Who Wrote Gospel?

Karen Doyle: John says Jesus says: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me." (Gospel of John 14:6).

Hu Wen: John who? Biblical scholars say the Gospel writer John wasn't one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Now be a good kid & let your uncle Hu know which John you're talking about. 

Karen Doyle: What Bibilcal scholars? You make it up as you go along....

Hu Wen: Forget about Bible scholars, my nephew. Mr. John himself says where he got his stories from. Mr. John says: “This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true” [John 21:24].

It's crystal clear that the name of the writer of Gospel of John was John & he wasn't a disciple of Jesus. He wrote what he heard from a unnamed disciple of Jesus. No one knows who that writer "Mr. John" was. No one knows Mr. john's last name, let alone his biography. Muslims has a complete biography of each hadith book writers & those hadith book writers clearly mentioned the names of the persons they collected their stories from. Muslims have chains of narration when it comes to narration of stories in scriptures but Christians don't have that.

No sane person takes a book seriously that is written by an anonymous writer. A book's credibility is judged by the author's scholarship. People that take bible seriously are insane. I deeply regret wasting 17 yrs of my life as a Christian. What a great fool I was!

Karen Doyle: Die in you're sin! I will not consider anything you say, you did NOT leave Jesus, you were NEVER Christian! There are a lot like you. You chose Islam, Satan......I rebuke you in the Name of Jesus Christ!

Hu Wen: I used to be a better Christian than you because I never cursed people of other religions out when I was a Christian. Don't question my Christianity because my Christianity was better than your Christianity would ever be. Jesus is still my inspiration because he was a great man. I love & respect him but I don't accept what anonymous people write about him.

Superhero Jesus vs Ordinary Mohamed

Recently, I had a dialogue with an Arab Christian on YouTube by the name of Omar Benneau. That Arab Christian argued: "Jesus had superpowers but Mohamed did not have. Therefore Jesus was greater than Mohamed". I did not take the typical Muslim way of responding to this saying Mohamed had superpowers too and God gave all of his prophets specific superpowers. Instead, I helped that Arab Christian understand why it is childlike to claim that having superpowers makes someone greater than others. My different approach to deal with this topic really worked and that Arab Christian was speechless at the end of our dialogue. I thought it would be a good thing to share our dialogue with billions of Muslims & Christians out there. And that's why I have decided to post this.

Omar Benneau: Jesus had superpowers but Mohamed did not have. Therefore Jesus was greater than Mohamed.

Hu Wen: Power comes with responsibility, dear. Having super powers doesn't make you superior. Fulfilling your responsibility that comes with your power makes you superior. Pay attention so you may learn, dear. Jesus failed his responsibility to save his people from oppression but Mohammed succeeded. Jesus is a loser despite of being a super man. Mohammed is a winner despite of being an ordinary man. An ordinary man achieved more than a super man. This is the biggest miracle mankind has ever seen.

Omar Benneau: Do you do realize that Muslims believe in Jesus and if you do not believe in Jesus, you are not a Muslim and you just fail in your life?

Hu Wen: I do know that Islam teaches Jesus will be successful when he returns. But till then, I would call him a loser. Because he failed his people (Jews). 

Omar Benneau: Jesus did not fail. You got it all wrong. He came to save every single person on earth by dying on the cross. Jewish people were mad at him and said he failed because they were excepting him to save them from Roman Empire.

Hu Wen: But how could we blame Jews when God reveled to them in Old Testament that the Messiah would save them from oppression & make all other nations bow down to them & re-establish the kingdom of Judah? The problem arises when both New Testament & Koran identify Jesus as Messiah. When you identify Jesus as Messiah, Jesus is automatically assigned responsibility to do what Old Testament says the Messiah is supposed to do. 

Jesus died & got resurrected for the pardon of mankind according to New Testament & I respect that. But Jesus shouldn't have left Jews in the hands of oppressors and go up in heaven to enjoy himself after he was resurrected. How is that fair to Jews? And how does that fulfill the criteria of Messiah found in Old Testament? 

Jesus failed as Messiah to save Jews & make them a great nation again. The anger of Jews is legitimate. And it makes sense why Jews don't accept Jesus because of his failure as Messiah.

The Role Model: Jesus or Muhammad?

Islam Intro to Christians

Speaker: Yusuf Ismail, a student of Ahmed Deedat in South Africa

Biblical Jesus: A Plagiarized Character

Bart D. Ehrman (born 5 October 1955) is an American New Testament scholar, currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading scholar in his field, having written and edited over 25 books, including three college textbooks, and has also achieved acclaim at the popular level, authoring five New York Times bestsellers. Ehrman's work focuses on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the development of early Christianity.

Sinless Jesus Myth

Jesus came eating and drinking. They said: Look, He is a glutton and a drunkard...(Matthew 11:19)

Narrated Abu Huraira: On the night God's Apostle was taken on a night journey (Miraj) two cups, one containing wine and the other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the cup of milk. Gabriel said, "Praise be to God Who guided you to Al-Fitra (the right path); if you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have gone astray." (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 69, Number 482)

Narrated Ibn 'Umar: God's Apostle said, "Whoever drinks alcoholic drinks in the world and does not repent (before dying), will be deprived of it in the Hereafter." (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 69, Number 481)

God's Apostle said: “Every son of Adam sins, and the best of those who sin are those who repent.” (Al-Tirmidhi, 2499)

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Did Jesus Rise from Death?

Bart D. Ehrman (born 5 October 1955) is an American New Testament scholar, currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading scholar in his field, having written and edited over 25 books, including three college textbooks, and has also achieved acclaim at the popular level, authoring five New York Times bestsellers. Ehrman's work focuses on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the development of early Christianity.

Best Muslim Christian Debate

Jesus Heals a Blind Man

Gospel of Mark 8:22-25, New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida:

22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.

23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man's eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, "Do you see anything?"

24 He looked up and said, "I see people; they look like trees walking around."

25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man's eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

Did Quran Copy from Bible?

A Christian got humiliated by Brother Imran after claiming that the Quran copied from the Bible.

Trinity Explained

Dr. William Lane Craig is considered one of the best Christian scholar of present time.

What are Gospels?

I and the Father are One (John 10:30)

Jesus Didn't Come for Non Jews

Christian: Zakir Naik said Jesus came for the Jews. But Gospel of Matthew 15:25 & 15:28 say Jesus helped a Canaanite woman. Canaanites are not Jews. This proves Jesus came for the Non-Jews too.

Muslim: As brother Zakir Naik mentioned in the video that the direct sayings of Jesus Christ written in red ink in the bible carry more weight than anybody else's sayings. The story you quoted from Gospel of Matthew 15:25 is a saying of Matthew because it is written in black ink. Other people's sayings those contradict sayings of Jesus in red ink has to be false. I could end my reply here because I already dismissed all possible sayings of other people you would come up with to prove Jesus came for everybody. But I won't do that because I want to educate you. I am not here to flush your argument down the toilet and call you a stupid kid. I am here to guide you to the truth, son.

The interesting thing is the story you quoted doesn't contradict the saying of Jesus that he came for the children of Israel only. Jesus helped a woman whom Matthew described as a Canaanite. Let's analyze what a Canaanite really is.

God commanded Children of Israel to destroy the Canaanites. Children of Israel killed ALL Canaanites EXCEPT their VIRGIN daughters because God ordered them to keep virgin Canaanite girls for themselves (Numbers 31:17-18). The virgin daughters of the murdered Canaanites were their ONLY ALIVE OFFSPRING. The sexual intercourse between Israeli men and Canaanite virgin girls gave birth of children who had both Jewish blood and Canaanite blood in their body. Jesus had the Old Testament memorized. He knew he was allowed to help that woman since she had Jewish blood in her body.

Beware of Anti-Christ

I have noticed a very interesting thing. There are Jews pretending to be "Western Christians" on social sites & calling Muslims Anti-Christ for not accepting Jesus as “God”. What do Muslims believe about Jesus? It is true that Muslims don’t accept Jesus as “God” but Muslims have deep respect for Jesus. The Quran says:

·         Jesus is the servant or slave of God (The Quran 19:30)
·         Jesus is a prophet of God (The Quran 19:30)
·         Jesus is blessed (The Quran 19:31).
·         Jesus is the son of Maryam (The Quran 5:46)
·         Jesus is a Messiah or Christ (The Quran 4:157)
·         Jesus is pure (The Quran 19:19)
·         Jesus is the spirit of God (The Quran 21:91)
·         Jesus is the word of God (The Quran 3:45)

Note that all of the titles of Jesus in the Quran sound good to Western Christians except “the servant or slave of God”. The words like “Slave” and “Servant” have negative connotation to the minds of Western people because of the recent history of slavery and colonialism in North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

In the Middle Eastern tradition, “the slave of God” is an honorable term used by people to refer to a pious man or a man of God. For example, Prophet Muhammad’s father name was “Abdullah” which means “the servant or slave of God”. Prophet Muhammad’s family (Quraish) was the most noble and politically powerful family in the City of Mecca. And Prophet Muhammad’s grandfather Abdul Muttalib was the prime leader and the most powerful person of the city. Why did the prime leader name his son “Abdullah” (=the servant or slave of God) if it was an insulting name?

The Wikipedia.com says: Servant of God is a title given to individuals by various religions, and in general it is a person believed to be pious in his or her faith tradition. In the Catholic Church, it designates someone who is being investigated by the Church for possible sainthood. In the Eastern Orthodox churches, this term is used to refer to any Eastern Orthodox Christian. The Arabic name Abdullah (عبد الله, 'Abd Allah "slave of god"); the Hebrew name Obadiah (עובדיה) and the German name Gottschalk mean "servant of god".

To sum up, Jesus has honorable titles in the Quran. But what do Jewish scriptures say about Jesus? It says: “Jesus is in hell, being boiled in hot excrement” (Talmud: Gittin 57a). By the way, did I tell you that Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Jesus but Jews do not? Jews believe the mother of Jesus committed adultery and delivered Jesus as an illegitimate child. Gospel says: "Jesus said (to the Jews): You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire." (John 8, 43-44). The Christian Gospel doesn’t like Jews either. Gospel says: "The Jews killed Jesus. They are displeasing to God and hostile to mankind." (1 Thessalonians 2:15)

Both Jews and Muslims don’t accept Jesus as “God”. But no doubt Jews are not even close to Muslims to honor Jesus. Jewish scriptures insult Jesus, let alone honoring Jesus. On the other hand, the title of Jesus found in Muslim scriptures are very honorable. If not accepting Jesus makes Muslims “Anti-Christ”, then Jews are bigger Anti-Christ than Muslims.

Allah is the God of Jews & Christians

Christian: Judeo-Christian God Yhwh is not the Islamic God Allah. In Hebrew, Alah (אָלָה) means curse/oath.

Muslim: Islamic God's name is Allah (אלוהים), not Alah (אָלָה). In Hebrew bible, the word for God is Elohim (אלוהים). If you translate אלוהים into Arabic using Google translate, you will see it is Allah (الله).

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The Arabic word “إله” is a common noun which means “god”. To make “إله” a proper noun, “ال” is used before “إله”. The Arabic word “إله” means “the”. A proper noun is a noun that refers to a unique entity as distinguished from a common noun. Capitalization is used to mark proper names. When “ال” is used before “إله”, it becomes “الله”. The word “الله” is a proper noun which means “The God”.

Christian: When applied to God, Elohim is used strictly in it's singular form. But when applied to Elohim is used in it's plural form.

Muslim: I know that "Elohim" can mean both "god" (a polytheistic god) or "God" (the monotheistic God). When Elohim is used with singular verbs and adjectives, it means "God". But when Elohim is used with plural verbs and adjectives, it means "god".

How do we know that "Allah" is Elohim (=God) but not Elohim (=god)? Hebrew speaking Jewish and Christian Biblical scholars translated Elohim (=God) as "Allah" in Arabic. Page one of the Arabic translation of the Book of Genesis has the word "Allah" 17 times. The very first verse of the Arabic translation of the Book of Genesis says "Allah" created the heavens and the earth. This proves that "Allah" is Elohim (=God) but not Elohim (=god) in the Bible.

Moreover, when we look up the word "God" in the Aramaic Dictionary, we see that the word for "God" in Aramaic language (the mother tongue of Jesus) is "Aalah". Jesus used to call God by "Aalah".

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Is God's Name Yahweh or Jehovah?

Christian: God’s name is Jehovah!

Muslim: Yahweh & Jehovah are two different pronunciations of the same Hebrew phrase "I am". Children of Israel demanded to know God’s name. Moses let God know their demand, so God said-“I am who I am, so go tell them that I have sent you to them. Go tell them the God of their forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has sent you to them. This is my name for ever. This is my memorial name to all generation.” "(Exodus 3:14-15).

Jews and Christians claim God’s name is “I am” because God says “I am who I am”. Poor Jews and Christians don’t understand the difference between “I am who I am” and “My name is I am”.

What does it mean when a person says “I am who I am”? It means “I be myself”. What does it mean when a person says “You are who you are”? It means “You be yourself”.

Right after God says he is who he is, he says who he is. He says he is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And God wants all generation to remind him as “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”. 

“Yahweh” or “I am” is not the name of God. A website of Hebrew Christians commented on the name of God like this-

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It is very clear according to the website of Hebrew Christians that God does not have a name other than his attributes. God’s attributes (e.g., the most high, the most powerful, the creator of the heavens and the earth) are his names. This is very similar to the Islamic concept of God, by the way. One may ask why God does not have a name other than his attributes. God wants his name to be meaningful. God does not want names that have no meaning. Many people have names that do not have any meaning but they sound good. God does not want names that may sound good but do not have any meaning, especially the meanings that do not represent his attributes.

Christian: So the Jews mistook it? Wow, 5,000 years of history and they got it wrong? Are you serious?

Muslim: Jews don't accept Jesus as the Messiah. They got it wrong too, right? Your argument sucks.

Christian: So you read this ONE line in isolation against the plain verses 5,882 of them, where it says his name is Jehovah?

Muslim: You’re failing to understand that all those 5,882 verses were written after Exodus 4:14. The so called name of God “Yahweh” or “Jehovah” was first introduced by God himself in Exodus 4:14. And then Jewish and Christian scholars used this name later when writing their religious scriptures.

(That Christian never replied back to me because he understood he was wrong.)

Mohamed meets Jesus

God's Apostle (Mohamed) said, "I dreamt myself circumambulating around the house of God. Behold, I saw a reddish-white man with lank hair, and water was dropping from his head. I asked, "Who is this?' They replied, 'The son of Mary (Jesus).' Then I turned my face to see another man with a huge body, red complexion and curly hair and blind in one eye. His eye looked like a protruding out grape. They said (to me), he is Dajjal (Anti-Christ)." (Sahih al-Bukhari, 9:88:242)

God's Apostle (Mohamed) talked to them about the night of his Ascension to the Heavens. He said, "Then Gabriel took me and ascended up till he reached the second heaven where he asked for the gate to be opened, but it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'I am Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' He replied, 'Mohamed.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' He said, 'Yes.' When we reached over the second heaven, I saw John the Baptist and Jesus who were cousins. Gabriel said, 'These are John and Jesus, so greet them.' I greeted them and they returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious Brother and Pious Prophet!' " (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book #55, Hadith #640)

God's Apostle (Mohamed) said, "On the night of my Ascension to Heaven, I saw (the prophet) Moses who was a thin person with lank hair. And I saw Jesus who was of average height with red face as if he had just come out of a bathroom. And I resemble Prophet Abraham more than any of his offspring does. Then I was given two cups, one containing milk and the other wine. Gabriel said, 'Drink whichever you like.' I took the milk and drank it. Gabriel said, 'You have accepted what is natural, (Islam) and if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray.' " (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book #55, Hadith #607)

Who is Jesus?

Christian: Jesus is God!

Muslim: Where does it say in the bible that Jesus is God? I wouldn't worship Allah if the Quran didn't say Allah is God. I can give you hundreds of verses from the Bible that clearly says "Jesus is a man". On the other hand, you can't find me a single verse from the Bible that says "Jesus is God". The best you can do is to quote a bunch of ambiguous verses those are open to numerous interpretations and claim those ambiguous verses "actually" mean "Jesus is God". Pathetic.

Christian: Do you reduce God to words in a book? Are you quite certain you believe in God? 

Muslim: You asked me if I reduce God to words in a book. First, It's not "a book". It’s "the Bible". Second, what is the Bible? The Bible is God's words. Do you think God is incapable to describe himself in words? Your attempt to divert the truth is pathetic. I invite you to the truth. I invite you to Islam. Choose your own destiny either in the truth or in the falsehood. I'm just a warner.

Christian: The Bible is not God There is nothing more to the savage cult of Islam than book idolatry. Always fascinating to know how cavemen grunting for meat think would have thought.

Muslim: Please learn how to act civilized. There is no need to bad mouth other people's religions who don't agree with you. I tried to reason with you about your irrational religious beliefs but I never badmouthed your religion. 

I made a mistake trying to reason with an uncivilized person like you. You miserably failed to give me a single unambiguous verse from the bible that says "Jesus is God". You took your failure to face my challenge as an insult for you and stated to bad mouth my religion to get rid of the frustration. Pathetic.

Reference:

The Bible says about God-"God is NOT A MAN, that he should lie; NEITHER THE SON OF MAN." (Numbers 23:19)

The Bible says about Jesus- "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, A MAN approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know" (Acts 2:22)

Points to be noted:

1) Jesus is a man among Jews who was selected by God.

2) God performed miracles by Jesus to show the Jews the signs of God.