Hi Mujahid, I am still trying to work out how you feel about the books of the NT, From what I can make out, it seems that you may feel the writers are not very reliable ? . Can I ask you who wrote the Quran, I have read there are 3 possiblities, 1 The Arabs, 2 Mohammad, 3 Allah.. Now we know God didn't sit and right a book and thow it out the sky, [ I say that in good jester ] . Was the Quran writen by many men or Just one man..You say that the Bible has contradictions, Does the Quran have anything in it that Someone Like me could possibly see what your seeing in the Bible,
Now I don't post what I am about to post to be a smarty pants, I post with a sincere heart and also out of total ignorance to what is writen in the Quran, Could this be the same kind of thing reffered to as you would see the Bible..
Ok the Quran makes the Following statments reguarding the food the unbelievers eat in Hell..
NO food will be there for them but a Bitter Dahri.. S, 88:6 Y.ALi
Nor he hath any food except the Foul Pus from the washing of wounds S 69:36 ALi.
No food except Bitter Dahri
No food except Foul Pus..
Is that the better entertainment or the tree of zaqqum ?
For we have truely made it [ as ] a trial for the wrongdoers.
For it is a tree that springs our of the bottom of hell fire.
The shoots of it's fruit stalks are like the heads of devils
Truely they will eat thereof and fill there bellies therewith
Then on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boiling water
Then shall their return be to the blazing fire . S 37:62-68 Y. ALi cf 56:52.
Would you see these as contradiction ?
1 Eating the tree of Zaqqum seems to contradict " eating only Dahri" ..[ 88:6 ]
2 Eating the tree of zaqqum seems to contradict " eating only foul pus " [ 69:36 ]
3 Eating only Dahri seems to contradict " eating only "Foul pus".
Now I am sure there is a logical explaination for why it says all that, just the same way there is a logical explaination to the Faults one may see in the bible..It can work both ways...We can both agree that no matter what is going to be going on in hell, its a place where niether of us want to be..
We also agree that our main Goal is to be obediant to God and Keep his commandments..We also agree that God will punish sin.
We agree that we will stand before God and be accountable for our actions on the day of Judgement..
We disagree on how that sin is paid, you feel we are punished in this life, So when we stand before God, any Good that we have done will outweigh all the bad and that God will forgive us and welcome us into His kingdom..Would that be a correct statement ?
I believe that, We will stand before God on Judgement day, We will be asked to give an account of our lifes, If we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and saviour, We will be Judged and sentence will be given, It will be then [ Hopefully ] Jesus will say, I died for her sins then God will welcome me into heaven..
Jesus said Not everyone who says to me LORD LORD, Will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, But He who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven will enter.
Many will say to me on that day, LORD LORD did I not Prophecy in your Name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your mane perform many miracles, And then I will declare to Them, " I never Knew you, depart from me you workers of Lawlessness...
Now I know you seem to be a bit unsure Of the NT Scriptures, But Paul did say In 1Corinthians 15: 1- 4
Now I make known to you Brethren, The Godpel which I preached to you, which you also recieved, in which you stand, 2 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delieved to you as of first importance, " What I ALSO RECIEVED " That Christ Died for our sins according to the SCRIPTURES..
4 And that He Was Buried, And He was Raised on the third day according to the Scriptures..
Galations 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
4 Who Gave Himself for our Sins, So that He might rescue us from this present evil age, According to the Will of Our God and Father.
5 To whom be the Glory forever Amen..
6. I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ Jesus, for a different Gospel
7 Which is really not another, Only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the Gospel of Christ.
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, He has to be accursed...
Mujahid, I cannot force you to believe or except everything I have writen, But there is no doubt in my mind that this is the Gospel Of Christ Jesus..
Please, if you will, re read Isa 53, all of it in the context, If you are unconvinced that what has been writen to be about Christ Jesus, I do not know how to help you..I have shared my beliefs with you, I don't have all the answers for you..Im sorry