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Okay but the definition of "divine" is pretty open, the most re-accuring theme I got from the definition of this word was; emenating from God. Well by this definition even satan is divine.
You're right, it was an unfortunately ambiguous term to use (told you delshad would be better at this than me, I don't even believe in God!). To put Jesus in his Islamic context, muslims believe that Allah sent around 124,000 prophets to Earth from Adam to Muhammed, some of which you probably recognise from the OT - they could work miracles, speak to God, you know the stuff.
Five (I think) prophets are particularly favoured as they brought with them books from God - they were God's direct messengers. Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammed - the last prophet, according to Allah (sorry can only remember 4
). So Muslims believe that Jesus was sent by god and did many of the miracles as laid down in the Bible, and many (if not all) believe he'll be there at the Apocalypse, but that his message became mangled. This explains why there was such a concerted effort at around the time the Koran was written to ensure the accuracy and sanctity of the text.
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Again delshad I plead ignorance, but in my faith Jesus Christ clearly makes claims to being the son of Jehovah. Yaweh.
Well this is interesting, your faith tells you that Jesus proclaimed himself the son of God, whereas delshad's (or any muslim's) faith would tell them the exact opposite. And neither of you were there!
I've always found it bizarre that people could have faith in historical events, without the supporting evidence. If I were to say: "I have faith that Hitler didn't start the Reichstag fire" then what exactly does that mean? I personally think its practical meaning is "I will live my life
as if this were true". But if thats the case, you need to accept the possibility that you might be wrong.
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According to what I know of the scripture, the Lord promised also a great nation to the descendants of Ishmael, as well as to the descendants of Isaac.
No argument from me there - don't know enough about it to be honest.
PE