Part 4 of Series on the Foundations of Islam
Understanding the Ethical Dualism of the Koran
By Mike Scruggs-
Every chapter of the Koran begins
with the subtitle: “In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the
Merciful.” This gives the initial impression that the Koran and
Judeo-Christian Scripture have the same thematic message, but that would
be wrong. They do address many of the same topics—creation, mankind’s
relationship to his creator, his moral responsibilities, and
salvation—but they are tied together quite differently with strongly
contrasting themes of salvation and the nature of both man and God. Both
Allah and Jehovah are all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-wise, but
their dispositions toward mankind are strikingly different, especially
with regard to the issue of salvation.
The Koran declares the divine Trinity of Christianity
to be hell-deserving blasphemy. The Jesus of the Koran is only a
prophet, not the divine Son of God, did not die on the cross, or save
anyone from their sins. The Jesus of the Koran is, in fact,
anti-Christian and will condemn Christians on the Day of Judgment. The
Koran confuses Mary the Mother of Jesus with Miriam, the sister of
Moses. Several early dated chapters of the Koran reflect considerable
Hebrew and some Christian moral influences and imitations mixed with
Arab and probably Muhammad’s own influence.
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The extensive research and professional quality writing done by Mr. Scruggs on Islam is admirable but I couldn't do it. Watching Nazi soldiers slaughtering Jews on TV this week I thought of how ignorant we were in WW II. I delivered the Asheville Citizen-Times through most of the war and read it faithfully. Two questions. How were we so misled then and is it even worse than we know now?
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Deletehad much to do with that, just as they had done in the German high command. Kursk could have been a German victory except the Russians knew the exact plans.
I have very little understanding of the subject in spite of extensive experience with the people involved. It as mentioned by someone that to know what is going on in any cult many many years are required. I can see something is drastically wrong with Islam but I can not tell exactly what it is or what to do about it.
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