acmilan said:
What you guys dont understand is that the words delivered in the Bible were delivered by Jesus. Now you believe that the quaran is more correct than the Bible because it is "God's words" but that is because you do not realise the extent of Jesus to Christians. To Christians, Jesus, along with God and the Holy Spirit for the sacred Trinity. Jesus was sent to deliver God's message so the writing down of Jesus' story and his teachings is just as sacred as the quran is to Muslims.
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Saint Justin in the year 150 AD described the Gospels as "the memoirs of the apostles"
i know how jesus is loved by all of christendom and it should be something to be admired. But the Quran in Islam is NOT the EQuivalent to the Bible in Christianity
The Bible- OT and NT were as Dr. MAurice Beaucaille put it "written by men inspired by the Holy Ghost"
and the gospels were the "memoirs of the Apostles"
so the bible to christians is infact the equivalent to the "Hadith" to muslims, which is the "apostles" account of the Prophet Muhammad (sallahu alaihi wassalam).
both the hadith and articles of the bible were collected over time and by various men, and much of it (both the bible and hadith) were transmitted orally before being collected later on (after the death of Jesus and Muhammad)
The Quran is more than a Bible to Muslims, it is considered a "miracle" and is "perfect" in different respects. im not making mumbo jumbo here:
just look up the Quran in any reputable encyclopedia like Britannica and u'll find interesting things about the Quran. Up to this point in time, the Quran remains the single most perfect work of Arabic poetry to date, that is not in direct conflict with science, human rights and common sense!
Thats my opinion anyway!
on the other hand, both the Holy Bible and Hadith have their shortcommings; in accuracy and reliability. (i can bring a quote from Saint Augustine if anyone wants it - he perfectly explained why discrepancies are there in the Bible, a good bloke he was
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so just a repeat; the Chirstian Holy Bible is not the equivalent of the Holy Quran in Islam, but is an equivalent of the HAdith. Actually its an equivalent of the Hadith and various books that deal with the life of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad!