control.to.win
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Here I mean the Holy Quran and the New Testament. Everything in this thread should be singularly drawn from each respective text. Don't state your own opinions or conclusions about the Quran or the New testament without providing a quote. If you don't have one, make sure you paraphrase.
The best place to start this is with the claims of the scriptures themselves. What do each state about themselves?
The Bible doesn't declare itself as word for word revelation of God. Neither does it claim it's text has remained or will remain unchanged. It also does not claim that it is a perfect teaching for all peoples for all time
(I have many things to yet tell you, but you can't bear them now). Therefore, the text has been written and changed by man, with all the inherent risks that it presents of bias, twisting the truth, lies and words lost in translation. and by it's own account it is an incomplete teaching.
The Quran claims that it is the word for word revelation of God. Unchanged by time, it will forever remain in it's original text. It is a perfect teaching, for all mankind and for all time. (verily, we have sent down this exhortation, and surely, we are it's protector) (it is nothing but pure revelation, revealed)
I'm not speaking of using the Quran to prove the Quran. I'm stating the claims of each text as a starting point from which a debate can be started. And from the get-go, the bible is already at a massive disadvantage.
The best place to start this is with the claims of the scriptures themselves. What do each state about themselves?
The Bible doesn't declare itself as word for word revelation of God. Neither does it claim it's text has remained or will remain unchanged. It also does not claim that it is a perfect teaching for all peoples for all time
(I have many things to yet tell you, but you can't bear them now). Therefore, the text has been written and changed by man, with all the inherent risks that it presents of bias, twisting the truth, lies and words lost in translation. and by it's own account it is an incomplete teaching.
The Quran claims that it is the word for word revelation of God. Unchanged by time, it will forever remain in it's original text. It is a perfect teaching, for all mankind and for all time. (verily, we have sent down this exhortation, and surely, we are it's protector) (it is nothing but pure revelation, revealed)
I'm not speaking of using the Quran to prove the Quran. I'm stating the claims of each text as a starting point from which a debate can be started. And from the get-go, the bible is already at a massive disadvantage.