From inthecar2 at aol.com Sat Mar 7 20:23:36 2020 From: inthecar2 at aol.com (Lonnie Dewitt) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 12:23:36 -0800 Subject: [BlindVet-Talk] Missouri Avenue, Christ revealed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <54A29A72-8959-435E-B97A-AC458BEB301E@aol.com> Hi young man I am interested in hearing more of what you have to offer Lonnie, 916-968-0844 > On Feb 27, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Mustafa Almahdy via BlindVet-Talk wrote: > > ?Hello, this is Mustafa and I am interested to speak to you folks about > your faith. I would like to start with basic elements. Although the > tale of Adam and Eve in Eden is initially mentioned in Genesis, the > current concept of Original Sin as known by Christians nowadays and > yesterday has been initially and essentially developed by Saul of > Tarsus whom Christians generically refer to as, Saint Paul. This > concept is basically the backbone of Christian faith as we know it > today. Unlike the Koran, the Bible is thought to be majorly parted to > Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament, God is clearly one and > such concepts of Jesus being divine, the Trinity etc, haven?t been > mentioned there. True, Christian apologists unsuccessfully attempt to > strangely interpret things like, let?s make man in our immage and so > on, still, that doesn?t explicitly speak of what has been later > inserted by Paul and other authors. There are 29 verse of Jesus > praying throughout the parables. I just don?t know folks, where could > I go with Luke 6:12 as it says: ?It was at this time that He went off > to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to > God.? How could he be divine afterward? How are you folks able to > intently dispose of such plain evidence and falsely stick to what is > implicitly construed? It is quite odd for me to be deceitful of myself > as such. Jesus has been plainly portrayed as someone who devotes > himself to submit in full recognition and obeisance to Allah glory be > to Him. Had he been divine, he would have not demanded to implore onto > the most High. At his time of cataclysm, he prayed onto his Lord to > help him. In Matthew 26:39, it says: ?And He went a little beyond > them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is > possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You > will." Is this the disposal of an exalted being? Muslims therefore > believe, that Jesus, peace be upon him was sent to people by God to > deliver His message to them. That was the same mission of Moses, > David, Solomon, John, Zechariah, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob > and so on. Implicit in that, Islam is the religion of all those > prophets, as they have been sealed by Muhammad, peace and blessings be > upon him. In Islam, God doesn?t need someone to die on the Cross to > forgive us. He glory be to Him is providentially Omnipotent and > eminently Self-sufficient to do so. The Christian concept of > redemption is intellectually purblind. As plainly stated in the > parables, Jesus has unappeasably implored to God in seclusion. That?s > the common temperament of the pious. He thence couldn?t be worshipping > and being worshipped simultaneously. I urge you folks to seek the > truth and deferentially comply to it. Despite the consequences, truth > is loud and worthy to be unconditionally consecrated. Let us just be > impartial as we view such critical matters. I sternly urge you to > substantially reassess and redress your theological belief. Basically, > everything you hold up to is invented by Saul, the former Jewish > persecutor of Christ?s actual disciples. Someone has just to be an oaf > and a moron to allegedly entrust Saul of Tarsus, this awful ratter, > kidder, slicker and immense chiseller. I can see how and why you might > had felt outraged. Nonetheless, it isn?t my destined intent to provoke > your offence. Basically, I have been demanded by some to read the > Bible. Well, after I read its whole books and chapters couple of > times, I caught the main theme and its obviously contradicting > narrative. I haven?t done so because I am anxious or tentative about > Islam. I was just kind of curious and, theology in genral is > concurrently my major and passion. I therefore am quite settled > regarding my convictions of Islam being the true and uniquely proper > faith. I am scholarly motivated. I thence have noticed and kind of > disliked how missionary activists tend to approach incompetent Muslim > individuals and unethically pose misconceptions to them. Why do you > deliberately evade confronting those of adequate status in the field? > Aren?t you confident enough about your disposition? Ultimately, up > until now, you all are shamefully paltering about the alleged > proclamation of Christ?s deification in the scripture. Throughout the > four Gospels, Jesus never explicitly, declared his divinity. To the > contrary though, he has constantly attributed primacy and exhibited > full submission and obedience to the Father, in other word, God in > Jewish traditional terms. John 11:41-42, ?So they took away the stone. > Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have > heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this > for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe > that you sent me.? So, had he been truly divine, he would have > straightly said, I am God incarnate, as Christians claim. So, we?re > addressing here a crucial factor. Christians allegedly assert that > Jesus claimed to be God. I say fine, where is that in the Bible? They > then either quote sayings of Jesus that are implicit, in other words, > competent of being broadly interpreted and discerned or, rely on what > has been said by this liar, Paul. The latter is conspicuously > notorious of being the primal persecutor of Christ?s actual disciples. > All of a sudden, on his way to Damascus, he allegedly had a vision > whereas Jesus has eh, appeared to him. Is that a credible figure for > you? I noticed that some of you assume that prophet Muhammad, peace > and blessings be upon him has lied about God. Well, I tell you this, > inevitably, all Hadith, which is a tradition based on reports of the > sayings and activities of prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon > him, his companions and their apprentices, known terminologically as > the followers, is essentially grounded on immense integrity, relevance > and high application of morality. So, someone who relates something > about the prophet, his companions or even the generation after them > has to be trustworthy, accurate, credible, and of eminent excellence. > Is any of that applied to the path which through the Bible has been > transmitted? So for instance, this man Mark, what is his full name? We > knew the proper biographical record of the leastwise of any vector in > a chain of reporters that pertained to any Hadith. His birth, > upbringing, his teachers, reputation, reliance and even his death date > and region. Do you know the full biography of Luke? The process of the > two texts is substantially different. I wish to see someone with > sufficient courage to tackle this challenging concern. Look everyone, > I knew all about this. All converts to Christianity are doing so for > immigration, visa issuance and permanent residence purposes. For them, > the States is a final destination. Nonetheless, as of myself, I am of > different disposal. I wish to make you bear witness against yourselves > for intently disposing those of sufficient adequacy and seeking to > raptly pick out people of zero caveat and of extreme poverty and > ignorance to gradually proselytise to them. This constantly occur in > majorly developing nations and refugee camps. It troubles me indeed, > seeing bungling individuals poorly taken advantage of as such. I > sternly look forward to someone of the missionary or the pastoral > arena responding to this sort of allegation I am afraid. Neglecting me > though, shall make this accusatory proposition more firm and > confirmed. Let us be honest and plain. I unfortunately have wholly > exposed evangelist?s vicious shenanigan. Some may go to college campus > and opt Muslim students who are not sufficiently aware of theological > matters to pose misconceptions to them. These detrimental notions are > often affiliated with racial disparity. Well, such as, what brought > you here? Go back to your country and so on. Calling a Church the > white flag reflects this intrinsical assumption of allegedly favouring > Caucasian race. Hasn?t it been essentially based on superiority > complex of their own complexion, they would have not been so > denotative. I delt for awhile with southern Christians. Thus, I knew > what I am talking about. They measuredly derogate those of darker > complexion. This ethical scandal is broadly known about them. That?s > why they fond Trump, despite his evil character. I respectfully demand > you folks to confront me. Whether the ranking staff of Alpha and Omega > or the White Flag, you both are mutually addressed with this strident > rhetoric. I challenge you to show me in the whole Bible, just one > statement, clearly uttered on the lips of Jesus Christ, openly > demanding divinity. I urge you to look for this in the whole scripture > and it won?t ever be found, basically because, it just doesn?t exist. > If I ever caught this as described above, I shall then be christened > instantly. What does Matthew 14:23 say? ?After he had dismissed them, > he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he > was there alone.? Honestly, is that the disposal of someone with > divine nature? With this criticising rhetoric, I address someone?s > basic intellect. Obviously, Jesus ate, slept and prayed. With this in > mind, how could he be divine then? Well, it was in the fourth > ecumenical council of Chalcedon, when the Hypostatic union doctrine > has been ultimately professed. This is an essential factor to think > of. Typically, people of pastoral devotion tend to intently evade > conversing about such subjects. Basically, these philosophical > discernments have appeared later in Christian theological history. > Well, common pastors etc won?t admit that. They will simply attempt to > palter. Well, that?s the problem, they don?t want to admit their > absolute failure on that regard. I therefore call pastors truth > avoiders. They deliberately mislead their audience. In order to attain > their religious objective of converting mortals, they tend to deceive, > evade and prettify. Jesus is plainly divulged in the parables. > Throughout them, he never expressed divinity of himself. Not once > folks, not once. Well, how is that conveniently disposed? I honestly > don?t know, how are they capable of reposing their conscience as such? > Each and every wording spoken by Jesus confirms the fact that he is a > prophet of God. He certainly has spoken with divine inspiration rather > than essence. Well I hope after this lengthy demonstration, I?ll be > confronted by someone who has sufficient courage and proper knowledge > to deeply converse with me concerning what I proposed. This is > theologian Mustafa from Cairo Egypt. I keenly look forward to hearing > from someone with deferent characteristics to thoroughly speak with. > > _______________________________________________ > BlindVet-Talk mailing list > BlindVet-Talk at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindvet-talk_nfbnet.org