IS THE BIBLE GOD'S WORDS?

WORD OF GOD, PROPHET, DISCIPLE & HISTORIAN


(A) Word of Prophet
Matthew [27:46] And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?


(B) Word of God
Deutronomy [18:18] I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mounth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.


(C) Word of disciple
1 Corinthians [7:25] Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the lord: yet I give my judgement, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
- this is writted by Paul himself. tak ada wahyu dari Tuhan, tetapi tetap bagi pandangan. So, ini tak dikira wahyu.


(D) Word of historian
Matthew [9:9] And as Jesus passes forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
- This is not written by Matthew. If write by him, he should say"unto me" & "I arose".




CONTRADICTION IN THE BIBLE


(A)
2 Samuel [24:1] And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. ( this verse contradicts with below)


1 Chronicles [21:1] And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.


(B)
2 Chronicles [36:9] Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. ( contradicts with below verse)


2 Kings [24:8] Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.


- wahyu dari Tuhan tak boleh silap. Bible fails its own test of authenticity.

CHRISTIANITY - ARRIVAL OF SAINT PAUL ON THE SCENE

 Salam to all.... Let me explain first about Nabi Isa a.s @ Jesus p.b.u.h.:

• hari ke8 dah berkhatan
• mengamalkan puasa 40 hari
• mengamalkan semua hukum hakam yang dibawa oleh Nabi Musa
• Beribadat hari Sabtu ( pray on saturday)
• Not eat pig ( tak makan kerbau pendek @ khinzir)

This entry is important since by here we will know how Christianity name come to the world & how the religion that Jesus(p.b.u.h) brought have been changes so much. Keep Learning ! :-)

Maurice Bucaille a French surgeon, a scientist and a scholar of world repute in his world famous book - The Bible, the Qur'aan and Science has cleared away in great detail many preconceived ideas about the Bibke. It is said that some 14 years after the departure of Jesus Christ to heaven, there appeared on the scene one Jew called Saint paul, (Ref, Bible Chapter Acts). He was a Jew who was born in Cyprus. He was a Roman citizen. He was intelligent and influential. Paul remained a staunch opponent of Jesus Christ not only during the life time of Jesus but also till 14 years after Jesus's departure to heaven. Paul being a Jew even tortured and killed many of Jesus's follower during those 14 years. Paul never personally met Jesus Christ.

As a young man Paul was a regular visitor to Synagogue (place where Jews pray). He was in close contact with the powerful Chief Rabbi(religious leader of Jewish Community) with whose beautiful daughter he fell in love. Paul asked her hand in marriage but the rabbi refused it. Paul became dejected and miserable without her. He became critical of the rabbi. Differences arosesomuch so that paul stopped visiting the Synagogue. Now, he was alone- mentally and spiritually disappointed. He remained in suspended animation. He needed some other platform to stand.

Then after 14 years, according to Paul's own statement, Jesus Christ appeared to him in a vision when he was on his way to Damascus (in Syria). Jesus asked him as to why was he against his preachings and teachings and why was he persecuting his followers. This moved the heart of Saint Paul and from then onwards the hostile attitude of paul against Jesus ceased and he became an ardent follower of Jesus Christ ( Ref, Bible Chapter Acts).

Cardinal Danielou says that Paul had an access amongst the Jews who were living in far off lands across the Mediterranean sea in areas around Rome and Greece in the Roman Empire. The pagan people living in those areas were worshipping the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Venus, and various other stars as their gods. In addition, they were also workshippping many other stone idols and deties.

Paul began to preach Christianity to these people the modified form of Christianity ( Nabi Isa kata dia hanya diutuskan untuk kaum Yahudi yg sesat tapi Paul modifed ).But there was opposition from Barnabas.(sahabat yg paling dekat dgn Nabi Isa) Ref. Bible Chapter Acts. So, Paul compromised with the pagans. He modified Jesus's Christianity with his own form of Christianity. Paul gave them an alternate god in the person of Jesus Christ to worship. But this was contrary to what Jesus had himself taught and preached his people. Those people thought they got a nearer god against the distant gods, in the person of Jesus who had performed a number of miracles as well.

James who was the younger brothet of Jesus Christ and was then the "Head of the Church" and the head of his "little group of Apostles" considered Saint Paul as a traitor to Jesus's teachings and practices. James & his followers considered Paul as an enemy to Jesus's thoughts and teachings. They considered him a renegade and a polluted person and advised him to repent, and as an act of atonement, aven advised him to shave the hair off his head and purify himself according to LAW.Ref.Acts 21.22. (dlm eksplodia Roman Catholic, kata Maryam berkahwin dgn Yusof the carpenter, sebab tu ada James. Sebenarnya, Maryam tak kawin pun, penulis mereka cerita tanpa ada sebarang rujukan dan saksi)

While Paul was going his way, these true followers of Jesus Christ who were called the Judeo-Christians continued to pray at the Synagogues. (Jesus p.b.u.h. also pray here ). The religious and ideological difference between the two groups was widening with the passage of time. The Judeo-Christians group of James was calling Paul a Tactical Double Dealer (munafik) Ref.Bible.Chapter Acts.

Paul wanted Christianity to separate itself and get clear out of the Synagogues as he himself was now not tolerated at the Synagogues. His move both religious and political. His purpose was better served by being outside the Synagogues. Therefore, he wanted a clear cut break away from the Synagogues of the Jews. He wanted to worship at another place , the Church. ( zaman nabi Isa tak ada Church, Paul yg namakan)

Thus he moved out the Jewish camp and came in the Modifiedd Christian Camp, but, of his own design and making. Here he got greater importance than what he got by being a Jew teacher. he began to reach out to the gentiles (org bukan Yahudi)  and to the lower middle class people of lands around Eastern Mediterranean actively where the people were worshipping the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Venus, the Stars, the idols stone and the deities.

In other to win over the confidence and the faith of these peoples, Paul even compromised on the principles, teachings and preachings of Jesus. He wanted the door of Christianity to be opened to all gentiles  - the non pious poor people, the people of the slums of Roman Empire.

Paul had therefore to compromise with them. Paul said circumcision of males was not really necessary. This he said despite the fact that Jesus himself was circumcision on the 8th day after his birth. ( Nabi Isa a.s @ Jesus berkhatan tapi Paul kata khatan tak berapa penting. Dalam Islam, berkhatan ialah Sunat Muakkad(yg amat dituntut)) Gentiles were already celebrating Sunday as a holiday in honour of their god-the son. Paul replaced Saturday-the day of Sabbath of Jews with Sunday to concide with their holiday which they were already observing. The gentiles used to observe 25th of December as the birth date of their god Son.Now, this date was adopted as the birth date of their new found god-Jesus. Paul also rejected the Jewish form of worship which was in practice at the Synagogues i.e worship of ONE TRUE GOD. Instead, Paul offered them Jesus Christ as an alternate god. was he right?

Paul raised the status of Jesus Christ from the messenger of God to the "son of God". Paul borrowed from pagans and gave the concept of "Trinity" i.e. the three Gods - the father, the Holy Ghost and the son. Paul put forward the concept of a "begotten son of God".

Trinity came into Christianity from Greeks. Ancient Egyptian religion also had their Trinity of ORISIS, ISIS and HORUS. Hindu religion believes in Trinity consisting of BRAHMA, VISHNU, and SHIVA. Three headed statues of BUDDHA are also found in Far East. Trinity is an idea coming from ancient times.

Ancient Egyptians believed that PLATO was the Son of God. Romans and Greek believed that HERCULES was the Son of God. Greeks believed that PHYTHAGORAS was the son of God. Romans believed that Alexander's mother was the daughter of God. So, in the past people have mis-believed in the son of God theory.

If Trinity formula was true the Jesus should have had three noses and three pairs of eyes as well!! There is another angle. Since Jesus was man therefore why not all humans then should look be similarto Jesus as well!

Paul thus offered to gentiles an alternate god and persuaded them to forget about their other gods - the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Venus, the Star gods and other idols and deities. Thus he tried his best to win over a large number of Pagan population even if he had to speak a lie for the sake of a bigger gain. He adopted the principle of "give and take". Fiction replaced truth.People got deceived. Ref. Bible Chapter Romans. Will Durrant said Christianity did not destroy paganism. Instead it adopted it.

Saint Paul had a tendency to exaggerated things from their true perspective. He tended to exaggerate Jesus' miracles in order to drawa a result. He wanted to magnify them to have a large following. Amongst his first writings include Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians' and Philippians.

Despite his efforts to establish his form of "Modified Christianity", the Original Judeo Christianity remained in majority and the continued to pray at synagogues. But Paul had started to pray at the separate building called the Church instead of Synagogue and the fellows who were going to the Church building were called by others as Christians-rather than derogatorily. But today the Christians are following Paul instead of Jesus and yet they call themselves Christians. Are they honest in thier faith? Surely there is a double hypocricy.

Christian religious scholar Clement states that this state of religious scenario continued to exist till 70 A.D. This period was a period of fierce struggle between the two forms of Christianities the "Judeo Christianity" and the "Paulinic Christianity". In 70 A.D. Jerusalem fell to Roman Emperior Titus. So, under such disturbed conditions the "Paulinic form of Christianity" won. It gained an upper hand over the "Judeo Christianity". Thereafter, the situation reversed and Saint Paul won a victory over Judeo Christianity of Jesus. This victory is not a mandate from GOD, but it was through the ignorance and weakness of their faith. They took a path whick was clearly against the Divine Law. Jesus while biding his time in heaven must be lamenting over the conduct and behaviour of his followers. Surely Jesus Christ is the most unfortunate ao all messengers of GOD that - he has been grossly misunderstood..

Under such circumstances, the Paulinic Chriatianity separated fully from Judaism and also from Juedo Christianity. It separated religiously, politically & sociologically. Separate Church buildings sprung up later for Christian worship and prayer.

During the years of fierce struggle between the two forms of Christianity, a large number of writings emerged, each side challenging others' point of view. Such writings therefore are called "Combat Writings".

CHRISTIANITY- BOOKS OF BIBLE

• Jews ( Yahudi) & Christian ( Nasrani) believe in Old Testament , except for denominations of Protestan who throw away 7 books in Old Testament ( the red colour font)
• Jews not believe in New Testament, only Nasrani believe.
• So, here, it is mean that Roman Catholic believe in 73 Books, Protestant only believe in 66 Books & Jews believe in 46 Books.
• For your information, Al-Quran ada 114 Surah. Dalam Bible, setiap surah dipanggil book=buku.
• Dalam Al-Quran ada disebut nama Al-Quran, dalam Bible tiada nama Bible itu sendiri.
• Manuskrip asal Bible telah hilang tetapi manuskrip asal Al-Quran masih ada di Muzium Istanbul & Tazkein Russia.
• Muslims believe in Bible of Jesus( p.b.u.h) , not 4 Gospels (Mathew, Mark, Luke and John)
• Red colour in Bible are words of Jesus(p.b.u.h), which are 90% same with hadis Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

OLD TESTAMENT

1. Gn ----  Genesis
2. Ex ----  Exodus
3. Lv ----  Leviticus
4. Nm----  Numbers
5. Dt -----  Deutronomy
6. Jos ----  Joshua
7. Jgs ----  Judges
8. Ru ----  Ruth
9. 1 Sm --- 1 Samuel
10. 2 Sm-- 2 Samuel
11. 1 Kgs --- 1 Kings
12. 2 Kgs --- 2 Kings
13. 1 Chr ---- 1 Chronicles
14. 2 Chr ---- 2 Chronicles
15. Ezr ---- Ezra
16. Neh --- Nehemiah
17. Tb ----- Tobit
18. Jdt ---- Judith
19. Est --- Esther
20. 1 Mc --- 1 Maccabees
21. 2 Mc --- 2 Maccabees
22. Jb ------- Job
23. Ps(s)---- Psalms
24. Prv ----- Proverbs
25. Eccl ---- Ecclesiastes
26. Song ( or Sg) --- Song of Songs
27. Wis ----- Wisdom
28. Sir ------ Sirach ( Ecclesiasticus)
29. Is ------- Isaiah
30. Jer ------ Jeremiah
31. Lam ---- Lamentations
32. Bar ----- Baruch
33. Ez ------ Ezekial
34. Dn ------ Daniel
35. Hos ----- Hosea
36. Jl -------- Joel
37. Am ------ Amos
38. Ob ------ Obadiah
39. Jon ------ Jonah
40. Mi ------- Micah
41. Na ------- Nahum
42. Hb ------- Habakkuk
43. Zep ------ Zephaniah
44. Hg ------- Haggai
45. Zec ----- Zechariah
46. Mal ----- Malachi


NEW TESTAMENT

1. Mt ---- Matthew
2. Mk --- Mark
3. Lk ---- Luke
4. Jn ----- John
5. Acts --- Acts of the Apostles
6. Rom --- Romans
7. 1 Cor --- 1 Corinthians
8. 2 Cor --- 2 Corinthians
9. Gal ---- Galatians
10. Eph --- Ephesians
11. Phil --- Philippians
12. Col ---- Colossians
13. 1 Thes -- 1 Thessalonians
14. 2 Thes -- 2 Thessalonians
15. 1 Tm -- 1 Timothy
16. 2 Tm -- 2 Timothy
17. Ti ----- Titus
18. Phlm --- Philemon
19. Heb ---- Hebrews
20. Jas ------ James
21. 1 Pt ----- 1 Peter
22. 2 Pt ----- 2 Peter
23. 1 Jn ------1 John
24. 2 Jn ------ 2 John
25. 3 Jn ------3 John
26. Jude ----- Jude
27. Rv ------- Revelation


AUTHOR  THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.

-THE BELOW FACTS ARE FROM COLLINS' REVISED STANDARD VERSION, PAGES 12-17.

• GENESIS  --- AUTHOR. One of the "five books of Moses."
• EXODUS ----- AUTHOR Generally credited to Moses.
• LEBITICUS --AUTHOR. Generally credited to Moses.
• NUMBERS ---AUTHOR. Generally credited to Moses.
• JOSHUA ------ AUTHOR. Major part credited to Joshua.
• JUDGES ------ AUTHOR. Possibly Samuel.
• RUTH --------- AUTHOR. Not definitely known, perhaps samuel.
• FIRST SAMUEL ---AUTHOR. Unknown.
• SECOND SAMUEL -- AUTHOR. Unknown.
• FIRST KINGS --------AUTHOR. Unknown.
• SECOND KINGS ----AUTHOR. Unknown.
• FIRST CHRONICLES-- AUTHOR. Unknown, probably collected and edited by Ezra.
• SECOND CHRONICLES -- AUTHOR. Likely collected and edited by Ezra.
• EZRA ----- AUTHOR. Probably written or edited by Ezra.
• ESTHER --- AUTHOR. Unknown.
• JOB --------- AUTHOR, Unknown.
• PSALMS --- AUTHOR. Principally David, though there are other writers.
• ECCLESIASTES---- AUTHOR. Doubtful, but commonly assigned to Solomon.
• ISAIAH------ AUTHOR. Mainly credited to Isaiah. Parts may have been written by others.
• JONAH ------ AUTHOR. Unknown.
• HABAKKUK ----- AUTHOR. Nothing known of the place or time of his birth.

CHRISTIANITY- CHURCH DOCTRINE & CONCEPT

THE CHURCH DOCTRINE:


1. Explain the Old Testament and New Testament where Jews ( Yahudi) reject new testament but Christian accept the old testament...indirectly Christians have to support Jews for state of israel.
2. Gospel according to Islam is Injil only one.
3. The name of Christianity. What is the root of the name given. Did Jesus called his teaching Christianity? or who?


Refer Acts 11:26 ( Book Acts, Chapter 11, verses 26),

  " And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. and it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church and taught much people. and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch."

-(Antioch is Hebrew languange which mean Turki.)

CONCEPTS

a) concept of Birth ----Born in Sin, stain of Adam fall. (Mewarisi dosa sejak azali. konsep ni direka oleh St. Paul.Nanti Siti akan masuk entry siapa St. Paul.)
b) concept of salvation --- belief of the crucification of Jesus of God. ( kononnya tuhan mati 3 hari 3 malam. erm... mana mungkin suis utama dimatikan tetapi suis kecil berfingsi. Kita akan kupas topik ni di entry Siti yang seterusnya)
c) concept of God ---

• The Trinity ( maha suhi Allah s.w. t drpd apa yg mereka persekutukan )
• God the Son
• Son of God

d) Denominations ( mazhab-mazhab)

1. Roman Catholic.

• Hampir 900 Juta orang penganut mazhab ini
• Paling percaya tuhan 3 dalam 1
• tak boleh sembahyang di gereja lain
• mati kubur asing ikut mazhab
• tak boleh kahwin dengan mazhab lain
• majority in Malaysia

2. Protestants.

• lebih 101 juta orang
• pengasas ialah Martin Luther
• membantah Roman Catholic
• tak iktiraf Bible yang dimiliki Roman Catholic
• di malaysia, more to Chinese
• tak mengimani Ibu Isa-maryam

3. Baptist
4. Lutheran
5. Methodist
6. Episcopal
7. Pentecostal
8. Presbyterian
9. Churches of Christ
10. Orthodox
11. Anglican ----- asal usul sebab tak boleh kahwin perempuan yang Raja Harry nak kahwin, jadi reka mazhab sendiri.



e) Cults ( Ajaran sesat dalam Christian: roman catholic yang labelkan)

• Jehovah's Witnesses--paling aktif, kaya, keluar 5 kali sehari berdakwah
• Seventh Day Adventists
• Mormons
• Freemasonry
• Moonies
• New Age Movement
• Scientology

f) Christians Books ( semua ni Cults tak percaya )

------By Roman Catholic:

• Douay Version
• Jerusalem Version by Roman Catholic
• Pastorial Edition

------By Protestant

• The King James Version
• The Revised Standard King James Version
• American Standard Version
• Good News Bible
• Holy Bible New International Version
• The Living Bible ( dalam ni x ada ramalan Nabi Muhammad s.a.w)

g) St paul Personality

• Paul is Jews (orang yahudi)
• Paul berkhatan
• Apa yang dia bawa semua bercanggah dengan ajaran Nabi Isa @ Jesus (pbuh)

                          

INTRODUCTION

In the name of Allah S.W.T,

why we should study comparative religion?

1.To enhance the understanding of Islam among newly reverts.
2.To propagate Islam towards non-muslim community.
3.To explain real meaning of Islam and carry the aspirations of Islam.
4.To lessen the religion gaps among our multiracial society.
5.To guide our newly reverts brothers and sisters towards amal ma’ruf.

kawan2, untuk entry comparative religion ni, i will use English, so that everyone can understand. If you have any inquiries please comment in my commnet's site. ok :-). Happy learning ya..

& one more, anything that Siti put here is using King James Version Bible. It is not wrong if we read Bible in our learning. You will find it is interesting to learn about Christianity, Judaism & others religion in this world.

I hope that, with the knowledge that I have & sharing with you, will make us more love in our religion, Islam.

here, i have link for Bible online, that useful for our learning later.
use it wisely & remember, we are here to learn about the truth.

Different Bibles use different words and at times these words are crucial: for example in some versions of the Bible the word "savior" or "son" is used, in other versions, the word have been replaced by "deliverer" and "children"! Though superfically the two words may mean the same, but it is a clever & devious change so as incorrectly make Jesus (peace be upon him) as the only "saviour" or "son"; when in fact the Bible mentions other prophets who were also sent as saviors and sons.

Only a few verses of the Bible are quoted in the relevant section. this is done to:

1. to keep the text & learning easy and simple
2. to get answers from Christians on these verses
3. to let the Christians missionaries in your area know that you are aware and equipped to challenge their missionary advances.


Bible used:   http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org