first thing
RavenHawk, on 01 May 2012 - 05:38 PM, said:
Because the *topic* was in part, on the anti Christ doesn’t mean he got everything wrong.
Well, if you’re going to lump all of that together, who can argue. If you want to argue from a stand point of intelligence then we need to examine each one. First with Christianity, you need to separate the faith from the Church (one can’t really do that with Islam). The Faith of Christ is love. Where Christ failed was allowing the Catholic Church to rise up. Burning witches and killing people in the name of Jesus was out of fear and ignorance and a power grab for the Church. That isn’t the teachings of Christ and neither did it have anything to do with him. So perhaps he didn’t fail. He knew this was going to happen but we needed to learn it for ourselves. As far as the Crusades went, many were justified and those that weren’t were usually against other Christians.
But we all know that Islam never did any of that. After all, what is the penalty for being a non believer? There are a lot of atrocities made in the name of Allah too. The Church no longer calls for the death penalty for prostitution or apostasy. Can you say that of Islam? The History of Christianity is not perfect and there were many atrocities performed in its name and many things that were justified. I freely admit that. I never hear Muslims admit to the atrocities and dishonesty performed in the name of Islam. Even when presented with many examples, like I have in the recent past.
It’s all in delivery. It does mean to force or die. And you do prove that by saying that Christians won’t go to Heaven. It is definitely coercion. Now this brings up two points that I should mention.
When Ali became Caliph, it was his opinion that Islam was only for Arabs but after his death it spread throughout North Africa, Turkey, and Persia. It spread by proselytizing and by the sword. Not so much of convert or die, but by dominating the locals and then making life so difficult for them that it was better to convert. That is forcing. And it’s not so much the forcing part as it is the arrogance. I know the Church can be arrogant but it doesn’t hold a candle to Islam.
But to be fair. Europe under Charlemagne was forced to convert from Pagan to Christianity. He took a lesson right out of the Muslim playbook, from just a hundred years prior. Now the thing is, is that I believe these initial conquests were for the best. It unified the Middle East and Europe under their prospective cultures. But since then, conversion by either side has been less than stellar. The la Reconquista was good but the Inquisition and the treatment toward the Maya and other tribes was horrendous.
The thing is that the Church is no longer in the business to convert by force, whereas Islam still has its marching orders. If you are not Muslim, then you aren’t going to Heaven. But this gets to the core of Mohammed’s error. Mohammed believed that Christianity was a corruption. That Jesus is not Divine, yet still remains as a major prophet?? But if he failed bringing the message, he would be a false prophet. Are not false prophets put to death? That sounds like someone that doesn’t understand the advanced concept of the Trinity.
In the first place, the thought is absurd. Yeah, I’m sure Christians have asked that question to themselves. But for most, by questioning one’s faith usually makes it stronger. That statement (Jesus saying Christianity is wrong) will never happen. Mohammed just didn’t understand the Trinity, nor what Allah was telling him about it. Jesus being GOD incarnate is the core concept in Christianity. This would be more than just a corruption of scripture. It would be a major disaster. It would be such a disaster that its followers would figure it out quickly in good order. Christianity would cease to work. But it has been going strong for some 2000 years. That tells me that it is a legitimate religion and its precepts are not wrong. As you once said, what is easier to believe, an honest prophet that misunderstood something and the Christian expression of faith by a billion souls or that Christianity is wrong? No prophet is infailable.
It’s not what you said. It’s what the Quran says.
first thing he was wrong stop defending a worthless weak point talking about the anti christ while mixing him with some one else
makes the whole talk is crap .. it's embarrasing to defend such weak debate to feed ego it's not worth it
now look how you talk about christians and the church and try to sereprate their actions from the faith
that's a pathatic method of proving a point .. i can even say the same hey
suicide bombers are not based on islamic faith too .. can you give me line from quran
that says you should wear bomb belt and blow your self in admist of market ? good luck with that
seriously raven the more you talk .. the weaker your debate becomes it's pointless
about the penalty for being a non believer here it is
if a non-muslim living in islamic rule .. he will be pay fines .. now listen CAREFULLY it's important
i know it's falling on deaf ears but am too generous
in islamic rule muslims have duty such as military service and other things
when the non-muslim pay the money as fines .. he is spared those duties so it's fair
so too bad .. islam doesn't kill non-believers as you desperatly trying to prove with really bad debate
it's not even worth replying too but like i said .. am too generous
who told you we never blame wrong things done by name of islam ?
i blame suicide bombers " in innocent civilians places " i blame them for doing it in name of islam
while it's wrong .. but suicide bombers .. in military places of an enemy " invading them on their land "
that i don't really disagree with .. it's war they got their methods
and when islam spread as you talked .. ain't that brilliant ? at least muslims didn't crusade all over the world
trying to slave every non-christian .. they actually thought strategy way to spread it without using force or dead .. isn't that more peaceful than the crusaders ? i think it was brillant
but hey .. they didn't leave people to starve .. just we get it clear !
and not only mohammad think jesus wasn't divine . all muslims don't

you see to us .. there's no man that need eat sleep and take a poo .. can be a god
not even mohammad him self can rise to even coming close to the level of god
and don't get me started about the trinity there's whole debate for that matter
and at the end i'll ask you for a proof .. from Quran " as you claim " that says when jesus come back to earth
to kill the anti christ he will force people to convert
Note : Am Really waiting impatiently for that prove from Quran