Is Jesus Man's Short-Term Solution to the Eternal Curse of Islam's Allah?
@mythociate (21437)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 8, 2012 3:42pm CST
If you're Christian, I assume you'll answer with a definite yes whether you read this description or not; so just do it, without even thinking about it (because 'thinking about it' is ... uhh ... a sin! 
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And I'm sure the Muslims are going to respond "No, He's not." And maybe you're right; in the grand scheme of things, maybe Allah forgives us PURELY out of his beneficial mercy ... whether we 'pray the blood of Jesus' or 'submit the Herb-&-Garlic Spaghetti Sauce.'
But 'the life-sacrifice of one whom we deem to be the son of G*d' is a more-solid hope to hang onto than 'that Allah might feel like forgiving us' (i.e. you have more personal-peace-KNOWING you are saved than -GUESSING you might be if Allah feels like it).
That's how I answer the question put forth in 4.88 of the Quran "... Would ye guide those whom Allah hath thrown out of the Way? For those whom Allah hath thrown out of the Way, never shalt thou find the Way."
But Jesus--like I said--is here more to help people peacefully live-&-die "at peace with themselves." 'Would I guide them to peaceful life living peaceably? Yes!' ... Wait a minute, does answering an angel's question make me 'an associate with Allah' (disproving Islam's belief that Allah HAS NO associate)?
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And I'm sure the Muslims are going to respond "No, He's not." And maybe you're right; in the grand scheme of things, maybe Allah forgives us PURELY out of his beneficial mercy ... whether we 'pray the blood of Jesus' or 'submit the Herb-&-Garlic Spaghetti Sauce.'
But 'the life-sacrifice of one whom we deem to be the son of G*d' is a more-solid hope to hang onto than 'that Allah might feel like forgiving us' (i.e. you have more personal-peace-KNOWING you are saved than -GUESSING you might be if Allah feels like it).
That's how I answer the question put forth in 4.88 of the Quran "... Would ye guide those whom Allah hath thrown out of the Way? For those whom Allah hath thrown out of the Way, never shalt thou find the Way."
But Jesus--like I said--is here more to help people peacefully live-&-die "at peace with themselves." 'Would I guide them to peaceful life living peaceably? Yes!' ... Wait a minute, does answering an angel's question make me 'an associate with Allah' (disproving Islam's belief that Allah HAS NO associate)?4 responses
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
13 Jan 13
... said He to His disciples---making what indcation for all His disciples' disciples & -their disciples & the disciples' disciples' disciples' diciples and -etc.?
@Harley009 (1416)
• India
17 Dec 12
Jesus in English also known as Ieasa/eeshu, yeshu, eesa, etc in different languages.
In Arabic it is e'eesa son of Maryam(Mary). The true one Almighty God is the Yahova/Yehvey/YHWH/Jehova as seen in Bible which is 'Allah' as per Islam.
Jesus is one of the great prophet like Moses, Mohammed, Abraham, Noah, etc. Each prophets had different grades granted by Almighty God, but we should not discriminate among them. All prophets got miracles to show people that they are the prophet of God as Jesus cured people, Moses walking stick as snake, Mohammed's finger and water, etc.
Jesus never taught people to worship him, infact Jesus prayed to Almighty God like we Muslims do, ritual washing, bowing and postrating as seen in Bible. And Jesus taught his deciples to pray to Almighty God, not to him, later people started to worship him.
@chrystalia (1208)
• Tucson, Arizona
10 Dec 12
Hmm. Interesting question. As I see it, Jesus wasn't a "short term" solution, so to speak. The Jews were first--and as far as they are concerned, Judaism is enough for them. Then Jesus came along, and Paul started the big Christian movement--and as far as Christians are concerned, Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, so to speak--end of story. Then Mohammed came along, and quite a while later his oral teachings were written down--Abraham, Moses, Jesus etc. were mentioned--great prophets, all. But Allah was the end--and that's good enough for Muslims.
It's a case of 3 different groups of people, with 3 different sets of needs--and the scriptures answered their particular needs. What is important for any person to consider is which religion fills his need most effectively--or what common teachings, found in more than one religion, are most likely to work empirically, in life.
As to Allah--the tone of the verse quoted seems to indicate that once Allah gives up on someone--that's it. Of course, that leads me to ask--how do we know Allah has decided to throw someone out of the way? if there is no guideline as to how we would know, then I would think we would be expected to try to guide them.
As to answering an Angel's question--technically, the ANGEL would be an "associate" of Allah--you are merely someone who was asked something and answered. Now if you make it a habit to summon Angels to give them information, or leave voice mails on the Creator's 800 line--then you might be an "associate" (or just a pest).
@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
9 Dec 12
In the Holy Quran, God mentions a lot about Isa in many verses. It is not true that Muslims critisize Christian. The Prophet Muhammad did respect other religions.
