{"id":4479,"date":"2020-04-25T17:19:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T17:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=4479"},"modified":"2022-11-16T17:12:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:12:24","slug":"david-wood-proves-jesus-is-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=4479","title":{"rendered":"DAVID WOOD PROVES JESUS IS GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the name of All\u0101h,
\n<\/span>the Beneficent, the Merciful.
\n<\/span>Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.
\n<\/span>DEDICATED TO
\n<\/span>All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,
\n<\/span>Lord of the worlds
\n<\/span>AND TO
\n<\/span>Mohammad\u2013who brought the world
\n<\/span>to our feet and eternity to our arms.
\n<\/span>*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0DAVID WOOD PROVES \u00a0JESUS IS GOD
\n<\/span><\/span>For a full treatment on the claim that Jesus is God, son of God, original\/inherited sin and vicarious atonement see <\/span><\/span>Home<\/a>.
\n<\/span>
\nChristian apologist, David Wood, cites verses of the Qur\u2019an to discredit All\u0101h\/Islam, and also compares teachings of the Qur\u2019an with similar statements of Jesus in the New Testament to prove Jesus is God. Here are David Wood\u2019s claim and our answers:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 57:3 All\u0101h says He is the First and the Last. And in Revelation 1:17-18 Jesus calls himself First and the Last. (This proves Jesus is God).
    \n<\/span>Notably, the Book of Revelation is NOT part of the Gospel. The Book of Revelation was written about sixty years after Jesus, and was \u201c\u201csqueezed into the canon in the fourth century\u201d (i.e. 300 years after Christ-NGBA),<\/span> and barely made it into the 27-book lineup\u201d\u201d of the New Testament. (See the Internet<\/em>).
    \nIt is stated, “Revelation was among the last books accepted into the     Christian biblical canon<\/a><\/span>, and to the present day some churches that derive from the\u00a0Church of the East<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>reject it<\/span>.<\/sup><\/sup>\u00a0Eastern Christians became skeptical of the book as doubts concerning its authorship<\/span> and unusual style<\/sup>\u00a0were reinforced by aversion to its acceptance by\u00a0Montanists<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and other groups considered to be heretical.<\/sup> This distrust<\/span> of the Book of Revelation persisted in the East through the 15th century.” And <\/sup>“As of 2015\u00a0Revelation remains the only New Testament book not read<\/span> in the\u00a0Divine Liturgy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of the\u00a0Eastern Orthodox Church<\/a><\/span>,<\/sup> though Catholic and Protestant liturgies include it.”\u00a0 (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Book_of_Revelation<\/a>.“Red”<\/span> color added). (That Revelation is \u201creject(ed)\u201d and \u201cdistrust(ed)\u201d is not unexpected. No one knows who wrote the Book of Revelation.\u00a0 Shown later).
    \n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0The New Testament consists of 27 books, many written by St(?) Paul. It is doubtful a judge will entertain such hearsay material as evidence. However, for what it\u2019s worth, we will entertain David Wood.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To restate. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 57:3 All\u0101h says He is the First and the Last. And in Revelation 1:17-18 Jesus calls himself First and the Last. (This proves Jesus is God).<\/span><\/p>\n

    Answer.
    \n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 (i) (Hinduism\u2019s Lord Krishna says he is beginning and end (First and Last or Alpha and Omega)\u2013(Gita 10:32) and Krishna PRECEDED Jesus by more than 3,000 years. Buddha also is said to be \u201cAlpha and Omega\u201d. Thus, by David Wood\u2019s count there are three additional \u201cGods\u201d \u2013Jesus, Krishna and Buddha\u2013 <\/span>not to mention Pharaoh\u2013Qur\u2019an 26:29; 79:24).<\/span>
    \nNotably, Regarding the sayings of Buddha, Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din notes in his revealing book The Sources of Christianity<\/em> forty-eight (48) similarities between Jesus and Buddha \u2013from virgin birth, temptation, Transfiguration, resurrection, bodily ascension, second coming to restore the world to order and happiness, judge the dead\u2013(pp.62-70). And Buddha PRECEDED Jesus by 500 years. Who copied from whom? K.K. also lists twelve (12) similarities between Jesus and the Babylonian God, Baal \u2013from the arrest, trial, death, guards at tomb, resurrection, and feast in March\/ spring \u201ccelebrated also as his triumph over the powers of darkness\u201d\u2013(pp.44-46). And Baal PRECEDED Jesus by nearly 2,000 years. Who copied from whom? The<\/em> Sources of Christianity<\/em>, detailing the pagan heritage of Christianity, may be obtained from     www.muslim.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0 (i) Whereas All\u0101h\u2019s full statement reads: \u201cHe is the First and the Last and the Manifest and the Hidden.\u201d<\/span> Jesus did not say he is the Manifest and the Hidden. Arguably, David\u2019s God Jesus is only half a God. Or must have forgotten this part of his existence.<\/span>
    \n(ii)\u00a0 Strikingly, in Revelation 22:16 Jesus says, \u201cI am the root and the offspring of David.\u201d So, is Jesus God who created David, or is Jesus God from the loins of David?<\/span>
    \n(iii) Intriguingly, whereas All\u0101h gave this declaration \u201cHe is the First and the Last and the Manifest and the Hidden.\u201d to the Angel Gabriel who conveyed it to the Prophet Mohammad. The Book of Revelation was given by God to Jesus through an angel in a vision to John: \u201cThe Revelation of Jesus Christ, which GOD gave unto him \u2026and he sent and signified it by his ANGEL unto his servant JOHN\u2026.(when) I (John) was in the SPIRIT\u00a0 on the Lord\u2019s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying\u201d \u2013(Revelation 1:1, 10).<\/span>
    \nSince GOD gave the Book to Jesus, how then Jesus is God? (David Wood\u2019s miracle of interpretation). (More on this later).<\/span>
    \nAll\u0101h says He is not begotten\u2013(Qur\u2019an 112-3). But Jesus was begotten by Mary. How then Jesus is \u201cFirst\u201d and how he is God?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0 Paul, whom Christians follow, says: \u201cJesus Christ.\u2026was made of the SEED OF DAVID ACCORDING TO THE FLESH\u201d\u2013(Romans 1:3). \u201cGod had sworn with an oath to him (David), that of the FRUIT OF HIS LOINS, according to the FLESH, he would raise up Christ\u201d\u2013(Acts 2:29-30). And \u201cseed\u201d is sperm and \u201caccording to the flesh is \u201csexual intercourse. How then Jesus is God? Some God, coming from the womb.
    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Again, Jesus says:\u00a0 \u201cBut from the beginning GOD made them male and female\u201d\u2013(Mark 10:6). Since GOD made them, how then Jesus is God?<\/span> If Jesus was God Jesus should have said \u201cI\u201d made them.<\/span><\/p>\n

    And the classic, Jesus\u2019 temptation (Matthew 4:1-11):<\/span>
    \n\u201cJesus was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil (If Jesus is Father, Son and Holy Spirit\/Ghost then God\u00a0 led Himself to be tempted. And Why would God need the Devil \u00a0to tempt Him; was God not confident of His own faith in Himself?)<\/em><\/span>\u2026..he (the devil) said to him (Jesus) If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread, But he (Jesus) answered and said, It is written, MAN shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD (Even the devil does not believe Jesus is \u201cSon of God\u201d and the devil should know because he is a \u201cSon of God\u201d-Job 1:6: 2:1-2).<\/em> And Jesus clearly identifies himself as MAN, how then Jesus is God?)<\/em> <\/span><\/span>
    \nThen the devil\u2026.setteth him (Jesus) on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down: for it is written, He (GOD) shall give his angels charge\u2026and in their hands they shall bear thee up (clearly, the devil knows Jesus is not God)<\/em><\/span>\u2026.Jesus saith unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy GOD.\u00a0 (Again Jesus<\/em> conveys he is not God.<\/em> How then Jesus is God? Can any one tempt God?<\/em>)<\/span><\/span>
    \nAgain, the devil taketh him (Jesus) up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him (Jesus), All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the LORD THY GOD<\/span>, and HIM ONLY<\/span> shalt thou serve. (How then Jesus is God? And unless the devil\/Satan \u00a0thinks God is stupid why would Satan offer God all the \u00a0treasures of the earth if Jesus \u00a0was God and moreover when he knows all the treasures already belong to God?<\/em>)<\/span><\/span>
    \nThen the devil leaveth him (Jesus), and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him (Jesus).\u00a0 (Angels ministered unto GOD?<\/em>) <\/span><\/span>
    \nHow then Jesus is God? (Only in David Wood\u2019s miracle of \u201cinterpretation\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps the writer of the Gospel of John \u2013whoever he is and no one knows who he is\u2013<\/span> saw the humor in this \u201cTemptation of Christ\u201d and would have nothing to do with it. Taking Jesus to another wilderness \u2013a wedding in Cana catering to drunks, converting water to wine; promoting drunkenness\u2013(John 2:1-10). And encouraging illicit behavior \u2013we know what \u201cwine\u201d caused Lot do with his two daughters: built two nations with them\u2013(Genesis 19:30-38.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 Without being cynical, it may be said Jesus baptized \u201cwater\u201d into \u201cwine\u201d and all Christendom fell drunk).<\/span>
    \nHow rightly All\u0101h the All-Knowing GOD admonishes us to avoid intoxicants, the tool of the devil\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:219; 5:90-91). Sadly, there are Muslims who disregard the guidance of All\u0101h and swallow this devil\u2019s brew.\u00a0 Alcohol does NOT give a \u201cgood time.\u201d \u201cEVERYTHING IS BETTER SOBER!\u201d<\/span> (See     Alcohol & Gambling<\/span>)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    To uproot, incinerate and entomb forever David Wood\u2019s (and Christendom\u2019s) \u201cGod\u201d of the womb, let the Christians \u201cinerrant\u201d \u201cword of God\u201d tell it:<\/span>
    \n-\u201cthe angel Gabriel was sent from GOD<\/strong>\u2026.To a virgin espoused to\u2026.JOSEPH<\/strong>, of the house of DAVID<\/strong>; and the virgin\u2019s name was Mary\u2026And the angel said unto her (Mary) \u2026thou shalt CONCEIVE<\/strong> in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his NAME<\/strong> Jesus\u2026and the Lord GOD<\/strong> shall give unto him the throne of his father DAVID<\/strong>\u201d\u2013Luke 1:26-32).<\/span>
    \nAside from the fact that to \u201cCONCEIVE\u201d requires sperm and ovum. The statement clearly shows that GOD says Jesus was HUMAN. But David Wood says Jesus is God. (David Wood\u2019s miracle of interpretations!).<\/span>
    \nAnd if Jesus is God then God foretold the birth of Himself. (More David Wood\u2019s miracle of interpretations!)<\/span>
    \nEvidently, according to David Wood his \u201cGod\u201d Jesus was ignorant of his status \u2013whether he was God or man.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0As noted at the beginning, the Book of Revelation is \u201creject(ed)\u201d and \u201cdistrust(ed)\u201d by some Christians\/churches.<\/span>
    \nTo restate. David Wood notes in Revelation 1:17-18 Jesus calls himself First and the Last. Interestingly, no one knows who actually wrote the Book of Revelation. Britannica<\/em> notes:<\/span>
    \n\u201cRevelation to John appears to be a collection of separate units composed by UNKNOWN AUTHORS who lived during the LAST QUARTER of the FIRST CENTURY, though it purports to have been written by John\u201d\u2013(Ency. Brit.<\/em> 15th<\/sup> Edn; Vol. VIII, art. Revelation to John, p. 537. Caps added).<\/span>
    \nSo, which of these \u201cunknown authors\u201d wrote that Jesus calls himself First and the Last? And did Jesus also send his \u201cangel\u201d to this \u201cunknown\u201d author and gave him this saying in a vision as was given to John?<\/span>
    \nWhether a known John or an unknown John wrote Revelation. It is mind-boggling of gargantuan proportion that for his entire mission David Wood\u2019s God, Jesus, did not have the wisdom to say he was the \u201cFirst and the Last\u201d but prayed to GOD, thanked GOD, enjoined worship of GOD, and agonized to GOD with \u201chis sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground\u201d for GOD to SAVE him from DEATH as GOD will. For his entire life Jesus did not say he was \u201cFirst and Last\u201d but waited for sixty years to pass \u2013when the Book of Revelation was written\u2013<\/span> after he was \u201ckilled\/crucified\u201d to give this heavenly tidbit that he was \u201cFirst and the Last\u201d to an ANGEL to pass on to some \u201cJohn\u201d in a vision; and gave it to this Angel\/John in the GREEK language when he (Jesus) spoke Hebrew\/Aramaic. ASTOUNDING!!!\u00a0 Such is the edifice of Christianity. Laboriously built on a mirage.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0 As noted, Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane\u2013(Matthew 26:36-39; Luke 22:39-44) implored GOD to save him from death. Clearly, this is not the action of a man\/GOD who came to give his life, and to give it willingly as Christians trumpet, to save sinners; or save anyone. In fact, for Christ to indict GOD as having forsaken him, as Matthew 27:46 records: \u201cMy GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 This must be the blackest degree of disgrace ever exampled by a GOD\/Son of God in Scriptural history.\u00a0 The \u201cMother\u201d of all disgraces.<\/span><\/span>
    \nNot even Jonas in the fish\u2019s belly was so ungracious as the Christian God, but prayed devoutly to God: \u201cThere is no God but Thou, glory be to Thee! Surely I am of the sufferers of loss\u201d\u2013<\/span>(Qur\u2019an 21:87; Jonah 2:1-10).<\/span>
    \nNot even the Jews of 1400\u2019s Vienna displayed such ignominy as this Christian GOD\/Son of God, but were steadfast and honorable, choosing the Christian bonfire than kiss the useless and unGodly crucifix rather than desecrate the Holy Sheema<\/em>.-(In Vienna, \u201chundreds of Jews were burned alive in 1421 for refusing to convert to Christianity,\u201d Toronto Star,<\/em> Sat; Sept; 8, 2007; p. AA2; Pontiff shows\u2026<\/em>by Tracy Wilkinson).<\/span><\/span>
    \nFor all their \u201cstiffnecked\u201dness, and their straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel as Christ charged them, All\u0101h God must be well-pleased with these Viennese Jews.\u00a0 May All\u0101h grant them al-Firdaus.<\/span>
    \n(Please note, this is not to denigrate Jesus Christ; it is a comment on Christians\u2019 claim. This is the Christian\/Church’s Jesus, for the Muslim\/God’s Jesus read the Qur\u2019an).<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0 Christians must be the biggest mocking-stock in the intellectual world for worshiping a God who \u201cincreased in wisdom and stature and in favor with GOD and man\u201d\u2013(Luke 2:52); a God who needs to eat \u201cbutter and honey\u201d \u201cthat he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good\u201d\u2013(Isaiah 7:14-15. Not even Hindus with their millions of Gods has one that needed to eat butter and honey to enable him to choose good from evil) (For more proofs Jesus is not God see<\/span> Jesus as God<\/span>).<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    David Wood and Christians “semenize” <\/span>God -made God into sperm\/semen-<\/span>\u00a0 and plant God in Mary’s belly<\/span> for nine months feeding on Mary’s\u00a0 blood -how they plant God in Mary for\u00a0 Mary to “conceive”\u00a0 God is yet to be explained-<\/span>\u00a0draw God out her menstrual passage\/vagina<\/span><\/span> \u2013making Adam and Eve cleaner than God (Job 4:17, 25:4)\u2013 <\/span>slap God on the backside to make certain God is alive and can cry, bundle God in diaper and putting Him in need to be cleaned and fed, circumcise God, have God suck the woman\u2019s \u201cpaps\u201d and for some two years, render God ignorant<\/span> \u2013putting God in need to eat \u201cbutter and honey\u201d \u201cthat he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good\u201d (Isaiah 7:14-15)\u2013 <\/span>have God urinate and defecate like animals; and attribute to God monumental and grotesque injustice<\/span> \u2013loading Adam\u2019s sin onto helpless, blameless and morally and mentally non-competent babies\u2013 <\/span>and make God complicit in the murder of Jesus (as scapegoat for Adam\u2019s sin).<\/span>(Astaghferullah!)<\/em>
    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 These are\u00a0 the Church-baked lunacies David Wood and his myopic clique are feeding as Divine delicacies to Muslims and the world. Sadly, there are Muslims who have nailed \u201creason\u201d to the cross of blind faith and have digested this Christian anathema.<\/span>
    \nNot even Hindus have circumcised any of their millions of Gods or have any of them dump someone\u2019s sin onto babies or have an innocent man murdered for the crime of another. Such enormities against God can come only from the mind of the Christian. \u00a0 And they have the arrogance and audacity to not only promote this profanity they call \u201cChristianity\u201d as gateway to God; but enthrone it over other religions. Most of all over Islam \u2013peace and submission to God<\/em><\/span>\u2013 which is proclaimed by the Angels in Heaven.<\/span>
    \nWhether we call God Eli, Ishwar or All\u0101h, these woefully straying Muslims are to flatten their faces to the ground crying repentance, and forgiveness from God.<\/span>
    \n (For a comment on the Book of Revelation see<\/span>     Jesus-1000-year rule<\/a><\/span>. It also shows whereas David was earthly king, Christians made Jesus heavenly king based on ancient “Iranian” mythology).
    \n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Incidentally, \u00a0\u00a0Jesus says in John 14:12-14:\u00a0\u201cVerily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater\u00a0works<\/span>\u00a0than these shall he do;\u00a0(man can do greater works than God\/Son of God?)\u00a0because I go unto my Father. And\u00a0whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,\u00a0<\/span>that the FATHER<\/strong> may be glorified in the Son (how then Jesus is God?)<\/span>\u00a0 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do\u00a0it.<\/span>\u201d
    \n<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Instead of trying to convince the more-than-one-billion Muslims that Jesus is     God<\/span><\/a><\/span>, and that he died (for inherited<\/span>\u00a0sin<\/span><\/a><\/span>), \u00a0Christians would be better served by asking Jesus to grant abundance to the world\u2019s starving and destitute; and for Jesus to heal\/cure all those, especially children, afflicted with cancer and suffering other chronic ailments\/diseases.<\/span>
    \nAre Christians loathe to ask Jesus on behalf of these unfortunate \u201cchildren of God\u201d? Or do \u00a0you Christians not believe\/trust the word of your God\/Son of God that he will do \u201cwhatsoever\u201d you \u00a0\u201cshall ask in\u201d \u00a0his \u201cname\u201d and alleviate the maladies of man?\u00a0 (We sorely need this now to remove the corona virus from us).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Jesus also says, Mark 16:16-18:\u00a0\u201cHe that believeth and is baptized\u2026In my name shall they cast out devils\u2026.They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
    \nWould David Wood or other Christians like to take up a live un-milked venomous serpent and\/or drink a lethal dose of \u201cdeadly thing\u201d (poison) to substantiate this assurance of his\/her God\/son of God?\u00a0 (Before you do, be informed these verses are \u201cforgeries\u201d in the Bible. Ask your Bible\/Christian authorities. See further on).<\/span><\/span>
    \nIf these \u201cserpent and \u201cdeadly thing\u201d are metaphorical as one Christian apologist tried to baptize them, then the \u201cdevils\u201d and those who \u201cbelieveth\u201d and the \u201cbaptized\u201d are also metaphorical.<\/span>
    \nWhat is a metaphorical \u201cdeadly thing\u201d that one drinks?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    That Mark 16:16-18 are “forgeries” in the Bible:<\/span>\u00a0Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din points out in his book Open Letters To The Bishops of Salisbury & London,<\/em> (pp. 31-32):<\/span>
    \n\u201cThe concluding eleven verses of St. Mark-(16:9-20) and the well-known verse of St. Matthew-(28:19), speaking of the Son and the Father and the Holy Ghost, are forgeries, an admitted addition to the ancient MSS (manuscripts).<\/span> The fact was discovered by the first translator of the Bible into English and they made a marginal note in their version of the Bible which continued for some time. But we do not find the said note in any of the copies now published by the said society (Foreign Mission Society).<\/span><\/span> Is it fair and honest to keep others in darkness as to the true value of the contents of the Bible?<\/span> The reader must know that concluding portion of St. Mark and the verse in St. Matthew are spurious and a subsequent addition. But I am afraid the Foreign Mission would not allow the correction. It would tell against their very Mission, if they eliminate the verse from St. Matthew; they lose the only pillar that supports the structure of the Trinity<\/span>\u2026..The Foreign Mission is a mere trespass on lands forbidden by the Master. It transcends the limit marked by Jesus. Throughout his life the Gentiles and others did not concern him: they were the swine. Then came the make-believe Resurrection, and they say the Master changed his mind as to his mission and ordered it to be carried to the four corners of the world (indicating that he was unsure of his mission<\/em>-NGBA<\/em>)<\/em>,<\/span> but this all depends upon the questionable verses of St. Mark, and hence their retention\u00a0 in the Bible. St. Matthew is no authority on this point. The word \u201cnations\u201d there is a mistranslation and a wrong substitute for \u201cthe tribes\u201d\u2013the rest of the Jewish tribes scattered all over the world. This being the case, the Mission cannot afford to eliminate the verses from their version, nor will they put marginal notes, as did the old versions, to show the true nature of the verses. It would weaken the cause and show the futility of their status, since in carrying on evangelical work in the non-Christian world they are acting against the express admonition of the Master. It may be that reasons other than religion are at the back of it all, and goading their activities, but decency, if not religion, assuredly demands the publishing of things as they are.\u201d
    \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Such is Christianity; \u201cManufactured in the human mint, it is stamped with Divine authority\u201d<\/span>\u2013(Kamal-ud-Din, The Sources of Christianity<\/em>, p. 7).<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 22:56-57 All\u0101h says He will judge the world. And in Matthew 25:31-32 Jesus says he will judge the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00a0\u00a0 Answer:
      \n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>(As noted above, Buddha also will judge the dead).
      \nMatthew 25:31-32 state: \u201cWhen the Son of man shall come in his glory\u2026then shall he sit upon his throne of glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u00a0\u00a0 Jesus will NOT be judging the entire world. Jesus declared he was sent\/came only to Jews\/Israelite. Jesus judging the \u201cnations\u201d refer to the Twelve Tribes of Israel:\u00a0 \u201cYe which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel\u201d\u2013(Matthew 19:28. For the twelve tribes of Israel see Exodus 1:1-6; Revelation 7:4-8).<\/span>
      \nThat Jesus will be judging only Jews is further cemented in Matthew 2:6: \u201cAnd thou Bethlehem\u2026out of thee shall come a governor, that shall rule my people ISRAEL.\u201d \u201cIsrael\u201d and\/or the \u201ctwelve tribes of Israel\u201d is\/are NOT the whole world.<\/span>
      \nSignificantly, Jesus judging his people is not unique to Jesus. All\u0101h tells us that on the Day of Judgment every people will be presented with their respective prophet:<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u00a0\u00a0 -\u201cAnd on the day when We raise up in EVERY PEOPLE a witness against them from among THEMSELVES, and bring thee (MOHAMMAD) \u00a0as a witness against these (MUSLIMS)\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 16:89).<\/span>
      \n-\u201cAnd the day when He (All\u0101h) will call them and say: Where are My associates whom you pretended? And We shall draw forth from among EVERY NATION a witness and say: Bring your proof. Then shall they know that the Truth is All\u0101h\u2019s and that which they forged will fail them\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 28:74-75).<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u00a0\u00a0 Significantly. As noted above, Jesus says: \u201cYe which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel\u201d\u2013(Matthew 19:28).<\/span>
      \nAnd those who will be judging with Jesus would be all JEWS not Gentiles. And only MEN<\/span> not women: \u201cbut the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN<\/span>; for they are VIRGINS\u201d\u2013(Revelation 7:4-8; 14:3-4.<\/span> Non-Jews, take note). That only Jews will be judging with Jesus is no mystery. For, Jesus, as he unambiguously declared, came wholly and solely only to Jews, he considered non-Jews \u201cdogs and \u201cswine\u201d and preached in parables to keep them out of heaven. (See       Jesus-only for Jews<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 22:7 All\u0101h says He will raise the dead at the Resurrection. And in John 5:25-29 Jesus says he will raise the dead at the Resurrection. (This proves Jesus is God)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Answer:
        \n<\/em>Jesus says in the very next verse (25:30) that David Wood quoted: \u201cI can of mine own self DO NOTHING\u2026I seek not mine own will but the will of the FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME.\u201d<\/span> Did God send Himself? Only in Christianity.<\/span>
        \nAll\u0101h says: \u201cHe forgives<\/strong> whom He pleases\u2026.And All\u0101h<\/strong> is Possessor of power over all things<\/strong>\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:284; 3:29).<\/span>
        \nFirst. Allah says \u201cHE\u201d forgives. In contrast Jesus exhorts his followers to pray to God for forgiveness: \u201cBut if ye forgive not men\u2026.neither will your FATHER forgive your trespasses\u201d\u2013(Matthew 6:14-15).<\/span> And Jesus himself prayed for GOD to for-give others: \u201cFATHER forgive them for\u2026\u201d\u2013(Luke 23:34).<\/span> Regardless of the reason Jesus was asking for their forgiveness, Jesus was still asking GOD to forgive them. How then Jesus is equal with All\u0101h? How then Jesus is God?<\/span>
        \nSecond. \u201cAll\u0101h\u201d says \u201cHE\u201d has power over all things. In contrast, to requote Jesus, \u201cI can of mine own self DO NOTHING\u201d; and \u201cAll power is GIVEN unto me\u201d\u2013(John 5:30; Matthew 28:18).<\/span> If Jesus is God who gave him power? And if power can be \u201cGIVEN\u201d to Jesus power can be TAKEN from Jesus. How then Jesus is equal with All\u0101h? How then Jesus is God? (Only in David Wood\u2019s miracle of \u201cinterpretation\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

        These verses of John only show that Jesus perform acts because God gave him power\/authority to do so \u2013a person who is given power\/authority by his company\u2019s president to perform certain functions can hardly be viewed\/honored as president. Jesus says in the very next verse (25:30): \u201cI can of mine own self DO NOTHING\u2026I seek not mine own will but the will of the FATHER WHICH HATH SENT ME.\u201d <\/span>Did God send Himself? Only in Christianity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 That these verses of John prove Jesus is God is laughable at best. Jesus performed miracles through the power of God:<\/span>
        \n-\u201cBut if I with the FINGER OF GOD cast out devils\u201d\u2013Luke 11:20. How then Jesus is God?)<\/span>
        \n-\u201cYe men of Israel, hear these words; JESUS OF NAZARETH, a MAN approved of GOD among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which GOD DID by him in the midst of you\u201d\u2013(Acts 2:22, How then Jesus is God?)<\/span>
        \n-Jesus performed miracles \u201cwith All\u0101h\u2019s permission\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:48. How then Jesus is God? And equal to All\u0101h?).<\/span><\/p>\n

        If Jesus is God because he performed miracles then:<\/span>
        \n-The pool at Bethesda having the power to cure must be \u201cGod\u201d\u2013(John 5:2-4);<\/span>
        \n-Moses transforming a stick into a serpent and parting the river (not to mention the other six or so miracles he performed against Pharaoh) must be \u201cGod\u201d\u2013(Exodus 7:10; 14:21).<\/span>
        \n-Elijah resurrecting a child; and dividing the river Jordan must be \u201cGod\u201d\u2013(1 Kings 17:17-23; 2 Kings 2:7-8)<\/span>
        \n-Elisha parting the river Jordan and resurrecting a child must be \u201cGod\u201d\u2013(2 Kings 2:12-14; 2 Kings 4:32-36)<\/span>
        \n-Joshua making the sun and the moon to stand still must be \u201cGod\u201d\u2013(Joshua 10:12-13)<\/span>
        \n-The river Jordan healing Namaan must be \u201cGod\u201d\u2013(2 Kings 5:9-14)<\/span>
        \n-Elisha’s dead bones bringing a dead man back to life, these \u201cdead bones\u201d must be \u201cGod\u201d\u2013(2 Kings 13:20-21).<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 9:29 All\u0101h says fight those who do not believe in All\u0101h.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Answer:
          \n<\/em>Verses of the Qur\u2019an are to be understood according to the background to which they were revealed. Qur\u2019an 9:29 states. \u201cFight those who believe not in All\u0101h, nor in the Last Day, nor forbid that which All\u0101h and His Messenger have forbidden, Nor follow the Religion of Truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0\u00a0 This verse is not about forcing Islam onto others. Islam does not force religion onto anyone\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:256; 6:105-109; 9:6; 10:99-100; 17:7; 18:6, 29; 42:15; 50:45; 76:2-3; 109:1-6).<\/span>
          \nProphet Mohammad\u2019s duty was only to deliver the Divine Message: \u201cAnd obey All\u0101h and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away, the duty of Our Messenger is ONLY TO DELIVER (the message) clearly\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 64:12; also 3:19;\u00a05:92, 99; 13:7, 40; 16:82;\u00a0 24:54; 29:18; 46:35).<\/span>
          \nMuhammad Ali explains Qur\u2019an 9:29:<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u201cthis verse introduces the subject of fighting with the followers of the Book. Though the Jews had for a long time assisted the idolatrous Arabians in their struggle to uproot Islam, the great Christian power, the Roman Empire, had only just mobilized its forces for the subjection of the new religion, and the Tabuk expedition followed, which constitutes the subject-matter of a large portion of what follows in this chapter. As the object of this Christian power was simply the subjection of the Muslims, the words in which their final vanquishment by the Muslims is spoken of are different from those dealing with the final vanquishment of the idolatrous Arabians. The Qur\u2019an neither required that the idolaters should be compelled to accept Islam, nor was it in any way its object to bring the Christians into subjection. On the other hand, the idolaters wanted to suppress Islam by the sword, and the Christians first moved themselves to bring Muslim Arabia under subjection. The fate of each was, therefore, according to what it intended for the Muslims. The word jizyah <\/em>is derived from jaza<\/em>, meaning he gave satisfaction<\/em>, and means, according to LL, the tax that is taken from the free non-Muslim subjects of the Muslim Government whereby they ratify the compact that ensures them protection<\/em>; or, according to AH, because it is a compensation for the protection which is guaranteed them, the non-Muslim subjects being free from military service<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

          The phrase \u2018an yad-in <\/em>has been explained variously. The word yad <\/em>(lit., hand<\/em>) stands for power <\/em>or superiority<\/em>, the use of the hand <\/em>being the real source of the superiority of man over all other animals, and the apparent meaning of the phrase is in acknowledgment of your superiority in protecting their lives, etc. <\/em>(AH). It may also be added that the permission to fight, as given to the Muslims, is subject to the condition that the enemy should first take up the sword, Fight in the way of All\u0101h against those who fight against you <\/em>(2:190). The Holy Prophet never overstepped this limit, nor did his followers. He fought against the Arabs when they took up the sword to destroy the Muslims, and he led an expedition against the Christians when the Roman Empire first mobilized its forces with the object of subjugating the Muslims. And so scrupulous was he that, when he found that the enemy had not yet taken the initiative, he did not attack the Roman Empire, but returned without fighting. Later on, however, the Roman Empire, like the Persians, helped the enemies of Islam and fomented trouble against the newly established Muslim Kingdom, as a result of which both these empires came into conflict with the Muslims and, notwithstanding the fact that both the Persians and the Romans were very powerful nations with unlimited resources and strong military organizations, and that they both tried at one and the same time to subjugate Islam, the result was what is predicted here in clear words \u2014 they were both reduced to a state of subjection by an insignificant nation like the Arabs.\u201d(Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed online: www.muslim.org<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

          In contrast to Mohammad who fought a defensive war to save himself and followers by annihilation by Christians and pagans:<\/span>
          \n-David Wood\u2019s \u201cGod\u201d Jesus commanded treachery\/deception: \u201cAgree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison\u201d\u2013(Matthew 5:25).<\/span><\/span>
          \nSo for fear of imprisonment, a Christian must agree to frame an innocent man for murder and send him to the gallows. Christian nations that acquiesced to or sup-ported German invasion were probably only following Jesus\u2019 precept to \u201cagree\u201d with their \u201cadversary.\u201d Perhaps Christian individuals who handed Jews over to the Germans should be honored for obeying Jesus to \u201cagree\u201d with their adversary. Maybe this is why the Vatican was silent during Hitler\u2019s reign, for fear of violating Jesus\u2019 decree to agree with the adversary.<\/span>
          \nJesus saying to agree with the \u201cadversary\u201d could not be about, or restricted to, a lawsuit (Jesus clearly says to give the suer your cloak as well as coat\u2013Matthew 5:40). A suer would not necessarily receive judgment in his favor so that one would have to agree with him.<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0\u00a0 -David Wood\u2019s \u201cGod\u201d Jesus advocated murder:\u00a0 \u201cHe that is not with me is against me\u201d<\/span> (and\u00a0 person can be neutral); and he commanded genocide:\u00a0 \u201cthose mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me\u201d<\/span> (and\u00a0 a person against his rule would not necessarily militate against him)\u2013(Matthew 12:30; Luke 19:27).<\/span>
          \nIf these sayings of Jesus were implemented some five billion people that do not accept Jesus as Divine and vicarious atoner would be slain. The only reason these Christian obscenities are not implemented is because the Church holds no sway in the land. People the world over are to go down on their hands and knees and forehead that Christianity is not lording over them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

          Again. In contrast to All\u0101h which fought a defensive war to stem extirpation. David Wood\u2019s \u201cGod\u201d Jesus commands the slaughter of all males, including newborn, and all matron women and the taking of little virgin girls as war booty, just so Israelites can occupy their land:<\/span>
          \n\u201cThen the Lord spake unto Moses, saying\u2026And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they slew ALL THE MALES\u2026.And they brought the CAPTIVES and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and Eleazar\u2026<\/span>
          \nAnd Moses said unto them\u2026Now therefore kill every MALE among the LITTLE ONES (of the captives), and kill EVERY WOMAN who hath known man by lying with him (to know which woman and girls were virgins the soldiers must have had to physically examine\/finger them)<\/em>,<\/span> but ALL THE WOMEN CHILDREN, that have not known a man by lying with him (virgin girls) KEEP ALIVE FOR YOURSELVES\u2026<\/span>
          \nAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the sum of the PREY (BOOTY) that was taken, both of MAN and of beast, thou and Eleazar\u2026And divide the PREY into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation And LEVY A TRIBUTE UNTO THE LORD\u2026.<\/span>
          \nAnd the BOOTY, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught was 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, and 61,000 asses, and of WOMEN that had not known man by lying with him (virgin girls), were 32,000. And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was 337,500 sheep; 36,000 cattle, 30,500 asses, and 16,000 persons (virgin girls. And of the congregation\u2019s half portion of these 16.000 virgin girls, 320 were given to the Levite priests, as \u201cthe Lord commanded Moses.\u201d<\/span>
          \nAnd the LORD\u2019S TRIBUTE (of the (booty) was 675 sheep; 72 cattle; 61 donkeys; and 32 persons\u2026.the men of war had taken SPOIL (BOOTY), EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF\u201d\u2013(Numbers chapter 31).<\/span>
          \n(Surely, these 16,000 young \u201cvirgin\u201d girls who were \u201cbooty\u2019 were taken by the \u201cwarriors\u201d not for ploughing fields. And the 320 given to the Levite priests could have hardly been for \u201caltar\u201d-girl service. And as Christians say Jesus is God, then according to Christians it was Jesus who commanded that these little virgin girls be taken as sex slaves and seemingly even assigned some for himself \u2013the LORD\u2019S TRIBUTE (of the (booty) 32 persons). (Numbers chapter 31 was combined from two different translations to make it easy to understand).<\/span>
          \n\u00a0(As for Christians who mouth-off that Mohammad was a pedophile because he married <\/strong><\/span>          \u2018Aisha<\/a><\/span>,<\/span> the Christian God \u201cJesus\u2019 in mandating taking little girls as \u201cbooty\u201d, Jesus here sanctions pedophilia. So, if Mohammad was a \u201cpedophile\u201d blame your God \u201cJesus\u201d. Nice court-argument for pedophiles). <\/span>That Mohammad was a pedophile see Mohammad-rapist, pedophile, looter, cripple<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 4:34 All\u0101h says to beat wives into submission.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Answer<\/em>:<\/span>
            \nThis is only for the disloyal wife; and only as the last resort. Muhammad Ali notes,\u00a0 \u201cThe Prophet is reported to have said: \u201cYou have a right in the matter of your wives that they do not allow anyone whom you do not like to come into your houses; if they do this, chastise them in such a manner that it should not leave an impression. (Tirmidhi 10:11).\u201d<\/span> Thus very light chastisement was allowed only in extreme cases.\u201d<\/span>
            \nMarriage is a sacred covenant\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:21). The wife that does not fulfill her duty cannot expect to receive the benefit from the marriage. (Some women want both, the security of wife-hood and the liberty of spinster-hood; such women need to develop maturity. She cannot have both).
            \n<\/span><\/span>
            \nIn requiring the man to be patient \u2013to admonish her and avoid her bed\u2013<\/span> and continue supporting her \u2013and to seek arbitration\u2013<\/span> while she abdicates her duty, Islam is being tolerant, giving her time to reform, and trying to save the marriage. These three steps required by Islam \u2013admonishing her; avoiding her bed; and lightly beating her\u2013<\/span> which is a drawn-out process, highlights her stubbornness in reforming; all the while receiving the benefit of the contract. Under such a strain to the man this light chastisement can hardly be deemed unjust or severe to the woman. She brought it onto herself; And to avoid it she could leave before it reaches the final stage or if she fears cruelty from him\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:128).<\/span>
            \nA Muslim is not allowed to hate his wife much less beat her\u2013(Muslim Vol. 2, #3469). A woman can beat her husband\u2013(Al-Hakim, noted in Mubarak Ali, The Muslim Handbook<\/em>, p.288). Muslim women have rights as those against her\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:228).<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 In contrast to Islam, Christianity allows the beating of wife to bring her into all subjection:<\/span>
            \n-\u201cUnto the woman He (God) said\u2026.thy desire shall be to THY HUSBAND, and HE SHALL RULE OVER THEE\u201d\u2013(Genesis 3:16).<\/span>
            \n-\u201cLet the woman learn in SILENCE with ALL<\/u> SUBJECTION. But I SUFFER NOT A WOMAN TO TEACH, NOR TO USURP AUTHORITY OVER THE MAN but to be IN SILENCE\u2013(1 Timothy 2:11-12); \u201cLet your women keep silence in the churches: for it is NOT PERMITTED UNTO THEM TO SPEAK; but they are COMMANDED to be under obedience, as also saith the LAW. And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at HOME: FOR IT IS A SHAME FOR WOMEN TO SPEAK IN THE CHURCH\u201d\u2013(1 Corinthians 14:34-35. Today, women are made vicars of Christ).<\/span>
            \nClearly, permission to employ whatever methods are necessary to \u201crule\u201d over the wife and to bring\/keep her in \u201csilence and in \u201call subjection\u2019 are inherent and enshrined in these words of God and Paul. To take the matter further, authority for employing corporal punishment to discipline the rebellious wife who does not desire to be \u201cruled\u201d over in \u201csilence\u201d and \u201call subjection\u201d may be gleaned from the Biblical verses on child-rearing.
            \n<\/span>
            \nGod (and as Christians say Jesus is God, Jesus) says:<\/span>
            \n\u201cHe that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes;\u201d \u201cChasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying;\u201d \u201cWithhold not correction from the child: for if you beatest him with the rod, he shall not die, Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell\u201d (and without doubt every \u201cChristian\u201d husband wants to deliver his stubborn\/rebellious wife\u2019s \u201csoul from hell\u201d)\u2013(Proverbs 13:24; 19:18; 23:13-14).<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0\u00a0 A Bishop is to be \u201cOne that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with ALL GRAVITY\u201d\u2013(1Timothy 3:4). Even God beats and scourges His sons into obedience and those who are not are \u201cbastards\u201d: \u201cFor whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be WITHOUT CHASTISEMENT, whereof all are partakers, then are ye BASTARDS, and NOT SONS\u201d\u2013(Hebrews 12:6-8).<\/span>
            \nThus one can imagine the latitude the Christian husband is allowed to bring\/keep his wayward wife in all subjection and for him to become a \u201cBishop\u201d.\u00a0 Evidently, the Christian is licensed to beat his wife into\u00a0 subservience -into all silence and subjection.<\/span>
            \nThe Christian man can either beat his stubborn wife into submission or render himself guilty of making her an adulteress; \u00a0divorcing her for any matter except for fornication, causes her, and even her subsequent husband, to commit adultery: \u201cwhosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery\u201d\u2013(Matthew 5:32).
            \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Unlike the Muslim woman who can (initiate divorce and)<\/span> remarry a thousand times without stigma.\u00a0 The Christian woman is doomed to a life of marriage misery and to wilt her (youthful and beautiful)<\/span> self in a loveless and even brutal marriage or risk being labeled \u201cadulteress\u201d (who is to be stoned to death as Judeo-Christian law decrees).<\/span> And so does the man who should fall in love with and marry her.<\/span><\/p>\n

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            1. David Wood: Mohammad says if anyone leaves Islam to kill him\u2013(Bokhari 6922).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Answer:
              \n<\/em>The Qur\u2019an was revealed over a period of twenty-three years; during this long period, unless he received Divine Revelation in the matter, the Prophet followed the Bible, which requires death to the adulterer, unchaste bride, apostate,\u00a0 blasphemer and homosexuals; which Biblical laws were annulled by subsequent Qur\u2019anic revelations\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:106; 16:101. The Qur\u2019anic verse(s) on abrogation does not mean verse(s) of the Qur\u2019an were abrogated by other verse(s).\u00a0 See Muhammad Ali\u2019s comm. on Qur\u2019an 2:106; 16:101. His translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed online:               www.muslim. org<\/a>)<\/span>.
              \n<\/span>
              \nSayings of the Prophet Mohammad are to be viewed according to the time frame in which they were given, if it was before or after Qur\u2019anic revelation on the subject. Prophet Mohammad taught according to the Qur\u2019an\u2013(Qur\u2019an 10:15; 21:45; 46:9; 53:3-4). Whatever contradicts with the Qur\u2019an is to be discarded.<\/span>
              \nNotably, even in the lifetime of the Prophet sayings were forged in his name. Hazrat Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam, is noted as saying:\u00a0 \u201cDuring the very lifetime of the Holy Prophet (AS) many a false tradition was attributed to him. This continued till the apostle of God got so vexed that he stood up and declared, \u2018Whoever deliberately and purposely tells a lie against me or attributes lies to me shall make a place for himself in the Hell\u2019\u201d\u2013(Nahjul Balagha, sermon 215, p. 386. See also Bokhari Vol. 1, # 106-109; Vol. 4, # 667, 712). Perhaps it is for this reason that the Prophet is reported as having said that whatever sayings of his contradict with the Qur\u2019an is to be discarded.<\/span><\/p>\n

              There is no death to apostates in Islam:<\/span>
              \n-\u201cAnd whoever of you turns back from his religion, then he dies while an unbeliever <\/em>\u2013these it is whose works go for nothing in this world and the Hereafter\u201d \u201cHow shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their believing, and (after) they had borne witness that\u00a0 the Messenger was true and clear arguments had come to them?\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:217; 3:85).<\/span>
              \n-\u201cThose who believe then disbelieve, again believe and again disbelieve, then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor guide them in the (right) way\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 4:137). If apostates were to be killed there would be no question of them \u201cbelieving\u201d then \u201cdisbelieving\u201d then \u201cbelieving again\u201d<\/span>
              \n-\u201cWhoso disbelieves in All\u0101h\u00a0 after his belief \u2013not he who is compelled while his heart is content with faith, but he who opens (his) breast for disbelief \u2013on them is the wrath of All\u0101h and for them is a grievous chastisement\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 16:106). The wrath of All\u0101h is on them; not that they are to be killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

              There is death to apostates in Judaism and Christianity:<\/span>
              \n-\u201cAnd that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;<\/em> because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt\u2026.If thy brother\u2026entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou has t not known, thou, nor thy fathers\u2026thou shalt surely kill him<\/em>\u2026..\u201d (Deuteronomy 13:5-16).<\/span>
              \n-\u201cIf there be found among you\u2026man or woman\u2026.And hath gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, either the sun or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded\u2026..Then thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman\u2026and shalt stone them with stones, till they die<\/em>.\u201d (Deuteronomy 17:2-5). (This is one of the Biblical laws the Qur\u2019an has abrogated\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:106 16:101).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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              1. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 3:3-4 All\u0101h says He revealed Gospel as guidance for mankind; He also says Gospel is corrupted but says in Qur\u2019an 7:157 Christians have the Gospel in seventh century, long after He says it has been corrupted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Answer:
                \n<\/em>Here are the two verses:
                \n-\u201cHe has revealed to thee the Book with truth, verifying that which is before it, and He revealed the Torah and the Gospel aforetime, a guidance for the people, and He sent the Discrimination (Qur\u2019an). Those who disbelieve in the messages of Allah \u2014 for them is a severe chastisement. And All\u0101h is Mighty, the Lord of retribution\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:3-4).<\/span>
                \n-\u201cThose who follow the Messenger-Prophet, the Ummi (one who neither writes nor reads a writing), <\/em>whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel. He enjoins them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful to them the good things and prohibits for them impure things, and removes from them their burden and the shackles which were on them. So those who believe in him and honour him and help him, and follow the light which has been sent down with him \u2014 these are the successful\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 7:157).<\/span><\/p>\n

                In these verses All\u0101h recounts He gave Books to Moses and Jesus. And while these books are not in their pristine purity (shown later), the Discrimination<\/em> (Qur\u2019an) restates the original message of the Torah and Gospel. For instance, Moses could not have written his own epitaph and Ishmael was the \u201conly son\u201d <\/em>Abraham was commissioned to sacrifice; and Christ was not killed\/crucified, Jesus did not commission a foreign mission and, apart from the fact that the ascension is a forgery no man can say of his personal perception that Jesus went and \u201csat on \u00a0the right hand of God\u201d (wherever God is).\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(As noted in item #1, Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:9-20 speaking of the ascension, and the Son and the Father and the Holy Ghost are shown to be \u201cforgeries\u201d in the Gospels).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                That \u201cthe Torah and the Gospel aforetime, a guidance for the people All prophets before Mohammad were tribal \u2013to their respective people\u2013 and for a limited time and to suit prevailing circumstances.<\/span> This is made clear from the fact that no prophet before Mohammad ever claim to be the last\/final one to come and gave the name of a religion to follow or claim his Book to be all-comprehensive. Only the Prophet Mohammad claimed this distinction.<\/span>
                \nThe Torah, Injeel\/Gospel<\/em> and other Divine revelations were a guidance for a limited time. As man\u2019s religion was \u201cperfected\u201d through Mohammad all people are enjoined to abide by this Divinely chosen religion, ISLAM\u2013(Qur\u2019an 5:3). No one can prove a religion superior to, or equal with, Islam.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                It would be poor cerebration to entertain All\u0101h would have man follow the Gospel (and Bible) which is devoid of \u201call truth\u201d and which He decreed to become obsolete, and to disregard the Qur\u2019an which is \u201cperfected\u201d and in which His favor to man is \u201ccompleted\u201d and which contains teachings for all facets of life \u2013material, moral, social, spiritual, and intellectual.<\/span><\/span>
                \nIt is absurd All\u0101h would tell man to follow the current Gospels which are \u201caccording to\u201d Matthew Mark Luke and John in neglect of His Qur\u2019an.<\/span><\/p>\n

                That Qur\u2019an 7:157 states Prophet Mohammad was \u201cmentioned in the Torah and the Gospel.\u201d Muhammad Ali comments:<\/span>
                \n\u201cThere are many prophecies regarding the advent of the Holy Prophet both in the Old and the New Testament. The Torah and the Gospel are specially mentioned here because Moses and Jesus were respectively the first and the last of the Israelite prophets. Deut. 18:15\u201318 speaks very clearly of the raising of a prophet (who shall be the like of Moses) from among the brethren of the Israelites, i.e. the Ishmaelites or the Arabs, while Deut. 33:2 speaks of the shining forth of the manifestation of the Lord, i.e. his coming in full glory \u201cfrom Mount Paran\u201d. The Gospel is full of the prophecies of the advent of the Holy Prophet; Matt. 21:33\u2013 44, Mark 12:1\u201311, Luke 20:9 \u201318, where the Lord of the vineyard comes after the son (i.e. Jesus) is maltreated, and Matt. 13:31\u201332, John 1:21, John 14:16, John 14:26 all contain such prophecies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0 \u00a0 Notably, whereas Prophet Mohammad was foretold in past Scriptures, he does not need past Scriptures to substantiate his status as Divine Messenger, the Qur\u2019an \u2013with its prophecies (that have already manifested), scientific pronouncements (that have been verified), and inimitability\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:23; 10:38; 11:13; 17: 88; 52:33)\u2013 is Mohammad\u2019s proof. The Qur\u2019an is also a refutation of atheism, for no man in Mohammad\u2019s time could have known about some of the things that Mohammad taught.<\/span>
                \nMaurice Bucaille notes in his book The Bible, The Qur\u2019an, and Science:
                \n<\/em>\u201cIn view of the level of knowledge in Muhammad\u2019s day, it is inconceivable that many of the statements in the Qur\u2019an which are connected with science could have been the work of a man. It is, moreover, perfectly legitimate, not only to regard the Qur\u2019an as the expression of a Revelation, but also to award it a very special place, on account of the guarantee of authenticity it provides and the presence in it of scientific statements which, when studied today, appear as a challenge to explanation in human terms.\u201d (pp. 251-252).<\/span><\/p>\n

                \u00a0\u00a0 Christians can reject Mohammad, Christians cannot refute Mohammad\u2019s claim to Divine Dispensation. Of all the claimants to Divine Dispensation, Jesus included, only Mohammad can substantiate his claim. In fact, Christians do not even know who Jesus is and his mission:<\/span>
                \n-whereas some Christians<\/span> say<\/span> Jesus is God some say Jesus is only son of God\u00a0 \u2013and Jesus is only \u201cCALLED\u201d son of God, and the Bible shows that God has a legion of sons and daughters;<\/span>
                \n-whereas some Christians say<\/span> Jesus is one in a Trinity \u2013putting\u00a0 God into the belly of Mary for nine months and brought Him out her vagina and calling Mary \u201cMother of God\u201d and making God son of a woman He created\u2013 some Christians do not believe in Trinity;<\/span>
                \n-whereas some Christians say<\/span> Jesus died for original\/inherited sin some say there is no original\/inherited sin. (For Trinity and <\/span>original\/inherited sin see<\/span> <\/span>                Christianity-inherited sin, crucifixion, ascension<\/a><\/span>).
                \n<\/span>-whereas some Christians say<\/span> Jesus was of virgin birth\/ immaculate conception, was killed on the cross and was buried and risen, \u201csome of the early Christian sects did not believe that Christ was killed on the cross. The Basilidans believed that some one else was substituted for him. The Docetae held that Christ never had a real physical or natural body, but only an apparent or phantom body, and that his Crucifixion was only apparent, not real. The Marcionite Gospel (about A.D. 138) denied that Jesus was born, and merely said that he appeared in human form\u201d (Yusuf Ali, Qur\u2019anic commentary 663).<\/span><\/p>\n

                Such varied and dubious expositions can hardly be sources of genuine inspiration. Moreover, except for All\u0101h\/Qur\u2019an there is no evidence to substantiate Jesus having performed miracles. In fact, as noted above some Christians doubt that Jesus existed: \u201cThe Marcionite Gospel (about A.D. 138) denied that Jesus was born, and merely said that he appeared in human form.\u201d<\/span>
                \nBut for Mohammad, through the Qur\u2019an, Jesus Christ may have long since been relegated to the bin of myths and legends.<\/span>
                \nMohammad was no anti-Christ! Mohammad \u201ctestify\u201d of Christ! \u2013(John 15:26). And some two dozen times in the Qur\u2019an.<\/span>
                \nConsidering Jesus taught the Unity of God, sinless birth, eternal life through observance of the Commandments of God and to love him (Jesus) requires following the Comforter (Mohammad), Muslims, who observe these teachings of Jesus, are the true followers of Jesus.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 18:27 and 6:115 All\u0101h says no one can change His words. How then did man change the word of the Bible\/Gospel? Why didn\u2019t All\u0101h say people can change other books but not the Qur\u2019an?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Answer:
                  \n<\/em>Why didn\u2019t \u201cJehovah\u201d (or Christ) say He\/God incarnated Himself as Jesus \u2013that He went into Mary\u2019s womb, came out her menstrual passage\/vagina,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>had His foreskin clipped, urinated and defecated; and He loaded Adam\u2019s sin onto blameless, helpless and morally and mentally non-competent babies and sent Jesus to be scapegoat for Adam\/man\u2019s sin? (Astaghferullah!)<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWords\u201d in Qur\u2019an 18:27 and 6:115 are not about protecting the text of the Qur\u2019an from being altered. Protecting the text of the Qur\u2019an from alteration and corruption is dealt with here: \u201cSurely We have revealed the reminder, and surely We are its Guardian\u201d \u2013(Qur\u2019an 15:9): \u00a0\u201cSurely it is a bounteous Qur\u2019an, In a book that is protected, Which none touches save the purified ones. A revelation from the Lord of the worlds\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 56:77-80); \u201cit is a glorious Qur\u2019an, In a guarded tablet\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 85:21-22).<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \u00a0\u00a0 The Qur\u2019an was revealed to Prophet Mohammad through Angel Gabriel \u2013over a period of about twenty-two years\u2013 and was memorized and written down at the time of revelation, and rehearsed annually by the Prophet with the Angel Gabriel and twice in the last year of the Prophet\u2019s life\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 1, #5; Vol. 3, #126; Vol. 4, #819). Thirteen hundred years later the Qur\u2019an is yet unchanged. In the words of Maurice Bucaille:<\/span>
                  \n\u201cThe Qur\u2019anic Revelation has a history which is fundamentally different from the other two (i.e<\/em>. The Old Testament and the Gospels-NGBA). It spanned a period of some twenty years and, as soon as it was transmitted to Muhammad by Archangel Gabriel, believers learned it by heart. It was also written down during Muhammad\u2019s life\u2026.(After the Prophet\u2019s death) They had the advantage of being checked by people who already knew the text by heart, for they had learned it at the time of the Revelation itself and had subsequently recited it constantly. Since then, we know that the text has been scrupulously preserved. It does not give rise to any problems of authenticity.\u201d (Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, The Qur\u2019an, and Science, <\/em>pp. 250-251).<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWords\u201d of All\u0101h in Qur\u2019an 18:27 and 6:115 refer to His decrees. Whereas man can alter Scripture (which Jews and Christians have done, shown shortly) man cannot alter Divine decrees. Notably. As Scriptures prior to the Qur\u2019an were only temporary and only for specific nations and would become obsolete upon the coming of the Prophet Mohammad with the Qur\u2019an, there was no need for their purity to be preserved. However, teachings of these past Books that are applicable to the Resurrection are contained in the Qur\u2019an: \u201c(Mohammad) A Messenger from All\u0101h, reciting pure pages, Wherein are (all) right books\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 98:3).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. David Wood: Why does All\u0101h tell Christians in Qur\u2019an 5:47 to judge by Gospel if the Gospel is corrupted? And if they do not judge by Gospel they are in rebellion against Him?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Answer:
                    \n<\/em>Qur\u2019an 5:47 reads: \u201cand let the People of the Gospel judge by that which All\u0101h has revealed in it. And whoever judges not by what All\u0101h has revealed, those are the transgressors\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \u00a0\u00a0 That All\u0101h tells Christians the Gospel is corrupted\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:79, dealt with in item #11) and yet tells them to judge by the Gospel, there is no contradiction between these two statements.<\/span>
                    \nThe first instance is speaking about the text which has been altered \u2013such as that God sent His \u201conly begotten son\u201d Jesus to die for sins, and that he was crucified for this sin.<\/span>
                    \nThe second instance is about the judging by the Law of Moses as revealed by All\u0101h and as espoused by Jesus. Which Mosaic Law requires execution for stealing and selling a man\u2013(Deuteronomy 24:7); for apostasy\u2013(Deuteronomy 13:5-16; 17:2-5); for fornication\/honor killing\u2013(Deuteronomy 22:20-21); for blasphemy\u2013(Leviticus 24:11-16, 23); for homosexuality\u2013(Leviticus 20:13); for adultery\u2013(Leviticus 20:10-12; Deuteronomy 22:22; John 8:3-5).<\/span>
                    \nAs followers of the Gospel Christians are mandated to execute these laws\/judgment. But Christians are not practicing these laws.<\/span> And Heaven lies in observing the instructions of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    Incidentally, since Christians follow the Church\u2019s Trinity of Godhead \u2013which is opposed to Jesus\u2019 Unity of Godhead\u2013<\/span> and follow original\/inherited sin and vicarious atonement as passport to paradise \u2013which is opposed to Jesus\u2019 teaching that the gateway to heaven lies in observance of the Mosaic Law\u2013<\/span> therefore Christians are following the Church, they are not following Christ. Thus, so-called \u201cChristians\u201d are factually CHURCHIANS and their religion is CHURCHIANITY.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. David Wood: In Qur\u2019an 5:68 All\u0101h says Christians have no ground to stand upon unless they stand upon the Torah, Gospel and all the revelation that has come unto them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Answer:
                      \n<\/em>In this verse All\u0101h instructs Prophet Mohammad to, \u201cSay: O People of the Book (Jews and Christians), you follow no good till you observe the Torah and the Gospel and that which is revealed to you (the Qur\u2019an) from your Lord\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 5:68).<\/span>
                      \nSurely, you cannot expect to be paid by your employer if you do not fulfill your duties as required by your employer. If Jews and Christians do not follow the Torah and Gospel, respectively, obviously they are doing \u201cno good\u201d for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 That Jews and Christians are to follow \u201call the revelation that has come unto them,\u201d as All\u0101h requires. Through the ages people were given a way of life (law) according to their requirement as All\u0101h saw fit. Moses and Jesus never claimed to be the last prophet to come or that the Law given to them was the last and final Law to come from God. They both spoke of another great teacher to come, and with a new Law:<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 -Moses said God decreed \u201cI will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren,<\/em> like unto thee (Moses), and will PUT MY WORDS IN HIS MOUTH; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And\u2026.whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I WILL REQUIRE IT OF HIM\u201d\u2013(Deuteronomy 18:15, 18). Notably, Jesus did not claim to be this prophet like Moses. Nor could he. Isaac and Ishmael were brothers \u2013two sons of Abraham\u2013 thus the descendants of Isaac and Ishmael are \u201cbrethren\u201d of the other \u2013 the Israelite<\/em> are brethren of the Ishmaelite\/Arabs; <\/em>and the \u201cwords\u201d God put into the \u201cmouth\u201d of this prophet like Moses \u2013Mohammad\u2013 is the Qur\u2019an brought by the Angel Gabriel.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      -Jesus foretold: \u201cIf ye love me, keep, keep my commandments.\u00a0 And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter that HE may abide with you forever.\u201d \u201cHowbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth\u201d\u2013\u00a0 (John 14:15-16; 6:13).<\/span><\/span>
                      \nJesus\u2019 prophecy finds resonance in the Qur\u2019an, All\u0101h reveals that Jesus foretold the coming of Ahmad \u2013another name of the Prophet Mohammad: \u201cAnd when Jesus, son of Mary said: O Children of Israel, surely I am the Messenger of All\u0101h to you, verifying that which is before me of the Torah and giving the GOOD NEWS of a Messenger who will COME AFTER ME, his name being AHMAD\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 61:6).<\/span><\/span>
                      \nProf. Abdul Ahad Dawud B.D. \u2013\u201cthe former Reverend David Benjamin Keldani, B.D., a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect\u201d\u2013 has shown in his revealing book Muhammad in the Bible<\/em> that this Comforter is the Prophet Mohammad.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 The Qur\u2019an contains \u201call truth\u201d \u2013nothing is omitted that is needed for our moral, social, intellectual and spiritual upliftment: \u201cWe have not neglected anything in the Book\u201d\u2013Qur\u2019an 6:38).\u00a0 \u201cAnd We have revealed the Book to thee explaining all things, and a guidance and mercy and good news for those who submit\u201d \u2013(Qur\u2019an 16:89). The Qur\u2019an contains teachings of previous Scriptures that are applicable for all time and also contains teachings not given to previous prophets \u2013thus the Qur\u2019an consists of, exceeds and supersedes all Scriptures.
                      \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Mohammad abides \u201cfor ever\u201d through the Qur\u2019an.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 With the advent of Prophet Mohammad God\u2019s favor to man was completed and man\u2019s religion was perfected: \u201cThis day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor to you and chosen for you ISLAM as a religion\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 5:3).<\/span><\/span>
                      \nIslam \u2013peace, submission to the will\/law of God\u2013\u00a0 <\/em>was given to prophets before Mohammad: \u201cHe (All\u0101h) has made plain to you (Mohammad) the religion which He enjoined upon Noah and which We have revealed to thee, and which We enjoined on Abraham and Moses and Jesus\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 42:13).<\/span><\/span>
                      \nIslam dates back to creation, only it was not yet known as Islam. The following makes this clear: \u201cThen He (All\u0101h) directed Himself to the heaven and it was a vapour, so He said to it and to the Earth: Come both, willingly or unwillingly. They both said: We come willingly<\/em>\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 41:11).<\/span> We \u2018come willingly\u2019 or we submit to your command \u2013Islam<\/em>. Thus, Islam \u2013submission to the will\/command of All\u0101h<\/em>\u2013 is as old as the heavens and the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0 Islam was perfected and named only through the Prophet Mohammad. All mankind was given one set of Law, the Qur\u2019an, to be united under; Mohammad messenger to the world:<\/span>
                      \n-\u201cSay: O mankind, surely I am the Messenger of All\u0101h \u00a0to you all, of Him, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death. So believe in All\u0101h and His Messenger, the Ummi <\/em>Prophet who believes in All\u0101h and His words, and follow him so that you may be guided aright\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 7:158; 21:107).<\/span>
                      \n\u201cIn what announcement after this will they then believe?\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 7:185; 77:50). \u201cAll\u0101h has revealed the best announcement, a Book consistent, repeating (its injunctions)\u201d\u2013Qur\u2019an 39:23).<\/span>
                      \nThus followers of the Torah were\/are required to follow Jesus who succeeded Moses; followers of the Injeel\/Gospel are to follow Mohammad who succeeded Jesus. In the words of Jesus: \u201cIf ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever\u201d\u2013(John 14:15-16).<\/span><\/p>\n

                      \u00a0\u00a0 As stated.\u00a0 As Scriptures prior to the Qur\u2019an were only temporary and only for specific nations and would become obsolete upon the coming of the Prophet Mohammad with the Qur\u2019an, there was no need for their purity to be preserved. However, teachings of these past Books that are applicable to the Resurrection are contained in the Qur\u2019an: \u201c(Mohammad) A Messenger from All\u0101h, reciting pure pages, Wherein are (all) right books\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 98:3).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                        \n
                      1. David Wood asks Muslims to show where the Qur\u2019an unequivocally states the text of the Gospels has been corrupted \u2013not about misinterpreting or misrepresenting the text\u2013 if Muslims can show this he (David Wood) will accept Islam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Answer:<\/em> Obviously, David Wood has ransacked the Qur\u2019an to ensure there is no such verse before he put forward his proposition.\u00a0 However there are verses clearly referring to the altering of the text (shown shortly). \u00a0Can David Wood show where in the Bible Jesus says, \u201cunequivocally\u201d, <\/span>\u201cI am God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost\u201d? <\/span>David Wood can tumble all the various versions of the Bible till Kingdom come he will not find it. Why then is David Wood promoting this \u2013God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                        Regarding David Wood\u2019s challenge for Muslims to show where the Qur\u2019an, unequivocally, states the text of the Gospels has been corrupted. As shown in item #8 the Qur\u2019an was revealed to Prophet Mohammad and was memorized and written down at the time of revelation, and rehearsed annually by the Prophet with the Angel Gabriel.<\/span><\/p>\n

                        That there is no clear statement that the Gospel, specifically, has been corrupted does not mean it was not corrupted. In contrast to the purity of the Qur\u2019an.\u00a0 Here is the history of the Bible and proof from Christian sources that both the Old and New Testaments are not all Divine revelation as Christians peddle to the world:<\/span><\/p>\n

                        -\u201cThe term \u201cBible\u201d was not used to designate the Holy\u00a0 Scriptures until the time of the early Church Fathers about A.D. 400.\u201d \u201cDuring the 1,200 or more years when its materials were being written, the Bible did not circulate as a single book.\u201d<\/span>
                        \n-\u201cCenturies of hand copying subjected the text of the Old Testament to all the problems attendant upon the preservation of a correct text by such means. By the time of the Council of Jamnia there were so many variations among the manuscripts that to determine certainly the exact words of Scripture became a major problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0 \u00a0-\u201cFor the New Testament, more than 4,000 Greek manuscripts, preserving all or part of the text, are known, the earliest sizeable texts dating from about A.D 200. There are some 8,000 manuscripts of the Latin Vulgate and at least 1,000 other versions into which the original books were translated. Since the\u00a0original autograph of no book in the New Testament is known<\/span>,<\/u> it becomes the task of the textual expert to deal with the\u00a0 thousands of variant readings to be found in this multitude of ancient\u00a0manuscripts. These manuscripts are compared and studied in order to establish a critical text that gives reasonable assurance <\/u><\/span>of being as\u00a0near the original as can be determined.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0 \u00a0 -\u201c1500-500? B.C.\u2013The Old Testament is put into writing.\u201d<\/span>
                        \n-\u201cA.D. 52?-100?\u2013The New Testament is written, coming to us in the koin\u00e9 <\/em>Greek, the common\u00a0language of the time, although some portion may have been first set down in Aramaic, the language spoken by\u00a0Christ\u201d<\/span>
                        \n-\u201c350-400\u2013First stabilization of New Testament canon of 27 books\u201d<\/span>
                        \n-\u201c1611\u2013The great King James (or Authorized) VERSION. Completed by the group of \u201clearned men,\u201d all renowned scholars, appointed by King James.\u201d (Seven quotes from: Self-pronouncing Edition of The Holy Bible, published by The World Publishing Company, 2231 West 110TH Street, Cleveland 2, Ohio. Section, Bible Study Helps, pp. 3, 9-10. Underlines, caps added).<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0 \u00a0-Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses admit: \u201cTHE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THE CHRISTIAN GREEK SCRIPTURES (1) HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH,\u00a0<\/strong>THE SAME AS\u00a0THE TEXT OF THE LXX (2) HAS BEEN.\u201d (Notes (1) New Testament, (2) \u201cLXX\u201d meaning seventy, is Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses alternative title for the Old Testament). (Deedat, Is the Bible God\u2019s Word<\/em>, p. 24).<\/span>
                        \n-Equally striking, \u201c\u201cas early as 1720, an English authority estimated that there were at least 20,000 errors in the two editions of the New Testament commonly read by Protestants and Catholics. Modern students say there are probably 50,000 errors.\u201d\u201d (Deedat, Is the Bible God\u2019s Word?<\/em> p.13).<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0\u00a0 Evidently, the Bible is not \u201call\u201d word of God as Christians would have the world believe. That the Bible was altered:\u00a0\u00a0Even today, changes are made in the Bible, as Ahmed Deedat has shown in his booklet\u00a0Is the Bible God\u2019s Word?<\/em>\u00a0For example:<\/span>
                        \n-the word \u201cVIRGIN\u201d in Isaiah 7:14 has been replaced with the phrase \u201ca young woman\u201d;<\/span>
                        \n-in the RSV Bible; the word \u201cBEGOTTEN\u201d of \u201cbegotten son\u201d of John 3:16, has been \u201cexcised;\u201d (like \u201cvirgin\u201d birth, \u201cbegotten\u201d son is another bedrock of Christianity);<\/span>
                        \n-the verse of 1-John 5:7 which speaks of the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost (the Trinity, another bedrock of Christianity) \u201chas also been scrapped from the RSV\u201d Bible;<\/span>
                        \n-the verses of Mark 16:19 and Luke 24:51 which refer to the Ascension of Jesus were \u201cexpunged\u201d but later \u201crestored to the text.\u201d (Another bedrock of Christianity jack-hammered).<\/span><\/span>
                        \nDeedat notes that while these terms have been \u201cunceremoniously excised\u201d from English Bibles, they are retained in the Bible\u2019s nearly 1500 other languages. (Some may view this as deception or deepest depths of spiritual depravity).
                        \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 The Bible itself testifies it is\/was falsified: \u201cHow can you say, \u2018We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us\u2019? But behold, <\/strong>THE LYING PEN<\/strong> OF THE SCRIBES HAS MADE\u00a0 IT INTO A<\/strong> LIE\u201d<\/strong>\u2013<\/span>(Jeremiah 8:8. New American Standard Bible<\/em>, 1985 edition).<\/span><\/p>\n

                        All\u0101h exposes the humanness of past Scriptures: \u201cWoe! Then to those who\u00a0write the Book with their hands\u00a0then say, This is from All\u0101h\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:79).<\/span> Muhammad Ali comments:<\/span>
                        \n\u201cThe alteration and corruption of the Bible, the Old as well as the New Testament, spoken of in v. 75 and repeated here, is now an established fact. That the alteration spoken of in v. 75 was an alteration of the words of the text\u00a0(and not a misinterpretation of the\u00a0<\/em>\u201cHoly Texts\u201d)<\/span> is made manifest here: \u201cThey write the Book with their hands then say: This is from All\u0101h.\u201d These alterations they effected for their own selfish ends. \u201cThat they may take for it a small price\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Four more instances of alteration of the texts of the Bible:<\/span>
                        \n(i) Prof. \u2018Abdul Ahad Dawud (the former Rev. David Benjamin Keldani, B.D. of the Uniate-Chaldean Sect) in his book Muhammad in the Bible,<\/em>\u00a0notes that Jews \u201cefface\u201d Ishmael and insert in its place Isaac:\u00a0 \u201cThe Jews have always been jealous of Ishmael because they know very well that in him the Covenant was made and with his circumcision it was concluded and sealed, and it is out of this rancour that their scribes or doctors of law have corrupted and interpolated many passages in their Scriptures. To efface the name \u201cIshmael\u201d from the second, sixth, and seventh verses of the twenty-second chapter of the Book of Genesis and to insert in its place \u201cIsaac,\u201d and to leave the descriptive epithet \u201cthy only begotten son\u201d is to deny the existence of the former and to violate the Covenant made between God and Ishmael.\u201d(pp. 30-32. Ishmael was Abraham\u2019s \u201conly\u201d son BEFORE Isaac was born\u2013Genesis 16:16; 21:5. Man can alter scripture, man cannot alter Divine decree<\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0\u00a0 (ii) The Gospel of John 8:4-5 shows that Moses taught that the adulterer\/adulteress is to be\u00a0 stoned<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to death. Muhammad Ali points out: \u201cThat the present Torah does not give stoning as the punishment for adultery is clear proof that the text has been altered. The Gospels show that such was the punishment up to the time of Jesus.\u201d (The Religion of Islam; <\/em>p. 732).<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0 \u00a0(iii) Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din points out in his book\u00a0 Open Letters To The Bishops of Salisbury & London,<\/em>\u00a0(pp. 31-32): \u201cThe concluding eleven verses of St. Mark-(16:9-20) and the well-known verse of St. Matthew-(28:19), speaking of the Son and the Father and the Holy Ghost, are forgeries, an admitted addition to the ancient MSS (manuscripts).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0 (iv) Muhammad Ali notes: \u201cCommenting on the well-known confession of Christ, \u201cWhy callest thou me good, (Mark 10:18) Dummelow says that in the Revised Version of Matthew, Christ\u2019s reply is, \u201cWhy askest thou me concerning that which is good\u201d; and adds: \u201cThe author of Matthew\u2026.altered the text slightly, to prevent the reader from supposing that Christ denied that He was good.\u201d (The Religion of Islam<\/em>, p. 212,\u00a0f\/n<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Regarding Christ saying: \u201cWhy callest thou me good.\u201d The first quote\u00a0in the following is from the \u201cSelf-Pronouncing Edition\u201d Bible published by The World Publishing Company, Cleveland; 2, Ohio;\u00a0the second is from \u201cThe Gideons\u201d published by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California. Bold words show alteration; underlined words are not in the Gideons Bible:<\/span><\/p>\n

                        \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(1) \u201cone came (to Jesus) and said unto him, Good<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he (Jesus) said unto him,\u00a0Why callest thou me good?<\/strong>\u00a0there is none good but one,\u00a0 that is God<\/strong><\/u>: but\u2026\u201d<\/span>
                        \n(2) \u201cone came to Him (Jesus) and said, \u201cTeacher,<\/strong>\u00a0what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life? And He said to him, \u201cWhy are you\u00a0asking Me about what is good?<\/strong> There is only One who is good; but\u2026\u201d (Even the forgery is clumsy: who better is there to tell or to ask \u201cwhat is good\u201d than God or the \u201cSon of God\u201d).
                        \n<\/span>\u00a0Is it not telling a \u201clie\u201d on God that He revealed\/inspired the changed words?<\/span>
                        \nIs it not telling a \u201clie\u201d on Jesus that he uttered the changed words?<\/span>
                        \nIt is doubtful a devotee of God would alter his Book of God and propagate falsehood in the name of God, the very God from Whom he\/she seeks his\/her daily bread; and in Whose House\u00a0 he\/she wants a \u2018mansion\u201d or \u201cbungalow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

                        David Wood might dazzle the uneducated and the unthinking and his bigoted followers who are bridled in blind faith, and he can dance around the bush from now till kingdom come but he and his entire comrades-in-faith, from pope to parishioner, will never be able to baptize Jesus God. Not with all the waters of Galilee and even with seventy-times seven more Galilees added.<\/span>
                        \nTwo thousand years ago Jesus scolded his inattentive followers: \u201cHaving eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not?\u201d<\/span> If Jesus was around today he likely would have added this observation of David Wood and his \u201cJesus is God\u201d entourage: \u2018Having heads, reason ye not?\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                        David Wood asked Muslims about a dozen questions. We have only one question for David Wood:<\/span>
                        \n(Like Moses and Mohammad)<\/span> Jesus UNAMBIGUOUSLY declared the Unity of God; taught that he came only to the House of Israel and that he prayed only for them NOT for the world (so much so that he regarded non-Jews, which would be me and you unless you are Jewish) as \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d (your God denigrates his own creation who had no say into which tribe they were born)<\/span> and preached in parables so \u201cwe\u201d metaphorical \u201cdogs\u201d and \u201cswine\u201d would not understand and get into heaven (but you tell us he died to fast-track us into heaven);<\/span> Jesus says we are born without sin (likening children to the kingdom of God, unless you also baptized the kingdom of God into one saturated with sin),<\/span> and that heaven lies in observing the Mosaic Law until the arrival of the Comforter who will guide into \u201call truth\u201d and will \u201cabide for ever\u201d (which means the Bible being devoid of \u201call truth\u201d the BIBLE IS OBSOLETE; and Jesus not giving \u201call truth\u201d JESUS IS REDUNDANT! NO ONE NEEDS JESUS though he is to be honored as we Muslims honor him, with salutations of \u201cpeace and blessings of Allah God\u201d).
                        \nThe question:<\/span>
                        \n<\/span>WHY HAVE YOU, DAVID WOOD (AND CHRISTENDOM), TOSSED THESE CLEAR TEACHINGS OF JESUS (YOUR GOD AND SON OF GOD) onto the dung heap and are promoting \u201cTrinity\u201d which was invented by the Church 324 years AFTER Christ and promoting original\/inherited sin and vicarious atonement which were devised by St(?) Paul?<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Heaven lies in clearly-expressed Divine doctrines not in human inventions and assumptions. Trinity, original\/inherited sin and vicarious atonement are blasphemies of the highest order and are the Sure-way to Hell: \u201cBut he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation\u201d\u2013(Mark 3:29).
                        \n<\/span>Any religion that utilizes the human brain to define Divine doctrines is \u201cartificial and false.\u201d Christianity \u2013Trinity, original\/inherited sin and vicarious atonement\u2013<\/span> devised by the Church is a patently fake religion.<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Whether we call God Eli, Ishwar or All\u0101h, Islam<\/em> \u2013peace and submission to God\u2013<\/span> which was practiced by Jesus and his brother-prophets and which is practiced by the angels in heaven is the Passport to Paradise.<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Whoever is \u201cChristian\u201d for benefit rather than for belief needs to mull the words of Jesus:\u00a0\u201cFor what\u00a0shall it profit a man, if he\u00a0shall gain\u00a0the whole world, and lose his own soul?\u201d\u2013(Mark 8:36).<\/span><\/span>
                        \nChristians have time and opportunity while you are alive \u2013and no one knows when he\/she will die, and when you die this opportunity evaporates like dew-drop in Hell\u2013<\/span> Christians have time and opportunity to take the Divine route and bow to<\/span><\/p>\n

                        THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALL\u0100H,
                        \n<\/span>MOHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF ALL\u0100H!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                        For a full treatment on the claim that Jesus is God, son of God, original\/inherited sin and vicarious atonement see <\/span>Home<\/a>.<\/span>
                        \nSEE\u00a0 ALSO:
                        \n<\/span><\/span>                        -Qur\u2019an-goat ate page; 127 verses and verse on stoning lost<\/a>;<\/span><\/span>
                        \n                        -Mohammad allows man to suck woman\u2019s breast<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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                        In the name of All\u0101h, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad. DEDICATED TO All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High, Lord of the worlds AND TO Mohammad\u2013who brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms. * \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0DAVID WOOD PROVES \u00a0JESUS IS GOD For a full treatment on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6078,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4479\/revisions\/6078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}