Who is Jesus Christ? In the light of the Bible and the Qur'an ( 8 of 8 )

Is Jesus Christ God or just a prophet?

Did He ever claim to be God?

What do the ancient texts tell us?

What do Muslims believe about Jesus? Is he a prophet or more than a prophet?

Representing the Muslim perspective was Brother Ahmed Hamed: Brother Ahmed is a young scholar on Islam and comparative religion.

He spoke about the similarities between both religions and clarified the perceived differences among religious scholars in light of the Qur'an, Gospels and Torah.

Representing the Christian side was Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile: Thabiti M. Anyabwile is senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands.

He was previously an assistant pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church (Washington, DC) and served as an elder at Church on the Rock (Raleigh, NC).

Thabiti has a strong professional and academic background in community psychology, with special interest in the history and development of the African American church.

He holds B.A. and M.S. degrees in psychology from North Carolina State University. He and his wife, Kristie, have two daughters.

The Topic: Who is Jesus Christ? In the light of the Bible and the Qur'an

A dialogue between Brother Ahmed Hamed and Pastor Thabiti M. Anyabwile (from the First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman)

(the University of Wollongong, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20th February 2007)


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[prodigalson56]

@mohdjamlimustafa greater crediability than The Q'uran. Muhammad plaguarised The Q'uran from the jews, christians and zorasterians... the three people he traded with, you even enter in to islam in the same manner as you do with zorasterianism, so I don't believe it to be from God. Why doesn't The Q'uran follow any kind of pattern? Why so many abrogations? Why is it like every other man made religion? If it is from God, sorry my friend but I don't believe it is.

[prodigalson56]

@mohdjamlimustafa only one came back to Jesus to express his graditude, there are many cases of this... however this does not occur in the big cases. Also many of the disciples who walked were with Jesus were still alive when the book of acts was recorded, don't you think they would have had something to say about lies written down. What are you basing your point of view on??? Real testimony or Muhammad's theory about what happened, these are real eye witness accounts in The Bible and hold -

[prodigalson56]

@mohdjamlimustafa No no no, that is absolutely not true, there are many translations of The Bible because of language, none of the meaning has been lost. In all 4 gospels, the same thing happens, Jesus dies for the sin of the world and rises again, it is only in the small details. This can be explained from the hebrew tradition of relating a story; ie in the case of the lepers, many are mentioned in the first account and one is mentioned in the second account, maybe because in both accounts -

[prodigalson56]

@mohdjamlimustafa It is both, because it is the inspired word of God. I was attempting to view The Bible and The Q'uran in light of testimony... The Bible holds more credibility because it is the testimony of many people, all spread out geographically, whereas The Q'uran is the testimony of Muhammad; he is the one related The Q'uran so it is his testimony, I disagree with you on this point. Therefore it stands to reason that The Bible is more reliable.

[mohdjamlimustafa]

@prodigalson56 You say the new testament is the testimony of the 4 didiples.But the christian preachers say they are the word of god..Now you are contradicting your preachers.The Quran is not about any testimony.It is just the word of god revealed through one man.So is the Injil but the disiples adulterated it.That is why it has so many versions.If the Injil was written during the time of Jesus the the content would not have contradicted the Quran.

[prodigalson56]

@mohdjamlimustafa Muhammad also preaches a different message to The Bible because he is a false prophet , think about it... how many angels hang out in dark caves??? How many of the other prophets had suicidal thoughts? And which other prophets led a sinful life? Some of the prophets sinned but did not claim

to be sinless, his life tells a different story.

[prodigalson56]

@mohdjamlimustafa No, you are wrong. The Bible does not contradict itself, if you read The Bible... the coming of Jesus is told by prohecy, even down to the way Jesus would die. The New Testament acounts differ because they are the testimony of four of Jesus' disciples rather than The Q'uran which is the testimony of one man; ie Muhammad (so of course the New Testament accounts differ, if you ask four witnesses in a court case you will hear the same content but told in a different light).

[mohdjamlimustafa]

@prodigalson56 Muhammad preaches different message from the bible because the bibles contradict each other.Which one is the true one. If it is the genuine one it would not have contradict the Quran.Instead the Quran will compliment it.

[mafiadondogg]

@prodigalson56 it does not contradict the message of christ ,it makes christ look right and paul makes him look like a person who was scared ,he was not scared of this world ,if he was god he would have said i am the lord your god ,u must worship me ,he would have said that ,but non of the disciples worshipd christ, he said he is a prophet and he is the christ ,paul says he is god ,muhammad(pbuh) said he is the messiah and prophet,so who is contradicting jesus(pbuh)

[prodigalson56]

@mafiadondogg Its not about who I'd rather believe, its about what the scriptures say and following that... The message of Jesus Christ and Paul is the same gospel, it is Muhammad that preaches a different message, a message that contradicts the message of Christ.