1. Fatal Errors of Islam
Is it the infallible word of God?
THE CHRISTIAN TRINITY
The Koran's authors believed the Holy Trinity of the Catholic Church consisted of God, Jesus and his mother Mary.
CONTRADICTIONS
39:41 "Verily we revealed the book unto you for the good of people with the truth; whoever is guided aright, it is for his own good, and whosoever goes astray, he strays only to his own harm; you are not a custodian over them."
Do conservative Muslims not act as custodians over sinners?
39:45 "When God alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the hereafter shrink, and when those besides Him are mentioned, they rejoice."
Do Muslims not rejoice at the mention of the prophet Muhammed?
4:82 "If [the Koran] had been from other than Allah, [the nonbelievers] would've found within it much contradiction."
Do nonbelievers not find much contradiction?
CONVENIENT PROPHECY
Like Joseph Smith, Muhammad received prophecies allowing him special sexual privileges with women. Other convenient prophecies: the so-called "Satanic verses" involving the Kaaba and the partial recognition of certain pagans, Christians, Zoroastrians & Jews, which helped the new faith to win friends and influence people.
CREATION
Allah created the Heavens & Earth in six days...or two...or eight.
CULT OF MUHAMMAD
The Koran claims that Allah is the only God. However, the Koran actually preaches three gods (Allah, Jesus and Muhammed) and the latter is exalted above all others.
IMAGES OF MUHAMMAD
Images of Muhammed are forbidden, lest he be erroneously worshipped as a god like Jesus. This raises the question: if images make something a god, why are images of Allah also forbidden? If the answer is that images are the same as pagan idols, why do the believers idolize the Koran or the ancient pagan temple known as the Kaaba? Why do they kiss the pagan black stone? Why do they circle the Kaaba once a year like the pagans used to? Why did they adopt the pagan holy month? Back to the first point: forbidding images of Muhammed only elevates him to godhood.
MARY
The Koran mistakes Miriam, sister of Moses, with Mary, mother of Jesus. Although the former was born more than 1,300 years before the latter. In the Koran, they are the same person.
METEORS
The Koran says meteors are stars thrown at demons to prevent their evesdropping on the conversation of angels in Heaven and relating divine secrets to soothsayers. If the latter is true, how do we know the angel Jibreel wasn't one of those demons?
MIRACLES OF JESUS
The Koran endorses the supposed miracle of Jesus healing the blind, though this was not a miracle; emperor Vespasian healed a blind man using the same method employed by Jesus.
THE NAME OF GOD
Allah is his name? Allah means "al eliah," "the god." In biblical Hebrew, the word is "el." But that's just a title, like lord, father, king, etc. The God of Moses was called YHVH. His name appears in the Koran embedded within Hebrew names: Elijah, Zechariah, Jesus & John.
NON-BELIEVERS
According to the Koran, nonbelievers are...
Close-minded 2:6
Diseased 2:10
Liars 2:10
Wrong-doers 2:254, 7:5
Apes & pigs 5:60
Ignorant 2:171, 6:111, 9:6
Stupid 7:176, 8:22, 8:65
Deaf & dumb 8:22
Like panting dogs 7:176
Evil 7:177, 8:23, 62:5
Worse than cattle 7:179
The worst of creatures 8:22, 8:55, 98:6
In league with Satan 23:55
Rebellious & wicked 24:55
Like cattle 25:44
Arrogant 38:2
Worse than demons 46:29-35
Deaf, blind 47:23
Cursed 47:23, 63:4
Like donkeys 62:5
Deluded 63:4
PLAGIARISM
Stories in the Koran about Jesus & Mary are derived from apocryphal Christian fan fiction: the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, The Protoevangelium of James, the Apocalypse of Peter & the Second Treatise of the Great Seth. The Apocalypse of Peter supplied the inspiration for Muhammed's journey to Heaven & his glimpse of the torments of sinners in Hell. All of this was plagiarized from 2nd century Christian writers who were, themselves, writing in the name of dead people (Peter, James, Thomas).
POLYGAMY
This didn't age well. The fact that Muhammad's youngest wife, Aisha, was only 6 when they married, and 9 when they consummated their union, didn't age well either. But since these marriages were chosen by God, it's blasphemous to question them.
RELIGION OF PEACE
624: 70 pagans killed at Badr
627: 600-900 Jews killed at Banu Quaryza
630: 400 pagans killed at Hunayn
SUBMISSION TO GOD
Islam means "submission to God." If so, the prophets of Islam are utter failures. Adam ate forbidden fruit. Noah was an immodest drunk. Jesus broke commandments, pleaded with God to remove his "cup," and complained that he had been forsaken by God. Muhammed bargained with God over the number of daily prayers required of Muslims. These aren't acts of submission.
THE SUN
According to the word of God, Alexander of Macedon (or Cyrus of Persia) saw the sun setting in a "black muddy pool." (Sura 18:86)
THE TORAH
The Koran endorses the Torah, seemingly unaware of the verses in Deuteronomy 13 & 18 warning the Israelites about false prophets.
WORD OF GOD
Islam claims that the word of God is incorruptable. Yet the Koran states that the Torah, Psalms & Gospels were corrupted by Jews & Christians, and in the Hadith we are told that one of the written sayings of Muhammed was eaten by a goat who wandered into Aisha's tent while she was mourning the death of the prophet.
2. Fatal Errors of Mormonism
CULT OF JOSEPH SMITH
"Every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith as a passport to their entrance into the mansion above where God and Christ are - I with you and you with me.
"I cannot go there without his consent. He holds the keys to rule in the spirit world and he rules their triumphantly, for he gained all power and a glorious victory over the power of Satan while he was getting the flesh." - Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses vol. 7, 1860
HORSES
In The Book of Mormon, horses are found in ancient America. No horses are known to have existed there before the arrival of the Spanish 2,000 years later.
INCONSISTENCY
Smith's apparition reports evolved over time. The appearance of Jesus and Elohim began as a vision angels, for example.
KJV
The Book of Mormon contains quotes from the Bible. These are taken directly from the King James Version, which, at the time the golden plates were ostensibly written, was still 1,200 years from being published in a language that didn't yet exist.
POLYGAMY & RACISM
Though polygamous and racist policies came directly from God, they didn't age well, so other prophecies were required to amend them.
SOLOMON SPAULDING
His unpublished novel Manuscript Found was a likely inspiration, via Sidney Rigdon (who had worked at the small publishing house to which the late Solomon Spaulding submitted his work), for the ancient transatlantic plot of the Book of Mormon. The LDS maintain that the similarities are merely coincidental.
3. Apocolyptic Cults
"I’ve been laying up here paying for your sins for 2,000 years. How many times have I gotta pay for your sins?" - Charles Manson, early 1970s
"Yeah, [Charlie] is God. That's why they're hanging him; that's why they're killing him. That's what they want to kill - is God." - Lynette Fromme, early 1970s
"I saved them. I saved them... I made my example. I made my expression. I made my manifestation and the world was...not ready for me. Paul said I was a man born out of due season." - Jim Jones, 1978
3) Apocalyptic Death Cults
"I'm ready to die for Charlie. He's ready to die for me. He has died for me... It feels good to be ready to face death - and love it!" - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Manson Family, early 1970s
"The girls...were willing to die as they took these peoples' lives... Everybody is afraid of death...nobody's content right now with the world they've created...their minds are all locked by fear of death... The Establishment won't let us live until we learn how to die." - Sandra Goode, Manson Family, early 1970s
"If we can't live in peace, we might as well die in peace...[there's] nothing to death; it's just stepping over into another plane...we didn't commit suicide. We committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world." - Jim Jones, 1978
"It’s time for this cloak to be thrown off and you're going to go through the fires. You’re going to see whether you believe this message. I’m ready to be delivered. I’m ready to go through the portals of darkness and death and you’re not!" - David Koresh, 1989
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