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1.2.7 Christianity's true
founder, Paul, admits fabrication
Muslims do not claim that Jesus'
true disciples tampered with the Bible, but that others
claiming to act in their names did so later on. This is
attested to by the fact that the Trinitarian church felt it
necessary to totally obliterate all Gospel manuscripts
written before 325 AD when they officially introduced the
"Trinity" to the world. This is why we find such serious
contradictions in even the most basic of it's teachings. For
example, we are told that Saul of Tarsus (St. Paul) is the
author of the majority of the books of the New Testament. He
is claimed to be the author of Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians,
Galatians, Ephesians, Phillippians, Colossians, 1 and 2
Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and
Hebrews. We would expect such a pivotal character in the
Bible and the author of the majority of the New Testament
books to be able to keep his stories straight at least in
such fundamental matters as how he became a Christian and
was "saved." However, we can find in the Bible a sworn
affidavit by Paul that he is guilty of fabrication. Sound
incredible? Let us have a look:
If we read Acts 9:19-29 and Acts 26:19-21, we will find
that Paul was busy persecuting the followers of Jesus in
Jerusalem and dragging them from their homes to be tortured,
killed or converted, when suddenly one day he decided to
branch out and persecute them in Damascus. For this reason,
he goes to the High Priest asking for letters sanctioning
such actions in Damascus. Why he would do this since the
High Priest of Jerusalem had no authority over Damascus
remains a mystery to many, however, let us continue.
Shortly after setting out to continue his evil work in
Damascus, Paul is supposed to have "seen the Lord in the
way" and accepted Christianity after being a staunch
enemy of Christians and having become famous for his severe
persecution of them. Barnabas (one of the apostles of Jesus)
then supposedly vouched for him with the other apostles and
convinced them to accept him. Paul then went with all of the
apostles on a preaching campaign in and out of Jerusalem and
all of Judaea preaching boldly to it's people. Paul
then appointed himself the twelfth apostle of Jesus (in
place of Judas who had the devil in him) as seen in his own
books Romans 1:1, 1 Corinthians 1:1 ..etc..
The verses mentioned are:
"And when he (Paul) had received meat, he was
strengthened. Then was Saul (Paul) certain days with the
disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway he
preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of
God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not
this he that destroyed them which called on this name in
Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might
bring them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul increased
the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at
Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. And after that
many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched
the gates day and night to kill him. Then the disciples took
him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. And
when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself
to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and
believed not that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him,
and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how
he had seen the Lord in the way and that he had spoken to
him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name
of Jesus. And he was with them coming in and going out at
Jerusalem. And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went
about to slay him."
Acts 9:19-29
"Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto
the heavenly vision: But shewed first unto them of Damascus,
and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea,
and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn
to God, and do works meet for repentance. For these causes
the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill
me."
Acts 26:19-21
Contradicted by:
"But when it pleased God, who separated me from my
mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son
in me, that I might preach him among the heathen;
immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Neither
went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before
me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto
Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to
see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. But other of the
apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. Now the
things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie
not. Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and
Cilicia; And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea
which were in Christ: But they had heard only, That he which
persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which
once he destroyed."
Galatians 1:15-23
With regard to the first two passages, Reverend Dr.
Davies in "The First Christian," says: "These assertions
are not inconsistent with each other, but are damaging for
another reason,: they are contradicted by Paul himself in
his letter to the Galatians (Chapters 1 and 2)." Rev.
Davies draws attention to Paul's oath: "Now
concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before
God I do not lie," which makes his account a sworn
affidavit. He goes on to say:
"To the story in Acts, this contradiction is
disastrous. There never was a teaching campaign at Jerusalem
and through all of the county of Judea (Acts 26:20). If Paul
was unknown to the Judean communities as he says, then he
had undertaken no mission among them. In fact he had never
joined the Judean movement or even attempted to join it. He
only saw Cephas, and Jesus' brother James. Even of the other
apostles, not to mention more ordinary believers, 'I saw
none' he admits. Instead of his having gone 'in and out of
Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord' the
Jerusalem community had not even known that he was there.
'They only heard' he tells us 'that he who once persecuted
us now makes the faith of which he made havoc'; but they
never heard him preach it in Judea."
Rev. Davies concludes that
"..if there is any portion of the New Testament that
is authentic, it is Paul's letter to the Galatians. If we
cannot rely upon this letter, we can rely upon nothing and
may as well close our inquiry. But the fact is that we can
rely upon it. The letter to the Galatians is from Paul
himself and by every test is genuine."
"The First Christian," A Powell Davies, Farrar Straus
& Cudahy, pp. 30-31
According to the narration in Acts, Paul saw his alleged
vision. "Straightway" he began preaching in the synagogues
of Damascus. He built up a reputation through his bold
preaching that amazed the masses. He confounded the Jews of
Damascus. Many days later, the Jews tried to kill him
so he escaped to Jerusalem. He met Barnabas who introduced
him to the apostles for the first time. They were all
terrified of Paul, but Barnabas convinced them to accept
him. Now Paul and all of the apostles went on a
preaching campaign in and out of Jerusalem speaking
boldly in the name of Jesus.
However, according to the narration in Galatians, Paul
saw his alleged vision. "Immediately" he did NOT
confer with "flesh and blood" nor did he go to Jerusalem to
see the apostles, but rather he traveled to Arabia then back
to Damascus. He mentions no preaching in any of these
places. After at least three years he goes to
Jerusalem for the first time and meets only Peter and
James and no other apostles. He stays with them for fifteen
days but, once again, he mentions no preaching campaign
either with all of the apostles, with some of them, or
alone. He also has never been here in the past nor performed
a preaching campaign here in the past since he is unknown by
face to them and they have "heard only" of his claimed
conversion.
Some of the contradictions are:
1) Galatians claims that after his alleged vision, Paul
"Immediately" spoke to "no flesh and blood"
but rather traveled to Arabia and then to Damascus. So he
did not "straightway," if at all, preach boldly in
Damascus as claimed by Acts (How long would it take to
travel from Damascus to Arabia to Damascus? Could he go and
come back "straightway"?).
2) According to Galatians, Paul did not go to Jerusalem
where the apostles were. Rather, he went to Arabia then to
Damascus. Now, after at least THREE YEARS (not many days),
he goes to Jerusalem. It explicitly states that "Neither
went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles." So
this is claimed to be his FIRST visit to Jerusalem after his
claimed vision. This FIRST visit is claimed to have occurred
at least THREE YEARS after Paul's alleged vision. However,
Acts claims that MANY DAYS after his vision he traveled to
Jerusalem and performed a bold preaching campaign with
all the apostles. Acts also mentions no intermediate
journey to Arabia.
3) According to Galatians, upon Paul's arrival in
Jerusalem he met Peter and James and no other
apostles. He can not have met any apostles in Jerusalem
before this because he claims that immediately after his
vision "Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were
apostles" Rather, it claims that he FIRST went to
Jerusalem at least "three years" after his claimed
vision. On the other hand, Acts claims that the first time
he met the apostles was many days after his claimed vision
at which time he met ALL of the apostles. This too is
obviously his first meeting with them since they all feared
him. Notice the words "they were ALL afraid of him."
This would not be the case if Peter and James had already
met him since even if they had never mentioned him to the
other apostles, still, at the very least they themselves
(Peter and James) would not fear him. Also notice that it
was only Barnabas who stood up for him and not Barnabas,
Peter, and James.
4) Galatians claims that after Paul's first visit to
Jerusalem all the apostles feared him but then Barnabas
convinced them to accept him and they ALL went hand in hand
"in and out of Jerusalem" preaching "boldly"
to the Jews. However, Acts claims that his first visit to
Jerusalem was after THREE YEARS and upon this FIRST visit he
met ONLY Peter and James. He is not claimed to have gone
with Peter and James on a preaching campaign in and out of
Jerusalem, nor could he
have done so in the past with ALL of the apostles since if
he had done so he would not have been "unknown by face to
the churches of Judea," they would also not have
"heard only" of his conversion but would have
eye-witnessed his bold campaign with all of the apostles
with their own eyes.
If the author of the majority of the books of the New
Testament can not even keep the narration of his own
"salvation" straight then how are we expected to believe him
in such critical matters as the "true" meanings of Jesus'
words, or other matters?
The fact that Paul never actually met Jesus during his
lifetime, never traveled with him, ate with him, or learned
directly from him would obviously make the apostles of Jesus
the first source of guidance for those followers of Jesus
who wished to know what Jesus taught. Jesus' apostles also
did not have a previous history of persecuting his
followers. The only reason why anyone might want to bypass
the apostles to speak to Paul is if Paul began to receive a
series of holy visions from Jesus. The apostles did not
claim to be receiving visions from Jesus, so obviously,
Paul's claims that he was receiving divine visions from
Jesus would go a long way towards drawing the followers of
Jesus away from them and to his interpretation of the
message of Jesus. Paul himself proudly proclaims that he has
no need of learning from any human being, not even the
apostles, he is completely independent of their knowledge
and all he needs is his visions:
"But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which
was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received
it of man, neither was I taught [it], but by the
revelation of Jesus Christ."
Galatians 1:11-12
As we shall soon see, a direct result of this
unwillingness to receive anything from the apostles or to
learn from them resulted in Paul following the sad trend of
never being able to verify his claims through words of
Jesus. It is next to impossible to find Paul quoting Jesus
when attempting to spread his doctrine, rather, he always
refers to his own personal philosophy based upon "visions"
he claims to be receiving and inspirations from the Holy
Ghost. When he would differ with an apostle on a given
matter, he could not claim to have first hand knowledge of
the teachings of Jesus since he had never met him.
Therefore, he found it necessary to always resort to
extensive philosophization and then claim that Jesus and the
Holy Ghost were "inspiring" this philosophy. As we shall see
below, he claimed to have been singled out from among all of
mankind to receive visions denied all of the apostles, and
to have been allowed through this inspiration to gain new
converts "by all means." He also would claim that
"All things are lawful unto me."
The careful reader will notice many other holes in the
story of Paul's alleged "conversion." For instance, in Acts
22:9 Paul claims that when he spoke to Jesus (pbuh), those
traveling with him "saw the light," but "they
heard not the voice." While in Acts 9:7 those who
were with Paul are claimed to have "stood speechless,
hearing a voice, but seeing no man." Don't take
my word for it, by all means "prove all things." The
teachings of Christianity as they are known today are built
upon the claims of Paul, the author of the majority of the
books of the New Testament. He is trusted blindly because he
claims to have seen Jesus (pbuh) in a heavenly vision, to
have been vouched for by the apostle Barnabas, to have met
and been accepted by all of the apostles, to have preached
with all the apostles boldly in the name of Jesus
throughout the land of Judaea, and as a result of this to
have endured severe hardship and persecution. However,
anyone who would simply read their Bible will find
that Paul himself swears in the name of God Almighty that
this is a fabrication because Judaea had never even seen his
face and had "heard only" of his alleged conversion.
Further, he never met any of the apostles save Peter and
James. Even with all of this the church insists that we
interpret the words of Jesus within the context of Paul's
teachings.
There are so many more similar examples of how Paul
openly and blatantly made major changes to the religion of
Jesus that flagrantly contradicted both the teachings of
Jesus and his apostles. Another example can be seen in the
following analysis: God Almighty commands in the OT:
"This is my Covenant, which ye shall keep, between me
and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you
shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of
your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant
betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be
circumcised among you, every man child in your generations,
he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any
stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy
house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be
circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose
flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be
cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant."
Genesis 17:10-14
So, according to the OT, God himself is telling us that
His covenant can only be had through circumcision. The
significance of circumcision was also noted by Biblical
scholars as being not merely an external act:
"This was His own sign and seal that Israel was a
chosen people. Through it a man's life was linked with great
fellowship whose dignity was it's high consciousness that it
must fulfill the purpose of God"
Interpreter's Bible, p. 613
Circumcision was considered of such critical
importance to Jewish faith that they would even violate the
Sabbath to circumcise their children if the eighth day fell
on the Sabbath.
"and ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man
on the Sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of
Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I
have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?"
John 7:22
Jesus himself was circumcised on the eighth day just like
all faithful Jews:
"And when eight days were accomplished for the
circumcising of the child, his name was called
JESUS."
Luke 2:21
John the Baptist was also circumcised (Luke 1:59). After
the departure of Jesus, circumcision became an issue of
personal conflict between the apostle Peter who insisted
upon it (preach to Jews only) and Paul who wanted to do away
with it (preach to non-Jews also).
"I had been entrusted with the gospel for the
uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the
gospel for the circumcised."
Galatians 2:7
Paul then goes into great details about how the apostles
were wrong and he was right and how even Barnabas followed
in their "hypocrisy" and it was necessary for him to show
the apostles the truth (in the King James Version, the
actual word used by Paul in Galatians 2:13 is diplomatically
translated as "dissimulation.." However, in the Revised
Standard Version of the Bible which was compiled from more
ancient manuscripts than the KJV, the word Paul used is
honestly translated as "hypocrisy").
Paul now mentions James (James the Son of Thunder, James
the Just), Peter (the Rock), and Barnabas (Paul's teacher
and protector) in the following manner:
"I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the
truth of the gospel."
Galatians 2:14
So now it becomes apparent from Paul's words that, in
addition to all the above, the apostles were also
misguided. It would have been interesting to have
heard for instance Barnabas' version of these matters had he
been chosen as the "majority author" of the Bible rather
than Paul. According to many similar passages, it seems that
the apostles were constantly in need of Paul's guidance to
recognize the truth. To get Barnabas' version of these
matters, his opinion of Paul, as well as what really
happened at the cross look for "The Gospel of Barnabas,"
ISBN 0089295-133-1, at your local library, or obtain your
copy from one of the addresses listed at the back of this
book.
It is interesting to note that Paul himself was not even
sure about his own "visions." We read:
"It is expedient for me to boast; nothing is to be
gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of
the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the
body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; such an one caught up to
the third heaven. And I knew such a man, whether in the
body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth; How
that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an
one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in
mine infirmities.."
2 Corinthians 12:1-5
So Paul did not know if the man in his "visions" was "in
the body" or "out of the body." Paul's vision also contained
"unspeakable words" which were "not lawful for a man to
utter."
If I told you that I had seen someone in a "vision," had
heard "unspeakable words that are not lawful to
utter" in this vision, and had been commanded by this
person to nullify the commandments which Jesus (pbuh) had
upheld his whole life and had commanded mankind to uphold
till the end of time, who would you say this described? Who
had I seen?
God Almighty says in the Qur'an:
"And if it be said unto them: Follow that which Allah
has revealed, they say: Nay, but we follow that wherein we
found our fathers. What! Even though the devil was inviting
them to the torture of the fire?"
The noble Qur'an, Lukman(31):21.
What is wrong with this picture? Even if we were to
disregard Paul's sworn admission of fabrication and were to
accept the established beliefs of Paul's inspiration and
infallibility (a very big "if"), then we are still left with
the following picture:
Paul, a man who according to his own admission "beyond
measure" severely persecuted countless Christians
"slaughtered" them, and also "wasted" the church (Galatians
1:13-15, Acts 8:1-3, Acts 9:1-2, Acts 9:41, Acts 6:5..
etc.), a man who never met Jesus face to face, underwent a
miraculous conversion from a persecutor and killer of
Christians into a more perfect teacher of Christianity than
the apostles themselves. He was singled out by Jesus' ghost
to receive "visions" which were denied the apostles who had
accompanied Jesus (pbuh) during his lifetime (Galatians
1:10-12). Paul had acquired such a terrible reputation as a
persecutor of Christians that no one was willing to accept
his claims of conversion. It was only the intervention of
the apostle Barnabas, who's words obviously carried a great
deal of weight with the rest of the apostles, which allowed
the apostles to grudgingly accept him. Barnabas then
traveled extensively with Paul building up his reputation
among the Jews as a true convert. Once Paul acquired a
reputation of his own, he had a falling out with Barnabas
(Acts 15:39, Galatians 2:13). They parted company. Paul now
claimed that Jesus (pbuh) wanted him to "relax" the law in
order to make it a little more palatable for new converts,
and this is when Paul began to make drastic changes to the
law of Jesus (pbuh).
Paul decided that his visions were sufficient authority
to contradict the teachings of the apostles and consider
them hypocrites. Even Barnabas, the apostle who traveled
with Paul teaching him and preaching to the Jews, who was
willing to accept this persecutor of Christians claims of
conversion at face value, and the man who single handedly
convinced all of the apostles to accept this same persecutor
of Christians is now considered by Paul a hypocrite and less
able to understand the religion of Jesus (pbuh) than
himself. Paul also believed that
"...I labored more abundantly than they (the apostles)
all"
1 Corinthians 15:10.
So, the apostles of Jesus were such lazy layabouts that
Paul was doing more work than all eleven of them put
together. All of this even though the apostles spent
countless years with Jesus (pbuh) learning directly from him
while Paul, who has never met Jesus in person, practically
overnight transforms from a persecutor and killer of
Christians and the apostles to a more perfect teacher of
Christianity than the apostles themselves. It is quite lucky
for us that Paul received these "visions," otherwise we
might have been lead astray by the lazy, misguided,
hypocritical apostles. For Barnabas' version of these
matters, read "The Gospel of Barnabas."
Let us time out for a quick analyses of the above
verses:
- Jesus (pbuh), during his lifetime on earth, commands
mankind to strictly and uncompromisingly observe the
religion of Moses till the end of time (Matthew 5:18). He
tells them that observing the religion of Moses and
selling their belongings shall make them "prefect." (Luke
18:18-22).
- After the departure of Jesus, Paul, according to his
own admission "beyond measure" severely persecuted
countless Christians, strove to "slaughter" them,
and also "wasted" the church (Galatians 1:13-15,
Acts 8:1-3, Acts 9:1-2, Acts 9:41, Acts 6:5, Acts 22:4,..
etc.). Paul also looked on with satisfaction as the
apostle Stephen was stoned to death (Acts 22:20).
- Paul receives "visions" and is saved (Acts
22:9, Acts 9:7...etc.)
- Paul is not sure exactly what he saw in his visions.
His visions also contained "unspeakable words that it
is unlawful to utter." (2 Corinthians 12:1-5)
- Paul tells us that the person in his visions was
Jesus (pbuh). He declares that he received his teachings
of "Christianity" from these visions and from no one
else, not even the apostles (Galatians 1:12). In other
words, he has no need of learning from the apostles. His
visions are higher in authority than anything they might
have to say. He then goes on to show everyone how the
apostles of Jesus are constantly in need of his guidance
to recognize the truth (e.g. Galatians 2:11-13)
- Paul claims that all things are made lawful to him
and he shall not follow anyone (1 Corinthians 6:12). He
also claims that he shall do whatever it takes to get
people to follow him, no matter what that might entail (1
Corinthians 9:20-22).
- The apostles differ with Paul regarding the
"truth" of the circumcision ordained by God and
other matters.(1 Corinthians 7:19, Galatians
2:7...etc.).
- The apostles, according to Paul, did not walk
"uprightly" according to the "truth of the
Gospel" and were lazy, misguided, hypocrites (1
Corinthians 15:10, Galatians 2:14, Galatians 2:13).
- Most of the books of the New Testament are written by
Paul himself. In them, Paul himself gives an unblushing
pronouncement of how he was a vastly superior apostle of
Jesus (pbuh) than the apostles who accompanied Jesus
(pbuh) during his ministry and they all needed his
guidance to see the "truth" of Jesus' message and how
Jesus (pbuh) and the apostles eagerly appointed him the
twelfth apostle.
Summary: If the apostles who lived,
preached, ate, and drank with Jesus for so many years are
all, according to Paul, lazy, misguided, hypocrites, who
were not able to see the "truth" of Jesus' message as
clearly as himself, and if Paul, who never met Jesus in the
flesh but is the author of the majority of our New
Testament, is more truly guided than all of the apostles
combined because of his claimed "visions" even though he
never quotes Jesus nor needs to learn from the apostles, but
is, according to his own gospel, more truly guided than all
of them despite all of this, then why did Jesus need to
preach the law of Moses to mankind at all? Why did he
himself observe it so strictly? According to Paul, Jesus'
only use is as a body to be hung on the cross. Jesus (pbuh)
felt it necessary to command his followers to strictly and
uncompromisingly observe the law of Moses. He even felt it
necessary to live his life in strict observance of this law
as a supreme example for us. He never once explicitly
mentioned an original sin, an atonement, a crucifixion, a
redemption, or a nullification of the law of Moses. However,
no sooner does Jesus depart this earth than Paul uses his
claimed visions to completely nullify everything Jesus ever
taught and practiced. He does not need to learn from the
apostles, all he needs is his visions. That is indeed why he
almost never quotes Jesus himself. He always resorts to his
own philosophization rather than quoting Jesus. Why then did
Jesus not simply come to earth right after Adam sinned, not
say a single word, quickly anger some enemies of God, let
them crucify him, and have it over with quickly? Even if
Jesus decided to wait hundreds of thousands of years and
only come 2000 years ago, then why preach a law that is
going to be thrown out the window in only a couple of years?
Why observe this law so devoutly himself? Why command
everyone to strictly observe this law "till heaven and
earth pass"? Why threaten them that anyone who would
forsake a single commandment would be called "the least
in the kingdom of heaven"? Is he not going to die for
everyone's sins and then come back in exclusive visions to
Paul and command him to nullify the law of Moses? Is he not
going to come back in visions to Paul and command him to
tell everyone that "a man is justified by faith without
the deeds of the law."? Why not preach such a doctrine
himself while he is still among his apostles
instead of waiting to first mention it to Paul in a vision
after his death?
These apostles that Paul looked down upon as lazy
misguided hypocrites are the selfsame apostles who had
accompanied Jesus (pbuh) during his lifetime, who taught all
of mankind (including Paul himself) the teachings of Jesus
(pbuh), and who endured the persecution of many (including
Paul himself) to convey this message without compromise, as
Jesus had directly taught it to them. The Pauline Church
(the Roman Catholic church which later gave birth to other
churches such as the Protestant church) was to later go on
and officially adopt the doctrine of the Trinity a couple of
centuries after the departure of Jesus, to severely condemn,
persecute, and kill any Christians who did not convert to
their own personal brand of Christianity, to have presided
over the death of millions of Christians who did not adopt
this belief. To have presided over the destruction of many
hundreds of "unacceptable" gospels (some sources claim
thousands) some of which were written by the apostles
themselves, and to have issued death warrants for all those
found concealing them... and on and on.
Even with all of this, the Gospel of Barnabas (see
chapter seven) has managed to escape this campaign of
destruction of the Gospels and is available today. It
confirms all that we have said and what the Qur'an has been
saying for centuries. It also presents Barnabas' response to
Paul's claims and his account of what truly happened at the
cross and how Jesus (pbuh) was not forsaken by God to the
Jews, but was raised by God, and Judas the traitor was made
to look like Jesus (pbuh) and was taken in his place.
Barnabas, of course, accompanied Jesus (pbuh) and was an
eye-witness to his mission. Paul was not.
Getting back to our story... Paul had a falling out with
the apostles and decided that "Circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the
commandments of God" 1 Corinthians 7:19. Even though
circumcision was held in an even higher regard than the
Sabbath itself in the law of Moses and the "commandments
of God," still, Paul taught that it is possible to keep
the commandments even if, contrary to the teachings of Jesus
and the apostles, this foremost commandment of circumcision
was abandoned.
In the end, Paul decided that all the commandments
of God through Moses (pbuh) which Jesus (pbuh) had kept
faithfully till the crucifixion and which the apostles had
also kept were all worthless decaying and ready to vanish
away and faith was all that was required, thereby completely
nullifying everything his "Lord" Jesus had taught and
practiced during his lifetime.
"Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by
faith without the deeds of the law."
Romans 3:28
He decided that the laws of Moses (pbuh) (e.g. "thou
shalt not steal, thou shalt not kill, ...etc.") which Jesus
(pbuh) had taught the faithful during his lifetime were a
"curse" upon them and no longer necessary,
"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law."
Galatians 3:13
He then went about explaining the "true" meanings of the
teachings of Jesus and Paul's preachings are what are now
known as "Christianity."
Paul himself readily admits that he was both willing and
able to recruit new converts by any means at
his disposal:
"And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might
gain the Jews; to them that are under the law(Gentiles), as
under the law, that I might gain them that are under the
law"
1 Corinthians 9:20
and "...I am made all things to all men, that I might
by all means save some"
1 Corinthians 9:22
and "...all things are lawful for me, but I will not
be brought under the power of any."
1 Corinthians 6:12
We have already seen how Paul also openly admits that his
teachings were not obtained from the apostles of Jesus, but
from a vision of Jesus denied the apostles: Galatians 1:12
"For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught
it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." So, not only
are the apostles of Jesus, according to Paul, lazy,
misguided, hypocrites, but everything they ever learned from
Jesus is in Paul's estimation unnecessary. What they have
learned from Jesus from direct contact with him is only
useful in as far as it conforms to his "visions." In other
words, they have need to learn from him and not
vice-versa.
The great apostle of Jesus (pbuh), Barnabas (the defender
and benefactor of Paul), in the opening statements of his
Gospel has the following to say about Paul among others:
"True Gospel of Jesus, called Messiah, a new prophet
sent by God to the world according to the description of
Barnabas his apostle. Barnabas, apostle of Jesus the
Nazarene, called Messiah, to all them that dwell upon the
earth desire peace and consolation. Truly beloved, the great
and wonderful God has in these past days visited us by His
apostle Jesus (the) Messiah in great mercy of teaching and
miracles, by reason whereof many, being deceived by Satan,
under pretense of piety, are preaching most impious
doctrine, calling Jesus the Son of God, repudiating the
circumcision ordained by God forever, and permitting every
unclean meat: among whom also Paul has been deceived,
whereof I speak not without grief: for which cause I am
writing the truth which I have seen and heard,
in the fellowship that I have had with Jesus, in order that
you may be saved, and not be deceived by Satan and perish in
judgment of God. Therefore, beware of everyone that preaches
to you a new doctrine contrary to that which I write, that
you may be saved eternally. The great God be with you and
guard you from Satan and from every evil. Amen."
Paul himself admits that there were those who were
preaching a different Gospel than his own and were gaining
converts. He does not name his adversaries, but we can read
about his most noble adversaries in two places wherein Paul
uses what Prof. Brandon calls "very remarkable terms" to
describe them. The first is
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that
called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you,
and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an
angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than
that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any
other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be
accursed."
Galatians 1:6-9
The second is "But I fear, lest by any means, as the
serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds
should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have
not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have
not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted,
ye might well bear with him. For I suppose I was not a whit
behind the very chiefest apostles. But though I be rude in
speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly
made manifest among you in all things."
2 Corinthians 11:3-6
These opponents of Paul were clearly preaching
"another Gospel" and "another Jesus," they
were also obviously operating among Paul's own target group
and converting his converts. All of this even though their
teachings did not exhibit the "simplicity" that Paul
preached but required their followers to work
for their salvation. However, Paul displays amazing
restraint when referring to them by not lambasting them with
the vehemence of speech which he is so capable nor
questioning their authority. Rather, he gives a clue to
their identity with the words: "...For I suppose I was
not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles" and
"we, or an angel from heaven," and "unto another
gospel: Which is not another."
As we have seen in previous chapters, Christian scholars
today agree that the very first Christians, including the
apostles of Jesus (pbuh) were all Unitarians who followed
the religion of Moses, and that the Trinity was not
introduced until around the beginning of the second century.
These Unitarians enjoyed a large following and spread
throughout much of North Africa among other places. During
this period, any Roman or Greek gentile who wanted to enter
into Christianity pretty much was allowed to choose which
"Christianity" he wanted. The one preached by Barnabas and
the apostles which involved a strict and disciplined law of
Moses (pbuh), or the much more simplistic "New covenant" of
Paul which only required "faith in Jesus" and which was
later made more appealing to them by the Pauline Church by
incorporating a "Trinity" and other changes into it so that
it would more closely resemble the Roman and Greek
established beliefs of multiple Gods and father-Gods and
son-Gods and Demi-Gods and Goddesses ...etc. Toland says in
his book The Nazarenes: "...amongst the Gentiles,
so inveterate was the hatred of the Jews that their
observing of anything, however reasonable or necessary, was
sufficient motive for a Gentile convert to reject it."
(From: Jesus, Prophet of Islam) If Paul wanted to convert
these people, he would need to compromise, he would need to
make Christianity a little more appealing to them, which he,
and his church, did.
One of these first Unitarian Christians was a man by the
name of Irenaeus (130-200 AD). Mr. Muhammad Ata' Ur Rahim
tells us in his book "Jesus, Prophet of Islam" that he was
one of the first Christians to be killed because of their
adherence to the unity of God. He is quoted as saying the
following regarding the unending attempts to tamper with the
Bible: "In order to amaze the simple and such as are
ignorant of the Scriptures of Truth, they obtrude upon them
an inexpressible multitude of apocryphal and spurious
scriptures of their own devising" (the Gospels in our
possession today).
When the Pauline Church gained power and influence in
Rome these Unitarian Christians were officially condemned,
persecuted and killed. An attempt was made to totally
obliterate them and their books by forcing them to accept
the Trinity or else to be killed as heretics and by burning
their Gospels. Over a million of these Unitarian Christians
were then put to death because of their refusal to
compromise their belief. In spite of this, their beliefs
have survived even to this day. When Islam came with the
call to one God and the belief in Jesus (pbuh) and his
miracles, these Unitarian Christians were among the first
people to recognize the word of God and accept Islam.
So thorough has Paul and his church been in totally
eradicating all of the teachings of Jesus (pbuh) and his
first apostles that very little has survived. Not even
Jesus' (pbuh) preferred method of greeting his followers.
From ancient times, the prophets of God including Moses,
Joseph, David, Jesus, the angels of God and many others
including God himself have made it their custom to greet the
believers with the words "Peace be with you." This can be
seen in such verses as Genesis 43:23, Judges 6:23, 1 Samuel
25:6, Numbers 6:26, 1 Samuel 1:17, Luke 24:36, John 20:19,
John 20:26, and especially Luke 10:5:
"And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace
be to this house"
to name a few.
Can anyone guess what Muhammad (pbuh) taught his
followers to say when greeting each other or departing from
each other? You guessed it! "Assalam alaikum" or "Peace be
unto you." Have you ever met a Christian who greets other
Christians with the words of Jesus (pbuh): "Peace be unto
you"?
So, what do the scholars have to say about Paul?:
Heinz Zahrnt calls Paul "the corrupter of the Gospel
of Jesus." From "The Jesus Report," Johannes Lehman, p.
126.
Werde describes him as "The second founder of
Christianity." He further says that due to Paul:
"...the discontinuity between the historical Jesus and
the Christ of the Church became so great that any unity
between them is scarcely recognizable"
"The Jesus Report," Johannes Lehman, p. 127.
Schonfield wrote: "The Pauline heresy became the
foundation of the Christian orthodoxy and the legitimate
Church was disowned as heretical."
"The Jesus Report," Johannes Lehman, p. 128.
Mr. Michael H. Hart, in his book "The 100, a Ranking
of the Most Influential Persons in History," places
Muhammad (pbuh) in first place, next comes Paul, and Jesus
(pbuh) after Paul. Like most other western scholars besides
himself, he recognizes Paul as being more deserving of
credit for "Christianity" than "Christ" himself.
Grolier's encyclopedia has the following to say under the
heading "Christianity": "After Jesus was crucified, his
followers, strengthened by the conviction that he had risen
from the dead and that they were filled with the power of
the Holy Spirit, formed the first Christian community in
Jerusalem. By the middle of the 1st century, missionaries
were spreading the new religion among the peoples of Egypt,
Syria, Anatolia, Greece, and Italy. Chief among these was
Saint Paul, who laid the foundations of Christian theology
and played a key role in the transformation of Christianity
from a Jewish sect to a world religion. The original
Christians, being Jews, observed the dietary and ritualistic
laws of the Torah and required non-Jewish converts to do the
same. Paul and others favored eliminating obligation, thus
making Christianity more attractive to Gentiles."
Dr. Arnold Meyer says: "If by Christianity we
understand faith in Christ as the heavenly Son of God, who
did not belong to earthly humanity, but who lived in the
divine likeness and glory, who came down from heaven to
earth, who entered humanity and took upon himself a human
form through a virgin, that he might make propitiation for
men's sins by his own blood upon the cross, who was then
awakened from death and raised to the right hand of God, as
the Lord of his own people, who believe in him, who hears
their prayers, guards and leads them, who will come again
with the clouds of heaven to judge the world, who will cast
down all the foes of God, and will bring his own people with
him unto the home of heavenly light so that they may become
like His glorified body - if this is Christianity, then such
Christianity was founded by St. Paul and not by our
Lord"
Dr. Arnold Meyer, Professor of Theology, Zurich
University, Jesus or Paul, p. 122
As we can see, this information is not new. It has been
well recognized and documented for centuries now. Even
centuries ago, it was well known that most of what was
claimed by the church could not be verified through the
Bible. Thus, a shift was made from obtaining ones
inspiration from the Bible to obtaining it from the "Bride
of Jesus," the Church. Fra Fulgentio, for instance, was once
reprimanded by the Pope in a letter saying "Preaching of
the Scriptures is a suspicious thing. He who keeps close to
the Scriptures will ruin the Catholic faith." In his
next letter he was more explicit: "...which is a book if
anyone keeps close to will quite destroy the Catholic
faith." Tetradymus, John Toland (From: Jesus a
Prophet of Islam)
As we have just seen, all of this started with one lone
man, with Paul. It stands to reason that one would wish to
study the life, beliefs, and teachings of this man in order
to verify if the claims he made were indeed true. Paul
claims that he was a prophet of God and/or Jesus. We find
this for example in Galatians:
"For I neither received it of man, neither was I
taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my
mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace, To
reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the
heathen"
Galatians 1:12-16
Thus, if Paul tells us in the books of the Bible that he
is a prophet, then he can be only one of two kinds of
prophet; either a true prophet or a false prophet. Thus, we
must take Paul to trial and have the court decide for us
what sort of prophet he is.
Due to the magnitude of that which is at stake in this
trial, it would be highly unjust to allow personal
prejudices to cloud the outcome of the proceedings. For this
reason, justice demands that the judge be one who's
integrity and truthfulness can be readily and unhesitantly
accepted by all. For this reason, our judge and jury in this
matter shall consist of only two individuals: God Almighty
and Jesus Christ. Further, only one single exhibit shall be
brought into evidence, namely, the Bible. Let us then clear
our minds and hearts of all prejudices and let only God and
Jesus tell us what to accept and what to reject. Are we
agreed? Then let us begin.
Let us start the proceedings with the words of God. He
says:
"When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if
the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that [is]
the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the
prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be
afraid of him."
Deuteronomy 18:22
Now let us move on and obtain the witness of Jesus
(pbuh):
"For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch
that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the
very elect."
Matthew 24:24
Jesus (pbuh) continues
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye
shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of
thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree
bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth
evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,
and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall
know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth
the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to
me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name
done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work
iniquity."
Matthew 7:15-23
Now that the base criteria have been laid out by God and
then His elect messenger Jesus Christ (pbuh), let us now
bring into evidence the words of Paul in the Bible and allow
them to speak for themselves. In order to do this we shall
break up the criteria set forth by God and Jesus above into
seven points. They are:
- A false prophet's prophesies do not come true.
- False Christs and false prophets can show great signs
and wonders that can deceive the very elect.
- False prophets bring forth evil fruits.
- A false prophet would claim that it is enough to say
to Jesus Lord to be righteous.
- A false prophet would prophesy in Jesus' name.
- A false prophet can cast out devils and do wonderful
works.
- A false prophet would be turned away and cursed by
Jesus.
Regarding the first criteria, we bring into evidence the
words of Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 regarding his
prophesy of the second coming of Jesus. Paul says:
"For the Lord (Jesus) himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first: Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore
comfort one another with these words."
1 Thessalonians 4:15-16
Paul in this prophesy was in effect telling his followers
that Jesus would be descending from heaven any second now.
Paul and his followers would then be taken up into the air
and meet Jesus in the clouds. He was telling them that this
shall happen while they are still alive and breathing. Did
this come to pass? No! It was a false
prophesy. Two thousand years have passed since and
not only has he and those he was speaking to turned to dust,
but countless generations of their followers too have passed
away and we still await his prophesy to come true.
Let us now study the second criteria. Now, we have to
realize that it is Paul himself and his church after him who
are telling us of his claimed miracles, however, we shall
accept them at face value and take their word for it. In
Acts 27, Paul is claimed to have been saved by an angel from
a drowning ship. In Acts 28, Paul is claimed to have cured
many of dysentery. Further acts of healing are claimed in
Acts 19. Because of these claimed miracles, many people were
claimed to have believed in him. As we have seen in the
previous pages, it only took roughly three centuries for
Paul's teachings to take firm hold of the very elect and
divert them from the original message of Jesus, from his
original teachings, from the observance of the Mosaic law,
and from the continuation of the observance of this law in
the synagogues and Temple of the Jews just as the very first
apostles had done (Acts 2:46).
The third criteria draws our attention to Paul's
words:
"To declare, [I say], at this time his
righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of
him which believeth in Jesus. Where [is] boasting
then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the
law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified
by faith without the deeds of the law."
Romans 3:26-28
So Paul succeeded in overthrowing the Mosaic law. He
completely nullified the law which God, Moses, and Jesus all
upheld and commanded their followers to observe till the end
of time (see Duet. 6:17-18, Duet. 11:1, Matt. 15:1-15, Matt.
5:17-20, Matt. 19:16-21, etc.)
Indeed, Isaiah 42:21 presents a prophesy that requires
the coming prophet to magnify the law of Moses, not destroy
it.
In other words, God says:
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you,
neither shall ye diminish [ought] from it, that ye
may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I
command you."
Deuteronomy 4:2
And Jesus says:
"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth
pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law, till all be Fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break
one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he
shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but
whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall
be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:18-19
But now Paul comes along and says:
"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law"
Galatians 3:13,
and "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by
faith without the deeds of the law."
Romans 3:28
Let us move on to the fourth criteria. Paul says:
"For there is no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call
upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
(Jesus) shall be saved."
Romans 10:12-13
The fifth criteria requires that he prophesy in Jesus'
name. And once again, Paul says:
"For I neither received it of man, neither was I
taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ."
Galatians 1:12
So according to Paul, everything he taught was by direct
revelation from Jesus.
The sixth criteria requires that Paul cast out devils and
do wonderful works. This he claims to have done in Acts
19:11-12.
The seventh criteria draws our attention to Paul's
words
"I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee"
Acts 23:6
A fact which Paul very proudly repeats on more than one
occasion. To which Jesus (pbuh) responds:
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he
is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves."
Matthew 23:15.
So Jesus (pbuh) labeled the Pharisees "children of
Hell."
Further, as we already know, Jesus did indeed "never
know" Paul. In fact, Paul new so little of Jesus that he
only quoted Jesus directly once throughout his whole
ministry (1 Corinthians 11:26). Only a few of Jesus' actual
teachings are ever mentioned in Paul's Epistles, and even
then they are not attributed to Jesus. They were most likely
popular homilies which had been circulated in the community
and thus indirectly found their way into his Epistles.
Indeed, Daniel 7:25 describes the very greatest of all
false Christs as follows:
"And he shall speak [great] words against the
most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High,
and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given
into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of
time."
Now, although Paul is not this final False
Messiah, and although no Muslim shall ever attempt to make
such a claim, still, it is interesting to note the great
degree of similarity he exhibits with that most evil of all
false prophets. For example, THE False Messiah shall
change times and laws, and so too did Paul nullify the Law.
THE False Messiah shall speak great words against
God, and so too does Paul. For example, the Bible says:
"The law of the LORD [is] Perfect, converting
the soul:
The statutes of the LORD [are]
right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD
[is] pure, enlightening the eyes."
Psalm 19:7-8
And "Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and
keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and
his commandments, always."
Deuteronomy 11:1
And "For verily I (Jesus) say unto you, Till heaven
and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore
shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach
men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the
same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:18-19
However, Paul says in Romans 7:6 that the law is dead He
further says in Galatians 3:13 that the law is a curse. In
Galatians 3:10 he claims that those who labor under the law
of God are under a curse. And he claims in Hebrews 8:13 that
Gods covenant is old, decaying, and ready to vanish
away.
As we can see from the above, both God and Jesus condemn
Paul and his teachings in no uncertain terms. They
themselves bear witness against him and his innovations
which they totally reject and which shall be brought to
witness against him on the Day of Judgment. Who better and
more unbiased a judge shall we bring to witness against Paul
and his innovations that Jesus Christ and God Himself?
Many Christian evangelists who follow the theology of
Paul would dearly love to provide salvation for their
neighbors. So much so that they can not understand how their
neighbors can not see the clear and obvious love God holds
for them such that He would actually sacrifice His only
begotten son for them. In order to make this clear for their
neighbors, they draw many analogies. For example, a
Christian gentleman from Canada once sent our local Islamic
center a six-page pamphlet titled "God our Heavenly Father,"
with the goal of demonstrating the love of God to us. His
efforts were sincerely appreciated and his message was
accepted in the spirit it was sent. However, far from
proving his point, this pamphlet only served to thoroughly
confuse the issue.
The pamphlet contained a short fictitious story about an
Arab man named "Akbar" who was very moral and upright. One
day, his son committed a serious crime that deserved capital
punishment. The authorities found evidence linking this
crime to this man's house. When the authorities came, the
father falsely admitted to the crime in order to spare his
son. The pamphlet concluded that just as the father's love
for his son made him sacrifice himself, in a similar manner,
God Almighty's love for mankind drove him to sacrifice
Jesus(pbuh).
Now, maybe it is just us, however, at the end of the
story we were expecting the parallel to be that God Almighty
"the Father" would now sacrifice Himself in order that Jesus
"the Son" would not have to die, just as the "Arab" father
had sacrificed himself to save his son. Although we
appreciated the consideration, still, we could not see the
similarity between the two stories.
When a person is good and upright, that person may be
willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good or for
a loved one. For example, if a mother sees her son in danger
of being run over by a car, she may very likely run in front
of the car in order to save her baby. If she raised the
neighbor's child with her own and grew very attached to that
child, then she might also be willing to sacrifice herself
for the neighbor's child too. She might throw herself in
front of the car for the neighbor's child as well. However,
have you ever heard of a mother who, when she saw a car
about to hit the neighbor's child, threw HER
SON in front of the car so that the impact of her
son's infant body smashing into the car's windshield would
cause it to swerve away from the neighbor's child?
As the Bible says "prove all things, hold fast that
which is good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21. "And thou shalt
love the Lord thy God ... with all thy mind ... : this is
the first commandment." Mark 12:30
I would like nothing more than to present much more
supporting evidence of these matters, however, by God's will
this sampling shall be sufficient. For a much more detailed
historical account of the above issues, collected from the
writings of the church itself, I recommend the books:
- "Jesus, Prophet of Islam" by Muhammad 'Ata ur-Rahim,
and
- "Blood on the cross," by Ahmed Thomson.
If you can not find these books at your local library
then you may obtain a copy at one of the addresses listed at
the back of this book.
For a book that is claimed to have remained 100% the
inspired word of God, the sheer number of contradicting
narrations boggles the mind (see chapter two). These matters
have been well known and documented by conservative
Christian scholars for a long time now. It is the masses who
don't know this. The information is out there for anyone who
will simply look for it. The historical inconsistencies and
scriptural contradictions are well recognized in this
century and countless books have been written about them.
However, their studies have always stopped short of the
final step. People have generally believed that there is no
way to retrieve the original teachings of Jesus (pbuh) after
such extensive and continuous revision of the text of the
Bible by the Church over so many centuries as well as the
Pauline Church's massive campaign of destruction of all
gospels not conforming to their personal beliefs. But where
human intellect has failed, God has intervened. The Qur'an
has been sent down by the same One who sent the original
Gospel down upon Jesus (pbuh). It contains the original,
unchanged teachings of God. I invite all readers to study
the Qur'an just as we have studied the Bible, and to make up
their minds if our claims bear merit.
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