Quote:Original post by dagarach
The point I am trying to understand is how you can be so certain of the divinity of the New Testament, but deny the divinity of the Koran. The way I see it, all followers of the Abrahamic tradition should either be Jews or Muslims, i.e. just believe the initial work, and denounce Jesus as a charlatan, or beleieve all books by the same author (God) and accept Jesus and Mohammed as prophets.
Islam is not just some other foreign religion, I'm not asking why you are not a Hindu or Shintoist or somesuch. Mohammed was a prophet of YOUR God, the god of Adam, Abraham and Moses. The Koran is exactly as provably divine as the New Testament, in addition, it is exactly as divine as the Pentateuch, as it was dictated from heaven, better than the New Testament, which contains the rather irrelevant ramblings of St. Paul.
The bible doesn't say Mohammed is a prophet of my god. Mohammed said that. The bible says no other works should be added as they are not needed, the bible is complete.
Does the Koran contain multiple eyewitness accounts of an individual that fulfills dozens of prophecies from the old testament, great and small? Not that I know of, but the gospels do. Does it contain prophecies even similar to those found in Revelation, not that I know of.
Maybe this will change when I get to studying the book, I don't know.
And to say the writings of paul in the new testament are irrelevant ramblings is ridiculous to me. They contain numerous invaluable admonitions that show wisdom for beyond his ability. To me, the encouragement given by Paul is just as relevant today as it was 1900 years ago. In fact, it is proven that many of those who live by Pauls example (who himself lives by jesus example) and follows the many beneficial teachings of his, live happy and fulfilling lives today, not just in the first century.
