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Islam – Part 7
Introduction:
Further
study of Islam reveals many more major differences between the Quran
and the Bible.
Body:
I.
Eternal Judgment
Islam
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Believes
in seven heavens (Surah
2, 23…)
and Paradise which is apparently among the seven heavens.
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Believes
heaven to be filled with carnal, physical pleasures. (Surah
76)
These include men having access to beautiful virgins. (Surah
56)
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Believes
hell is a real place with blazing fire and boiling hot water. (Surah
40, 73)
One is forced to eat and drink certain things. (Surah
38, 78)
Christianity
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Teaches
there are three heavens: the atmosphere (Luke
13:19),
outer space (Deuteronomy
4:19),
the spirit realm where God is (Deuteronomy
26:15).
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“Paradise” is used almost exclusively in the New Testament to
refer to the section of the hadean realm where righteous spirits
await the Lord’s return. (Luke
16:22, 25;
Luke 23:43)
Paradise will be terminated at the Judgment. (Revelation
20L13-14)
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Heaven
is not described in great detail in the Bible. Just glimpses
are given in
Revelation
21:
and
22:)
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Hell is
a place where the fire is never quenched (Mark
9:43-44);
there is everlasting punishment (Matthew
25:46;
it is prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew
25:41;
and there is outer darkness (Matthew
8:12).
II.
Marriage
Islam
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Polygamy
– A man may have up to four wives at a time. (Surah
4, 23)
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Divorce
– A man can divorce for any reason. (Surah
2, 33, 58)
Christianity
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God’s
desire from the beginning has been one man for one wife. (Matthew
19:4-6;
Deuteronomy 17:17) God did not always punish polygamy
immediately under the Old Law.
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God
hates divorce (Malachi
2:16)
and only approves of remarriage now if the divorce was for
fornication. (Matthew
19:5-9)
III.
Violence and War
Islam
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Allows
the use of physical violence in promoting Islam against
unbelievers and idolaters.
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The
teaching of the Koran alone should be enough to convince anyone
that Islam is not the tolerant religion some try to make it out
to be. The following verses are only a few examples.
“Fighting is prescribed upon you, and ye dislike it. But it is
possible that ye dislike a thing that is good for you. . .”
(Surah
2:216)
“Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject
faith fight in the cause of evil: so fight ye against the friends
of Satan . . .”
(Surah
4:76)
“The
punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger,
and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is:
execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from
opposite sides, or exile from the land.”
(Surah
5:33)
“Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of you power,
including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of the
enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides . . .”
(Surah
8:60)
“But
when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the pagans
wherever ye find them, and seize them, and beleaguer them, and lie
in wait for them in every stratagem (of war) . . .”
(Surah
9:5)
“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the last day, nor hold
that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger,
nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth, from among the people of the
Book, until they pay the jizyah with willing submission and feel
themselves subdued.” (Surah
9:29)
“Therefore, when ye meet the unbelievers (in fight), smite at their
necks; at length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond
firmly on them.”
(Surah
47:4)
The second
bullet point and the quoted verses are from:
Living
Oracles,
Vol. 21 No. 6, NOV-DEC 2011, Cookeville, TN
Christianity
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Christians do not repay evil with evil. (Matthew
5:38-39, 43-44)
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Disciples were not to fight. (John
18:36)
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Christians are not to promote faith through carnal weapons.
(II
Corinthians 10:3-5)
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Jehovah
commanded His people to destroy the Canaanites who were totally
wicked and depraved. No solution except extermination. (Leviticus
18:24-25,
Deuteronomy 9:4, 18:9-12)
Conclusion:
“Islam seeks
to bring the entire world into submission to Allah and the Quran,
even using Jihad, coercion, and force; Christianity seeks to go into
all the world and to announce the good news that God loves every
individual, that Jesus Christ died for all the sins of everyone, and
that He offers salvation, forgiveness, and reconciliation.”
David Miller
(Gospel Preacher)
Bobby
Stafford
July 15,
2012
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