The ‘Jesus’ revered by Muslims is not the same Jesus worshipped by Christians as God

[Michie]

1,400 years ago, Muhammad hijacked Jesus from the Gospels, demoted him to prophet, and placed him in the Koran. Christianity was Islam’s main competition at the time, and Muhammad seems to have reasoned that it was better to co-opt Jesus than to denounce him.

The ‘Jesus’ revered by Muslims is not the same Jesus worshipped by Christians as God

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[HTacianas]

1,400 years ago, Muhammad hijacked Jesus from the Gospels, demoted him to prophet, and placed him in the Koran. Christianity was Islam’s main competition at the time, and Muhammad seems to have reasoned that it was better to co-opt Jesus than to denounce him.

The ‘Jesus’ revered by Muslims is not the same Jesus worshipped by Christians as God

The Jesus revered by Muslims is the Jesus of the apocryphal gospels. I read them before I read the Quran. Spoiler alert.

 

[Michie]

The Jesus revered by Muslims is the Jesus of the apocryphal gospels. I read them before I read the Quran. Spoiler alert.

False Jesus.

 

[Michie]

Catholics who hope to defend their faith will need to better inform themselves about Islam, and not let themselves be misled by number and word games.

 

[HTacianas]

False Jesus.

Pretty much, yes.

You'll find that Mohammed opposed the teachings of the Church. Literally, if the Church said yes, Mohammed said no. If the Church said no, Mohammed said yes.

At the condemnation of chiliasm the cause was the millennium was taught as a time of carnality. Excesses of wine and an abundance of virgins. Seventy two virgins? Condemned by the Church but accepted by Mohammed. Jesus creating clay doves? Condemned by the Church but accepted by Mohammed. They are all in the Quran.

Mohammed opposed the Church. By opposing the Church he opposed Christ. He was antichurch making him antichrist.

 

[Bob Carabbio]

The ‘Jesus’ revered by Muslims is not the same Jesus worshipped by Christians as God

And WORST OF ALL He's not even a "Savior", and ISLAM sees NO NEED for one of those, since their victims have to EARN salvation, which is impossible.

 

[Michie]

Catholics, however, should know that Muslims “revere” Jesus because that’s what’s it says in the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate, and almost everyone who has attended Catholic schools in recent decades will have been of the high esteem that Muslims have for Jesus.

But for many Catholics, that’s all they know about Jesus and Islam. And it simply isn’t enough now that Islam has passed through its mid-century sleepy time phase, and that has re-emerged as a world power. It’s important to recall that Nostra Aetate was written in 1965- right in the midst of that quiescent era—and it was meant to convey a positive picture of Islam, not a complete one.

Islam has emerged from its mid-century slumber, but many Catholics have not emerged from theirs. They won’t admit that Vatican II sketch of Islam is woefully inadequate for understanding born-again militant Islam.

 

[OrateProNobis]

They deny his crucifixion resurrection and divinity. They basically mention His name and BV Mary then tear down all beliefs about them.... replace everything with Mohammed. They are more closely related to Judaism. Especially the death penalty. Everything Jesus died for they went against. And happen to mention names as “revered”. If they really loved Jesus they would follow Him. Plain and simple.

 

[Lady Bug]

I don't get how there have been so many false prophets popping up during and after Jesus' time but none have had the ominous pervasive effect around the world like Muhammad has. You don't even see Joseph Smith or Charles Taze Russell have this sort of impact. It hurts to see this religion even existing. I wish my dad understood how wrong this faith is.

 

[OrateProNobis]

I don't get how there have been so many false prophets popping up during and after Jesus' time but none have had the ominous pervasive effect around the world like Muhammad has. You don't even see Joseph Smith or Charles Taze Russell have this sort of impact. It hurts to see this religion even existing. I wish my dad understood how wrong this faith is.

It’s because he did introduce the Arabs to the God of Abraham. We all know that’s the one and only true God the Father who created the world. He told them about Jesus. He did pull them out of paganism. The people were and are probably drawn by instinct to God but they are getting a wrong version of Him.

 

[dzheremi]

I would think this so obvious as to not need to be said, but I guess it does, particularly as Islam grows while Christianity shrinks in the west. Lord have mercy. Islam's Jesus ('Isa) is not even the same as the Jesus Christian Arabic-speakers praise (Yesu'). Mohammed even had to rename him (and several other Biblical figures like John -- with a few historical exceptions, it's Yahya for Muslims, but Yuhanna for Christians; various very obviously post-Biblical saints like St. George, St. John the Baptist, and St. Sarkis the Warrior have been syncretized into the figure of Al-Khidr, a wise man of Islamic mythology), which perhaps tells you something very basic about the Islamic view of Jesus. It would be like saying we accept Mohammed as a prophet (Lord have mercy!), but we call him Abdullah ibn Bukhtishu, and he was really an 11th century Nestorian Persian physician, not a 7th century Arab warlord. No.

 

[Lady Bug]

It’s because he did introduce the Arabs to the God of Abraham. We all know that’s the one and only true God the Father who created the world. He told them about Jesus. He did pull them out of paganism. The people were and are probably drawn by instinct to God but they are getting a wrong version of Him.

Shouldn't the Christians have done all this instead? Christianity had already been up and running.

 

[OrateProNobis]

A lot of us Christians don’t even know our own faith. So when Muslims proselytize they can’t argue and lose all faith and accept the watered down version. The age of technology put so many false teachings out there it’s tough to keep up with it. Kids need to be taught mysteries from a young age.

 

[Lady Bug]

A lot of us Christians don’t even know our own faith. So when Muslims proselytize they can’t argue and lose all faith and accept the watered down version. The age of technology put so many false teachings out there it’s tough to keep up with it. Kids need to be taught mysteries from a young age.

They either don't know, or they cherry pick, so I understand.

 

[chevyontheriver]

I don't get how there have been so many false prophets popping up during and after Jesus' time but none have had the ominous pervasive effect around the world like Muhammad has. You don't even see Joseph Smith or Charles Taze Russell have this sort of impact. It hurts to see this religion even existing. I wish my dad understood how wrong this faith is.

Mohammad had a sword and he knew how to use it. That's the difference.