Quote (DCEVO @ Nov 7 2023 03:24pm)
I am Christian. I believe Jesus is Lord. Every time I talk to a Muslim they are so sure and I am so sure.
I can clear up any misconception so far thanks to help of GOD.
But they get so combative while insulting its like they are trolling.
Things I would like to ask PARD:
1. Who is Allah and how did this name first come into existence, was it through Muhammad, or was it earlier? I had received some information at google about islam and watching some Christian Prince and Shamounian, many Christian and Catholic apologists, and I am currently researching Islam to reach the Muslims and get them to be saved.
so many misconception everywhere, most replies seems at best misinformed and some filled with hate/bigoted.
As a Muslim, I can answer some of those misconception as best I can.
#1 Allah is the Arabic word for God. It existed with the language long before Islam, Christianity and Judaism. for example, my arab Christian friends and use the word Allah to refer to their god (the father). This is a common tactic used to create a divide and separate alienate by not translating certain words and keeping the arabic name. Examples: Barak Obama went to "madrasa". Madrasa just means school in Arabic. I went to madrasa too where I learned math calculus physics and chemistry.
#2 No muslim can call himself muslin without acknowledging the miraculous birth of Jesus Chris and accepting that he is one of god's mightiest messenger. and His mother Mary is chosen above all other women (Mary is much higher status than Mohammed mothers).
#3 A strict definition for muslim is someone who submits his will to god. that's it. muslim litral translation is "who submits his will". based on this we believe Jesus Christ, Moses, Abraham are Muslim because they believed in God.
#4 if someone get combative, that's on them not the group. You name one group of people that contains 2 billion people. I can show you uncountable number of criminals and evil people that belong to that group.
#5 being a muslim doesn't get you to heaven. infact the worst place in hell is reserved for muslims since they know better (they have the book) yet they still chose to do evil. which is worse than non Muslims doing evil.
#6 discussing relegion with other people in the hope of guiding them to the right path is encouraged same with all relegions, but it need to be done with a willing person and in kind. otherwise it's doing the opposite.