22-01-2025, 12:49 AM
(21-01-2025, 09:55 AM)Ali Imran Wrote: So there, as you can see, you cannot falsify my faith.
I reject Christianity and I have given lengthy explanations why I disbelieve it. We have discussed the Trinity, Sola Fide, original sin, the scriptures, the historicity of the scriptures, and how Christianity evolved to become what it is today.
Now you want me to look at personal testimonies of Christians as corroborative evidence for Christianity. Yes, I remember your own experience you shared here. But we can also find similar testimonies from Hindus affirming their faith. I'm sure you will dismiss their testimonies.
Jesus said, according to the Gospel, that we must worship God with all our minds. How can I do that if my mind cannot wrap around the notion of the Trinity?
The truth allows of only one interpretation. The basic truths of the Christian faith affirmed by the Apostles' Creed - the Holy Trinity, Christ's work of atonement and His resurrection - are on a collision course with your Islamic beliefs. Hence, your positions on these issues are diametrically opposed to those of ours. We could discourse until we're blue in the face, but we'll never agree.
Well, you may pooh-pooh the testimonies of Christian believers, but you forgot the proof is in the pudding - that of having a mystical relationship with God and getting to enjoy the benefits of salvation - healing, health, safety, deliverance, soundness and wholeness. Your disinclination for a mystical experience is understandable, given that Islam, which has no fatherly concept of God, isn't about fellowship with God, but service, submission and allegiance to Allah.
A good many people nowadays say, "I believe in God, but not in a personal God." They add that God is beyond personality and think of Him as something impersonal, that is something less than personal. If you're looking for something super-personal, something more than a person, the God of the Bible offers mankind a personal relationship of great intimacy. The Christian idea is the only one on the market.
These are just some of the differences between the god put forth in the Qur'an and the God of the Bible. The god portrayed in the Qur'an is not the God described in the Christian Scriptures and, in fact, doesn't even exist (Isaiah 46:9).