Muslim Rebuttal

On my last post, I mentioned how some Christian fanatics bring their propaganda to my main website, Islamic Learning Materials. I even posted one of their emails.

Well, here is my response to their email.

Hello XXXX,

I thank you for visiting Islamic Learning Materials and for expressing your views of your religion. I hope we can continue this discourse in a polite and constructive fashion.

First, you should know that I am no stranger to Christianity. My parents were both born Christian and there are several Christians in my extended family. I was born and raised in the United States which has one of the largest Christian populations in the world. I attended a college that is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Also I took Bible classes while in college in an effort to better understand Christianity from a Christian point of view.

There is no need to drill through the numerous historical, factual, and scientific errors of the Bible. There is no need to go through the benefits of Islamic law, culture, and practices. There is no need to point out how the Christian population is decreasing worldwide and in the United States, while the Muslim population is exploding. This is despite several Christian nations waging wars on Muslim lands that have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Muslims.

The only thing I have to point out about Islam is the concept of Tawheed, loosely translated as Islamic Monotheism.

Christians are not true monotheists. Christians have distorted the concept of one, perfect God with the convoluted and incomprehensible concept of the Trinity. This is a strange idea that purports that God is divided, or made up, of three separate yet unified entities.

And one of those entities, as you mentioned, is supposedly Jesus Christ (may Allah be pleased with him).

I agree with you that Jesus Christ is the Messiah. That is a tenet of Islamic faith. Muslims do not believe Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Messiah. Your expression that that he is proves that you know little about Islam.

Perhaps you should learn more about a faith before you decide to denounce it.

Christians believe that Jesus Christ is at once the son of God and God Himself. Christians also believe that mankind must not only believe that Jesus was crucified, but that he was crucified as expiation of man’s sins.

This strange concept violates the very concept of the First Commandment of the Old Testament “Do not have any gods before Me.”

Yes Jesus performed many miracles. Yes he was born from a miraculous birth from a virgin mother. Yes he is the Messiah and he will come back to destroy the Anti-Christ.

But no, he is not God. He is just a man.

I cannot believe that God came out of a woman’s vagina as Jesus did.
I cannot believe that God suckled at a woman’s breast as Jesus did.
I cannot believe that God urinates, defecates, passes wind, and burps as Jesus did.
I cannot believe that God can die as YOU say Jesus did.

Muslims believe in ONE God, the Arabic word for which is Allah. Allah has no partners. He was not born from anyone. He did not give birth to anyone. He did not come on earth in the form of any man. Allah is the almighty creator of all that exists, all that has existed, and all that will exist.

Allah is the creator. Therefore, He could not be created.

In His mercy, Allah has sent various prophets to guide mankind to worship Him and Him alone. These prophets include, but are not limited to, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, and finally, Prophet Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon them all.)

Prophet Muhammad came to us with the final message of Islam. He taught us how to live a righteous life in accordance with time-proven principles of faith, morality, and integrity. He also brought us the Word of Allah, the Book that is known as the Quran (Koran).

I implore you to search further and learn more about Islam. It is ultimately up to you whether you choose the truth of Islam or decide to continue living in falsehood. But at least investigate Islam from Islamic sources, as I investigated Christianity from Christian sources. Be objective in your research and see for yourself which faith is the ultimate truth and provides the answers for mankind in this life.

I wish you all the best. May you be guided to the truth. And please, keep in touch.

Was I too harsh? Was I not stern enough? Leave comments about what you think or if you think there are errors in what I said.