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7 Characteristics of Jesus in the Quran which Make Him Superior to Muhammad Paid Members Public
In this article I am going to list seven characteristics that the Quran attributes to Jesus which prove that Christ is superior and better than Muhammad himself. This doesn’t mean that we believe what the Islamic scripture teaches about Jesus, since it is not a revelation from God nor
Does the Bible Really Command Dashing Babies Against the Rocks? Paid Members Public
Muslim polemicists often cite Psalm 137:9 to prove that Holy Bible is cruel and barbaric since this specific Psalm condones, and even blesses, anyone who brutally murders infants. Let us quote the Psalm in context to see what in fact the Psalmist meant: “By the rivers of Babylon we
Did Jesus Pray or Didn’t He? Paid Members Public
Muslim polemicists such as Shabir Ally argue that the Jesus portrayed by John is a person who has supreme control even over his impending death, unlike the Jesus of Mark who is depicted as a frail and more human. One example cited by Ally to prove this claim is the
A Contradiction In Luke? Paid Members Public
Muslims think that the following Lukan text is in error and even proves that Jesus wasn’t killed: “Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.” Luke 13:33 These polemicists assume that the
Refuting a Muslim Greenhorn on Q. 17:1 Paid Members Public
This is my response to the following post: https://bloggingtheology2.com/2019/04/14/feature-article-al-isra-and-the-temple-in-the-islamic-sources-a-response-to-sam-shamoun/. I will leave this reply here unless and until Paul Williams’ allows my rebuttal to be posted in the comments section. Time for me to expose quranbibleblog’s utter dishonesty and shameless perversion of his
Muhammad’s Visit to a Non-Existent Temple Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to cite various Muslim sources to provide further confirmation that, according to Quran 17:1, Muhammad actually visited the Temple in Jerusalem, which the verse calls masjid al-aqsa. The obvious problem with this assertion is that there was no Temple in Jerusalem at Muhammad’
Unveiling the Inanimate Gods of Islam Paid Members Public
In the following article titled, “The Kabah – The Great Idol of Islam Pt. 1” (https://answeringislam.net/authors/shamoun/kabah_idol1.html), I demonstrated that Muslims commit idolatry for facing the black cube structure in Mecca during their five daily prayers, and because of their being required to visit it
To Descend or not to Descend? That is the Question! Paid Members Public
The Salafi versus Sunni-Shia Dilemma According to the so-called authentic narrations attributed to Muhammad, Allah literally descends to the lowest heaven, the heaven that is supposed to be closest to the earth, at the last third of every night. The reports claim that Allah does so for the sole purpose