[Stobey]

Please pardon the length of this post; but it is what I wrote to answer another Muslim individual elsewhere, who also did not seem too sure of just what his religion was all about. I am hoping that GR may have a look at this. Agree or disagree, it at least gives food for thought and serious study and reflection about what Islam "offers" to its adherents.

Answering Muslims -- my version:


Islam is not the truth! It's the best and longest-running con that Satan ever pulled. Unfortunately, its primary victims are Muslims themselves who will never know the love of a loving God. Jesus Christ did die; and he died for you as well as for me. Don't believe me? Ask, with a sincere heart, for God to show you the truth. He will.

And to those who question how God can be three persons... Well, in order to be able to fully comprehend this we would need to be God, which we are not. It is impossible for us, not for God. It is not within human understanding to be able to explain that mystery completely. That is why Jesus Christ referred to Himself as the Son of the Father. Jesus, by His divine nature was/is God; but in His human nature, was less than God. However, Jesus, in His humility, did not see equality with God, the Father, as something to be grasped at (unlike Lucifer/Satan). The closest I've ever heard anyone be able to explain this "Three-in-One" phenomenon is a nun on EWTN: Mother Angelica. The way she explained it was that we - each of us - is one human being; but we each have memory, intellect and will. Those are three separate and distinct parts of each of us; but they are not separate from us.

Jesus Christ is God. (“I and the Father are one.” “He who has seen me has seen the Father.” “Before Abraham was, I AM.”) [“I AM” being the name God told to Moses when Moses asked: “Who shall I say has sent me, Lord?”] No, Jesus was not in the least confused about just who and what He was. God came to us as a human so that His birth, His works, what He said, His death and His resurrection could be recorded in history. He paid the penalty for all the sins of humanity, since we would be unable to do so without suffering eternal death. God is love, but He is also just; and penalty for sin must be paid. God loved us so much that He took that penalty upon Himself so that we could once more be united with Him. Instead of arguing about whether or not Jesus Christ was crucified, we should be down on our knees with tears of humility and gratitude, thanking Him for His love and His sacrifice.

I know that it does not look like strength for God (as Jesus Christ) to die in such a horrible and ignominious manner, but He did. Jesus said that "No one takes my life. I have been given authority to lay down my life, and to take it up again." Therein is Christ's victory over Lucifer/Satan, over sin and over death; and believe me, it pissed Satan off no end. Lucifer/Satan hates God; but his arms are too short to box with God, so his plan was to get back at God by attacking what God loves – His children. That's us. The Almighty and ever-loving God does not want any of us lost to Him; but He gave us (as He gave the angels) free will - to love and serve Him, or to reject Him. Satan wants us - every one of us - to suffer as he does; and to lose the joy of life everlasting with a loving God.


Here are some ways you can tell that the one who Mohammed supposedly was quoting was not God, but Satan:

* Almighty God is the author and architect of life, not death. Pain, death and suffering only came to be because our first parents (Adam and Eve) were seduced by Satan to disobey God. It was Satan who was - and still is - a liar and "…a murderer from the beginning".

* Almighty God is not proud. He humbled Himself to become one of us in every way but sin; and died a horrible and shameful (in the eyes of man) death on a cross. Lucifer/Satan is proud. He wanted to be God; but as we all know, that was impossible. Lucifer/Satan was merely a creature of God, as we all are. So Lucifer/Satan, and approximately one third of the angels that God created, rebelled; and were cast out of heaven. (Hebrew: Satan – adversary.) Satan has used his main vice - pride - against humanity from the very beginning. Listen to what "allah" supposedly tells Mohammed: that Muslims (males) are the very best of creatures. What does that do? It engenders in Muslims (males particularly) a false sense of pride, which pushes them away from the true God.

When Jesus heard a few of His disciples arguing about who was the greatest among them, Jesus said: "Whoever among you who wishes to be the greatest among you must be the servant of you all." His message? Jesus (God) came to this Earth to serve, not to be served. Any of us who wish to be pleasing to God must imitate Christ's life on Earth, plain and simple; and that doesn't mean having a puffed-up ego thinking that "we are the best of creatures". That means acknowledging who and what we are, sinners - all of us, whose only salvation was made possible by the love and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. That means also acknowledging who and what God is – the Creator of all things, and our Heavenly Father.

* God does not deceive, nor can He be deceived. He knows everything that is in our hearts and minds. In Islam, one of the names for "allah" is "the great deceiver".

* God is love; and Jesus preached - and lived - God's love. Jesus did not incite any to war or to hate others. He told His apostles to go and preach the "Good News" of salvation; and if any town did not want to hear the message, to "Shake the dust of that town from their sandals so that it would be a testament unto them." Islam - with its concept of "jihad" - incites Muslims to hate the "infidels"; and to "make war against them until all proclaim that there is no god but allah and Mohammed is his messenger".

* God said to mankind: "Two ways are set before you, O man: the way of life and the way of death. Therefore choose life." (One that I would recommend the pro-abortionists take heed.) Mohammed tells us that "there is no greater glory than to slay and to be slain for allah".

* God the Father’s heaven is one where we enjoy eternity with our Creator. This is purely spiritual. Mohammed's view of eternity is one that appeals only to the carnal lusts of man. Does that sound like what the True God would promise to those who love and serve Him? Nope. Sounds like another con from the greatest con-artist ever known: Satan. Sorry guys. There will not be 72 virgins awaiting your beck and call; and no eternal erections either.


Are you getting the idea? If you still don't believe me, read the Quran and haddiths. Then start reading the Bible. Above all, ask God, with a sincere and humble heart, to show you the truth. Jesus said that: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." I'll leave you with that thought.