How can muslims believe in a book that is so full of errors and inconsistencies?
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im gonna repley on every quistion\n1 - allah didnt talk to any one on earth except (prophet Mosos and Ibrahim)\n2- islam is a completing relegion , muslims should elive in christianism and jewish relegion too and thats why if someone couldnt find something in Quraan he should look in other book that allah had sent\n3- no such thing as satans verse from quran\n4- allah said life is made FROM pairs not IN pairs\n5- quran wasnt sent in a short period of time and allah didnt wanna force things on ppl while they cant commet to it so it was forced step by step\nexample : wine\nallah didnt forbid drinkin immediatly 1st he said that wine have its goods and bads\nthen he said ppl should pray while drunk\nthen he said dont even come close to it\nallah didnt wanna force that in one step coz ppl was very attached to drinking and he knew the wont quit if he just told them , so he told them step by step not to make it hard on them .\n\nREPLAY ON THE NEW QUISTIONS\n\n1* hadith said that because jesus christ is the only prophet who was taken up to heaven alive and he is still living in heaven and will still be alive in the final judgement day , while Muhammed is dead as all other prophet.\n\n2* Allah said its coming from between the penise and the testicles (please find etter translation)\n\n3* first of all it wasnt a monkey it was a creature that is called (buraque) its more like a flying horse or something.\nand he went to jurusalim not Mecca or Madena because he already was in Madena and before that he lived all his life in Mecca and was born in Mecca sp why would he go visit it again? ... Allah wanted to show him the holy places like jurusalim (al-quds) before taking him to see heaven and hell also, and there were no witnesses because how can there be a witnesses because this is a direct act of God and when he went to heaven i think its clear that no one lives there - at that time - to see and tell the story.\n\n4* what is called pray in English isnt what we muslim do (salah)\nwhat is called pray in English is the thing that u do when u're asking God for something like (please God forgive me for my sin ....) and thats what we call (doa`aa) and Muslims can do that anywhere , anytime , at any diriction\nbut salah (the thing that u mean ) is something different its something that Allah orderd uslims to do its more like the lent that christians have and that thing (salah) have to be done in a certain way ( just like lots of things that God told us to do and it has to be done in a certain way)\n\nwe do (SALAH) 5 times a day every day not like what u said (only 365 days) u got it wrong . 365 means a year so we do (SALAH) 365 days a year which mean we do (SALAH) every day 5 times.\n\n5*  about changing the (qibla) i dont know at this time ut im gonna ask....\n\nin the end i just wanna tell u something ... everything u said is all twisted , i dont know if u did tht intentionaly or that how u read or learned it , if thats how u read it please find a better translation of quraan (muslims book) and/or try to find someone who can explain it to you correctly \n\nBarak Allah Fekom = (ALLAH bless you all)
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They simply don't meet the requirements of Holy Scripture.\nMost books don't meet the requirement of being apostolic which is to be written by the hand of an eyewitness.
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the 10 commandments\nhttp://www.islam-usa.com/e70.htm\n\n\nregarding Moses and the Pharaoh read surah Al Baqarah\n\nhttp://www.muslimaccess.com/quraan/arabic/002.asp\n\n\nEDIT:\nOh dear, those don't even EXIST in the Quran. First, the "kill all infidels" thing is nothing more than a stupid Lie. \nthere are chapters that speak of battles between the Muslims and the Pagans when the Muslims were a minority and being oppressed. but it never said "kill all infidels" not in that sense.\n\nsecond, the "don't be friends with Jews and Christians" also is bad translation. the verse speaks of time of war, the Arabic word Awliaa was translated by some idiot to mean friends>> it doesn't mean friends, it means Protectors of faith. the idea behind it is when the Muslims made an alliance with the Jews of Madinah, the Jews betrayed them and helped their enemies (pagans) instead. \nevery thing in Islam makes sense and all it takes is the desire to know and understand things first hand.\n\nit's very important to understand the historical events behind those chapters and when you understand the context it will be clear that those verses were only addressing Muslims at that particular time and in that particular event. and NOT to be carried out without the Prophet's authority. \ni as a Muslim understand those things but the lazy majority of non-Muslims won't understand them because they are too lazy to research any thing.\nlike chapter 9 (surah Al Tawbah) which people LOVE  to quote from speaks of the battle of Badr the first battle between the Muslims and the Pagan tribe of Qurish.\n\nthere's a significant difference between the Bible and the Quran.\nthe bible has the word of God, the words of the prophets and the words of the historians all in one book. the Quran is only the words of God revealed to the Prophet and has been preserved in this holy book unchanged ever since. the history is in separate books and the oral traditions of the Prophet (pbuh) is also in other separate books.\n\nand then we have the books which contain the commentary (explanation) of the Quran and the Sunnah.\n\nso i hope you get the idea of what i'm trying to say!\n\npeace
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For those who doubt the Quran, Can you explain this? \nWho Wrote the Holy Qur'an?\nOf course there is no video tape that shows God giving Mohammad the Holy Qur'an.\nWhat do you think about this?\n\nBut if you think about it \nThe Quran in Arabic could only have been written by ONE of 3 possible sources: \n1.  Mohammad \n2. The Arabs       \n3. God (Allah) \n\n\n1.  Mohammad (peace be upon him) \nIf the Qur'an  was written fourteen centuries ago by Muhammad or someone contemporary to him, that it would be full of scientific errors. The fact that the Qur'an is consistent with science still today ((mentioned facts only recently discovered or proven by scientists)), therefore, is a powerful piece of evidence of the authenticity of the Qur'an as God's word. This is particularly impressive when we consider recent scientific discoveries which are found to be already stated in some form in the Qur’an.\nhttp://www.islam-guide.com\nhttp://www.missionislam.com/quran/quranmiracle.htm\n\n2. the Arabs :\nYou might say a group of Arabs or an individual wrote it ,(( The fact that the Qur'an mentioned facts only recently discovered or proven by scientists)) that means the Arabs keep (( updating Qur'an )).\n\n if its true then why is it that if you went to all the Islamic countries east and west You will only find (( one version of the Qur'an )) ?????\n\n\nThat leaves us to our third option: God wrote it!
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You obviously don't know much about anything, do you?  Every religious books talks about a diversity of topics.  That doesn't mean they advocate something in particular.  You are just making up trash to discredit something you do not have the intellect to comment about intelligently.\n\nHave fun trying to paint within the lines.
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I don't know how others rationalize their errors, but as a Christian I can speak for myself. I have read and studied the Bible, but I also believe (right or wrong) that the Bible was written by humans\nand that the Bible has been translated so many times that it would be difficult to even know what was originally written, and it is also open to interpretation.\nSo MY life as a Christian is based on my belief in God, Jesus Christ as his son, live by the 10 commandments and try to do the best I can.
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TO Cooooool: Here're some errors in Qur'an, if you want more - there're plenty of scholar websites on the web showing this. Other Historical Errors\n\nDoes the reader believe that Abraham did not offer Isaac, but Ishmael, as a sacrifice? This is what all Muslim scholars say. Do you know that the Qur'an claims that Haman was pharaoh's prime minister even though Haman lived in Babylon one thousand years later? Yet the Qur'an says so. The Qur'an says that the one who picked Moses from the river was not his sister but his mother (28:6-8), and that a Samaritan was the one who molded the golden calf for the children of Israel and misguided them, and the golden calf was lowing (refer to chapter 20:85-88) though it is well-known that Samaria was not in existence at that time. The Samaritans came after the Babylonian exile. How could one of them have made the golden calf for the people of Israel?\n\nConcerning the birth of Christ, the Qur'an teaches that the Virgin Mary gave birth to him under the shade of a palm tree and not in a manger of sheep (refer to Mary 19:23). The Qur'an ignores all the documented historical evidence available to all people across the ages and brings us new discoveries!\n\nThe Qur'an claims (Chapter 2:125-127) that Abraham and Ishmael, his son, are the ones who built The Ka'ba in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The late Dr. Taha Husayn (the most famous professor of Arabic literature in Egypt) acknowledges that the information recorded in the Qur'an pertaining to the construction of Ka'ba at the hand of Abraham and Ishmael is not historically documented. He said:\n\n"The case of this episode is very obvious because it is of recent date and came into vogue just before the rise of Islam. Islam exploited it for religious reasons" (quoted in Mizan al-Islam by Anwar al-Jundi, p. 170).\n\nThis declaration invoked the rage of the Muslim scholars against him. The former president of Tunisia did the same thing when he stated that the Qur'an contains mythical stories. Muslim scholars revolted against him and threatened to kill him because these are Muhammad's orders - kill anybody who insults the Qur'an. So what could Taha Husayn or Abu Ruqayba [better known in the West as Bourgiba] (or we) do if the Qur'an rejects the most scientifically documented historical stories? Are we supposed to shut up our mouth and close our minds lest we be killed?
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Of course, we believed that the original Bible that given by God to Moses had already vanished in this world but if it can be found, we cannot follow what lies inside it because the born of Quran executed other Holy Books including Bible.\nWhy we should believed to a book that have been spoiled by reckless people, they manipulate everything, the changed every contents ? We could not consider Bible as the Holy Book anymore... Too many version of Bible and we don't know which one is the right ones !.
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Muslims do not believe in the Torah all together they believe it and the Bible are corrupt... the Qur'an tells them to believe in these but then they disagree with the Qur'an therefore they have to say they are corrupt or admit their Qur'an is wrong. Jews do not accept the New Testament or Jesus as God.
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It's nice that you listed so many of these inaccuracies, lies, and internal contridictions.  That gives us a lot to go on.\n\nActually, the Bible is one of the most accurate historical documents that exists today.
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Oh, please! I mean this is all hogwash!!! The truth is that Mohammad didn't say such things. If he had said, he wouldn't help his wife with the housework!!! Actually, I know that there is a section in the Quran called "Nisa" which meant "The Women" which shows that Quran gives importance to women. And isn't the God same everywhere despite different religions? Would he choose a prophet who find women deficient?! Some sensibility, please!!! As I am a Turkish muslim, I find such ideas "Women are a bad omen." ridiculous and I can't even tolerate those who think in similar ways. Ignorant people make up these stories "Mohammed said: Women are bla bla..." Millions of muslims (at least the Turkish ones) are disturbed by these stories. Some ignorant (and muslim) countries introduce Islam wrongly. I am bored with it.
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I'm sick of it.  \n\nI've tried to understand it.  But, am told that the English translations of the Koran are bogus.  Intrepretations of someone else's idea of the Koran.  So, basically I never can understand the meaning.  What a bunch of BS. Imagine if Christians told that to everyone who challenged the Bible.\n\nI'm tired of getting nasty emails for my thoughts.  I'm tired of getting threatening emals.  It makese me wonder what the true face of Islaam is.  I know the answer to that one already - just disappointed that Muslims can't defend their beliefs.  Instead they just say that I can't understand the Koran.  Or, the version is bogus.  Or, that I need to learn Arabic and become a scholar.\n\nI'm forming my beliefs as we speak.  What I've come to realize is that Muhammed was a false prophet decieved by Satan.  And, together they formed Islaam. \n\nFurther agree with donald, the Bible warns us about this.\n\nAndy - they aren't the same thing.  Some things are similar and some not.  This is part of the deception.
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hahahahaha.. I don't.  But there are loads of people who do.  They point at this book, and say everything is in there, that proves Jesus exists.  Even when scholars show that it was mistranslated over the centuries or that what it meant then is not what it means now.\n\nThat's why Santa Claus doesn't do better.  He doesn't have a book that tells lies, only some movies and songs.
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ive read a few of them. they are good books for entertainment. but of course you shouldnt believe what it says. thats just the opinion of the authors veiw of what will happen. the holy bible is the only book anyone should believe.
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I never questioned my faith from the start and even after I finished reading it.  However, I tried to research for the facts that are claimed by the book.  When I did, the more my faith was strengthened fro what I have come across are evidences that proves that the book's claim is utterly false and flat wrong.
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Hm attacking the author of a book for his creativity. So the book is fiction. You do realize that there are those that claim your new testament is fiction as well, right? Im might tell you as well not to believe everything you read. Right? I want to know why you think Dan Brown needs professional help, amanochev. What leads you to make such an intolerant and vapid statement? Bred2B, people could say the exact same things about the bible. Pure fantasy. Why is it blasphemous? Its a novel. Dont tell me youre starting to act like someone published a cartoon of sorts...People have freedom of speech and expression. Dan Brown wrote an entertaining book, that millions have enjoyed. Blasphemy? Dont you think thats a wee intolerant...And maybe a little dumb sounding? LIke it could have been said centuries ago? Im just curious. In the meantime, heres a post of mine, I think some of you should read.http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqkU6qiSgh7Cn30xkZZXD8fsy6IX?qid=1006022602143\nBeruch hashem
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LOL! That is a weird theory, but I know what you mean. It is a joke to think people would take a book as more proof than scientific facts. And a god that is constantly destroying his own creation for political reasons is even more absurd.