences of
Rebuttal to Akbarally Meherally : Abraham and the Child of Sacrifice Revisited [8] Paid Members Public
Responses to Akbarally Meherally's site Here is Meherally's latest, and hopefully last, response that was posted on Nov. 12. Let us see what he now has to say: Meherally: IS THIS FROM A PRESENT ERA? Earlier in my rebuttal to Sam Shamoun, this is what I
v12 Paid Members Public
MAHDI Believed to appear in the end-times, and that Jesus, who is also to appear in the end-times, will be a follower of the Mahdi, and prays behind him. Some, however, believe that Jesus and the Mahdi are the same person. All proof texts are based on hadiths.
JESUS AND MUHAMMAD,TWO PROPHETS FOR A LOST WORLD Paid Members Public
SECTION SIX JESUS AND MUHAMMAD, TWO PROPHETS FOR A LOST WORLD CHAPTER II PROPHETHOOD AND MESSIAHSHIP OF JESUS We must now ask ourselves the same questions about Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Mary. How could the people of 1st century Palestine know whether he was a prophet? Did God
JUDAISM AND ISLAM [Section 2, Chapter 2] Paid Members Public
page 73 SECOND SECTION Chapter II Stories borrowed from Judaism This division will prove to be the largest, partly, because these narratives, draped in the most marvellous garb of fiction, lived mostly in the mouth of the people; partly, because this fairy-tale form appealed to the poetic fancy of
THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN:EFFECTS OF CRITICISM AND SIMILARITIES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT Paid Members Public
SECTION THREE THE BIBLE AND THE QUR'AN: EFFECTS OF CRITICISM AND SIMILARITIES IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER II NEW TESTAMENT FORM CRITICISM --- ITS EFFECT ON THE GOSPEL AND THE QUR'AN "Form criticism", which also originated in Germany, is an attempt to analyze the Gospel on