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LIFE UNDER ISLAMIC RULE?
AlphDoti
#31 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:02:56 AM
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alustaadh wrote:
Nice work @ ALPHA on the creed. It was a piece of scholar's work. However, no 'HOLY TRINITY' was mentioned there...

You didn't see any mentioned of TRINITY? Keep researching, you'll find.
It's so sad you follow something you do not understand it's origin.
What happens to finding truth after you grow out of your parents' house!

alustaadh wrote:
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In Islam, The Holy Spirit refers to the Angel Jibreel (Gabriel);
He is the message-bearer from God;


Seems as if Islam has shallow knowledge on Angels:


@alustaadh do you know we are talking about same God? Same God different names.

First God is not name, it is description, an attribute.
- Maasais have a name for God
- Kalenjins have a name for God
- Kikuyus have a name for God
- Luhyias have a name for God
- Luos have a name for God
- Kiswahili has a name for God
- Unfortunately, English has no name for God, but completeness sake, let's say it is God.

Secondly, you're wrong to conclude that Islam has shallow understanding about Angels.
You see, the topic was not about angels.
I just mentioned one of them, angel Gabriel.
This does not mean there are no others.

There are many angels, each one has specific function assigned by Creator, God Almighty.
And I mentioned Gabriel who is responsible for bringing messages from God to messengers.

alustaadh wrote:
BUT YOU ARE YET TO TELL ME WHICH BOOKS OF THE BIBLE iSLAM CONSIDERS HOLY...

Relax...
AlphDoti
#32 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:25:29 AM
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YesuWangu wrote:
On the trinity,
Hebrews 1:1-3 makes a distinction between the father and the son.

Do you know the author of Hebrew? This should make you thinking.
YesuWangu wrote:
This is also in John 1:1-4. Jesus constantly makes this point though he adds as in John 10:30 that He and His Father are one.

@YesuWangu This is exactly what I'm trying to make you understand. That people have interpreted the scripture to suit them.

Jesus never said he's equal to God
When he said I and the Father are one, he did not mean they are the same thing "physically", but in mission. Just like saying me and you are one in this.

My friend, Trinity does not exist
Otherwise, explain to me if below English words do not mean literally, but they mean something else:
1. John 14:28 - Jesus says: My father is greater than I.
2. John 10:29 - Jesus says: My Father is greater than all.
3. Matt 12:18 - Jesus says: I cast out devils with the spirit of God.
4. Luke 11:20 - Jesus says: I with the finger of God cast out devils.
5. John 05:30 - Jesus says: I can't of my own do nothing. AS I hear, I judge. For I speak not of my will, but the will of my Father.
6. Mark 13:32 - Jesus says: No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, not the son, but only the Father.
7. Luke 4:8 - Jesus says: It is written: 'worship the Lord your God and serve Him only'
8. Luke 11:2 - Jesus says: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

NOTE: Not my will, but God's will

9. Matt 7:21 - Jesus says: None of those who call me lord will enter the kingdom of God, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
NOTE: Question is, are you doing God's Will?

That is why I tell you, Muslims are guided by true teachings of all prophets, including Jesus peace be upon him.
Quran 1:4 - You alone we worship, you alone we ask for help.

Anyone who says, not my will but God will is a Muslim
Muslim means the one submits his will to the will of God.
Jesus Christ says, not my will but God's will.

Tell me: was Jesus a Christian? Which church did he belonged to?

What do Muslims believe about Jesus?
- He was a Muslim, and he was one of the mightiest messenger of God.
- We believe that he was born miraculously without any male intervention.
- We believe he gave life to the death with God's permission.
- We beleive he healed those born blind & deaf with God's permission.
- We respect Jesus Christ as one of the mightiest messengers of God
- But he's not God and he's not a part of a trinity.
- Trinity does not exist

YesuWangu wrote:
I have not even read that nicene creed of yours. What is it about? Why should I bother with it when the bible has everything?

You do not think it is necessary to find out the truth? No wonder many are misled by the church, and we see trends like this
YesuWangu
#33 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 1:58:06 PM
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AlphDoti,

What is truth? Is it nicene creed? Where is truth found? Hint hint Jesus = truth = word.
Please refer to John's chapter 14:6, 17:17.

Jesus is The Christ. His followers are the christians. Ask them which church they belong to.

All this is about the divinity of Jesus, right? Is He God? That is the issue all the rest, the trinity etc are side shows.

Thats why you are already casting aspersions on Paul who also wrote 1 Timothy 3:16 that
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God was manifest in the flesh......
that would leave no room for debate and we would not be debating this far but you are not alone in this.

Even the Jews today do. Mpaka today they want nothing to do with Paul and 'that his Jesus', just as you do. (At least the Jews I have engaged with.)

They, together with you, have sought to solve this vexing issue by revising these texts. I will be unable to point out the divinity of Jesus if I use your versions; you will win if I use them. (I talked about motive and opportunity.)

If I use versions (that favor you) I will only find
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'He was manifest in the flesh.....'
Who could that be? Me? I am also in the flesh. Demoting Jesus...

I thought I said already that there is one God already?

All those verse you are quoting show that the son and the father are distinct from each other.

But know also that Jesus = word = God. Thats in Johns first chapter verse 1. Then in the beginning when the earth was without form and void Genesis 1:2 there is mention of The Spirit of God.
Not enough? John 15:26 can help. And we know who truth is.
YesuWangu
#34 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:03:28 PM
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Am I doing the will of the Father?

What a question!

What is the will of the father?

Could it be found in 1 Tim 2:3-4? But we have already established who the truth is right?

Or is his will the one found in 2 Peter 3:9?

Or wait, is it in John 6:40?

So does His will in whichever verse include Jesus somewhere & somehow in it?

Maybe you should be the one asking yourself that question.

You claim you are doing the will of God, but are you? You claim you worship Him but want nothing to do with the Jesus part of His will.

And you dont even try hide that how you trample His will underfoot. I am wondering who would love it if people believe Jesus were not God? Satan perhaps? Is there anybody he has made believe Jesus is not God?

As for the link I have been the greatest critic of christians here in wazua. I need not go over that again here. Focus, lets focus.
tycho
#35 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 2:12:13 PM
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Is the Mumbi - Gikuyu creation and cultural narrative inferior in any way to the Muslim or Christian narratives?

If one was to say 'yes' to the question, then there'd be only one point of justification; Mumbi has not yet built an empire.

But is it imperative that there must always be empires?

Picture Jesus in the wilderness and in his meditation realizes that he come out of the mountains and conquer the world. But what he choose and why?

Man is fallible and to insist on his infallibility is to make the worst mistake. It is to deny God. It is to deny humanity, or rather, it is to deny the nobility of Man.

It is thus easy to see that Constantine was anti-Christ. And so is the whole Church!

And what of the Muslims? Even despite Mohammed's attempts at correcting mistakes of the Christians and Jews, he still fell into the trap of not knowing that he was the whole of humanity and that there was no other alternative than to die for humanity and instead went ahead to form an empire. And here lies biggest internal contradiction. Obedience and or surrender without consciousness converts Allah into a monster. Still here the question of anthropomorphism arises.

Nowadays I see cases of children being accused of stepping and burning of the Koran, and I wonder, surely if those children have guilty consciences then there must be very lively religious debates and discussions and collaborative activities! But no. This is not the case! Yet accusations abound! Surely!

What is the bare minimum of an epistemology? Ontology. And the base is the existential question.

Who are we, now? Surely to answer this question we must have a different kind of conversation. And the conversation begins when all mythology is embraced and spoken in love.
alustaadh
#36 Posted : Thursday, October 11, 2012 11:27:10 PM
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SOME MYTHS....
But the agent of Romans, Paul, said the opposite......

Paul Died in 67 AD, in Rome, as a result of beheading ordered by Emperor NERO. On the other hand, The Roman catholic church came into existence in 380 AD, some 300 years after the death of Paul!There is no way Paul could have been an agent of the catholic church!

During his life time, he worked with some of the Original 12 disciples of Jesus:

PETER: The first Leader of Christians living in Jerusalem, the first person to preach about Jesus, and the Author of 2 books of the New testament.

JAMES: The biological brother to Jesus and Author of 1 book of the New testament

JOHN: The disciple whom Jesus loved most, Author of 5 New testament books,and who took care of Mary mother of Jesus, after the death of Jesus. He outlived Apostle Paul by 37 years and died in 100 AD

MARK: Author of 1 new testament book, who worked briefly with Paul.......

But the agent of Romans, Paul, said the opposite:
- Hebrew 7:18: The law that came with Moses is weak and useless!!!
- Phil 1:19: He, Paul will pay for what he wrote by his own hand.


Paul could not have changed the bible, in his lifetime, since most of the Original 12 disciples of Jesus were still alive, and would have corrected him. Since there is no written record pertaining to such corrections, it should be assumed that Peter, the leader of the Christians approved what paul taught.

Given that paul was beheaded for being a christian, and peter was crucified on the cross upside down, and that John was immersed in a pot full of boiling oil, which never harmed him anyway, it is safe to assume that they were sure about what they preached to the point of death.

In fact, these ideas came up when they changed the Bible, several years after Jesus went to heaven

The Old testament had been in use for 300 years before Jesus was born. Jesus used it too, and often quoted from it extensively. The Jewish scholars also had several copies of the old testament, which they used in their synagogues to this day. No one would dare change these scriptures....not even paul.

however, the law of Moses as outlined in the Pentateuch is not the same as that in the Quran. The best example is the Amputation of hands....in the old testament, a thief simply had to refund what he had stolen and pay an additional fine of 20%.

The books of the New testament are relatively young, dating from 50 AD to 70 AD. they existed as separate volumes for over 300 years until when the Roman catholic church compiled them into one volume.

The alleged change of the ingil started many years, 7 BC to 6 BC by two prophets: ISAIAH and JEREMIAH through a series of prophecies heralding RELIGIOUS REFORMS. (Jeremiah ch.31 vs 31-34) talks about a new covenant,which also means NEW TESTAMENT, which replaced the old covenant(TESTAMENT) instituted by THE LAW OF MOSSES. Prophet Isaiah goes a head to talk about the characteristics of the person who would usher in the new testament. (see Isaiah ch 9 vs 6-7, his mission in ch 49 vs 1-6, Isaiah ch 50 vs 4-11, Isaiah ch 53 vs 1-12, Isaiah ch.61 vs 1-2) just to mention a few. By the time Jesus started preaching, he was aware of these prophecies, and indeed Identified himself with them (Luke ch.4 vs 16-21).

we can now see that the change of the ingil started 700 years before Paul, and Jesus himself was actively involved in changing the ingil most of the teachings of Paul were based on the writings of these two prophets, who were well recognized by the religious authorities of those days. It is for this reason that the Original 12 disciples of Jesus NEVER OPPOSED Paul's teachings.
DOES ISLAM RECOGNIZE PROPHETS ISAIAH and JEREMIAH? But Jesus did.


It is humiliating to be associated with thieves and murderers.
AlphDoti
#37 Posted : Friday, October 12, 2012 9:04:47 AM
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@alustaadh, here is some information about Saul alias Paul: From Grolier Encyclopedia 1996

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The Apostle Paul, one of the most successful early Christian missionaries, is chiefly known for his letters to various churches, which are preserved in the New Testament of the Bible and had a major influence on later Christian theology. Of Jewish origin, Paul became a leading champion of Gentile CHRISTIANITY, denying the need for Christians to observe Jewish law.

His Life
Paul is actually an unknown character. There is no history of a man called Paul or Saul. Nobody can actually confirm who Paul was. Nobody has actually identified Paul or Saul for that matter. We don’t even know his full name. Therefore, we do not know whether Paul was an actual person or simply a fictitious character in a story like Harry Porter written by an unknown author who takes on the name Paul.

For example: Harry Porter was written by J.K. Rowling.
If J.K. Rowling took on the name Harry Porter, we would never have known who the author was, and we would assume that Harry Porter was an actual person writing his own story.
alustaadh
#38 Posted : Friday, October 12, 2012 9:34:58 AM
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AlphDoti wrote:
@alustaadh, here is some information about Saul alias Paul: From Grolier Encyclopedia 1996

Quote:
The Apostle Paul, one of the most successful early Christian missionaries, is chiefly known for his letters to various churches, which are preserved in the New Testament of the Bible and had a major influence on later Christian theology. Of Jewish origin, Paul became a leading champion of Gentile CHRISTIANITY, denying the need for Christians to observe Jewish law.

His Life
Paul is actually an unknown character. There is no history of a man called Paul or Saul. Nobody can actually confirm who Paul was. Nobody has actually identified Paul or Saul for that matter. We don’t even know his full name. Therefore, we do not know whether Paul was an actual person or simply a fictitious character in a story like Harry Porter written by an unknown author who takes on the name Paul.

For example: Harry Porter was written by J.K. Rowling.
If J.K. Rowling took on the name Harry Porter, we would never have known who the author was, and we would assume that Harry Porter was an actual person writing his own story.

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! His Life
Paul is actually an unknown character. There is no history of a man called Paul or Saul. Nobody can actually confirm who Paul was. Nobody has actually identified Paul or Saul for that matter. We don’t even know his full name. Therefore, we do not know whether Paul was an actual person or simply a fictitious character in a story like Harry Porter written by an unknown author who takes on the name Paul

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul
Paul the Apostle (c. AD 5 – c. AD 67; variously referred to as "the Apostle Paul" or "Saint Paul"),[3] also known as Saul of Tarsus,[4] is perhaps the most influential early Christian missionary. The writings ascribed to him by the church (the Pauline epistles) form a considerable portion of the New Testament. The influence on Christian thinking of the epistles ascribed to him has been significant,[5][6] due in part to his association as a prominent apostle of Christianity during the spreading of the Gospel through early Christian communities across the Roman Empire

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly In June 2009, Pope Benedict announced excavation results concerning the tomb of Paul at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. The sarcophagus was not opened but was examined by means of a probe, which revealed pieces of incense, purple and blue linen, and small bone fragments. The bone was radiocarbon dated to the 1st or 2nd century. According to the Vatican, these findings are consistent with the traditional claim that the tomb is Paul's.[78]
It is humiliating to be associated with thieves and murderers.
AlphDoti
#39 Posted : Friday, October 12, 2012 9:41:39 AM
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alustaadh wrote:
...since most of the Original 12 disciples of Jesus were still alive, and would have corrected him. Since there is no written record pertaining to such corrections...

Bearing in mind all the information I gave in previous post, there is no independent source of information about Paul.

Paul simply takes on the color of the tree that he is on.
Acts 8.3: As for Saul, he rebelled against the disciples of Jesus, entering into every house and dragging off men and women committing them to prison.

Acts 21.38: He was arrested by the Roman who asked him: Are you not that Egyptian, who before these days made rebellion and led out into the wilderness 4,000 men that were murderers?

The Disciples knew Saul as a persecutor
- a murderer,
- the Romans knew him as an Egyptian Rebel,
- and the Christians know him as a saint?
So nobody really knows who this guy is. And neither do I.

But Acts 9.18: And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales.

I know only of fish and serpents as having scales.
This reminds me of Genesis 3.1: Now the serpent was more subtle (cunning) than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman….
And you know the rest of the story how he led Adam and Eve to break God’s Law and so get thrown out of heaven. This is history repeating itself. It is not easy to understand Paul unless you are very, very, very careful.

alustaadh wrote:
we can now see that the change of the ingil started 700 years before Paul, and Jesus himself was actively involved in changing the ingil

DO YOU LISTEN TO YOURSELF? HOW CAN JESUS TEACH SOMETHING, THE INJEEL, THEN CHANGE IT????Pray Pray Pray

alustaadh wrote:
SOME MYTHS....
PETER: The first Leader of Christians living in Jerusalem, the first person to preach about Jesus, and the Author of 2 books of the New testament.

The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch
Acts 11:25-26
- Paul was being looked for.
- They went to Antiokia
- And came up together
- Pagans called them those Christians

This was long after Jesus had ascended to heaven, and after Saul had persecuted the disciples and after he had “joined” Peter and his group.
Before Saul joined Peter, there were NO Christians. This obviously means that the group of Jesus and his disciples was not Christian.
alustaadh
#40 Posted : Friday, October 12, 2012 11:12:51 AM
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OK over with the superficial stuff.
what do you think about this stuff? (it is a cut and copy job)

I've often said that DELIVERANCE was a regular part of the early church because that is what I heard or read. Well, Buz Milosh of Warrior Ministries has some excellent little books, and in "INTRODUCING DELIVERANCE" he has the following:

"EVIDENCES OF DELIVERANCE IN EARLY CHURCH HISTORY - Casting out demons or evil spirits was routinely practiced in the early church.

Irenaeus Against Heresies, Book II, 32:4 (190 A.D.) - "For some (Christians do certainly and truly drive out devils, so that those who have thus been cleansed from evil spirits frequently both believe and join themselves to the church." DELIVERANCE is also implied to be done by Christians in Book II, 31:2.

Justin Martyr, Second Apology, Ch. 8 (153 A.D.) - This apology was addressed to the Roman Senate. "And they (demons), having been shut up in eternal fire, shall suffer their just punishment and penalty. For if they are even now overthrown by men through the Name of Jesus Christ, this is an intimation of the punishment in eternal fire which is to be inflicted on themselves and those who serve them."

Second Apology, Ch. 6 - "And now you (Roman Senate) can learn this from what is under your own observation. For numberless demoniacs throughout the whole world, and in your city, many of our Christian men exorcising them in the Name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, have healed and do heal, rendering helpless and driving the demons out of men, though they could not be cured by all the other exorcists, and those who used incantations and drugs."

Justin Martyr, Dialogue With Trypho, a Jew, Ch. 30 (150 A.D.) - "For we call Him (Jesus) Helper and Redeemer, the power of whose name even the demons do fear; and at this day, when they are exorcised in the Name of Jesus Christ, they are overcome."

Dialogue With Trypho, Ch. 76 - "And now we, who believe on our Lord Jesus, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, when we exorcise all demons and evil spirits, have them subjected to us."

Dialogue With Trypho, Ch. 85 - "For every demon, when exorcised in the Name of this very Son of God...is overcome and subdued. But though you exorcise any demon in the name of any of those who were amongst you--either kings, righteous men, or prophets or patriarchs--it will not be subject to you. Now assuredly your (Jewish) exorcists, I have said, make use of this craft when they exorcise, even as the Gentiles do, and employ fumigations and incantations."

Tatian, Address of Tatian to the Greeks, Ch. 16 (160 A.D.) - "Sometimes they themselves (demons) disturb the habit of the body by a tempest of folly; but, being smitten by the Word of God, they depart in terror, and the sick man is healed."

Theophilus, Theophilus to Autolycus, Book II. 8 (160-180 A.D.) - Theophilus is refuting the false teachings of Homer and Hesiod who were famous Greek poets. "...And this clearly appears from the fact, that even to this day the demonized are sometimes exorcised in the Name of the living and true God and these spirits of error themselves confess that they are demons who also formerly inspired these writers (Homer and Hesiod)."

Tertullian, Apology, Ch. 23 (197 A.D.) - "Let a person be brought before your tribunals; who is plainly under demonic possession. The wicked spirit, BIDDEN TO SPEAK by a follower of Christ, will as readily make the truthful confession that he is a demon, as elsewhere he has falsely asserted that he is a god."

Tertullian, Apology, Ch. 37 - "Who would save you (Roman Rulers), I mean, from the attacks of those spirits of evil, which without reward or hire we (Christians) exorcise?"

Tertullian, To Scapula, Ch. 4 - "The clerk of one of the courts who was liable to be thrown upon the ground by an evil spirit, was set free from his affliction (by Christians); as was also the relative of another, and the little boy of a third. How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been DELIVERED from demons, and healed of diseases?"

Minucius Felix, The Octavious of Minucius Felix (210 A.D.) - "A great many, even some of your own people, know all those things that the demons themselves confess concerning themselves, as often as they are driven by us (Christians) from bodies by the torments of our words and by the fires of our prayer." (The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. IV, p. 190).

Origen, Against Celsus, Book I, 46 (230-254) A.D.) - "And there are still preserved among Christians traces of that Holy Spirit which appeared in the form of a dove. The Christians expel evil spirits, and perform many cures, and foresee certain events, according to the will of the Logos."

Against Celsus, Book I, 67 - "And the Name of Jesus can still remove distractions from the minds of men, and expel demons, and also take away diseases and produce a complete change of character..."

Lactentius, The Divine Institutes, Book II, 16 (250-320 A.D.) - "But they (demons) fear the righteous, that is, the worshipers of God, adjured by whose name they depart from the bodies (of people); for being lashed by the Christians' words, they not only confess to be demons, but even utter their own names." Also DELIVERANCE is mentioned in Book V., 22, and in The Epitome of the Divine Institutes, Ch. 51. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecturer, 16:12 (350-375 A.D.) - "For He (Holy Spirit) employs the tongue of one man for wisdom; the soul of another He enlightens by prophecy, to another He gives power to drive away demons..."

The Divine Institutes, Book V, 22 - "For these (demons), as long as there is peace among the people of God, flee from the righteous, and fear them; and when they seize upon the bodies of men, and house their souls, they are adjured by the Christians, and at the Name of the true God are put to flight. For when the demons hear of this name they tremble, cry out, and assert that they are branded and beaten; and being asked who they are, whence they are come, and how they have insinuated themselves INTO a man, confess it. Thus, being tortured and excruciated by the power of the Divine Name, they come out of the man."



It is humiliating to be associated with thieves and murderers.
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