Firstly, Science is not replacing Religion. Science still can't answer every question. For example long ago some people believed that the Sun was God and it moved to and fro through the skies. Now Science has deducted that it's the planets orbiting that causes Night and Day. It still doesn't answer why it does that. All it does is determine the mechanics of how it does it. Sure we know that the seeds of plants, combined with sunlight, water and other organisms are what causes them to grow, but we still will never know why it does it. In fact, someone can take most every scientific "fact" and make a never ending string of "why" questions. Granted, the same could be done with Religion, that being said, I've stated that to show how laughable the Science vs Religion debate stands with me and many others. If someone said, "Hey, I don't think there's a God", I could understand that, but trying to debate it with these external science "facts" and that we're now ignorant to believe in God because we now know how the World works a little better. It's just a couple of squirrels shy of a nut house, if you ask me.
I'm not the kind of Muslim to attack Christianity, nor have I ever debated Islam vs Christianity. And I respect the choice of all Christian, other Religions as I do non-believers. And the contradictions/difficulties contained in the Bible are considered by later Muslims to be a misrepresented version of the Quran. And that the Bible is the beta version of The Quran. I'm not saying I believe that, I'm just saying, Muslims shouldn't attack Christianity..As it's stated in one passage that God was with Jesus as was many others.
Because no matter what we believe in, everyone was born with a "moral compass" (So to speak), and It's how well we choose to follow it and the hardships we endure that determines what we are.
In the Quran, it's said that our life is a test of how well we follow this compass, (Represented as The God's Will we are all born with.) and the better we do, the less trouble we will have in the afterlife. So like a game were your score is rallied at the end. Like it's said, "No matter how well a man should avoid humans punishment in his life, he will never escape God's in the here after." This could successfully be proven, given the fact that most everyone has the same moral codes of what's wrong and right. This is something that Science will never truely be able to understand. Why can't we all be like animals with disregard for no one but our selfs? And how come most ever culture has the same basis as to what is right and what is wrong?
Surely we do know more about our surrondings than before, but we still can't determine where our minds go after we die, and if we are truely being reborned into other vessels or we just stay in limbo, or go to Heaven or Hell. Also, no matter how hard we try to clone something, we can never create life out of nothing. Man doesn't have control over life. And that Big Bang Theory...If we existed by chance, and there was no God, then how come the realization of God came to us before that theory? That just sounds like a mad (albiet, intellegent) man trying to make humans play God to me.
And if we truely feared death to a point of yielding to an unknown force, why is it that Ancient Egytians, believed in both God and reincarnation? In fact, lots of Ancients believed in reincarnation, like the Mayans. So my analogy is this, believing in God has no correlation with the fear of death.
And also, God didn't take his time to get his message across, he sent thousands of messenagers, and Muhammad was just the last. Also, God exists in all humans according to Islam. Even people society would deem dispicable like Hitler.
I wasn't brought up believing this, my parents are Muslim, but they weren't very religious.(We hardly ever prayed )there was a time when I was in highschool and I seriously doubted the existence of God. And that having to pray 5 times a day, avoid Worldly influences like Liqour, drugs, and violence was just a way to control people into living by their values. (And 911 also made me think that no good could come from this path )Then one day, I decided to read the book for the first time and everything in it, made perfect sense to me. And if everyone followed this book, the way they should, I think the World would be a way more peaceful place. (Look at Indonesia, a country that wasn't orginally involved in the Islam Revolution, but now it's primarily Islam in it's beliefs and is considered one of the most peaceful nations) And before you decide to say, "the middle east is in a terrible state and it's primary religion is Islam" let me first say that most Saudi's live by "Hadifs", pre-interputed Islam that is more akin to ancient Arab culture than it is to the actual Quran. Not to mention external instegations by the west, like the conception of Israel. (Though, that's another debate for another time.)
And honestly, why would they make a fake Religion to control people, when it's specifically stated that "All Muslims must find their own interpretation of the Quran", and in another Surah, "Thou shall not force Islam upon his children, nor shall he do (the) same to his followers and friends."
And as for your list, I honestly don't have time to prove these all false, as they're mostly filled with half-truths, rhetorical statements and pickings at the very foundation of it's Ancient heritage. And if we are to view this with an opened mind, we would first have to read ALL of the book, as these are just snipets that really don't help their case. Seeing as this article was made by a Christian or Religious person. I'm not too surprised.
The internal ones appear to be the ones most accurate. I'm just gonna pick off the first few, as I've already seen quite a few counter lists for these, as most are just misinterputations and translations that are not the same as when you read it in it's native Arabic. As in 20, it states that a Muslim only has one mom, however, it states that the one who nursed him is his mother, the person who MOTHERED him. Not his birth mother. (Many Adj, Adv, pronouns are not as clear in english, actually English is about as far away from Arabic as you can get. Not to mention, some words can have dual/multiple meanings. And the closest thing you can get to it in English is a word that can create flaws in it's grammar. And leave it open for an attack.)
Also, the following is only from the first few...
(1) Who suffers loss if Muhammad was wrong? Sura 34:50 commands Muhammad to say, "If I go astray, I go astray only to my own loss," which is a severe factual error in the Qur'an as well as contradicting the teaching of the Qur'an in a number of other verses.
^ Muhammad (bpuh) says, If I am astray, I only stray to the loss Of my own soul: but if I receieve guidance, it is Because of the inspiration Of my Lord to me: It is He Who hears All things, and is (ever) near. The article cuts off the rest of the sentance to better help there case. Again, this is the first one and it's a load of dung. They should have at least put the most convincing one up first.
(4) Can Allah be seen and did Muhammad see his Lord? Yes [S. 53:1-18, 81:15-29], No [6:102-103, 42:51].
The Quran never states that Muhammad has seen Allah. It says "Mohammad (The Prophet) has seen signs of his Lord, in his dreams."
(5) Allah had supposedly sent warners to every people [10:47, 16:35-36, 35:24], Abraham and Ishmael are specifically claimed to have visited Mecca and built the Kaaba [2:125-129]. Yet, Muhammad supposedly is sent to a people who never had a messenger before [28:46, 32:3, 34:44, 36:2-6]. This article also raises other issues: What about Hud and Salih who supposedly were sent to the Arabs? What about the Book that was supposedly given to Ishmael? Etc.
^Neither Abraham and Ishmael were born of the same land of Mohammad. This could mean a number of things, like the specific land Muhammad was born, the people of this time period and so on. so if one interpretation of it can be viewed as correct. It is, by it's own virtue, a gospel truth.
(6) What will be the food for the people in Hell? The food for the people in Hell will be only "Dhari" [Sura 88:6], or only foul pus from the washing of wounds [S. 69:36], or will they also get to eat from the tree of Zaqqum [S. 37:66]? Together, these verses constitute three contradictions.
It's never stated that the Dhari will be the ONLY food in Hell. It said "No food will be there for them (The certain people that were mentioned earlier in the passage.) but a bitter Dhari." It's clear that there are more than one layer of Hell as with Heaven. The second, (The pus) could easily be viewed as a metaphor, as the whole passage string says:
"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. Further, make him march in a chain, whereof The length is eventy cubits! This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High. And would not encourage The feeding of the indigent! So, no friend hath he here this Day. Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds."
^This can view as the sinnners will be so burnt, all they could do is for consumption is eat from the infection of there wounds. Also, again, there are more layers of Hell. There could also be no food in this part for the most harshest of sinners.
(7) Can Angels Cause the Death of People? The Qur'an attacks those who worship anyone besides God (e.g. angels or prophets) because those can neither create, nor give life, nor cause anyone to die. Yet, the Qur'an explicitly states that one angel or several angels are causing certain people to die [Sura 4:97, 16:28, 32, 32:11].
^Wrong, wrong and wrong. Allah causes them to die, the angel that each person has assigned to them has the responsibility of taking their soul to Allah. This is actually the worst one I've seen. It completely skips over the fact that humans can also kill humans, but by Allah's Will.
(11) Is completely false.
The Qur'an forbids believers to marry idolatrous women [Sura 2:221], and calls Christians idolaters and unbelievers [9:28-33], but still allows Muslims to marry Christian women [5:5]
^Nope again. It says, do NOT marry her until she is a believer. Christians aren't believers of Allah, so you can't marry her untill she is one.
(13 )Will Allah reward the good deeds of Unbelievers? S. 9:17 and 9:69 clearly say no. However, S. 99:7 implies yes. Moreover, S. 2:62 promises Christians reward for their good deeds. But S. 9:28-33; 5:17, 72-73 calls Christians idolaters, and S. 9:17 is very clear that idolaters will have no reward.
^ Actually, It's a long story and I've already typed so much...Just google that yourself. "The Islamic Fate of those who don't believe but have achieved Islamic values and virtues."
And I didn't do all the first ones, because they don't have citations on anything. And I wouldn't know where to look at it in my Quran.
Honestly, if you're gonna rely on this site for the basis of your arguement you should at least buy a Quran, and look at the surronding passages to get a better understanding of the topic(s). Of course if you copy two parts of serperate sentences and put them together to counter-act one another of course it's gonna look like a contradiction. And as for Religion could leave us all together...I HIGHLY doubt it. Islam is growing far faster than Atheism and many analists believe that there will be more Muslims than any other Religion in the next 50-100 years.
And for the people talking about that movie that came out a few months back..Wow, just wow. It's not even historically accurate. I mean I thought you guys would come up with something better than that. Even Jews know that's fake. :S
Lastly, I'm only 17. And I'm not exactly a scholar or anything. If you want to see someone who really knows Islam. Look for Sheik Fiasial.
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