Comments on: The Communicator: The Dialogue at Its Best http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2006/the-communicator-the-dialogue-at-its-best/ The purpose of this website is to facilitate Muslim responses to the various mendacious polemics and distortions of Islam by the Christian missionaries and their anti-Islamic allies that are being spread over the Internet. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:10:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Luke http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2006/the-communicator-the-dialogue-at-its-best/#comment-2896 Luke Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:31:11 +0000 http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2006/the-communicator-the-dialogue-at-its-best/#comment-2896 The message of Jesus has been retained in the same manner as the Qur'an has been retained. It is studied in its original language, and great care has been taken to ensure its accuracy throughout the ages. If the only version available nowadays was the English, then I think there would be grounds to say the message has been tainted. But since it is widely studied in the original Greek, I think there are no causes for worry about Christ's message being lost. The message of Jesus has been retained in the same manner as the Qur’an has been retained. It is studied in its original language, and great care has been taken to ensure its accuracy throughout the ages. If the only version available nowadays was the English, then I think there would be grounds to say the message has been tainted. But since it is widely studied in the original Greek, I think there are no causes for worry about Christ’s message being lost.

]]> By: danny http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2006/the-communicator-the-dialogue-at-its-best/#comment-386 danny Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:08:08 +0000 http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2006/the-communicator-the-dialogue-at-its-best/#comment-386 I think there is no "conspiracy" involved with the statement that the message preached by, say Jesus, got corrupted over the passage of time. This is a historical fact, something readily acknowledged by all scholars with the exception of the most hardcore conservative Christians. Scholars only disagree over the degree of changes/corruption. For a long time scholars have been trying to unearth the historical Jesus, precisely because it is realized that over the passage of time the story of Jesus evolved into something else. Similarly, that the writings within the Jewish Bible underwent evolution and were composed from different sources by unknown authors at different times, long after the events alleged within them, is also pretty much acknowledged by all scholars. Certainly, I believe that the basic message of monothiesm is still preserved in the Jewish and even the Christian writings, yet the fact that certain changes have taken place over the passage of time cannot be denied. What about Budhism etc? Do we have the message of Budha pure unadulterated? I doubt many scholars would answer in the affirmative. I think there is no “conspiracy” involved with the statement that the message preached by, say Jesus, got corrupted over the passage of time. This is a historical fact, something readily acknowledged by all scholars with the exception of the most hardcore conservative Christians. Scholars only disagree over the degree of changes/corruption. For a long time scholars have been trying to unearth the historical Jesus, precisely because it is realized that over the passage of time the story of Jesus evolved into something else.

Similarly, that the writings within the Jewish Bible underwent evolution and were composed from different sources by unknown authors at different times, long after the events alleged within them, is also pretty much acknowledged by all scholars. Certainly, I believe that the basic message of monothiesm is still preserved in the Jewish and even the Christian writings, yet the fact that certain changes have taken place over the passage of time cannot be denied.

What about Budhism etc? Do we have the message of Budha pure unadulterated? I doubt many scholars would answer in the affirmative.

]]> By: Arnoldlyn http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2006/the-communicator-the-dialogue-at-its-best/#comment-376 Arnoldlyn Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:27:48 +0000 http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2006/the-communicator-the-dialogue-at-its-best/#comment-376 I think the other guy raised alot of good points and that al-Faruqi just made stuff up to hopefully make the logical problem that the other guy raised go away. It got corrupted. Gee, it seems like God let everything get corrupted. That's always the iron clad excuse that they pull of of their pocket. There is a gap in the logic, so a consopiracy theory is invented to fill the gap. And the surprising part, is that people think al-Faruqi gave a good answer. I guess they have a cewrtain liking or predispostion to conspiracy theories. That's about all I can think. Very odd indeed. I think the other guy raised alot of good points and that al-Faruqi just made stuff up to hopefully make the logical problem that the other guy raised go away. It got corrupted. Gee, it seems like God let everything get corrupted. That’s always the iron clad excuse that they pull of of their pocket. There is a gap in the logic, so a consopiracy theory is invented to fill the gap. And the surprising part, is that people think al-Faruqi gave a good answer. I guess they have a cewrtain liking or predispostion to conspiracy theories. That’s about all I can think. Very odd indeed.

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