Here is the Muslim view on Christian thought. Of question are the chosen twelve apostles of Jesus, several female disciples including Mary Magdalene, his mother and brothers, the apostle Paul who came along later, disciples Timothy, Barnabas, Mark, Luke, along with hundreds of other people who died martyrs for their faith in Jesus. Of question also is some Book of knowledge Jesus supposedly had. Muslims would believe that the apostles, who were chosen to follow Jesus by Jesus himself, later discarded the Book of knowledge, knowing full well that the fire of hell was their destination; next they all decided to write their own version of events as to the life of Jesus and his ministry falsifying events so that it fell into some scheme to deceive all the peoples of the world; next these apostles all ministered to the peoples these false teachings; next these apostles all died for this falsified story of Jesus, none recanting but all dying horrible deaths taking their false stories to the grave with them. Muslims would believe that the apostles, who were chosen by Jesus and followed Jesus throughout his life on earth, would all die for a false story which they invented on their own. How Stupid Is This Belief!? Would you, after meeting a servant of God and following this servant of God, receiving a Book of knowledge (supposedly), having seen Jesus' miracles, having heard Jesus' wisdom and proverbs, having known Jesus personally as a servant of God, later discard the Book, reject Jesus, invent your own story and die for it, knowing you would go to Hell on top of everything?! Would you do such a thing? How Ridiculous to even conceive such a belief. Is it not more likely and plausible that the apostles all wrote of the things they actually witnessed and believed in? After having seen Jesus, the miracles that he did, his death on the cross and later resurrection; is it not more likely that the apostles and the hundreds of other followers of Jesus, would actually write the truth and later be murdered for their beliefs? Is it not more likely they knew they would see paradise and heaven and died for their faith in Jesus? Truly this is more likely.

If Jesus had written his own testimony, it would be counted worthless. If I, myself write that I went to heaven and saw God, would you believe me? If I wrote to you that I died and rose again, would you believe me? Why should you? Why would anyone believe the word of one man? But now, say many witnessed Jesus’ ministry on earth; many saw his miracles; many heard his words and his sayings, his proverbs and his wisdom; many saw Jesus fulfill his words by going to the cross, dying and later rising to life again on the third day; many saw him later ascend to heaven after his resurrection from the dead; that many would then write about all of this, that many would write the same accounts of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus; that many would later be murdered for what they Saw, Heard and Believed. Is this not more believable? Having many witnesses only proves the gospels of Jesus just as they are written in the Bible. This is the manner by which God chose to communicate to the world, the life, works, death and resurrection of his servant Jesus. Why? Because witnesses count. Witnesses are key to anyone's testimony. (the test of two to three witnesses, Deuteronomy 19:15, 17:6, Mathew 18:16, John 8:13-18) (Quran, test of two to four witnesses, sura 4:15)

The fact that the Quran denies the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus only shows me that the writers of the Quran falsified this fact, (sura 4:157). Regardless of whether the Quran was written by angels (fallen?) and handed to Muhammad; the Quran has No witnesses to its claims. The Quran stands by itself. The gospels of Jesus stand by many witnesses. Having witnesses is a biblical truth and God expects a person to believe another who has a minimum of two to three witnesses (testimonies) and obviously Jesus had hundreds. God will not hold a person guilty for believing a story which has many witnesses. On the other hand, God may hold a person guilty for believing in a book that has no witnesses and calls a lie an account which has many witnesses.

God bless you through Jesus Christ our servant of God. For God chose Jesus to serve as a sacrifice for our sins and we may go to God believing this. It is through this sacrifice that we are justified and have access to God.

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The god of Islam is not the God of Moses nor is he the true God. Because Muhammad was un-educated along with his compatriots, I do not doubt that the quran was written by a higher power, a celestial being(s). Surely the quran was given to Muhammad by someone familiar with history and biblical truths. But who? Who would write such a book? Who is the prince of this world and how many fallen angels are there? Now, if I was an enemy of God (such as one fallen angel in particular) and I wished to deceive people from following the true God, I would write a book such as the quran. The quran meticulously changes history to further its purpose at falsifying the Bible. It denies the need for a sacrifice as a necessity at redemption for the sins of humanity. It constantly belittles Israel at Ishmael's expense and places the line of Ishmael at the forefront. If I was an enemy of God, I would write a book such as the quran. Now, if being Muslim, your hatred has been kindled, your anger aroused and your desire is to kill me, then your father is the devil, for the devil was a murderer from the beginning. My question to you is; do you know the truth? Have you studied the Bible, both old and new testaments? Have you studied it asking God for revelation? I know the Truth, and then there is the quran which I also know. Can you prove to me that the Bible is not true? (not using the quran).

Witnesses are key! A claim can only be substantiated by witnesses (biblical truth). With regards to Muhammad, a prophet is only a prophet if he was sent by God and his prophecy comes to pass (biblical truth, Ezekiel). What prophecy did Muhammad profess and who was his witness? In fact Muhammad never prophesied according to the quran, but rather he did as the quran taught him; he preached the quran (sura 24.54, his ‘duty is only to preach..’); he was the quran‘s reader and spokesperson, (the quran constantly tells Muhammad to ‘Say‘…). Rather it is the quran that makes many prophetic statements (notice that all apply to Muhammad‘s era and prior; there are no futuristic prophesies). Witnesses are key. Where and what is quran's witness? (your answer cannot be Muhammad since the quran was handed to him, and Muhammad did not witness the claims made in the quran that supposedly took place prior to his lifetime). The quran is a witness to itself?! Ridiculous! Can I not write a book and make the same claim? Of course the tone, intelligence and character of the quran suggests an author(s) that is not human, but rather celestial, (consider one or more fallen angels, thus the mystical abbreviations at the start of many suras could be names or titles of the writers; also repeated use of ‘We‘ or ‘Us‘ and very rarely the singular ‘I‘ strongly suggests more than one writer (a legion of writers?); in addition, the quran refers to God in the third person, ‘He‘ ‘Him‘ or ‘His‘; notice that the ‘We’ makes reference to God as a distinctly different entity, in other words, the ’We’ speak about God, cf. sura 24; see footnote). I also found the quran to contain verses which are ‘truths’ when taken by themselves. However, the line preceding the truth and the lines following the truth are usually false; it contains many falsehoods mixed with a few truths which quickly misleads the reader. This is found throughout all suras. With regard to witnesses, I have not come across any witnesses to the claims made in the quran (not even Muhammad). Witnesses, witnesses, witnesses…are key.

On the other hand, many prophets wrote the books of the Bible. Notice that God’s character (nature) is recognized in every one of these biblical books and His character does not change even though there are multiple prophets, (this is true even taking into account each prophet’s distinct writing style). In other words, these prophets were in contact with the one and same God because the character of God is constant. In having faith and understanding of the Bible for over twenty years, I am familiar with the nature (character) of God. The writer(s) of the quran is a different author(s) with different characteristics. There also exists an underlying THEME in all the books of the Bible which carries over into the new testament. The historical events found in the old testament have been substantiated by countless archaeological finds and non-biblical writings (stone writings, ceramic writings, papyrus records, Egyptian, Syrian and Babylonian writings). With regards to Christ, how many witnesses did he have? Is it not historical that 11 of the 12 apostles died horrible deaths as a result of testifying (witnessing) to Christ‘s death and resurrection? (The twelfth died of old age, St John). Did they recant? NO! Neither did hundreds of others who had seen Christ ascend to heaven (following his resurrection). These faithful people died but with their faiths intact under oppressive Roman rule, (refer to writings by the historian Josephus). Witnesses are key! Seek the truth and the truth will set you free. Are you now doubting your faith? By the quran, it is too late for you. If you doubted for just a second... if you questioned the quran for just an instant... 'Fire and hell waits for you!' But don't worry; this is not God. The true God does not terrorize the minds of his faithful. ‘The Lord rebuke you!, satan!!‘ (Zech 3:2)

May you come to know the truth even as I do. May the Lord Christ and the one true God truly bless you. Know for a surety that God has placed all things under Christ and this ‘lamb which was slain has prevailed’. The Lord Christ was resurrected from the dead and now sits at the right hand of the Father (God). (His faithful may call on God saying ‘father’, because He is the father of all things, our creator). Believe in Him so that you also may live. The truth will set you free.

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