Logic, Light & The Truth — A Trip to Christianity

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In a world full of confusion, Christianity is a forerunner in… well, confusion. No amount of money on the earth can make a contradiction logical, Dark to Light, Lie to Truth. Similarly, just as that, no amount of money can make Christianity's contradictions logical, its darkness into light, its Lie to Truth.

From an Islamic theological perspective, divine revelation is preserved, internally consistent, and safeguarded by God Himself.

Let's go through this step by step.

My first claim: “Christianity has contradictions.”

Other than it being clear as day in the 21st Century, there are some on the earth, unfortunately, who are oblivious.

Proof for my claim:

How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem? Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26) or forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)

Now as you can see, this is just one contradiction, and a clear one. And if I had willed, I could have gone on and added 20 more if I wanted, but reality does not require more than one contradiction to disprove a claim. And I won’t drown you in a long list—because one contradiction already makes the point. If someone wants the truth, 1 contradiction is enough, but if someone wants to follow their desires then even 1000 contradictions will not be. Now think, if even one thing like this existed in the Qur'an, then it would not be the word of God, but God welcomes and challenges those who wish to bring forth a contradiction to do so. Welcome.

This textual contradiction raises a theological question that cannot be avoided: what does it mean for a text to be the word of God?

So if this—Bible—is God's word, does God make mistakes? And if this is a copyist error then does the Book of God contain errors? And if the people who wrote the bible were chosen by God, would God choose people who would make mistakes in his book? And if they say “They were chosen by God, but they were also human”, would God allow a mistake made by his chosen ones to not be corrected? And if they were chosen by God to write the bible, and could still make mistakes because they're human, then why did God not guide them.

Carrying on, let's talk about Christianity being dark. This, I apologise, is my all-time favourite parts of this article, and discussions in general. Why? It's because Islam is portrayed as the most horrific, most disgusting, most dangerous, scary religion ever. And yet you have Christianity with killing infants as a command from ‘God’ right next to you, yet this is rarely raised with the same outrage. We don't need anyone except Allah, and we will be victorious over the falsifiers.

So let's talk. Let's start with an all-time favourite, the Hijab. Christianity also has a Hijab, though, in islam Hijab is more than just head covering, but that's just the way it is taken as today—on a casual level.

1 Corinthians:

Now I don't think many Christians realise that here, their own God, who the Bible is the word of, apparently, commands women to cover their hair. Now, some might say “But that's during prayer/prophesising”, and I'd say: sure, why not, even in Islam women don't have to cover their hair at home when only her family is around, and must cover their hair when they pray [not prophesies though, only prophets can do that, comes with the name], but have you ever seen the women nowadays in churches cover their head while praying even on Sundays except the Nun’s? And this verse says “Every woman”, not just Nun’s. This observation concerns contemporary practice, not the sincerity of individual believers.

But wait, it carries on:

Now the part which I find comical here, with all due respect, it says that if a woman doesn't cover her hair then “might as well” cut her hair off. If anything like this was remotely in the religion of Islam it would have been bombarded from all sides left and right—without light. In contemporary Christian practice, this command is neither enforced nor widely regarded as binding. Now recall that the bible says ‘it is a disgrace for any woman that doesn't cover her hair’, I repeat, ‘disgrace’. But it does offer a solution: Cover your head.

So clearly, not covering the head for a woman in Christianity, for the tasks that they usually do without covering their heads, is sinful, shameful, and as we read, disgraceful. Now, spoiler alert, this is not the case in Islam and our women do not have to cut or shave their head off if they don't wear the Hijab. Yes, it is sinful and accountable in the sight of God, however, just as in Christianity, any sin should be.

This raises a moral problem that goes beyond textual inconsistency: the question of justice.

My critique here is of the portrayal found in the text, not a personal attack on Christians as individuals.

But then if that's the case, then how come a person, in the bible, who had authority over people, lusted over a woman, asked about her, found out she was married to one of his loyal soldiers, called for her anyway and committed adultery with her, later she told him she was pregnant so he wanted to cover this up. Her husband's name was Uriah. So, he called Uriah back from the battlefield and encouraged him to go home to his wife, hoping that people would assume that the child was Uriah's. But Uriah refused out of loyalty and discipline, saying it would be wrong for him to enjoy comfort while his fellow soldiers were fighting. When this plan failed, he sent a letter to the army commander, carried by Uriah himself, ordering: Uriah to be placed at the front lines and then abandoned, so he would be killed. And thus, Uriah was killed. After Uriah’s death and a brief mourning period, he married Uriah's widow, the woman he lusted for. That man was God's chosen Prophet: David, a king over the people, ruling by the command of God, and His son, as stated in the Bible.

A bit ironic isn't it. That a prophet of God, chosen by God himself, would do such a thing, in fact, such things: One of the darkest stories one has probably come across. And then you, the Christian, find out this is your God’s protagonist. Prophets are meant to be protagonists. This story almost seeks to change the role of what a Prophet is supposed to be, one that's sent by God, role model for the people on earth.

But don't worry, the Christians will say “It's okay, because he repented sincerely, and the child that was born died due to the consequence of the sin and his house was struck with ongoing turmoil, and became an example publicly for the people.”

Excuse me what? Isn't he supposed to be enforcing the old testament, which tells that the people who commit adultery are to be stoned to death. Under Mosaic Law, adultery carried a mandatory death penalty, regardless of repentance. So is it one rule for the people and one rule for David? Is that justice from the Christian God? Is this the “setting the example”, that if you're of a special status, the law doesn't apply to you like everyone else? Shouldn't the ones in higher authority be given severer punishments as they had more responsibility both as authority and role model figures before the people? Because then making mistakes, it is not equal to a regular person making mistakes. And let's put David to the side for a second, the woman that he committed adultery with—she never got stoned either, so where is God’s justice? Does the Law of God bend for the royal family? Then how is Man equal?

And why would God, from His ultimate wisdom and knowledge, not choose someone else out of all the people in the land, in the world, to be the king over his people, his representative, enforcer of his Law? Why not choose Uriah, when he was loyal and trustworthy? Why is no one asking these questions? Or is it just “Why are Muslims oppressive?” The real oppression here was to Uriah.

That being said, the Bible cannot be the fully preserved word of God, which we’ve already confirmed after the first contradiction. The parts of God being one and creator of everything the Muslims can agree with. Stories like this make the common man scratch his head and say “That’s crazy”, whilst not being sure what he's supposed to have learnt and why on earth the Holy Spirit didn't guide David like it guided him last Sunday. Muslims don't believe in this. To us it is absurd that a chosen person of God would do devilish acts like this in succession, not have the law enacted on him, and be left roaming the free and be called Prophet, the Son of God.

In Islam, Muslims believe that Dawud (David), peace be upon him, was the most righteous of servants of God on Earth, upright, just and not a follower of his desires. Islam does not reinterpret these figures arbitrarily, but reasserts a coherent model of prophethood rooted in moral exemplarship. One of the reasons we believe that Allah revealed the stories of these prophets out of the many prophets that have come is to clear their name and reputation that was tarnished by the corrupters of the Bible. Allah explicitly states in the Qur'an that he told Dawud, peace be upon him, that:

So here Allah is saying to Dawud ‘Judge between the people in truth’, but in Christianity he did not judge, regarding Uriah, in truth. Here Allah is telling him that if he follows his desires that he will stray away from the way of Allah, but in Christianity that is all they say he ever did—follow his desires and go astray from the way of God. And Allah chooses Prophets to be role models on the earth because they used to frequent the remembrance of the Day of Account often, this is how the sons of Adam are supposed to be. But, because we are forgetful, some are chosen from amongst us, Prophets, as they are the least forgetful amongst us and so are our role models, and we are supposed to learn from them and follow their example. Now if in Christianity a prophet—all he is doing is following his desires, then where is he being the role model that remembers the Day of account? Why did God choose him? What was the purpose? So is Dawud, the Just, Chosen Servant of God a greater role model or is ‘David’ the Unjust, the Forgetful?

So this was just one of the many stories that we spoke about today that reside in the Bible.

Lastly, I mentioned how lies will never equal the truth, and that is known. Lies are everywhere, but truth is sought just as the light is sought in the darkness. And to my dear Christian brothers and sisters out there, that are genuinely looking for the truth, do not be shocked by what you have read today, because the Devil is active. Your God, your Creator, has sent you and your forefathers messengers so that you may be guided but the message has been corrupted each time it was sent by the hands of those who wish worldly gain, but the Qur'an is the last testament of God, and can never be changed. His name is Ar-Rahman, the Most Merciful, and he has left the Light to remain, so read what he has to say:

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Jazak Allah khair for your time and attention throughout!

Faithfully, Akasha ibn Umer.