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Author Topic:   Who is really in charge of inspiration?
Modulous
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Message 26 of 110 (587898)
10-21-2010 10:45 AM
Reply to: Message 25 by jaywill
10-21-2010 7:39 AM


When I read the Quran my opinion is that it appears to say many things which are in the Bible. It refers to biblical characters and biblical affairs. However, there is something perculiar in the way it mentions these things.
It seems to give the reader the impression that the speaker is privy to more details then were disclosed in the Bible.
A bit like the New Testament, really. Since the 'speaker' of the Koran is God, you would have to be arguing that God isn't privy to more details than disclosed in the Bible for this to be a problem of some kind.

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Modulous
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Message 43 of 110 (588036)
10-22-2010 4:11 AM
Reply to: Message 29 by jaywill
10-21-2010 1:22 PM


Attempts by Moslems to portray Mohammed as a prediction from the Bible are more then feeble and obvious fabrications.
Agreed, but then I also agree that the same is true of Christians attempts to portray Jesus as the predicted in the Old Testament a feeble and obvious fabrication.
No I would only have to argue that Allah of the Quran is not the same God who inspired the Bible.
It doesn't matter who you think actually authored it, or who it is about. You noted that it was somehow interesting or unusual that a book that claims to be written by the God of Abraham might have more details than are in the Old Testament. I just wondered why it was interesting or unusual that a purported all knowing eye witness who directly participated in events might have access to information that has either been lost or corrupted or was not previously recorded or divulged.
God would not tell us that Christ as raised from the dead in the New Testament only to latter tell us that He really was not.
Indeed, so the conclusion is that the claims that Christ raised from the dead were ' feeble and obvious fabrications' or its the claim that he was the Messiah but that's 'all' that is a ' feeble and obvious fabrication' or both.
Taking a stab at the topic - how do you resolve this?
Do you believe God would say both things ?
No - I think he said neither. But if we assume he said one of them, how do you determine which one?

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