Re: سورة آل عمران baron_wasteAugust 27 2015, 06:44:33 UTC
Yah, I wouldn't agree with that either, because he claimed to be only speaking for another - and I have to wonder why that “other” felt that middleman to be necessary. “Dictation” my eye - just hand Muhammad the finished product already written, if you're legit. And this supposedly went on for years - did no one else in all that time ever witness this on-going divine visitation? Is there any corroboration for this bizarre claim? No.
- To which they would rightly reply that there's no historical evidence for the existence of Jesus, either; in theory he could have been cooked up among the Apostles, and this would explain the inconsistencies in the various Gospels…
Personally, I find the “Because I say so, that's why” dogmatism in the Qur'an to be annoying. The point is made over and over - and over and over - that God can do absolutely anything He chooses, AND that God created Man, breathed life into him, &c. So why could He not do it again? By their own argument God could create a Jesus if He so chose, and Jesus said He DID so choose, and backed up the claim by performing astounding miracles! Okay, so what's the problem?
No, He didn't create or adopt a Son “because I say so,” Gabriel [supposedly] said. “You can take it from me…” Well, we'd pretty much have to so take it, or leave it, because he offers no evidence to disprove Jesus's stated claim to be “Adam 2.0,” the direct and mission-specific creation of God.
Yet for all that, Isa ibn Maryam is indeed revered as a prophet in Islam, which is more than Christianity can say about Muhammad!
Yah, I wouldn't agree with that either, because he claimed to be only speaking for another - and I have to wonder why that “other” felt that middleman to be necessary. “Dictation” my eye - just hand Muhammad the finished product already written, if you're legit. And this supposedly went on for years - did no one else in all that time ever witness this on-going divine visitation? Is there any corroboration for this bizarre claim? No.
- To which they would rightly reply that there's no historical evidence for the existence of Jesus, either; in theory he could have been cooked up among the Apostles, and this would explain the inconsistencies in the various Gospels…
Personally, I find the “Because I say so, that's why” dogmatism in the Qur'an to be annoying. The point is made over and over - and over and over - that God can do absolutely anything He chooses, AND that God created Man, breathed life into him, &c. So why could He not do it again? By their own argument God could create a Jesus if He so chose, and Jesus said He DID so choose, and backed up the claim by performing astounding miracles! Okay, so what's the problem?
No, He didn't create or adopt a Son “because I say so,” Gabriel [supposedly] said. “You can take it from me…” Well, we'd pretty much have to so take it, or leave it, because he offers no evidence to disprove Jesus's stated claim to be “Adam 2.0,” the direct and mission-specific creation of God.
Yet for all that, Isa ibn Maryam is indeed revered as a prophet in Islam, which is more than Christianity can say about Muhammad!
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