Year | War | Between | Dead |
618-1648 | Thirty Years War | Protestant vs. Catholics | 11,500,000 |
1562-1598 | French Wars | Protestant vs. Catholics | 4,000,000 |
1095-1291 | Crusades | Muslim vs. Christian | 3,000,000 |
1983-2005 | Sudanese Civil War | Muslim vs. Christian | 2,000,000 |
1975-1990 | Lebanese Civil War | Muslim vs. Christian | 250,000 |
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1529776899
1714138386
3 Iranian 'Wise Men' skilled in Astrology followed the Star to Baby Jesus - John Dominic Crossan
000049
4
5983
1502278627
1714134234
99% of the foremost Bible Scholars, believe the historical Jesus in Mark's Gospel is more accurate than John's Gospel - Paul William vs Richard London
000754
9
4600
1546814633
1714139793
After 40 years of indoctrination, I left the Church, after discovering Jesus and Apostle Paul taught different religions - Jeffrey Daugherty (Leak Project)
004451
11
3396
1529199705
1714136825
After Jesus' Crucifixion, 50 years of Christian history and evidences is missing - Richard Carrier
000058
14
4728
1532037842
1714143109
After Jesus' Crucifixion, Isaiah (OT) quoted as evidence God sent His Son to die - Charles Hedrick
000268
15
5943
1506886736
1714135297
After Jesus, the Early Christians followed James. They Hated Apostle Paul the Liar, Heretic and False Prophet - Peleh Ben Avraham
000899
16
3526
1570024742
1714141280
Ancient Bible manuscript corruption led to 'Chrestians, from Chrestos' became 'Christians, from Christ' - TruthSurge
000505
17
3322
1530142885
1714122081
Ancient Roman 'Oral' culture led to the circulation of inaccurate, misleading Jesus Stories - Ehrman
000229
18
5680
1529364507
1714132857
Apostle Paul claims he received revelation from Jesus, 20 years after his crucifixion - Richard Carrier
000058
22
3848
1571010224
1714138472
Apostle Paul differentiates between Jesus and God. They are not the same being - Richard Carrier
000036
25
6722
1528567045
1714145225
Apostle Paul disrespects Jesus' disciples, Jesus' family and Jerusalem Church - David Fitzgerald
000080
27
3452
1533831629
1714137020
Apostle Paul evidences Jesus as a Spiritual, celestial being sent from Heaven - Richard Carrier
000197
28
4603
1571010236
1714137785
Apostle Paul met Jesus in Spiritual visions. Later, Gospel authors transitioned to Physical encounters - Richard Carrier
000242
30
5326
1528567061
1714132642
Apostle Paul never mentions Jesus' empty tomb. For Paul, Jesus' resurrection was a heavenly, spiritual experience - David Fitzgerald
000048
31
4690
1530141640
1714131408
Apostle Paul never met Jesus in his lifetime. Paul spoke Greek and lived outside of Palestine - Bart Ehrman
000046
32
6266
1530141639
1714134792
Apostle Paul preached Jesus' death & resurrection guaranteed Salvation, not observing Jewish Law - Bart Ehrman
000093
33
4346
1554229226
1714124933
Apostle Paul received revelation direct from God. Is this proof Jesus historically existed? - Gary Habermas (Godless Engineer)
000552
35
3606
1502912013
1714133732
Apostle Paul said Jesus came from Heaven to redeem Man. Paul said so! - Muhammad Lamin vs Christian Preacher
001767
36
6095
1530141770
1714137040
Apostle Paul taught faith in Jesus' blood/death on the Cross was ultimate sacrifice for our Sins - Bart Ehrman
000104
38
3246
1571010217
1714138056
Apostle Paul was not Trinitarian. His Jesus was 'less' than God (Subordinationism) - Richard Carrier
000225
39
4332
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1714135094
Arian Controversy (311-383 AD) on Jesus' divinity led to bloody violence & conflict - Richard Rubenstein
000259
44
4225
1534072404
1714112088
Arian Controversy: Arius (d. 336 AD) argued Jesus was 'subordinate' to Father - Richard Rubenstein
000257
45
3441
1534172056
1714112432
Arius (d. 336 AD) used Reason to define Jesus & Continuity, for Jewish tradition - Richard Rubenstein
000105
46
3568
1532036814
1714137687
At Nicaea 325 AD, Jesus was declared co-equal, co-substantial, co-eternal with God - Charles Hedrick
000112
52
4801
1520716169
1714134811
At the Crucifixion, all disciples forsake Jesus. Which eyewitness accounts is the Bible based on? - Hashim vs Christian Lady 1/2
001457
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3752
1520716203
1714136901
At the Crucifixion, all disciples forsake Jesus. Which eyewitness accounts is the Bible based on? - Hashim vs Christian Lady 2/2
000675
55
3718
1571010241
1714137777
Babylonian Talmud (500 AD) referenced a Jesus who pre-dated Pontius Pilate by 100-years - Richard Carrier
000120
59
2990
1532036808
1714143162
Before the Christian Cross (Sarcophagus 320-350 AD) was the Fish, Dove & Shepherd - Charles Hedrick
000077
63
6043
1551147263
1714145339
Belief in Jesus' Crucifixion & Resurrection determine our Salvation, not the New Testament - Mohammed Hijab vs Builder Bob
000394
65
3837
1532036806
1714139681
Bible differs when Jesus became God's Son: Birth, Baptism, Resurrection or Eternity - Charles Hedrick
000501
67
3198
1549719009
1714143350
Bible Scholars read 'One God', not 'One Person'. Jesus is not God & Trinity is a false doctrine - Restoration Fellowship
000672
68
3844
1512005908
1714137089
Bones, Flesh and Soul constitute a Human. In the Trinity, Jesus was God and Human? - Hashim vs PhD Josh
003484
70
6022
1571010232
1714144273
Both Apostle Paul and Philo of Alexandria wrote of Jesus the supreme Archangel in Jewish Angelology - Richard Carrier
000153
72
5256
1502912107
1714104015
Caesar Augustus was named Son of God, Divine God, God Incarnate, Lord, Redeemer, Liberator and Savior of World BEFORE Jesus - John Dominic Crossan
000680
76
4606
1505945202
1714137160
Can you eat McDonalds when Jesus forbid eating non-Kosher meat? - Hamza Myatt, Abbas London, Imran London vs Christian Paul
004608
83
4159
1553512494
1714144071
Christian Church claim Jesus' Crucifixion is in the Jewish Talmud/Scriptures is False - Tovia Singer
000715
85
5070
1526869668
1714129765
Christian Zionism: American Evangelical Christians pursue War with Islam. Although Jesus preached Love - Charles Carlson
001920
88
1598
1570804830
1714079732
Christianity fails to accept Jewish-Christian realities presented by the historical Jewish Jesus - Walter Homolka
000411
92
3555
1532150842
1714143219
Christianity is based on Mythology. Gospels record historically unreliable events of Jesus - Charles Hedrick
000053
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4901
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1714137786
Christianity opposed Rome Imperialism by adopting the titles Son of God, Lord and Savior, previously reserved for Roman Emperors - Marcus Borg
000889
97
3858
1544688940
1714127627
Christians believed in Jesus' Resurrection before the New Testament Bible existed - Frank Turek
000404
98
4459
1510817351
1714142971
Contradictions in the Birth and Geneaology of Jesus in the gospels of Matthew and Luke - Ken Humphreys
000726
102
5169
1532036810
1714143095
Council of Nicaea (325 AD) ignored earlier writings on Jesus' divinity in the Gospels - Charles Hedrick
000056
104
2219
1553799552
1714132270
Did Jesus the God-Man know the future? Scribes 'corrupted' Biblical text to fix this - Mansur Ahmad vs Steven 1/5
001215
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1908
1553799560
1714137851
Did Jesus the God-Man know the future? Scribes 'corrupted' Biblical text to fix this - Mansur Ahmad vs Steven 2/5
000938
144
1987
1553799557
1714104946
Did Jesus the God-Man know the future? Scribes 'corrupted' Biblical text to fix this - Mansur Ahmad vs Steven 3/5
001278
145
2486
1553799555
1714136716
Did Jesus the God-Man know the future? Scribes 'corrupted' Biblical text to fix this - Mansur Ahmad vs Steven 4/5
000797
146
1837
1553799554
1714134851
Did Jesus the God-Man know the future? Scribes 'corrupted' Biblical text to fix this - Mansur Ahmad vs Steven 5/5
001212
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1514850814
1714144560
Docetism, an early Christian heresy held Jesus was an illusion, not a real human - Fishers Evidence
000730
164
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1545161564
1714142803
Does the Quran insist on a Virgin Birth for Jesus? Early Christians did not believe it - Abu Layth
001222
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Dying & Rising Saviour Gods did exist before Jesus Christ. This is historical fact - Richard Carrier
000208
177
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1714143127
Early Christian texts elevate Jesus the man to pre-existant, eternal, divine being - Charles Hedrick
000149
178
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Early Christians believed Jesus was a Man. Rome destroyed this History - Hamza Saudi vs Christian 1/3
001396
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1572251643
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Early Christians believed Jesus was a Man. Rome destroyed this History - Hamza Saudi vs Christian 2/3
000589
180
3649
1572251635
1714137746
Early Christians believed Jesus was a Man. Rome destroyed this History - Hamza Saudi vs Christian 3/3
000481
181
3986
1531997929
1714144547
Early Christians did not worship Jesus as God. Trinity came later and is not in NT Bible - Tovia Singer
000309
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4733
1529793123
1714138337
Early Christians differed on Jesus' resurrection: physical, spiritual or a symbolic event? - Bart Ehrman
000051
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5756
1530742093
1714133599
Early Christians invented Jesus' stories, sayings and sermons; aka New Testament - Bart Ehrman vs Richard Bauckham
000373
185
3217
1532158496
1714138342
Early Church advanced Jesus to divinity, and later, to Triune 'Trinity' Godhead - Charles Hedrick
000036
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5525
1529456609
1714143544
Ebionites believed Jesus was Jewish Messiah sent by Jewish God to Jews fulfilling Jewish Scripture - Bart Ehrman
000115
190
5124
1529793106
1714137162
Ebionites, early Christians held beliefs very similar to Jesus and his disciples - Bart Ehrman
000042
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5792
1529793110
1714141015
Ebionites, early Christians were Jewish, but believed Jesus was the Jewish Messiah - Bart Ehrman
000036
193
2022
1538129700
1714124964
Einstein's theory on Quantum Entanglement proved Protons split, but act as one. Jesus had two natures, one divinity - Hashim vs Paperboy
002222
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1714143885
Evolution of Jesus Christ: Apostle Paul's Letters (Early 50-57 AD) - Mike Lawrence (NotoriUK) 3/6
002549
201
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1714145337
Evolution of Jesus Christ: Apostle Paul's Letters (Late 50-57 AD) - Mike Lawrence (NotoriUK) 4/6
001869
202
5081
1545226494
1714133838
Evolution of Jesus Christ: Historical person vs Fictional Demigod - Mike Lawrence (NotoriUK) 1/6
001174
204
3127
1533124577
1714125526
F.C Baur (d. 1860 AD) argued Apostle Paul preached a 'different Christianity' to Jesus - Michael Kruger
000121
209
2892
1598357850
1714135489
Father generated Jesus-Son. Can Jesus generate The Father-Yahweh? - Mohammed Hijab vs PhD Josh
006653
210
2135
1553797612
1714138724
Father, Son and Holy Spirit is Yahweh. Three Yahweh's (3Y) but One Person - Jonathan McLatchie
000140
212
2409
1533124284
1714124489
Father, Son, Holy Spirit all work together equally as One God. Yet, the Father is the Godhead & Son is humble towards Father - Mansur Ahmad vs Alfredo
001245
213
4858
1553797610
1714129875
Flavius' Rome controlled the Population using Christianity, hero worship, myth & lies - Jeffrey Daugherty & Joseph Atwill
003774
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5638
1529474378
1714135534
For Apostle Paul, Jesus' death & resurrection was key to salvation. Not the Jewish Law - Bart Ehrman
000126
220
2696
1504438808
1714124245
For Christians, Jesus will return, Slaughter his Enemies with a Sword, and then establish Peace - Shabir Ally vs Dave Hunt
000555
221
4237
1529793121
1714109236
For Jews, the Messiah would be great, powerful and defeat God's enemies; Jesus failed! - Bart Ehrman
000036
222
6310
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1714123147
From Isaiah 60:3, Matthew copies the Christmas Story. Baby Jesus born to Joseph, a fatherly figure invented to reconcile warring Jewish tribes - John Spong
002117
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1529332043
1714144086
Gospel of Matthew: A collection of anonymous Jesus' stories, entitled 100 years later - Bart Ehrman
000135
229
5102
1530142887
1714128299
Gospels are 'Jesus Stories', rumours and gossip spread orally amongst early Christians - Bart Ehrman
000195
230
4712
1529332035
1714132879
Gospels are 'stories' by Greek writers 40 years after Jesus' crucifixion, not eyewitness accounts - Bart Ehrman
000076
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2914
1529453915
1714135266
Gospels written 50 years after Jesus, and 20 years after Paul's Letters. Why so late? - Tovia Singer
000211
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5554
1536046391
1714145752
Greek: Iesous is not a translation of Hebrew: Yeshua, claimed Josephus, Eusebius, Clement & Cyril. We simply do NOT know Jesus' real name - Mansur Ahmad vs Christian
001596
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5461
1514850824
1714142277
Historical records of Jesus' trial and Crucifixion would have been destroyed/lost in the 66-70 AD Judea-Roman war - Fishers Evidence
000438
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3829
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1714137619
Homer's Odysseus (800 BC, Greek myth), a skilled Craftsman ('tekton') parallels Jesus the Carpenter in Mark's Gospel (70 AD) - TruthSurge
000235
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5005
1555574318
1714131506
How did Yeshua ('Yahweh Saves'), Esau (Syriac) or Isa (Arabic) become Jesus (English)? - Hashim vs Paperboy 1/2
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How did Yeshua ('Yahweh Saves'), Esau (Syriac) or Isa (Arabic) become Jesus (English)? - Hashim vs Paperboy 2/2
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1714133528
I am a Jesus Mythicist due to: Philo of Alexandria; Prophecies; and Bible Parallels - Godless Engineer
000569
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1502901887
1714139421
I, Paul Apostle was sent by the Heavenly Christ. And you, 12 Disciples were sent by Earthly Christ - John Dominic Crossan
000654
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1533124584
1714139957
In 1 Corinthians (55 AD), Apostle Paul wrote of his Jesus vision, 25 years later - Richard Bauckham
000050
271
5104
1531222015
1714143593
In 1 Corinthians 10:16, Jesus' body/blood are consumed at 'Eucharist'. Human sacrifice is not from Jewish scripture - Tovia Singer
000792
272
4194
1502912030
1714139159
In 1 Corinthians 11:3, does Jesus have an Authority higher than him? - Hashim vs Confused Christians
002443
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1541456048
1714118182
In 1 Corinthians 11:3, the head of Jesus Christ is God. I met him yesterday - Hashim vs Christian 1/3
000879
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4727
1541456051
1714140539
In 1 Corinthians 11:3, the head of Jesus Christ is God. I met him yesterday - Hashim vs Christian 2/3
000859
277
4172
1541456046
1714120684
In 1 Corinthians 11:3, the head of Jesus Christ is God. I met him yesterday - Hashim vs Christian 3/3
000908
278
8257
1480896000
1714134910
In 1 Corinthians 15:45, God speaks about the Christian Trinity - John Schoenheit (BiblicalUnitarian)
000630
279
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1546891484
1714143317
In 1 Corinthians 2:8, the ruling power killed the Lord. Fear us, your Sons and Daughters are next - Jeffrey Daugherty
001565
280
4779
1511414672
1714145000
In 1 Timothy 2:5, Apostle Paul wrote Jesus was a Mediator between Man and God - Paul William vs Irish Christian
001730
282
2558
1510830538
1714138029
In 117 AD, Basilides of Basilidian preached Simon of Cyrene was Crucified, not Jesus - Paul William vs Christian 1/2
001030
286
2621
1510830517
1714107761
In 117 AD, Basilides of Basilidian preached Simon of Cyrene was Crucified, not Jesus - Paul William vs Christian 2/2
000964
287
4113
1556700718
1714136829
In 2 Timothy 1:1, Paul was on a mission to corrupt the 'annointed' Christ Jesus doctrine - Jeffrey Daugherty
003391
288
2520
1533124665
1714112357
In 310 AD, Arianism held Jesus the Son was human; inferior and lower than Father - Lorence Yufa (Milwaukee Athiests)
000114
289
4579
1566371201
1714138894
In 325 AD, the Council of Nicaea defined Jesus as 'Homoousios', of same substance with God - Kegan Chandler
003625
291
2830
1529453920
1714126619
In 36 AD, Apostle Paul claimed he met Jesus Christ in a vision. 19 years later, Paul wrote about it - Gary Habermas
000105
292
4630
1530143831
1714143156
In 367 AD, the New Testament Bible finally came into existence, 330 years after Jesus - Bart Ehrman
000038
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1533124661
1714117713
In 420 AD, Augustine of Hippo believed Jesus participated in the creation of Holy Spirit - Lorence Yufa (Milwaukee Athiests)
000136
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1565131828
1714076004
In 451 AD, Council of Chalcedon decided Jesus was both fully Human and fully Divine - Michael Bird
000074
295
5536
1529454383
1714137635
In 70 AD, Mark, the earliest Gospel depicts Jesus as suffering & dying Jewish Messiah - Bart Ehrman
000301
296
7732
1522431761
1714144718
In 70 AD, Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Jewish Temple. Christianity was born and Jesus invented to fulfill ancient prophecy - Paul George
000481
297
2504
1533125635
1714135155
In 75 AD, Adoptionism taught Jesus a Jewish Man was adopted by Father - Lorence Yufa (Milwaukee Athiests)
000069
300
8120
1552935977
1714140031
In Acts 15:13-35, Apostle Paul and James argue over Jewish Law. Jesus' blood/salvation/sacrifice was absent - Adnan Rashid vs Paperboy
001789
302
6246
1572334442
1714145120
In Acts 15:29, the first Ecumenical Council ever set early Christian Laws, which Apostle Paul later opposed - Tovia Singer
000846
303
4182
1559006491
1714139745
In Acts 17:31, Apostle Paul refers to a Man-Jesus who brings justice - Paul William vs PhD Josh 1/2
001800
304
2992
1558993294
1714126089
In Acts 17:31, Apostle Paul refers to a Man-Jesus who brings justice - Paul William vs PhD Josh 2/2
000818
305
3577
1548093920
1714121661
In Acts 5:42, Jesus' disciples preached of Jesus the Messiah, not Jesus the God - Muhammad Lamin
000474
307
1934
1599055293
1714137252
In Christianity, God shares love with Jesus. In Islam, God only loves himself - Ali Dawah vs PhD Josh
002445
309
2160
1483401600
1714144834
In Christianity, Jesus died for our sins. So are Christians today thankful to Jews for killing Jesus? - Tovia Singer
001246
310
2826
1574038890
1714136021
In Christianity, Jesus spoke of Muhammad in a 'Secret' Gospel - Mansur Ahmad vs Yatzik 1/2
001862
311
4074
1574038894
1714111040
In Christianity, Jesus spoke of Muhammad in a 'Secret' Gospel - Mansur Ahmad vs Yatzik 2/2
000860
312
3567
1556045685
1714112076
In Daniel 7:13 and Matthew 16:27, 'Son of Man' is the Jewish nation, or Jewish Messiah, but not Jesus - Eli Cohen
000683
314
3535
1552936911
1714137899
In Deuteronomy 13:2, Jews have the criteria to reject Jesus and Christianity, as a false prophet - Julius Ciss
000761
318
4530
1524611950
1714137259
In Deuteronomy 18:18, a 'Prophet like Moses' was Joshua, not Jesus or Muhammad - Peleh Ben Avraham
000600
319
6115
1511317985
1714137310
In Deuteronomy 18:18, the prophet to come was Joshua (Judaism), Jesus (Christianity) or Muhammad (Islam) - Michael Skobac
000533
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22986
1505259041
1714142902
In Exodus 3:14, John 6:20, John 8:24, John 8:58, Mark 6:50, Mark 13:6, Luke 21:8, Matthew 14:27 and Acts 26:29 Jesus claims I AM (Ego Eimi) God - John Schoenheit (BiblicalUnitarian)
000726
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1559051907
1714141869
In Galatians 1:12 and 2 Corinthians 3:10, Apostle Paul claims revelation from Jesus & opposed the Jewish Law - RTC
000525
323
5170
1530141625
1714126174
In Galatians, Apostle Paul orders new Christians abandon circumcision/Jewish Law; return to faith in Jesus - Bart Ehrman
000096
325
4821
1512501627
1714141968
In Genesis 28:12, Jacob visioned a ladder from Man to God. John wrote Jesus was 'that ladder'. Most of John's characters are mystical and Literary, not Historical persons - John Spong
005411
327
8276
1511300054
1714138510
In Genesis 3:15 and Galatians 3:16, Apostle Paul mistranslates 'seeds' plural to 'seed' for Jesus - Michael Skobac
001059
328
2042
1544688697
1714121823
In Gethsemane, Jesus cried to His Father to save him. His prayer was not answered - Hashim vs Viktor 1/3
001264
330
2737
1544688723
1714137642
In Gethsemane, Jesus cried to His Father to save him. His prayer was not answered - Hashim vs Viktor 2/3
001265
331
2418
1544688866
1714118439
In Gethsemane, Jesus cried to His Father to save him. His prayer was not answered - Hashim vs Viktor 3/3
001067
332
5401
1532037842
1714143100
In Gospel of Thomas (Syria, 40-140 AD), Jesus' words matter, not the Crucifixion - Charles Hedrick
000110
334
4056
1533868863
1714142880
In Gospels, Jesus is crucified by 'innocent' Pontius Pilate who reluctantly bows to Jewish leaders. In reality, Pilate was a ruthless, sadistic ruler - Mark Goodacre
000127
335
4243
1529235754
1714139763
In Hebrews 9:15, Christians replaced the Jewish Temple sacrificial Lamb with ultimate sacrifice, Jesus Christ - Richard Carrier
000178
339
2735
1567988503
1714125530
In Hebrews 9:22, Apostle Paul requires shedding of Blood. Jews reject this teaching - Julius Ciss
000851
340
4008
1528567068
1714130548
In Hebrews, Apostle Paul writes of a mystical, heavenly Jesus. Not a Earthly human being - David Fitzgerald
000058
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7025
1543851396
1714125403
In Isaiah 53, Jesus was 'final' sacrifice. In Acts 21:26, Apostle Paul continued to sacrifice animals? - Hashim vs Ray 1/3
001992
344
6988
1543851393
1714144216
In Isaiah 53, Jesus was 'final' sacrifice. In Acts 21:26, Apostle Paul continued to sacrifice animals? - Hashim vs Ray 2/3
001998
345
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1543851340
1714132988
In Isaiah 53, Jesus was 'final' sacrifice. In Acts 21:26, Apostle Paul continued to sacrifice animals? - Hashim vs Ray 3/3
000565
346
7120
1504597216
1714129250
In Isaiah 7:14, Jesus was called Immanuel. Who called Jesus by this name in the New Testament? - Hashim vs Christian Missionary
001819
351
10152
1505868618
1714141221
In Isaiah 9:6 and Psalm 82:1, is Jesus a God or The God? - John Schoenheit (BiblicalUnitarian)
000630
353
6320
1511317996
1714144944
In Jeremiah 31:32 and Hebrews 8:9, God established a New Covenant (Promise) based on faith in Jesus and New Testament? - Michael Skobac
000695
359
7885
1490659200
1714142326
In John 10:30, I and the Father are one - Does this prove the Trinity? - John Schoenheit (BiblicalUnitarian)
000552
361
6051
1504459981
1714143144
In John 10:30, Jesus clearly said he was God - Mansur Ahmad vs European Christian Missionaries
002592
364
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1552435813
1714144148
In John 10:33, did Jesus commit blasphemy by claiming to be gOD ('Elohim') - Mansur Ahmad vs Anthony 1/3
001987
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1552481484
1714140356
In John 10:33, did Jesus commit blasphemy by claiming to be gOD ('Elohim') - Mansur Ahmad vs Anthony 2/3
001626
366
6091
1552435836
1714142203
In John 10:33, did Jesus commit blasphemy by claiming to be gOD ('Elohim') - Mansur Ahmad vs Anthony 3/3
000785
367
4228
1550537427
1714136145
In John 12:41 and 17:5, did Jesus pre-exist Creation? He must be God? - Restoration Fellowship
000385
369
5821
1554734204
1714139771
In John 14:28, Jesus clearly said he was lower than Father. Trinity is a late development in Theology - Hamza Saudi vs Paperboy
000514
373
4449
1548094195
1714130494
In John 14:9, Jesus claimed divinity with 'He That Hath Seen Me Hath Seen The Father'? - Muhammad Lamin
000644
377
5746
1539172301
1714143585
In John 17:21, Jesus is One with God. Jesus is One with disciples. Are they all Gods? - Mansur Ahmad vs Christian
000832
379
5043
1552936987
1714117903
In John 17:22, Father gave the Glory to Jesus, who shared the Glory with his disciples - Hashim vs Ross
001085
380
4993
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1714105522
In John 17:3, only 'True God' is The Father, who is One Person. Jesus is not the True God - Mansur Ahmad vs Mark
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In John 1:1, 1 John 1 explains. There is only One God and Jesus was the word - Anthony Buzzard
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In John 1:1, God incarnates Himself, or His Wisdom amongst us through His Son? - Michael Brown vs Anthony Buzzard
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In John 1:1, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God - John Schoenheit (BiblicalUnitarian)
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In John 20:17, I am going to my Father and Your Father. So, the Father is my Biological Father - Mansur Ahmad vs Christian Victor 1/2
001800
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1514249878
1714137315
In John 20:17, I am going to my Father and Your Father. So, the Father is my Biological Father - Mansur Ahmad vs Christian Victor 2/2
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1516838036
1714143642
In John 20:17, Jesus said I am going to my Father and your Father. Whose Father? - Mansur Ahmad vs Catholic Priest
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In John 3:16, God gave his 'One And Only Begotten Son'. in some versions of the Bible - Muhammad Lamin
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In John 8:58 and Exodus 3:14, Jesus invokes the divine name I AM (Ego eimi) - Trinity Delusion
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In John, Jesus is a God-like diety from Heaven. In earlier Gospels, Jesus is more of a man-prophet - Bart Ehrman
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1714128225
In Luke 10:18 and Acts 9:3, both Jesus and Apostle Paul saw 'flash of brightness'. Did they see Satan? - Jeffrey Daugherty
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In Luke 10:18, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven - John Schoenheit (BiblicalUnitarian)
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In Luke 13:33, no Prophet will die outside Jerusalem. Yet, Jesus did? - Zakir Hussain vs James White
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In Luke, the stories of Jesus-Temple and Jesus-Emeous bear striking similarities - Richard Carrier
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In Mark 14:32, Jesus was distressed to be part of a 'blood cult' as a Sacrificial lamb - Jeffrey Daugherty
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In Mark 2:10, Jesus claims authority to forgive Sin. But this does not make him God - Bart Ehrman
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1714133693
In Mark 6:52 and Matthew 14:33, Jesus walked on water. Did the disciples turn away or turn towards Jesus - Paul William vs Christian
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In Mark 7:15 and Acts 10:13, Dietary Laws were changed by Jesus, Apostle Paul, Mark or James? Does God Care? - Hamza Myatt vs Nathan
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In Mark's Gospel, a 'triadic' structure may be evidence for Jesus Christ myth - Richard Carrier
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1501894612
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In Mark's Gospel, Jesus is never God. I question all Biblical scripture on Jesus' divinity - Paul William vs Richard London
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1548092471
1714113422
In Matthew 10:5, Jesus commanded his disciples preach to Israelites only ('lost sheep of Israel'), not Gentiles - Muhammad Lamin
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In Matthew 12:40, Jesus claims he will be in the Tomb for 3 days and 3 nights - John Schoenheit (BiblicalUnitarian)
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1509437120
1714124484
In Matthew 15:24, Jesus claimed he was only sent to the Jews. But you claim Jesus came for the Gentiles (non-Jews) - Hamza Myatt vs Preacher Paul
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1714136783
In Matthew 15:24, Jesus said he came for the Lost Sheep of Israel - Mohammed Hijab vs PhD Josh
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1535194567
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In Matthew 1:18, Jesus had a begining. He was 'born' into existence - Bart Ehrman (Restoration Fellllowship)
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In Matthew 1:23 and Isaiah 7:14, was the virgin birth of Immanuel really Jesus? - Trinity Delusion
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1501545600
1714145039
In Matthew 24 and Luke 21, Jesus prophecized destruction of Jewish Temple. But, Mark, Matthew, Luke and John are Anonymous Texts written AFTER the Event - Tovia Singer
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1714143167
In Matthew 26:39, Jesus prayed to God to save him from death (Crucifixion) in Gethsemane - Muhammad Lamin
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1714121351
In Matthew 27:52, thousands of dead rose from their graves. Is Jesus' resurrection a greater miracle? - Mansur Ahmad vs Christian 1/2
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1562627745
1714142461
In Matthew 27:52, thousands of dead rose from their graves. Is Jesus' resurrection a greater miracle? - Mansur Ahmad vs Christian 2/2
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1515151323
1714141999
In Matthew 28:19, before Nicaea, Bible manuscripts had no Trinity. After Nicaea 325 AD, Trinity appeared in later manuscripts - Carey Clark
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1511414822
1714144579
In Matthew 2:1, the three Kings (Magi) from the East followed a Star to baby Jesus were Pagans? - Tovia Singer
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In Matthew 2:1, Three Wise Men came to Baby Jesus bearing gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh - OR - Were they actually Magicians and Sorcerers? - Religion For Breakfast
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In Matthew 2:15 and Hosea 11:1, Jesus came from Egypt. No other gospel narrates this event - Hamza Myatt vs Protestant Rich
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1714128433
In Matthew 2:23 and Zechariah 3:8, the branch (Nazar) translates to Jesus the Nazarene? - Sadat Anwar vs Christian 1/2
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In Matthew 2:23 and Zechariah 3:8, the branch (Nazar) translates to Jesus the Nazarene? - Sadat Anwar vs Christian 2/2
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In Matthew 4:23, Jesus preached the gospel to the people. Can Matthew be the same gospel? - Mansur Ahmed vs American
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1714110727
In Matthew 4:8, Satan took Jesus (God) willingly up the high mountain; contrary to James 1:13 - Adnan Rashid vs Christian
000635
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1531349707
1714124635
In Matthew's Gospel, an 'onion ring' structure points to the Jesus Christ myth - Richard Carrier
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1520597735
1714144326
In Psalm 110:1, Jesus quoted 'adoni' (non-Diety lord), not 'Adonai' (Diety LORD) which corrupted Modern English Translations use - Anthony Buzzard
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1511300084
1714134647
In Psalm 110:1, the LORD sat with Lord, and this supports the Christian Trinity? - Michael Lebovic
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1502135992
1714144807
In Psalm 118:22, Matthew 21:32 and Acts 4:11; was Jesus the Cornerstone whom the Builders rejected? - Tovia Singer
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1515887559
1714135084
In Psalm 22:16, Christians replaced 'Like a Lion' with 'Pierce my Hands and Feet' - Zakir Hussain vs James White
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5526
1572269779
1714135039
In Psalm 91:3, a 'messianic prophecy' of a Man rescued by Angels fails to prove Jesus is Messiah - Adnan Rashid vs Man
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1548093924
1714139774
In Romans 10:9, Apostle Paul claimed Salvation was through faith in Jesus' Resurrection - Muhammad Lamin
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1714132217
In the Christian gospel, Ascension of Isaiah, Jesus was crucified by Satan in outer Space - Richard Carrier
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In Zechariah 12:10, They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child - Is this about Jesus' Crucifixion? - Tovia Singer
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1483401600
1714140527
Is Jesus God? - The Great Trinity debate - Anthony Buzzard & Joseph Good vs James White & Michael Brown 1/3
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1714117232
Is Jesus God? - The Great Trinity debate - Anthony Buzzard & Joseph Good vs James White & Michael Brown 2/3
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1483401600
1714142667
Is Jesus God? - The Great Trinity debate - Anthony Buzzard & Joseph Good vs James White & Michael Brown 3/3
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1560033533
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Islam raises all Prophets to Jesus' status AND lowers the Christian Jesus-God to Jewish-Prophet status - John Fontain
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James Dunn: Jesus is not Yahweh. Jesus is a Monotheist reciting his belief in One God - Anthony Buzzard
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Jesus and Christian Gospels are based on Plagarism & 'Fictional genre' Typology - Joseph Atwill & Jeffrey Daugherty
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Jesus crucifixion, burial tomb, resurrection in Golgotha, Calvary. Church of Holy Sepulchre - HolyLandSite
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1562108853
1714101449
Jesus Died because Paul said so in his 'Hebrews' Letter 100 times. It must be true! - Shamsi vs Christian
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Jesus existed with His Father since time began, or created later? (Arian Controversy) - Bart Ehrman
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1564511957
1714133569
Jesus instructed Jews to worship Yahweh, but instructed Gentiles to worship him? - Hashim vs Paperboy
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Jesus is too similar to Mythical Pagan Gods: Mithras, Osiris and Heracles. It's no coincidence - Steve Shives
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2852
1538524195
1714136202
Jesus never ate Pig. He despised the Swine and Pig. Follow Jesus and accept Islam - Adnan Rashid vs Asian
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1714124746
Jesus prayed to Al (The) + Elaha (God/Elohim) in the Aramaic language - Adnan Rashid vs Christian
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1529454362
1714136539
Jesus progressed to God through Docetism, Separationism, Modalism and Trinitarianism - Bart Ehrman
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4329
1544684980
1714126673
Jesus spoke Aramaic. Mark spoke Aramaic. Why is Mark's Gospel write in Koine Greek? - Frank Turek
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1714142667
Jesus the pacifist fed 'Opium to the Masses' to enslave them - Joseph Atwill & Jeffrey Daugherty
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Jesus the Passover Lamb to Christians; God to Egyptians; and Sacrificial Meal for Jews - Michael Skobac
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1530604666
1714105386
Jesus voluntarily paid the 'spiritual price' for our Sins. Will he see glory of the Father's presence? - Mansur Ahmad vs Tourists
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1544688692
1714140414
Jesus was a follower of Moses. He followed the Jewish Law in the Old Testament? - Shamsi vs Luka
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1714129048
Jesus was born in Nazareth. For theological reasons, he was placed in Bethlehem, city of David - Marcus Borg
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1482192000
1714120539
Jesus was Jewish. When did Christianity and Judaism officially split? - Religion For Breakfast
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1568412471
1714139622
Jesus Worship was Enslavement, Submission and Worship of Roman Caesars - Jeffrey Daugherty & Joseph Atwill
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Jesus' 12 disciples are missing at crucial events: Crucifixion, Burial & Empty tomb - Richard Bauckham
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Jesus' central message was repent of your Sins, and prepare for God's Kingdom, not Love - Bart Ehrman
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Jesus' Crucifixion in 33 AD. 40 years later, Jewish-Roman War ends in 73 AD. A 40 year gap is also significant in Israel's history - Jeffrey Daugherty & Joseph Atwill
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1714141175
Jesus' Crucifixion is a celebrated Triumph in John, but a sad Tragedy in Mark, Matthew and Luke's gospel - John Spong
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1530591311
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Jesus' Crucifixion narrative with Pontius Pilate was invented by Gospel authors to fit their anti-Jewish agenda - Reza Aslan
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1714132588
Jesus' disciples did not write the Gospels. They were fishermen, labourers, peasants etc. - Richard Bauckham
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Jesus' infancy is difficult to reconcile in the Gospels (his birthplace, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Egypt, 3 Kings etc.) - Mike Licona
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1714120301
Jesus' Jewish identity is evidenced in his Abraham/David lineage, Circumcision and Dietary requirement - Amy-Jill Levine
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Jesus' Resurrection (Mark 9-20) is missing in earliest Bible Manuscripts, Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus - TruthSurge
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Jesus' Resurrection: Deny the Historical Evidence and trust Apostle Paul - Tony Costa (Godless Engineer)
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1530742031
1714139507
Jesus' stories were shared between Gospel writers. This is not proof of Bible preservation - Bart Ehrman
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Jesus, a historical human may have existed. Jesus Christ, divine God-Man probably did not - Richard Carrier
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Jesus, a Jew who observed Judaism did not plan to start Christianity, a new religion - Bart Ehrman
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1714141164
Jesus, a Jewish prophet who worshiped the Jewish God. Paul created and spread Christianity - Bart Ehrman
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1714123395
Jesus, an Aramaic speaking Palestinian. New Testament originally in Greek, language of Rome - Bart Ehrman
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Jesus, the 12 disciples and Biblical events are linked to Astrotheological metaphors - Robert Sullivan IV
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1714138619
Jesus, the Graeco-Roman God was similar to Serapis, the Graeco-Egyptian God created by Ptolemy - Jacob Berman
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1529235827
1714124882
Jews believed in Archangel Jesus as God's celestial high priest. Christians did too? - Richard Carrier
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1566862333
1714128850
John's Gospel depicts 'the right' Jesus; against Judaism, Gnostic-Christianity and Hermetism - Kegan Chandler
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1570804863
1714142534
John's Gospel presents high Christology, and an ambiguous 'divine' Jewish Jesus - Adele Reinhartz
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1714143169
John's Gospel presents Jesus as a pre-existing divine Son, coming from the Father - Charles Hedrick
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1714129220
John's Gospel wrote a 'multi-level' history to counter Gnostic views on Jesus - Kegan Chandler
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Josephus' "Antiquities of Jews" from 94 AD (Book 18, Ch. 3,3) is Unreliable Evidence for Jesus' existence - TruthSurge
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1714121054
Leo Baeck (1873-1956) supported the return of historical Jesus back into Judaism - Walter Homolka
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1532893333
1714135085
Lineage comes from biological father. Prove to me Jesus traces back to Abraham? - Mansur Ahmad vs Bayo
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1714132214
Love is the reason why the Father created Earth. Jesus, His Son was the focus of His Love - Mansur Ahmad vs American Tourist
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1570025471
1714137731
Lucian, wrote in 165 AD, 130-years after Jesus repeating established Christian ideas - TruthSurge
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1714141413
Luke Gospel, a 14th century manuscript (109) proves a scribe incorrectly copied Jesus' geneology - Bart Ehrman
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1714132158
Luke's Gospel depicts Jesus as a prophet with a universal message, rejected by his people - Bart Ehrman
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Many follow Jesus, do Works, yet will go to Hell. Follow the Risen Jesus, have Faith, obey the Church Age to get Heaven - Robert Breaker
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1714114346
Mark Gospel, the first gospel, Jesus is the suffering Son of God who nobody recognizes - Bart Ehrman
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1714137615
Mark's Gospel casts James & John, Jesus' disciples from Castor & Polydeuces, brothers in Greek mythology - TruthSurge
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Mark's Gospel wrote mythical Jesus stories using Apostle Paul's Letters, for Christian missionaries to preach - Richard Carrier
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Mark, Matthew & Luke write of Jesus a mythical Jewish Man who did 'mighty deeds' - Charles Hedrick
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Matthew recalls Jesus' 2000-word 'Sermon On The Mount', 55 years after Jesus delivered it? - Bart Ehrman
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1714087292
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are NOT objective, historically accurate accounts of Jesus' life - Bart Ehrman
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Most likely, after Crucifixion, Jesus was left on Cross, his body decomposed and birds/dogs scavenged him - Bart Ehrman
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1714143488
Muhammad's companions drank his bath water. You drink the Blood of Jesus - Adnan Rashid vs Lizzie
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1714074624
Muslims are commanded to believe in Jesus in corrupt Scripture - Paul William vs Christian Sister
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1568396799
1714137573
Nazareth, Jesus' birthplace discovered by Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine; an area of importance to Titus Flavius - Jeffrey Daugherty & Joseph Atwill
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1714135857
New Testament is a Fictional account of a Fictional Jesus Christ; not an Actual, historical account - Jeffrey Daugherty & Joseph Atwill
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1714123514
New Testament makes distinction between God Almighty ('Theos') and Jesus ('Kurios'). They are not the same person - Larry Hurtado
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1714136121
New Testament scholars agree Gospels are Anonymous, not written by Jesus' disciples, or eye-witnesses - Bart Ehrman
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1570025411
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No Secular Historical references exist for Jesus for 80 years after Jesus' Crucifixion - TruthSurge
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1714132192
On Jewish Law, Jesus was Liberal, but Apostle Paul was a Heretic who abandoned the Law - Nazam44 vs Christian
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1530742025
1714136436
Oral story tellers created Jesus' stories long before the Gospels were written - Bart Ehrman vs Richard Bauckham
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Palestine had a 97% illiteracy rate. Jesus' disciples, poor, lower class labourers could not read or write - Bart Ehrman
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Papias (163 AD) described Matthew's Gospel as Jesus' sayings written in Hebrew - Bart Ehrman vs Richard Bauckham
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1714130857
Paul preached to majority, gentiles, pagans and idolators, who had no interest in Judaism or a Jewish Jesus - Bart Ehrman
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Paul spoke Greek. How did he communicate with Jesus' Aramaic speaking disciples? - Bart Ehrman
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Pesher, the Jewish practise of interpreting Texts predicted Jesus in various OT verse - Richard Carrier
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Pliny (110 AD), Tacitus, Seutonius, Thallus, Lucian & Celsus are cited as evidence for Jesus' existence - TruthSurge
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Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) never wrote of Jesus, Christianity, or any Biblical events - Godless Engineer
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Quran & Hadith date to Muhammad's life. The Bible does not date to Jesus - Hashim vs Ozman
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Quran claims, people believed that Jesus was crucified. Historians report society believed. Was Jesus really crucified? - Hamza Myatt vs Elvis
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Quran describes Jesus as 'Word of God (Logos)' with the Holy Spirit, speaking as a Baby? - Abu Layth
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Resurrection was common amongst many Pagan Gods: Osiris, Horus, Dionysus etc. - Richard Carrier
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Rome craved Legacy and achieved it through a pro-Roman, pacifist, fictional Jesus character - Jeffrey Daugherty & Joseph Atwill
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Rome destroyed the Jewish Temple, and probably, Jesus' original teachings. Pauline Christianity was born - Jeffrey Daugherty
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Rome invented Christianity so Jews worshiped Caesar through Jesus - Joseph Atwill & Jeffrey Daugherty
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Rome invented Jesus & Christianity to stop the spread of Knowledge and keep people 'dumbed down' - Jeffrey Daugherty & Joseph Atwill
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1714142696
Serapis Christus, Ptolemy and how Constantine created Jesus Christ at the Council of Nicaea - Ray Hagins
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Sermon on the Mount' used the Septuagint. The Sermon was not spoken by Jesus - Richard Carrier
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Shechem: Jacob's Well, Joseph's Tomb, Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal - HolyLandSite
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1714138649
Tacitus (56-120 AD), Suetonius (69-126), Pliny (61-113), Lucian (120-192) & Thallus do NOT prove an Historical Jesus ever Existed in 33 AD - Godless Engineer
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Thallus, quoted by Africanus, then Eusebius (d. 340 AD) confirmed Earthquake at Jesus' Crucifixion - TruthSurge
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The Bible is not Scripture. Jesus is modelled on Dying & Rising pagan Gods like Osiris, Adonis and Addis - Gary Habermas vs Tim Callahan
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The Talmud (400 AD), Mara Bar-Serapion (73), Celsus (175) & Josephus (37-100) do NOT prove an Historical Jesus ever Existed in 33 AD - Godless Engineer
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1714138284
Virgin Births were common in pagan, Graeco-Roman Mythology. Jesus the God-Man was no different! - Tovia Singer
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Was Jesus a Jew who followed Jewish Law? Why don't Christians follow him? - Adnan Rashid vs Christians
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Was Jesus God? I'm more interested in Sex Slaves. Let's talk about Sex Sex Sex - Chacha Usman vs Daniel
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Why do Christians believe Jesus is God, when this was a lie invented by the later Church? - Tovia Singer
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Why do we have 4 different Jesus' Resurrection accounts in the Gospel of Mark? - Hamza Saudi vs PhD Josh
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Within 20 years, Jesus' status was debated, gradually Jesus was promoted to Godhead - Bart Ehrman
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Yahweh, the Elohim (Gods) & Jesus Christ 'divine' plan to occupy the World - Jeffrey Daugherty
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The Story of Jesus we learn that the Banu Israil were given many favors by Almighty Allah but they were very ungrateful. They violated Allah’s orders, ridiculed the prophets and even killed some of them. They started to worship idols and made a mockery of Allah’s message. Allah, the Merciful, again sent a prophet to bring them to the right path. This prophet was Isa, son of Mary. Jesus had a miraculous birth. He was born of the virgin Mary without a father, and could talk even as a baby. He was made a prophet when he was 30, and he did his duty as a prophet for three years. Allah endowed him with some miraculous powers. He could make birds out of clay, heal leprosy within minutes, restore the eyes of the blind and also make the dead come alive. He could do all these miracles by the mercy of Allah.
The Banu Israil were given many favours by Almighty Allah but they were very ungrateful. They violated Allah’s orders, ridiculed the prophets and even killed some of them. They started to worship idols and made a mockery of Allah’s message.
Allah, the Merciful, again sent a prophet to bring them to the right path. This prophet was Jesus, son of Mary (Mary) (2:87). Allah bestowed on him the Injil (Gospel) and Jesus confirmed what was in the Torah (5:46, 61:6).
Jesus had a miraculous birth. He was born of the virgin Mary without a father, by Allah’s command (19:1 7—2 1). Allah can do anything He likes . Everything is possible for Him. When He wants to get something done, He only says, ‘Be’ and there it is (2:117).
We know that Adam was created by Allah without a father and a mother. So, it was no wonder that Allah could create ‘Isa without a father.
Jesus, born of virgin Mary, could talk even as a baby. He was made a prophet when he was 30, and he did his duty as a prophet for three years. (19:29—34).
Allah endowed him with some miraculous powers. He could make birds out of clay, heal leprosy within minutes, restore the eyes of the blind and also make the dead come alive. He could do all these miracles by the mercy of Allah. The Quran mentions the miraculous powers and the birth of Jesus in Sarah Al-Imran
"(And remember,) when the angels said: 0, Mary! Allah gives you the glad tidings of a word from Him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the World and the Hereafter and one of those brought near (‘unto Allah).
He will speak to mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of the righteous.
She (Mary) said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal has touched me? He said, So (it will be,).Allah creates what He wishes. If He decrees a thing, He says to it only: Be, and it is.
And He will teach him the Scripture and wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel.
And will make him a messenger to the Children of Israil, (saying,): I come to you with a sign from my Lord. See! I fashion for you out of clay the likeness of a bird, by Allah’s leave. I heal him who was born blind and the leper, and I raise the dead, by Allah’s leave. And I announce to you what you eat and what you store up in your houses. Here truly is a portent for you, if you are to he believers.
And I come to you confirming what was before me of the Torah, and to make lawful some of what was forbidden to you. I come to you as a sign from your Lord, so keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path." (3:46—51)
He asked the people to obey Allah alone but some of his followers made fantasies about him and they considered him a part of Allah, even a son of Allah (5:11 6—i 17).
Muslims believe in Isa as a prophet and a servant of Allah (43:59) .They do not believe that he is the son of Allah. Allah does not have a son or daughter. He is not like any of the creatures He has created. There is none like Him. Allah is One and Indivisible. (5:17; 19:35).
According to the Quran, Jesus was not crucified; rather, he was taken up by Allah, the Almighty and the Most Wise (4:157—158). Everything is possible for Allah. It was He who saved Abraham from the fire and Moses from Pharaoh. He is the only Creator of the whole universe and all that is in it.
In many verses of the Glorious Quran Allah the Exalted denied the claim of the Christians that He has a son.
A delegation from Nagran came to Muhammad. They began to talk about their claim about the Trinity, which is that Allah is three in one, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, with some disagreement among their sects. That is why Allah affirmed in many verses of the Quran that Jesus is a slave of Allah, whom He molded in the womb of his mother like any other of His creatures, and that He created him without a father, as He created Adam without a father or a mother. Almighty Allah had chosen Isa to be one of his messengers to humanity.
Such is Jesus, son of Mary. (It is) a statement of truth, about which they doubt (or dispute). It befits not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son (this refers to the slander of Christians against Allah, by saying that Jesus is the son of Allah). Glorified (and Exalted be He above all that they associate with Him). When He decrees a thing, He only says to it, “Be!” – and it is.
Jesus said: “And verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him (Alone). That is the Straight Path. (Allah’s Religion of Islamic Monotheism which He did ordain for all of His Prophets).”
Then the sects differed (the Christians about Jesus), so woe unto the disbeliveers (those who gave false witness saying that Jesus is the son of Allah) from the meeting of a great Day (the Day of Resurrection, when they will be thrown in the blazing Fire).
How clearly will they (polytheists and disbeliveers in the Oneness of Allah) see and hear, the Day when they will appear before Us! But the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers) today are in plain error. And warn them (O Muhammad) of the Day of grief and regrets, when the case has been decided, while now they are in a state of carelessness and they believe not. (Ch 19:34-39 Quran)
Allah the Almighty said: “Allah chose Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham and the family of Imran above the Alamin (mankind and jinns)(of their times). Offspring, one of theo other, and Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower. Remember when the wife of Imran said: “O my Lord! I have vowed to You what (the child that) is in my womb to be dedicated for Your services (free from all worldly work; to serve Your Place of worship), so accept this, from me. Verily, You are the All-Hearer, the All Knowing.”
Then when she delivered her (child Mary), she said:Â “O my Lord! I have delivered a female child,” and Allah knew better what she delivered, – “and the male is not like the female, and I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge with You (Allah) for her and for her offspring from Satan, the outcast.”
Zachariah’s wife’s sister had a daughter named Hannah. She was married to Imran, a leader of the Israelites. For many years, the couple remained childless. Whenever Hannah saw another woman with a child, her longing for a baby increased. Although years had passed, she never lost hope. She believed that one day Allah would bless her with a child, on whom she would shower all her motherly love.
She turned to the Lord of the heavens and the earth and pleaded with Him for a child. She would offer the child in the service of Allah’s house, in the temple of Jerusalem. Allah granted her request. When she learned that she was pregnant, she was the happiest woman alive, and thanked Allah for His gift. Her overjoyed husband Imran also thanked Allah for His mercy.
However, while she was pregnant her husband passed away. Hannah wept bitterly. Alas, Imran did not live to see their child for whom they had so longed. She gave birth to a girl, and again turned to Allah in prayer:
“O my Lord, I have delivered a female child,” and the male is not like the female, and I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge with You (Allah) for her and her offspring from Satan, the outcast.” (Ch 3:36 Quran)
So her Lord (Allah) accepted her with goodly acceptance. He made her grow in a good manner and put her under the care of Zachariah. Every time he entered Al-Mihrab (a praying place or a private room), he found her supplied with sustenance.
As Allah recounted in the Glorious Quran:Â She said: “From Allah. Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whom He wills, without limit.” (Ch 3:37 Quran)
Allah declared that He had elected Adam and the elite of his offspring who obey Allah. Then He specified the family of Abraham , which includes the sons of Ishmael , and the family of Imran, the father of Mary.
Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq stated that he was Imran Ibn Bashim, Ibn Amun, Ibn Misha, Ibn Hosqia, Ibn Ahriq, Ibn Mutham, Ibn Azazia, Ibn Amisa, Ibn Yamish, Ibn Ahrihu, Ibn Yazem, Ibn Yahfashat, Ibn Eisha, Ibn Iyam, Ibn Rahba am, Ibn David (David).
Hannah had a big problem in reference to her promise to Allah, for females were not accepted into the temple, and she was very worried. Her sister’s husband Zachariah, comforted her, saying that Allah knew best what she had delivered and appreciated fully what she had offered in His service. She wrapped the baby in a shawl and handed it over to the temple elders. As the baby was a girl, the question of her guardianship posed a problem for the elders. This was a child of their late and beloved leader, and everyone was eager to take care of her. Zachariah said to the elders: “I am the husband of her maternal aunt and her nearest relation in the temple; therefore, I will be more mindful of her than all of you.”
As it was their custom to draw lots to solve disagreements, they followed this course. Each one was given a reed to throw into the river. They had agreed that whoever’s reed remained afloat would be granted guardianship of the girl. All the reeds sank to the bottom except Zachariah’s. With this sign, they all surrendered to the will of Allah and made him the guardian.
To ensure that no one had access to Mary, Zachariah built a separate room for her in the temple. As she grew up, she spent her time in devotion to Allah. Zachariah visited her daily to see to her needs, and so it continued for many years. One day, he was surprised to find fresh fruit, which was out of season in her room. As he was the only person who could enter her room, he asked her how the fruit got there. She replied that these provisions were from Allah, as He gives to whom He wills. Zachariah understood by this that Allah had raised Mary’s status above that of other women.
Thereafter, Zachariah spent more time with her, teaching and guiding her. Mary grew to be a devotee of Allah, glorifying Him day and night.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib narrated that Muhammad said: “The best of the world’s women is Mary (in her lifetime), and the best of the world’s women is Khadija (in her lifetime).” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)
Abu Musa Al-Ashari also narrated that Muhammad said: “May among men attained perfection but among women none attained perfection except Mary the daughter of Imran, and Asiya the wife of Pharaoh, and the superiority of Aisha to other women is like the superiority of Tharid (an Arabic dish) to other meals.”
While Mary was praying in her temple, an angel in the form of a man appeared before her. Filled with terror, she tried to flee, praying:Â “Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (Allah) from you, if you do fear Allah.”
The angel said: “I am only a Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son.”
She said: “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?”
He said: “So (it will be), your Lord said: “That is easy for me (Allah): And (We wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us (Allah), and it is a matter (already) decreed, (by Allah).’” (Ch 19:18-21 Quran)
It was said that Joseph the Carpenter was greatly surprised when he knew the story, so he asked Mary: “Can a tree come to grow without a seed?” She said: “Yes, the one which Allah created for the first time.” He asked her again: “Is it possible to bear a child without a male partner?” She said: “Yes, Allah, created Adam without male or female!”
It was also said that, while pregnant, Mary went one day to her aunt, who reported that she felt as if she was pregnant. Mary in turn, said that she, too, was feeling as if she was pregnant. Then her aunt said: “I can see what is in my womb prostrating to what is in your womb.”
The angel’s visit caused Mary great anxiety, which increased as the months went by. How could she face giving birth to a child without having a husband? Later, she felt life kicking inside her. With a heavy heart, she left the temple and went to Nazareth, the city in which she had been born where she settled in a simple farm house to avoid the public.
But fear and anxiety did not leave her. She was from a noble and pious family. Her father had not been an evil man nor was her mother an impure woman. How could she prevent tongues from wagging about her honor?
After some months, she could not bear the mental strain any longer. Burdened with a heavy womb, she left Nazareth, not knowing where to go to be away from this depressing atmosphere.
She had not gone far, when she was overtaken by the pains of childbirth. She saw down against a dry palm tree, and here she gave birth to a son. Looking at her beautiful baby, she was hurt that she had brought him into the world without a father. She exclaimed: “I wish I had died before this happened and had vanished into nothingness!”
Suddenly, she heard a voice nearby: “Grieve not, your Lord has placed a rivulet below, and shake the trunk of this tree, from which ripe dates will fall. So eat and drink and regain the strength you have lost; and be of good cheer, for what you see is the power of Allah, Who made the dry palm tree regain life, in order to provide food for you.” For a while she was comforted by Allah’s miracle, for it was a sure sign of her innocence and purity.
Allah the Exalted revealed:Â “And mention in the Book (the Quran, O Muhammad, the story of) Mary, when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to a place facing east. She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our Ruh (angel Gabriel), and he appeared before her in the form of a man in all respects.”
She said: “Verily! I seek refuge with the Most Beneficent (Allah) from you, if you do fear Allah.”
The angel said: “I am only a Messenger from your Lord, (to announce) to you the gift of a righteous son.”
She said: “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?”
He said: “So (it will be), your Lord said: “That is easy for Me (Allah): and (We wish) to appoint him as a sign to mankind and a mercy from Us (Allah), and it is a matter (already) decreed, (by Allah).’” (Ch. 19: 16-21)
Mary decided to return to the city. However, her fears also returned. What was she going to tell the people? As if sharinhis mother’s worry, the baby began to speak: “If you meet any person say: ‘I have vowed to fast for The Beneficent and may not speak to any human today.’” With this miracle, Mary felt at ease.
As she had expected, her arrival in the city with a newborn baby in her arms aroused the curiosity of the people. They scolded her: “This is a terrible sin that you have committed.” She put her finger to her lips and pointed to the child. They asked: “How can we speak to a newborn baby?” To their total amazement, the child began to speak clearly: “I am Allah’s servant. Allah has given me the Book, and has made me a prophet, and has blessed me wherever I may be, and has enjoined on me prayers and alms-giving as long as I live. Allah has made me dutiful towards she who had borne me. He has not made me arrogant nor unblessed. Peace unto me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive.”
Most of the people realized that the baby was unique, for it Allah wills something, He merely says “Be” and it happens. Of course, there were some who regarded the baby’s speech as a strange trick, but at least Mary could now stay in Nazareth without being harassed.
The Jewish priests felt this child Jesus was dangerous, for they felt that the people would turn their worship to Allah the Almighty Alone, displacing the existing Jewish tenets. Consequently, they would lose their authority over the people. Therefore, they kept the miracle of Jesus’s speech in infancy as a secret and accused Mary of a great misdeed.
Jesus grew, the signs of prophethood began to increase. He could tell his friends what kind of supper waited for them at home and what they had hidden and where. When he was twelve years old, he accompanied his mother to Jerusalem. There he wandered into the temple and joined a crowd listening to the lecture of the Rabbis (Jewish priests). The audience were all adults, but he was not afraid to sit with them. After listening intently, he asked questions and expressed his opinion. The learned rabbis were disturbed by the boy’s boldness and puzzled by the questions he asked, for they were unable to answer him. They tried to silence him, but he ignored their attempts and continued to express his views. Jesus became so involved in this exchange that he forgot he as expected back home.
In the meantime, his mother went home, thinking that he might have gone back with relatives or friends. When she arrived, she discovered that he was not there, so she returned to the city to look for him. At last she found him in the temple, sitting among the learned, conversing with them. He appeared to be quite at east, as if he had been doing this all his life. Mary got angry with him for causing her worry. He tried to assure her that all the arguing and debating with the learned had made him forgot the time.
Jesus grew up to manhood. It was Sabbath, a day of complete rest: no fire could be lit or extinguished nor could females plait their hair. Moses had commanded that Saturday be dedicated to the worship of Allah. However, the wisdom behind the Sabbath and its spirit had gone, and only the letter remained in the Jews’ hearts. Also, they thought that Sabbath was kept in heaven, and that the People of Israel had been chosen by Allah only to observe the Sabbath.
They made a hundred things unlawful on Saturday even self-defense or calling a doctor to save a patient who was in bad condition. This is how their life was branded by such hypocrisy. Although the Pharisees were guardians of the law, they were ready to sell it when their interests were involved so as to obtain personal gains. There was, for example, a rule which prohibited a journey of more than one thousand yards on the Sabbath day. What do we expect of the Pharisees in this case? The day before, they transferred their food and drink from their homes two thousand yards away and erected a temporary house so that from they could travel a further thousand yards on the Sabbath day.
Jesus was on his way to the temple. Although it was the Sabbath, he reached out his hand to pick two pieces of fruit to feed a hungry child. This was considered to be a violation of the Sabbath law. He made a fire for the old women to keep themselves warm from the freezing air. Another violation. He went to the temple and looked around. There were twenty thousand Jewish priests registered there who earned their living from the temple. The rooms of he temple were full of them.
Jesus observed that the visitors were much fewer than the priests. Yet the temple was full of sheep and doves which were sold to the people to be offered as sacrifices. Every step in the temple cost the visitor money. They worshipped nothing but money. In the temple, the Pharisees and Sadducees acted as if it were a market place, and these two groups always disagreed on everything. Jesus followed the scene with his eyes and observed that the poor people who could not afford the price of the sheep or dove were swept away like flies by the Pharisees and Saducees. Jesus was astonished. Why did the priests burn a lot of offerings inside the temple, while thousands of poor people were hungry outside it?
On this blessed night, the two noble prophets John and Zachariah died, killed by the ruling authority. On the same night, the revelation descended upon Prophet Jesus . Allah the Exalted commanded him to begin his call to the children of Israel. To Jesus, the life of ease was closed, and the page of worship and struggled was opened.
Like an opposing force, the message of Jesus came to denounce the practices of the Pharisees and to reinforce the Law of Moses. In the face of a materialistic age of luxury and worship of gold, Jesus called his people to a nobler life by word and deed. This exemplary life was the only way out of the wretchedness and diseases of his age. Jesus’s call, from the beginning, was marked by its complete uprightness and piety. It appealed to the soul, the inner being, and not be a closed system of rules laid down by society.
Jesus continued inviting the people to Almighty Allah. His call was based on the principle that there is no mediation between the Creator and His creatures. However, Jesus was in conflict with the Jews’ superficial interpretation of the Torah. He said that he did not come to abrogate the Torah, but to complete it by going to the spirit of its substance to arrive at its essence.
He made the Jews understand that the Ten Commandments have more value than they imagined. For instance, the fifth commandment does not only prohibit physical killing, but all forms of killing; physical, psychological, or spiritual. And the sixth commandment does not prohibit adultery only in the sense of unlawful physical contact between a man and a woman, but also prohibits all forms of unlawful relations or acts that might lead to adultery. The eye commits adultery when it looks at anything with passion.
Jesus was therefore in confrontation with the materialistic people. He told them to desist from hypocrisy, show and false praise. There was no need to hoard wealth in this life. They should not preoccupy themselves with the goods of this passing world; rather they must preoccupy themselves with the affairs of the coming world because it would be everlasting.
Jesustold them that caring for this world is a sin, not fit for pious worshippers. The disbeliveers care for it because they do not know a better way. As for the believers, they know that their sustenance is with Allah, so they trust in Him and scorn this world.
Jesuscontinued to invite people to worship the Only Lord, Who is without partner, just as he invited them to purify the heart and soul.
His teaching annoyed the priests, for every word of Jesuswas a threat to them and their position, exposing their misdeeds.
The Roman occupiers had, at first, no intention of being involved in this religious discord of the Jews because it was an internal affair, and they saw that this dispute would distract the Jews from the question of the occupation.
However, the priests started to plot against Jesus. They wanted to embarrass him and to prove that he had come to destroy the Mosaic Law. The Mosaic Law provides that an adulteress be stoned to death. They brought him a Jewish adulteress and asked Jesus: “Does not the law stipulate the stoning of the adulteress?” Jesusanswered: “Yes.” They said: “This woman is an adulteress.” Jesuslooked at the woman and then at the priests. He knew that they were more sinful than she. They agreed that she should be killed according to Mosaic Law, and they understood that if he was going to apply Mosaic Law, he would be destroying his own rules of forgiveness and mercy.
Jesusunderstood their plan. He smiled and assented: “Whoever among you is sinless can stone her.” His voice rose in the middle of the Temple, making a new law on adultery, for the sinless to judge sin. There was none eligible; no mortal can judge sin, only Allah the Most Merciful.
As Jesusleft the temple, the woman followed him. She took out a bottle of perfume from her garments, knelt before his feet and washed them with perfume and tears, and then dried his feet with her hair. Jesusturned to the woman and told her to stand up, adding: “O Lord, forgive her sins.” He let the priests understand that those who call people to Almighty Allah are not executioners. His call was based on mercy for the people, the aim of all divine calls.
Allah the Almighty said:Â “Remember when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection): “O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My Favor to you and to your mother when I supported you with Ruh-ul-Qudus (Gabriel) so that you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and when I taught you writing, Al Hikmah (the power of understanding), the Torah and the Gospel; and when you made out of the clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My Permission, and you breathed into it, and it became a bird by My Permission, and you healed those born blind, and the lepers by My Permission, and when you brought forth the dead by My Permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from you (when they resolved to kill you) since you came unto them with clear proofs, and the disbeliveers among them said: ‘This is nothing but evident magic.’”
And when I (Allah) put in their hearts of the disciples (of Jesus) to believe in Me and My Messenger, they said: “We believe. And bear witness that we are Muslims.” (Ch 5:110-111 Quran)
Jesuscontinued to pray to Allah for mercy on his people and to teach his people to have mercy on one another and to believe in Allah.
Jesus continued his mission, aided by divine miracles. Some Quranic commentators said that Jesus brought four people back from the dead: a friend of his named Al-Azam, an old woman’s son, and a woman’s only daughter. These three had died during his lifetime. When the Jews saw this they said: “You only resurrect those who have died recently; perhaps they only fainted.” They asked him to bring back to life Sam the Ibn Noah.
When he asked them to show him his grave, the people accompanied him there. Jesus invoked Allah the Exalted to bring him back to life and behold, Sam the Ibn Noah came out from the grave gray-haired. Jesus asked: “how did you get gray hair, when there was no aging in your time?” He answered: “O Spirit of Allah, I thought that the Day of Resurrection had come; from the fear of that day my hair turned gray.”
Almighty Allah also revealed:Â “And He Allah will teach him (Jesus) the Book and Al Hikmah (the Sunna, the faultless speech of the Prophets, wisdom, etc.), (and) the Torah and the Gospel.
And will make him (Isa) a Messenger to the Children of Israel (saying): “I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I design for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allah’s Leave; and I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I bring the dead to life by Allah’s leave. And I inform you of what you eat, and what you store in your houses. Surely, therein is a sign for you, if you believe. And I have come confirming that which was before me of the Torah, and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you, and I have come to you with proof from your Lord. So fear Allah and obey me. Truly! Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him (Alone). This is the Straight Path.”
Then when Jesuscame to know of their disbelief, he said: “Who will be my helpers in Allah’s Cause?” The disciples said: “We are the helpers of Allah; we believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims (we submit to Allah).”
Our Lord! We believe in what You have sent down, and we follow the Messenger (Jesus); so write us down among those who bear witness (to the truth, La ilaha ill Allah – none has the right to be worshipped but Allah).
And they (disbeliveers) plotted (to kill Jesus), and Allah planned too. And Allah is the Best of the planners. (Ch 3:48-54 Quran)
Jesuscontinued calling people to Almighty Allah and laying down for them what might be called “the law of the Spirit.” Once when standing on a mountain surrounded by his disciples, Jesus saw that those who believed in him were from among the poor, the wretched, an the downtrodden, and their number was small. Some of the miracles which Jesus performed had been requested by his disciples, such as their wish for a “holy table” to be sent down from heaven.
Allah the Exalted said:Â “Remember when the disciples said: “O Jesus, son of Mary! Can your Lord send down to us a table spread (with food) from heaven?” Jesussaid: “Fear Allah, if you are indeed believers.” They said: “We wish to eat thereof and to be stronger in Faith and to know that you have indeed told us the truth and that we ourselves be its witnesses.”
Jesus, son of Mary, said: “O Allah, our Lord! Send us from heaven a table spread (with food) that there may be for us – for the first and the last of us – a festival and a sign from You; and provide us sustenance, for You are the best of sustainers.” Allah said: “I am going to send it down unto you, but if any of you after that disbelieves, then I will punish him with a torment such as I have not inflicted on anyone among all the Alamin (mankind and jinn).
And (remember) when Allâh will say (on the Day of Resurrection): “O ‘Iesa (Jesus), son of Mary! Did you say unto men: ‘Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allâh?’ ” He will say: “Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my innerÂself though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All ÂKnower of all that is hidden and unseen.” (Ch 5:112-116 Quran)
It was related that Jesuscommanded his disciples to fast for thirty days; at the end of it, they asked Jesusto bring food from heaven to break their fast. Jesusprayed to Allah after his disciples had doubted Allah’s power. The great table cam down between two clouds, one above and one below, while the people watched. Jesus said: “O Lord, make it a mercy and not a cause of distress.” So it fell between Isa’s (Jesus’) hands, covered with a napkin.
Jesussuddenly prostrated and his disciples with him. They sensed a fragrance, which they had never smelled before. Jesussaid: “The one who is the most devout and most righteous may uncover the table, that we might eat of it to thank Allah for it.” They said: “O Spirit of Allah, you are the most deserving.”
Jesusstood up, then performed ablution and prayed before uncovering the table, and behold, there was a roasted fish. The disciples said: “O Spirit of Allah, is this the food of this world or of Paradise?” Jesussaid to his disciples: “Did not Allah forbid you to ask questions? It is the divine power of Allah the Almighty Who said: ‘Be,’ and it was. It is a sign from Almighty Allah warning of great punishment for unbelieving mortals of the world. This is the kernel of the matter.”
It is said that thousands of people partook of it, and yet they never exhausted it. A further miracle was that the blind and lepers were cured.
The Day of the Table became one of the holy days for the disciples and followers of Jesus. Later on, the disciples and followers forgot the real essence of the miracles, and so they worshipped Jesus as a god.
Almighty Allah asserted:Â “And remember when Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection): “O Jesus, son of Mary! Did you say unto men: ‘Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah?’” He will say: “Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right to say. Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner self though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All Knower of all that is hidden and unseen. Never did I say to them aught except what You (Allah) did command me to say: ‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord’, And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things. (This is a great admonition and warning to the Christians of the whole world). If you punish them, they are Your slaves, and if You forgive them, Verily You, only You are the All Mighty, the All Wise.”
Allah will say: “This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) – they shall abide therein forever. Allah is pleased with them and they with Him. That is the great success (Paradise). To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein, and He is Able to do all things.” (Ch 5:116-120 Quran)
Jesuswent on his mission until vice knew that its throne was threatening to fall. So the forces of evil accused him of magic, infringement of the Mosaic Law, allegiance with the devil; and when they saw that the poor people followed him, they began to scheme against him.
The Sanhedrin, the highest judicial and ecclesiastical council of the Jews, began to meet to plot against Jesus. The plan took a new turn. When the Jews failed to stop Isa’s (Jesus’) s call, they decided to kill him. The chief priests held secret meetings to agree on the best way of getting rid of Jesus. While they were in such a meeting, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, Judas Iscariot, went to them and asked: “What will you give me if I deliver him to you?” Judas bargained with them until they agreed to give him thirty pieces of silver known as shekels. The plot was laid for the capture and murder of Jesus.
It was said that the high priest of the Jews tore his garment at the meeting, claiming that Jesus had denied Judaism. The tearing of clothes at that time was a sign of disgust.
The priests had no authority to pass the death sentence at that time, so they convinced the Roman governor that Jesus was plotting against the security of the Roman Empire and urged him to take immediate action against him. The governor ordered tha Jesus be arrested.
According to the Book of Matthew, Jesus was arrested and the council of the high priests passed the death sentence upon him. Then, they began insulting him, spitting on his face and kicking him.
It was the Roman custom for the condemned to be flogged before they were executed. So Pilate, the Roman governor, ordered that Jesusbe flogged. The Mosaic Law stipulates forty lashes, but the Roman had no limit, and they were brutal lashes. After that, Jesus was handed to the soldiers for crucifixion. They took off his clothes, and kept them. They put a crown of thorns on his head to mock him. According to custom he carried his cross on his back to increase his suffering.
Finally, they reached a place called Golgotha, meaning the Place of Skulls, outside the walls of Jerusalem. Instead of giving him a cup of wine diluted with scent to help lessen the pain on the cross, the soldiers gave Jesus a cup of vinegar diluted with gall. Then they crucified him and, as a further mockery, two thieves with him. So it is written in the Bible.
But the faith of Islam came with views quite different from that of the extend gospels with regards to both the end of Jesus and his nature.
The Glorious Quran affirms that Allah the Exalted did not permit the people of Israel to kill Jesus or crucify him. What happened was that Allah saved him from his enemies and raised him to heaven. They never killed Jesus, they killed someone else.
Allah the Almighty declared: “And because of their saying (in boast), “We killed Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah,” but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of Jesus was put over another man (and they killed that man) and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no certain knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not (Isa, son of Mary): But Allah raised him (Jesus) up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he is in the heavens). And Allah is Ever All Powerful, All Wise.
And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews & Christians), but must believe in him (Jesus, son of Mary, as only a Messenger of Allah, and a human being0, before his (Jesus or a Jew’s or a Christian’s ) death (at the time of the appearance of the angel of death). And on the Day of Resurrection, he (Jesus) will be a witness against them. ( Ch 4:157-159 Quran)
Almighty Allah also revealed: “And remember when Allah said: “O Isa! I will take you and raise you to Myself and clear you (of the forged statement that Isa is Allah’s son) of those who disbelieve, and I will make those who follow you (Monotheists, who worship none but Allah ) superior to those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah, or disbelieve in some of His Messengers, e.g. Muhammad, Jesus, Moses etc., or in His Holy Books, e.g. the Torah, the Gospel, the Quran) till the Day of Resurrection. Then you will return to Me and I will judge between you in the matters in which you used to dispute.” (Ch 3:55 Quran).
Allah Disclaims Begetting Anyone – Surah 19, Almighty Allah refuted the claims of the Jews and the Christians in many verses of the Glorious Quran.
And they say: “The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son (or offspring or children) (as the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say that He has begotten a son (Christ), and the pagan Arabs say that he has begotten daughters (angels, etc.)).”
Indeed you have brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing. Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, that they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent (Allah).
But it is not suitable for (the Majesty of ) the Most Beneficent (Allah) that He should beget a son (or offspring or children). There is non in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent (Allah) as a slave. Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full counting. And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any helper, or protector or defender). (Ch 19:88-95 Quran)
Allah the Exalted also declared:Â “Yet, they join the jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has created them (the jinns), and they attribute falsely without knowledge sons and daughters to Him. Be He Glorified! And Exalted above (all) that they attribute to Him. He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.
Such is Allah, your Lord! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Creator of all things. So worship Him (Alone), and He is the Wakil (Trustee, Disposer of affairs, Guardian etc.) over all tings.
No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision. He is the Most Subtle and Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things. (Ch 6:100-103 Quran)
Almighty Allah commanded:Â “O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in you religion, nor say of Allah aught but the truth. The Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, was (no more than ) a Messenger of Allah and His Word, (“Be” – and he was) which He bestowed on Mary and a spirit (Ruh) created by Him; so believe in Allah and His Messengers. Say not: “Three (trinity)!” Cease! (It is ) better for you. For Allah is the only One Ilah (God), Glory be to Him (Far Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is All Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
The Messiah will never be proud to reject to be a slave to Allah, nor the angels who are near (to Allah). And whosoever rejects His worship and is proud, then He will gather them all together unto Himself. So, as for those who believed (in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism) and did deeds of righteousness, He will give their (due) rewards, and more out of His Bounty. But as for those who refuse His worship and were proud, He will punish them with a painful torment. And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or helper. (Ch 4:171-173 Quran)
Almighty Allah also declared:Â And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: Messiah is the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate the saying of the disbeliveers of old. Allah’s Curse be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth!
They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah, (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allah) and (they also took as their lord) Messiah, son of Mary , while they (Jews and Christians) were commanded (in the Torah and the Gospel) to worship none but One Ilah (God- Allah) La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). Praise and glory be to Him, (far above is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). (Ch 9:30-32 Quran)
Allah the Almighty also revealed:Â “Now ask them (O Muhammad): “Are there (only) daughters for your Lord and sons for them?” Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?
Verily, it is of their falsehood that they (Quraish pagans) say: “Allah has begotten off-spring or children (angels are the daughters of Allah)” And, verily, they are liars!
Has He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons? What is the matter with you? How do you decide? Will you not then remember? Or is there for you a plain authority? Then bring your Book if you are truthful!
And they have invented a kinship between Him and the jinns, but the jinn know well that they have indeed to appear (before Him) (i.e. they will be brought for accounts).
Glorified be Allah! (He is free) from what they attribute unto Him! Except the slaves of Allah, whom He chooses (for His Mercy i.e. true believers of Islamic Monotheism who do not attribute false things unto Allah). (Ch 37:149-160 Quran)
And Almighty Allah declared:Â “Surely, in disbelief are they who say that Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say (O Muhammad): “Who then has the least power against Allah, if He were destroy the Messiah, son of Mary, his mother, and all those who are on the earth together?” And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them. He creates what He wills. And Allah is Able to do all things.
And (both) the Jews and Christians say; “We are the children of Allah and His loved ones.” Say: “Why then does He punish you for your sins?” Nay, you are but human beings, of those He has created, He forgive whom He wills and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and to Him is the return of all.
O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Now has come to you Our Messenger (Muhammad) making (things) clear unto you, after a break in (the series of ) Messengers, lest you say: “there came unto us no bringer of glad tidings and no warner.” But now has come unto you a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And Allah is Able to do all things. (Ch 5:17-19 Quran)
Allah the Exalted warned: Surely they have disbelieved who say: “Allah is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary.” But the Messiah (Jesus) said: “O Children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.” Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, then Allah has forbidden Paradise for him, and the Fire will be his abode. And for the Zalimun (polytheists, and wrong-doers) there are no helpers.
Surely, disbeliveers are those who said: “Allah is the third of the three (in a Trinity).” But there is no Ilah (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilah (God- Allah). And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall the disbeliveers among them.
Will they not repent to Allah and ask His Forgiveness? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a Messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away before him. His mother (Mary) was a Siddiqah (she believed in the Words of Allah, and His Books. They both used to eat food, as any other human being, while Allah does not eat). Look how We made the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) clear to them, yet look how they are deluded away from the truth. (Ch 5:72-75 Quran)
And Almighty Allah ordered: And say: “All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has not begotten a son (nor an offspring), and Who has no partner in His Dominion, nor He is low to have a Wali (helper, protector, or supporter). And magnify Him with all the magnificence, (Allahu-Akbar, Allah is the Most Great).” (Ch 17:111 Quran)
The pagans once asked Muhammad : “To whom is your Lord related, His original ancestors and His various branches of descendants?” It is also reported that the Jews said: “We worship Ezra, the Son of Allah,” and the Christians said: “Jesus is the Son of Allah,” and the Magians said: “We worship the sun and the moon,” an the Pagans said: “We worship idols.”
In response to all of them Allah revealed some of His attributes: Unity, Uniqueness, and other substantives:
Say: (O Muhammad): “He is Allah, the One. Allah As-Samad (The Self- Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; and there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.” (Ch 112:1-4 Quran)