Is the Qur'an really more violent than the Bible?

(Apologies for the unintentionally abrupt beginning)
Book discussed: ‘Laying Down the Sword: Why We Can’t Ignore the Bible’s Violent Verses’ by Dr Philip Jenkins, who is the Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion.
"The Bible contains far more verses praising or urging bloodshed than does the Quran.” ~ Dr Philip Jenkins
Buy the book here:
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‘Jenkins has outdone himself. This is by far the best piece of work he has ever done, dealing with one of the most controversial issues Christians struggle with day-in and day-out.’ ~ Dr Tony Campolo (American sociologist, Christian pastor and author).

[@goranomarbockman806]

I knew of these Hyper Violent, supposedly Divine injunctions, since childhood and would read them as horror stories, with chills running down my spine! This affected my view of God as a Cruel and Hateful and Unjust God, lacking compassion. Eventually I left Christianity for Atheism but found it highly unsatisfying. I never lost my belief in a Creator God. When a Quran was presented to me I wept with great Relief as I read the first 3 pages. Finally I had met the Merciful Creator I had always hoped Existed! Having read a few pages of the Holy Quran all doubts were washed away in streaming Tears and I instantly knew Islam was the True Religion of God! 🙏♥️

[@BloggingTheology]

Wow!

[@goranomarbockman806]

@@BloggingTheology Indeed!

[@syedanidariaz1899]

This truly made me tear up. I grew up muslim, but I sometimes cry tears of joy when I read the Quran because I'm so grateful that I was blessed with this religion from the day I was born, Alhamdulillah!

[@mimianwar5448]

May God keep you on the right path with all the blessing of this life and the Hereafter

[@ahmadjamal6621]

Alamdulillah..you found it..may ALLAH rahmah always be with you. aamiiiin..insyallah 🤲🤲😊

[@thomasshnyder4621]

Simply you are a teacher. Lots of respect 👍

[@BloggingTheology]

So nice of you

[@adebowaleolowa4027]

It's difficult for me to get a word good enough to describe your intellectual struggle to adequately inform us on many issues concerning the authentic religions,I pray to Allah SWT to give to you more fulfilling years.

[@abdillahijalalkhan2128]

AAAMIYN!

[@gaffarsaadh6191]

Ameen and Ameen and Ameen!!!

[@samone5618]

Ameen

[@truthseeker4470]

As always, Brother Paul, spot-on. I was raised as a Christian and as an adult was a practicing, devout Christian for most of my life. My periods of doubt and even atheism were largely triggered by these horrific accounts in the Bible. Eventually, I realized that I no longer had to ignore my inner sense of right and wrong--nor could I. And I also realized that the God who I worshipped for many years was actually much more loving than the Bible gave credit to him. I found the Quran, and I found Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful...not the angry YHWH of the Bible who ordered babies slaughtered in an unholy sacrifice.

[@shahjahanmiah4009]

Alhamdulillah

[@stuart940]

there you go, you just had to find a religion that suits you

[@JuliexSteadman]

the OT still held back evil in a barbaric society where it was normal to sacrifice your first born son on the fire to Molech.. the Jews were not allowed to go into the promised land until the sin of the amorites had reached its full measure (Genesis 15:16) which would have included child sacrifice... What the Jews did was tame compared to those of the surrounding tribes. WE have the writings and lineage of the very first chrisitan church fathers (ad90-ad300). (David Bercot has done videos & books on them). They did not teach violence because Jesus didnt. In Jeremiah 31:33 in the Old Testament it was prophecied that a better covenant was required, Hebrews 8:10 in the NT claims to be the fullfillment of that. It says that the old covenant is obsolete Hebrews 8:13 and as a result that there had to be a change in the law (Hebrews 7:11). Jesus outlines what those new laws should look like in his new covenant in Matthew 5. He takes the 10 commandments and makes them broader and deeper and a matter of the heart. He says things like, you have heard it said, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth but I say to you, Love your enemies. (Matthew 5:43). The problem was that once christianity got assimilated into the Roman empire so there was no more persecution, everyone got in on the act.. And so called theologians like Augustine (AD400) twisted scripture and chose to ignore the book of Hebrews and tried to say that the killing for apostasy etc still applied from the Mosaic law when the NT makes it clear that it does not. Jesus never taught or used violence. Even at his arrest he refused to let his disciples defend him because he said "My Kingdom is not of this world" (John 18:38).

[@Monothiest247]

Daniel we love you for the sake of Allah. Welcome to the most loving ummah, Allah has guided you. What a blessing.

[@JuliexSteadman]

@@Monothiest247 - as long as he doesnt try and leave Islam he will be fine..

[@Sherlate]

I knew that the bible has some violence but to that extent??? Never have thought of that. I'm shocked and I'm really shaking. And I really would like to know why muslims are always always being accused of being terrorists and bloodthirsty where the Quran is commanding for mercy? why this war on Quran and Islam from the media ? Paul thank you for another very informative video. Love and respect from Berlin! Sherif

[@BloggingTheology]

thanks Sherif.

[@ms0507]

@Sherif Lateef " why this war on Quran and Islam from the media ?" . who/what religion detain media in the world? you have your answer.

[@orwellianyoutube8978]

Google ''Islamophobia Network'' and see the industry behind it.

[@mememomo101]

@@ms0507 politics and oil. What religion people in that land we about to invade for them oil? If it muslim they need freedom and democracy

[@mememomo101]

@Alex Robin yes jesus also worships wahyeh and all christian arab worship Allah. Only westerners worship white man blonde hair blue eye jesus texan looking guy. Rip

[@berberboy4790]

As a muslim I went to christian schools and until my 20 th year I knew more of the Bible than the Quran. We were more thought about the New Testament and Jesus than about the Old Testament. I never learned about violence of the Holy Bible. At home my parents thought me about a Merciful and forgiven Allah. I never had the urge to become a christian. After my 25th I started reading the Quran myself and learned also about God's greatness. One passage about Abraham opened my eyes of what kind of human I needed to be. God says in the Quran that he loved Abraham so much because of his mercy. He prayed for his sinful father until his dead. This passage thought me what kind of human being we should be in our live. The Quran gives a different view of the prophets and jews than the Old Testament, which I think is more correct than the written history of the kins of Abraham, which in my opinion need not be the word of God, but the word of cruel men.

[@rehan3600]

I agree with you brother. I had the same kinds of experiences growing up

[@Rose-bo9cx]

Are you a Muslim

[@berberboy4790]

@@Rose-bo9cx Elhamdullilah. I am a muslim

[@Rose-bo9cx]

@@berberboy4790 Maa shaa Allah ☺️

[@lilymajic]

Reference???

[@nastrobreazy3561]

Thank you so much for referencing and summarising so many great books that I probably will never have the chance to read. Your videos are full of wisdom and truth.

[@neeli30]

Warm regards for seeking and speaking the truth.

[@sammiyusuf9750]

Excellent exposition of the Judeo -Christian scriptures. I myself have come across countless Christians justifying these passages whilst at same time referring to Islam as violent. This explains the religious backing given by the colonialists whom carried out their massacres in the name of Christ. Keep up the good work and God bless you.

[@Welther47]

The problem is people believe in gods! That is why there is war; only now weapons are getting more and more deadly, but the problem is still people thinking they hear the voice of some god! The insanity never stops! The death of the gods will be the savior of humankind!

[@JuliexSteadman]

We have the letters of the very first church fathers ad90-300), John Bercot has done books and videos on them.... They did not teach violence because Jesus did not. Even at his arrest he refused to let his disciples defend him as he said My kingdom is not of this world (John 18:38). Once christianity got assimilated into Rome, the likes of Augustine twisted scripture to say that the Mosaic law (stoning to death for apostasy etc) still applied. Augustine ignored key books like hebrews which said that the NT was a new covenant (hebrews 9:15), that the old covenant was obsolete (Hebrews 8:13) and their had to be a change in the law (Hebrews 7:11) Interestingly they took the scripture in Matthew 5 that says not the least letter of the law will pass away until everything is accomplished to say that that meant the Mosaic law which is exactly what Islam does. But that is to wrench it out of its context and the biblical story. Everything being accomplished is us being put back to how we were before the fall (which muslims dont believe in), to reverse the original spiritual death in the garden so that we have a new desire and power to live it. You must be 'born again'. No-one will see the kingdom of God unless they are born again (John 3:3). Jesus says what that new law should look like, he takes the 10 commandments in Matthew 5 and makes them broader and deaper and a matter of the heart. You cant change your heart, you must be born again. It was prophesied in the OT in Jeremiah 31:33 that God would create a new covenant with us and write his law on our hearts. Hebrews 8:10 claims to be the fullfillment of that. The law on the outside of you can do nothing to help you change therefore a better covenant was required that could achieve that. The true christians were always those who were being martyred...

[@El_Sergany]

@@JuliexSteadman lol cut the preaching crap. The oldest manuscript of your new testament has been carbon dated to the second century🙄 You don't have the Aramaic manuscripts because none of the disciples wrote any gospels (as your own bible scholars say in books) and Jesus himself didn't tell any of them to write a word. Seriously just accept your defeat and stop preaching BS

[@JuliexSteadman]

@@El_Sergany You are wrong.. ..and if you dont look into this you will not be in Jesus kingdom.. we have the letters of the first church fathers... here is a colleague of Bart Ehrman who is a fellow university lecturer and he calls Bart Ehrman out... Bart Ehrman himself was forced to put a disclaimer in the back of the paperback version of his book 'Misquoting Jesus' that came out 6 months after the hard back... According to the video at (At 01:12:20 in the video) p252 in the book Bart Ehrman says "Essential christian beliefs are not effected by the textual variants in the manuscript tradition of the New Testament" no christian doctrine is changed by the evidence we have.... (At 01:12:20 in the video). kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuYlJqHiq-hqKs Christians dont believe the bible dropped out of the sky as Muslims do about the quran... however there is much evidence that it is historically reliable... and it is inspired by God... Are you saying that God got the Old Testament wrong and left us with no scriptures until Muhammed turned up 1,300 years later. The OT was written down about 700bc during the exile... So one angel turns up and changes Gods revelatioin to man. God left us without any scriptures for 1,300 years... The Jews were really writing about Muhammed but they didnt know it... ..hilarious... You guys are following the moon God Baal, whose symbol is a bull horn half moon... it cant be the God of abraham Isaac and Jacob as the Quran says you should subdugate and/or kill them...

[@mofassy]

Thank you sir for the hard work you do to keep us informed

[@BloggingTheology]

My pleasure

[@nabipedofmuhammadpenciptaa4163]

@@BloggingTheology Why no muslim can answer this Question honestly? 👉? WHO IS THE ALPHA AND OMEGA IN QUR'AN & BIBLE??? give the VERSES , please! thanks. Please do answer honestly... Coz only the devil & its followers believe that TAQQIYA Answers as the TRUTH

[@ema.drums1349]

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[@alimasigasaleh8659]

Very informative. Thanks to have come across this channel. I have learned alot within few days.

[@BloggingTheology]

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[@paulaabdul3698]

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[@KhaledKimboo4]

Happy to find your channel, hope to see more

[@BloggingTheology]

Welcome aboard!

[@persimmongold8608]

Very informative. Many thanks.

[@a.hassan8922]

Bro. Paul, I've enjoyed watching your Speaker's Corner videos. And I'm appreciating your blogging videos now. You are very well read and put forth the arguments based on widely read knowledge from legitimate books, not just empty shouting arguments. Keep up your good work, knowledge is power and righteous knowledge leads to the enlightened path. I believe Muslims should firstly know what's in the Quran, and then what's in the Bible as well.

[@tkkartinibiru8258]

Thank you for sharing this video!

[@valkyrierescues7861]

I appreciate the amount of work you put and how impartial you are.

[@andrewwalker7439]

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[@riddimgad686]

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[@BloggingTheology]

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[@mooktarkader]

you don't believe what you heard, want to make sure for yourself. Sometimes the truth is hard to swollow

[@shaggyvillage6960]

@@mooktarkader what's that supposed to mean

[@shaggyvillage6960]

Turns out Quran Talks About Love way more often than the Bible does

[@yavuzkestane9952]

Unfortunately, Quran is a book of terror, fear and punishment in which has some quotes to kill those who believe in different religion than muslims are.

[@alhassangangu4357]

@@yavuzkestane9952 you seem to be an expert in the Qur'an. Give me those verses and please i want full quotations not out of context

[@alhassangangu4357]

@@yavuzkestane9952 i am still waiting fir you yo provide the verses and the context in ehich tbose verses were revealed.

[@yavuzkestane9952]

@@alhassangangu4357 Al-Anfal 8-39 😉

[@alhassangangu4357]

@@yavuzkestane9952 you cited chapter 8 verse 38 but you ignorantly left out verse 38, 40 and 41. All what you did was selective and out of context. There was a peace treaty between the Maccans and the Muslims and the Muslims were in minority who fled to Madina and were not allowed to carry their property. The treaty was no hostilities for 10 years. Guess who broke the treaty repeatedly? The Maccans and their allies and continuously attack the Muslims. The first "Battle of Badr" is mentioned in verse 41. STOP THE DISPLAY OF YOUR IGNORANCE and study Islam with an open mind, maybe you would become a better person. No Muslim is a Muslim if he/she doesn't believe in Jesus and all the Prophets( may peace be with them all) Wow, I was waiting for your reply and this is all that you came out with? Go back and do your homework, I am waiting. Muslims don't blame Christianity for the actions of some Christians, we blame the people. Islam as a religion is totally different from Muslims as people. Get that through your skull buddy

[@ferdousazamkhan9840]

I'm an Islamic believer and naturally hold highest respect for Almighty Allah and high respect for Holy Prophet Jesus, as ordered in our holy Quran. As such I also believe that, the referred harshly biblical verses can't be from Almighty Allah neither those could be ordered by any of his Honorable Prophet including Prophet Jesus; has indeed been altered. Thanks for your sincere presentation. Almighty bless you all the ways.

[@shamsulalamdhaka]

Thanks Paul.

[@NadDew]

Omg as a Muslim I'm really really shocked and terrified 😨 Because when they bring the verse in Al-tubah surat/h i try to explain to them that it's out of context and should read what before and after to understand the meaning they'll answer even so it's not enough or an excuse (and I admit I felt ashamed i know I'm wrong now I shouldn't be ashamed from God words, I'm stupid) Now I know the best way to defense is attack, and whenever someone ask me to explain this verse from Quran as a way to attack my beliefs I'll answer by quote these verses from the Bible and asking them back to explain it first.

[@JonathanDeLeon-em4px]

The violent verses in the Bible are found in the Old Testament which were written centuries before Christ. The Gospel is an improvement on the Old Testament by having a higher revelation of God and rejecting violence. The Quran however is a step backwards into violence and worse. It allows beheadings, the cutting off of hands and feet from alternate sides, and crucifixion as forms of punishment that were never allowed by the Torah.

[@NadDew]

@@JonathanDeLeon-em4px you are funny, the whole point is do you believe in the old testament from god or not?? fyi we as muslim believe that jews change the Torah to make themselves the chosen people we as muslim don't believe God is racist and favorite a group of people over others.

[@bookoffinesigns7110]

even better my dear tell them to get educated & read the Quran well enough to understand that part of it is Human History whereby such verses relate things that happened then , as for Ai-Tuba sura , again it's about a specific incident in a specific time for a specific number of people and for a specific good reason ..... whoever sees it or understands it differently is either Stupid ,Naïve & Ignorant or simply Insulting Imbecile who should rather be in a stable feeding pigs .

[@bookoffinesigns7110]

@@JonathanDeLeon-em4px as for your weird & confused answer , am going to use your logic :so you say the Gospel is a better book than the Bible ! tell us please which Gospel there are many not just four , then to say improvement means the Bible to be forfeited or thrown away . But back to your logic I say as the Bible in part of it some passages of human history some verses talk about killing for a specific reason in a specific time & of specific persons : we would be naïve to consider it RELIGION. RELIGION is GUIDANCE,VALUES and TOLERANCE . When we read the Bible we're reading History & when we read the Gospels we read Teachings of Jesus : GUIDANCE , TOLERANCE & VALUES . If you apply this EQUALLY on the Quran you'll feel much better ..... So you need to get educated : Understand properly the Quran before you get involved in Discussions , thank you .

[@JonathanDeLeon-em4px]

@@NadDew The Old Testament is indeed from God but not the Quran. Muslims are misguided in believing the Jews changed the message of the Torah to suit themselves. The Jewish people are indeed chosen of God for they are descendants of Abraham whom God favored for his faith. The Jews are still favored by God because of Abraham's faith. They were preserved during centuries of persecution and exile to return to their land of Israel because of God's love for Abraham.

[@NordinPumbaya]

You remind me of another scholar who caused a lot of confusion among his non-muslim audience. Prof. Gary Miller used to give talks on the Bible and Christianity together with Sheik Ahmad Deedat in the 90s mostly in South Africa. Anyways, good work and more power to your effort to shed some light on unnoticed issues important for all God-loving people. If you had the chance to listen to some of Sheik Deedat's lecture on the Bible and Christian theological dilemma, you will realize that most of these incongruences have always been there but nobody dare do a thing about them. Nobody calls for a conference to confront the issues head-on which is unnerving when you think about it because millions of people hang their salvation on such convictions.

[@BloggingTheology]

Gary Miler was a very great speaker.

[@JuliexSteadman]

..he doesnt confuse me.. ..he is not accurately interpreting scripture... Ive put my comments elsewhere... ...we have the letters of the very first church fathers (ad90-ad300) and they did not teach violence in their interpretation of scripture. (David Bercot has done a lot of videos and books on them). As jesus did not teach violence. He would not let even his own disciples defend him at his arrest as he said "My Kingdom is not of this world" John 18:38. The book of hebrews makes it very clear that the new testament is a new covenant with a change in the law and that the old testament (covenant) is now obsolete... Jesus outlines what his new laws look like in his new covenant in Matthew 5. He takes the 10 commandments and makes them broader and deeper and a matter of the heart. saying things like love your enemy... etc Once christianity was assimilated into the roman empire they twisted scripture to their own ends... ignoring the book of Hebrews and many others, as many have done since... Such will not be in Jesus kingdom no matter how much religion they professed... All through the nt it says if you dont walk in love you walk in death... your neighbour is anyone in need even if they are an idolator. Jesus brings that out in the parable of the good samaritan, Samaritans were seen as idolators by the Jews and hated by them. Luke 10:25-37 www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A25-37&version=NIV

[@jonedavid6213]

Glad to find your channel, i am so lucky thinks

[@syedatazeen]

Thank you for the book recommendation

[@azch6424]

Assalam Alaykum and thank you brother Paul. Really shocking. Glad you mentioned towards the end how Paul almost commanded people to follow the teachings, examples and violence in the Old Testament. Fantastic dawah material. May Allah SWT bless you!

[@rs-zl7re]

psalm 137: Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. So violent !!!

[@JamesAsp]

Misunderstanding context... So hypocritical!!! What does your Quran say of killing an innocent life? Do you think they where innocent those the bible speaks of? The infants yes, but it doesn't speak of them. Do you really think they did this to the infants, or was it to reference how evil their parents were, that somebody would even feel enjoyment in killing their infants... It is an expression to clarify how evil the parents were.

[@fareedtutorials5649]

@@JamesAsp Lies no need for context the bible, old testament are violent and changed over time by humans its not the word of god anymore. You are protecting the words of old kings, rich old men, and popes. Hope you find true god

[@JamesAsp]

@@fareedtutorials5649 We know the old testament haven't been changed for over 2300 years and we know for a fact that the new testament haven't been changed for at least 1800 years. Even Muhammed confirmed we had the true gospel still around at his time. That is less than 1500 years ago. So we know with 100% certainty what has and what has not been changed in the bible. Please stop repeating stuff your teachers say without first fact checking the truth. Jesus said the truth will make you free. Have a good day.

[@tayseerag]

With every video of yours I learn something new even though I am a Muslim by birth. And with every video you attain more respect and admiration. Please continue and keep up the good work.

[@gaffarsaadh6191]

I've never seen such a great gentleman of good minded In my life.

[@shebasand6203]

Every war related verse in the Quran has a back story, if you commit anything against a random non Muslim without a proper justification (self defense or corruption) will be in trouble with God. Seriously hatred and violence aren't what mosques in my country teach, I hope people realize that

[@halaldunya918]

Good work 👌👍

[@BloggingTheology]

Thank you so much 😀

[@AllaahuAkbar60]

The Holy Quran is a very powerful book 📚📖 Naara e Takbeer ALLAHU Akbar..ALLAHU AKBAR

[@aumyousefnasser9359]

Alhamdulillah

[@Shagidelic]

You are doing a great job at bringing all christians, jews, n muslims together. From i m right to we are one. From my book is good, to the thirst for embracing Gods msg wherever possible and pleasing our God instead of appeasing our pride. May Allah be with you and give long life with countless opportunities to spread the truth.

[@Just_logic]

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[@locksmithlocksmith7941]

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[@basitabbasi6361]

Great research

[@fs5297]

Good work! Most of the Cristians aren't even told about these passages. Once I had a discussion with a cristian, he quoted me some verses and He haughtily claimed that it will shake my Iman on Islam, But fortunately the memory of those verses was fresh as I read about them a few days ago, so I stated to him all the background information and all the Rulings regarding those verses, he was just shocked and only words he could say were :"You are lying, I dare you to give me prove". Although I'm not good at remembering the no. of Ahadees, n books, n narrators, but still I managed to quote the names of books of Tafseer from where all that was narrated. Even after then he denied! At that time I wasn't feeling well and I didn't had any good knowledge of these bible passages, I wonder what would have happened to his Iman in Cristianity as "Only Religion that Teches You Love"!!!!

[@fs5297]

@@JuliexSteadman watch the video!

[@fs5297]

@@JuliexSteadman Cristianity only teaches love! Huh! This statement is no more than an emotional phrase

[@JuliexSteadman]

@@fs5297 nope it isnt. We have the letters of the very first church fathers and how they interpreted scripture, and they did not teach violence. You can get them in a 10 volume set, David Bercot is very good at doing books/videos on them. Because Jesus did not teach violence... Scripture makes it very clear in the book of hebrews that the new testament is a new covenant with new law that over writes the obsolete old covenant. Jesus in Matthew 5 then goes into what the laws of his new covenant look like. He takes the 10 commandments and makes them broader and deeper and a matter of the heart. eg love your enemies.. He also refused to let his disciples defend him at his arrest as he said his kingdom is not of this world John 18:38. But when christianity was assimilated into the roman empire, theologians like Constantine (400ad) tried to say that the mosaic law still applied, that way they had an excuse to kill anyone who they thought was apostate... ...but the bible was still there and its plain meaning if people read it and didnt listen to the authorities...

[@JuliexSteadman]

@@fs5297 I did and i made notes....

[@fs5297]

@@JuliexSteadman well if I represent to any Cristian the applications and background knowledge and how and when verses were revealed, they literally deny the very first and prophetic way of interpretation!! Hypocrisy?🤔 Well you write big big comments and it still doesn't explain anything, cuz you are denying the simple fact that Mosaic law was never abrogated by Isa ibn Maryam!! You are free to change the approach when it comes to your religion and when it comes to islam. Cristianity is love is still a statement of mouth, I can say same about islalm based on what I read in Quran, but people deny when they are told. People act differently according to thier biases!

[@MightyM2024]

Thank you for book recommendations, They all seem like good informative academic reads. Pardon by poor my English, it`s third language.

[@habibanasser7947]

Alhamdulillah the last revelation from our creator Quranul kareem is perfect Alhamdulillah.

[@racfat1]

Thank you brother Paul, may Allah protect you and your familly

[@mohamedhanafy3964]

Thank you ❤

[@yacoubcheik76]

İ am so lucky, indeed you are a one of knowledge's men , eternel love ❤

[@gaffarsaadh6191]

We Muslims bend head in shame due to lack of this type of talent our Sheikh Paul Williams has been given by Allah The Almighty!

[@dali4367]

you have my support expose those who are leading people to a false way

[@abdullakuthyala6476]

My admiration for you is beyond words can explain. Go ahead. Keep uncovering the falsehood and let the enemies of Islam discover truth.Pls show how hypocritic and misleading the Christian missionaries are ! One day the Islamophobes may realizr the truth and stop attacking Islam.

[@Welther47]

@Omar Ezzar Better yet; respect humans! Stop this nonsense called religion and gods.

[@Welther47]

@Omar Ezzar I believe that the only way forward is to realize that there are no gods. Secularism is MOST important! We humans only have each other and religion is putting us into different camps - warring camps. The tendency to believe in supernatural things is the worst part of human nature. There are no angels or devils; only living people/animals. And even if there were, it has no power over us. We are not obliged to worship any gods. But still, as always, people kill other people in the name of something they made up... even calling other human beings daemons. The stupidity, insanity, the exploitation.

[@Welther47]

@Omar Ezzar "by putting aside his arrogance and accepting his position of weakness with dignity." I agree; but there is no need for gods to do this.

[@Welther47]

"enemies of Islam" Sigh; It's that kind of thinking that makes islam an enemy of humanity

[@abdullakuthyala6476]

@@Welther47 Islamophobia is a reality of the present world. If any one thinks otherwise I must say he is an ostrich in the desert. I like all belonging to any religion but not Islamophobics.

[@truthchannel5285]

Matthew 5:19. 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

[@JuliexSteadman]

..yes and if you keep that verse in context Jesus then takes the 10 commandments and makes them broader and deeper and a matter of the heart... He is outlining what the law should look like under his new covenant as the book fo hebrews explains... the OT prophecied in Jeremiah 31:33 that god would create a new covenant and write his law on our hearts so we could be changed from the inside out.... Hebrews 8:10 claims to be the fullfillment of that... the law on the outside of you wont be enough to save you....

[@hassanmirza2392]

Dear Paul, Video Suggestion: Quranic description of Jesus, Jesus of Synoptic Gospels and modern secular scholarship on Jesus have many parallels. Maybe highlight that in some lecture?

[@neazmahmud9709]

Alhamdulillah. Truth prevails over falsehood.Islam, the religion of peace, would prevail over falsehood with the passage of time InShaAllah.

[@MohammadAlKobaisi]

Thanks brother, these videos are necessary these days, there is so much propaganda and smearing against Islam even Muslims, not knowing the truth, doubting and sometimes rejecting their own faith ..

[@dudeahmedmedhat]

My understanding of Islam is that war or fighting is conditional. Its permitted in the case of self defense. Or in the case of liberating nations enslaved by ruler who prevent freedom of faith. I also learned that in Islam the fighting must stop if the other party chooses peace. And to never harm children, Old people, innocent animals. And to never damage or steak property and of course to never rape women of the other army.

[@BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY]

THE TEN PLAGUES OF EGYPT ARE SO LOVINGLY PEACEFUL!

[@jane29jeng]

Thank you for this brother paul. I was having a debate in the comments in facebook about this. He says how Islam encourage revenge and killings while saying that Christianity does not have this. They turn the other cheek and forgive, he says. Now i know that he is wrong.

[@mohsinkhan-bs7vp]

“O You who believe! Enter absolutely into peace (Islam). Do not follow in the footsteps of satan. He is an outright enemy to you.”

[@Welther47]

STOP the insanity. Only the death of religion can the world unite and be peaceful.

[@lilyoyo77]

@@Welther47 Death of religion = degeneracy, depression, sexual immorality, the fall of society as a whole.

[@cursedman420]

@@Welther47 ww1 ww2 etc were because of your likes tho

[@Welther47]

@@cursedman420 Hahahahahah That is just a ridiculous statement. But then taliban and ISIS is because here because of the likes of you.

[@Welther47]

@@lilyoyo77 Religion isn't upholding any moral standards. Priests in the rome rape small boys, islam is deny democracy; it also it used to control free rights of speech, education and free clothing - it is the source of the last evil in this world - jihadist groups. Take a country like sweden, it one of the happiest countries and then culture is non-religious. Your statement is straight-up false, Garou.

[@tevhid9121]

12:42 At this point I don't even want to call the rasul that I know "jesus". He is not jesus. he is Isa. Because Jesus that Christians believe has no similarity with the Rasul I know that mentioned in the Quran as "Isa"

[@amathenderson7318]

Dear Akil...me too ... I tell people to remove the "J & S " from the name... then pronounce the center letters "..esu.." ... the sound of these becomes "Isa" ...his true name.

[@kingfisher366]

That is true. That is why we argue that Isa is fictional character created by Mohammed.

[@myst1049]

@@kingfisher366 Isa(pbuh) is aramaic there are various dialects of Aramaic, and it has been spoken over a vast amount of time, from Ancient Aramaic (around 900-1000 BC) to Neo-Aramaic, spoken today. The Palestinian Jews of the first century, and so Jesus himself, spoke Western Middle Aramaic. The modern Aramaic dialects in Iraq and surrounding regions (and the Assyrian diaspora) are Eastern Aramaic. That said, in modern Eastern Aramaic, the language of the Assyrian church, the name for Jesus is pronounced “eesho”. So Jesus name is Isa. Quran reveals it.Quran reveals that Isa was from virgin birth and he did miracles.

[@Pal8Pale]

@@kingfisher366 ah you Again... What a bum!

[@aq7705]

Glad the muzak has gone. Bookshelf looking better - needs (ruthless) thinning out IMHO. Shocking stuff. I wonder what hatun would say? But there are plenty of wars soon after M died, all sides invoking the 'Lord'.

[@aq7705]

I take that back. Books still a mess ;-)

[@erkinalp]

Hatun? Do you mean Hatun Tash of DCCI Ministries?

[@arkanmokhlis1217]

Seperation of the church and state Helped alot of kids from being Killed And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. Exodus 21:15 KJV

[@muhammadkhairulizat]

Have you ever read the whole verses of the al-Quran?? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@TheSaleem57]

And don't forget Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions....?

[@fikarrusdiawan9562]

Genocide...

[@yogatonga7529]

Well they are overrated, the real zealots were in the North

[@fadfadah_tech]

I am new to your wonderful channel but I think you are missing a good camera and lighting

[@cure4islamophobia649]

The Quran contains many prophecies that have been fulfilled, [1] The first two prophecies are noteworthy: unlike any other world scripture, the Quran prophesizes its own preservation under divine care, and we will demonstrate how it actually occurred. The Protection of the Quran from Corruption The Quran makes a claim no other religious text makes, that God Himself will keep its text safe from alteration. God says: "Behold, it is We Ourselves who have gradually revealed this reminder, and, behold, it is We who shall truly guard it [from all corruption]." (Quran 15:9) The Ease of Memorizing the Quran God has made the Quran easy to memorize: "And in truth We have made the Quran easy to remember; who, then, is willing to take it to heart?" (Quran 54:17) The ease with which Quran is memorized is inimitable. There is not a single scripture or religious text in the world that is as easy to memorize; even non-Arabs and children commit it to memory easily. The entire Quran is memorized by almost every Islamic scholar and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Muslims, generation after generation. Almost every Muslim has some portion of the Quran memorized to read in his prayers. The Twofold Prophecy Before the rise of Islam, the Romans and the Persians were two competing superpowers. Romans were led by Heraclius (610-641 CE), a Christian Emperor, whereas the Persians were Zoroastrians led by Khosrow Parviz (reigned 590-628 CE), under whom the empire achieved its greatest expansion. In 614, the Persians conquered Syria and Palestine, taking Jerusalem, destroying the Holy Sepulcher and the ‘True Cross’ carried to Ctesiphon. Then, in 619, they occupied Egypt and Libya. Heraclius met them at Thracian Heraclea (617 or 619), but they sought to capture him, and he rode madly back to Constantinople, hotly pursued.[2] The Muslims were grieved by the Roman defeat as they felt spiritually closer to Christian Rome than Zoroastrian Persia, but the Meccans were naturally buoyed up by the victory of pagan Persia. To Meccans, the Roman humiliation was a sinister omen of the defeat of the Muslims at pagan hands. At the time God’s prophecy comforted the faithful: "The Romans have been defeated - in a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious- within ten years. With God is the Decision, in the past and in the future: on that Day shall the believers rejoice with the help of God. He helps whom He will, and He is the Mighty, the Most-Merciful." (Quran 30:2-5) The Quran made a prophecy of two victories: (i) The future Roman victory within ten years over Persians, something unimaginable at the time (ii) The joy of the faithful on a victory over the pagans Both of these prophecies actually occured. In 622, Heraclius left Constantinople as prayers rose from its many sanctuaries for victory over the Persian Zoroastrians and the reconquest of Jerusalem. He devoted the next two years to campaigns in Armenia. In 627, he met the Persians near Nineveh. There, he killed three Persian generals in single combat, killed the Persian commander, and scattered the Persian host. A month later, Heraclius entered Dastagird with its stupendous treasure. Khosrow was overthrown by his son, who made peace with Heraclius. Returning to Constantinople in triumph, Heraclius was hailed as a hero.[3] Also, in the year 624 AH, Muslims defeated the Meccans in the first and decisive Battle at Badr. In the words of an Indian scholar: "…a single line of prophecy was related to four nations and the fate of two great empires. All this proves the Holy Quran to be the Book of God."[4] The Prophecy of Pagan Defeat The Quran predicted the defeat of unbelievers in Mecca while Prophet Muhammad and his followers were still being persecuted by them: "Or do they (the Meccan disbelievers) say: ‘We are a great multitude, and we shall be victorious?’ Their multitude will be defeated, , and they shall turn their backs [in flight]!" (Quran 54:45) The prophecy was revealed in Mecca, but was fulfilled at the Battle of Badr, two years after the Prophet’s migration to the city of Medina. The Fate of Specific Individuals Waleed ibn Mugheera was a staunch enemy who openly ridiculed the Quran: "Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; this is nothing but the word of a mortal!" (Quran 74:24-25) The Quran prophesized he will never accept Islam: "Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? It leaves naught nor does it spare aught." (Quran 74:26-28) Waleed died in a state of disbelief as prophesized by the Quran. Also, concerning Abu Lahab, a fiery opponent of Islam, the Quran foretold he will die opposing the religion of God: "May the hands of Abu Lahab perish, and [indeed] he has perished. His wealth and gains will not profit him. He will be plunged in flaming Fire." (Quran 111:1-3) Specifically, three prophecies were made about Abu Lahab: (i) The conspiracies of Abu Lahab against the Prophet would not succeed. (ii) His wealth and children would not benefit him. (iii) He would die opposing God’s religion and enter the Fire. Abu Lahab also died in a state of disbelief as prophesized by the Quran. Had Waleed or Abu Lahab accepted Islam even outwardly, they would have disproved its prophecies and thus its heavenly source! In addition, Abu Lahab had four sons, two of whom died at a young age during his lifetime. The other two sons and a daughter embraced Islam and frustrated his hopes! Finally, he died of a plague; people would not touch his body out of fear of contamination and dumped mud and stones on him where he died to make it his grave. A key foundation to believing that a scripture is actually a revelation of God is internal truth, whether it be in regards to occurrences in the past, to come in the future, or in contemporary ages. As one can see, there are many prophecies mentioned in that which is to come, some of which were fulfilled in the Prophet’s lifetime, or have been fulfilled since his death, while others are yet to appear

[@shaggyvillage6960]

Thank you so much for sharing this Jazakallah

[@gonfreecs1595]

Thank you for taking the time to write this to educate us !!

[@horationelson5255]

Matthew 7; 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree bear good fruit.

[@preegear8970]

True love and justice is ISLAM. Born without sin is true love. Everyone can contact GOD and directly pray/worship GOD alone is the true justice!

[@saeed4731]

Christian words recorded Crucified Jesus ," Father forgive them for they do not know. " These are the words of beloved prophet Muhammad too when he and Zaid went to a city called ( Al-Ta'aif) now for calling them to Islam but they did rejected his call and stoned him which he had bleeded severly and the 2 Angels 😇 of God came down to him for permission and they said to him," O messenger of Allah , Allah says Salamu Alaikum and if you wish to command us to destroy them by collapsing the 2 mountains over them ," but he said ," Allhumma, or Elohim forgive them for they do not know.. Thanks for sharing Mr Paul 😀

[@zehrajafri9252]

It's all this bloodshed and cruelty that makes people leave religion. Sad because it also teaches us about the love of the Prophets for humanity, and human rights. I think we should take the good and leave the bad.

[@JuliexSteadman]

Jesus does not teach violence... and he is the founder of a new covenant with new rules that overwrite the Old Testament (old covenant). therefore he says things like, love your enemies in Matthew 5 which is telling you what the rules of his new covenant should look like.

[@justme-ug4cv]

I can't believe some people think Christianity is a religion.

[@haythamshaer571]

What is the message of the new testament? Did jesus call for "killing people in the name of Allah"? Ur opinion pls

[@cursedman420]

No brother Jesus will never do that for he is the prophet of Allah So these Verses can't be from the true first angeel

[@petro-squareenergy5113]

Super excellent. May Allah encompass you with His mercy and blessings.

[@mimianwar5448]

What ever happened to thou shall not kill ....

[@JuliexSteadman]

..yep, its plainly there in Jesus teachings. Jesus does not teach violence in his new covenant (see matthew 5) that over writes the old covenant written for the Jews...

[@BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY]

The question assumes that the Qur'an is violent? I have not seen a single instance of VIOLENCE in this Holy Book except the right to defend ourselves when attacked, and to never instigate violence and aggression!

[@BAFREMAUXSOORMALLY]

Looks like Paul is looking only for compliments and acquiescence???

[@lilyrosesoul0077]

You need to listen to the whole video. Bro Paul actually gives examples of violence in the Bible which are more violent than the Quran

[@abidjalil4241]

Facts & friction...

[@Aozziegamer99]

The Quran when it mentions eradicating people who have strayed presumably includes children and infants.

[@retakkai]

There is no eradicate verse to begin with lol And the defense verses doesn't include children Because children don't fight as you know Ar maybe you don't lol

[@retakkai]

On the opposite side The Hadith Told us the commands of what not to do in war Here are some of them 1 don't kill a peaceful man 2 don't attack old men 3 don't harm women or children 4 don't attack monks or priests 5 don't kill an animal or cut a tree except for to eat 6 if a person during a fight surrender, don't kill him And more.. See the difference? Our prophet had mercy even on the warriors against him And i believe Moses and all the prophets were also like that But your "holy book" is obviously and without a doubt corrupted

[@peace.n.blessings5579]

Which version of the Bible would you recommend?

[@BloggingTheology]

New Revised Standard Version

[@maharaj1661]

If you think about THRIPITAKA of lord bhuddha's you all should go to that book and tell is there any wrong thing for people..you cannt see any wrong thing in that book 🙏🙏🙏i have read that book ...if any can find any wrong thing in that book plz tell me....please compare that book with any relegion book ...all the things are correct....🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@omarbhk7672]

لا إله إلا الله

[@aumyousefnasser9359]

Mashallah good job.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Did we not already know this?

[@heristyono4755]

If the (real) Bible and the Qur'an sound similarly violent it's because they came from the same God. And while it's true that Allah is Loving and Compasionate, but it is to His obedient servants, whereas, to those who deny Him, their punishment is severe be it in this world or in the hereafter.

[@MohamedShou]

Which Bible do you recommend to get brother?

[@BloggingTheology]

The Revised Standard Version.

[@MohamedShou]

@@BloggingTheology thank you

[@pacajalbert9018]

V knihe Môj boj zrozumiteľne pochopiteľne napísané vyhlásil vojnu na 4 kontinenti

[@Summercamp1sland]

The Nobel doesn’t tell you to take women as sex slaves

[@Information0404]

Plz read your Taora . Like when Moses command his soldiers to keep the little girl for them self. 😐

[@deravash7651]

@@Information0404 The Bible is pure and holy unlike the Quran. Which contains all of kind terror

[@NeverCriticizeChosenPeople]

I can't help but laugh when some christians accuse the Quran with "brutal" and bring up some verses completely taken out of context :)

[@deidydido]

Is there a chance that I would pay you a monthly wage to be able to stay in this room for a year or so..😂 Loads of love and respect from Egypt 😇😇

[@Korivassilyou]

Thomas Paine: "The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. It has been the most destructive to the peace of man since man began to exist. Among the most detestable villains in history, you could not find one worse than Moses, who gave an order to butcher the boys, to massacre the mothers and then rape the daughters. One of the most horrible atrocities found in the literature of any nation. I would not dishonor my Creator's name by attaching it to this filthy book." [The Age of Reason]

[@monoth4555]

I doubt Moses did say this. They adultered their books. Athiesm has done so much damage killing more than 100m the last century. Humans are scary regardless of religion. God is merciful and orders war in certain times usually to fight oppression. The Quran orders one to fight the oppressors. Allah in the Quran is very merciful and the reason is it has not been changed.

[@halaldunya918]

You're delusional, mankind has had a long and brutal history even before the Abrahamic faith traditions became mainstream. Look up the cannibal tribes in West Africa and Papua New Guinea, these guys would kill and eat their enemies. The Communists in Soviet Russia, killed millions, despite being secular. Mao's China, wasn't good either. Religion isn't the cause for violence.

[@HussainFahmy]

*_Binge watching Blogging Theology._*

[@SorhatodTop1corruptLeader]

tell us about caliphate

[@farehhossain1989]

?? Tell us about the slave trade done by churches ⛪️ from Africa 😂😂 and is the caliphate Islamic ? It’s about Bible vs Quran idiot

[@RobertK1993]

Very violent the Bible too

[@SA-sb7rt]

Masha allah

[@Raiden-the-Goat32]

Both book's have violence in it and in places promote violence. So technically both book's are in fact not as loving as people often think. So point incase you can probably find both messages in the Quran just like the bible. The bible is Infact very violent and savage in alot of places just like the quran. So technically neither jew's nor Christian's should be on a high horse. But neither should muslims be on a high horse.

[@NC1195_]

Deuteronomy 13:6-10 is one of the reasons why I turned away from religion.

[@safiamuse5060]

These things were added into the bible it is not what the almighty prescribed

[@lawrencesmallman]

But these are all Old Testament examples ... there is nothing in the New?

[@BloggingTheology]

Yes the Book of Revelation is very violent.

[@JuliexSteadman]

.. the new is a new covenant that ovwerwrites the old testament... the book of hebrews 8 says.... you cant get violence from Jesus teaching... Paul says the book of revelaion is violent... not sure what he is referring to as it is allegorical there are the bowls of wrath.. ..but God says they happen as judgements from God because people refuse to repent.. ...and those who refuse to repent wont be in Jesus kingdom as they will stop it from being heaven... i think God allows the bowls of wrath to try and wake people up before its too late... Ending up in hell separated from the source of life is the ultimate violence... ..but people have chosen that... Down here there are two kingdsoms, you arejust deciding whose you want to be in...

[@kasujjaimran4479]

Quran 6:8 “Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.”

[@AS-jj4dv]

Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are those who have disbelieved, and they will not [ever] believe - (Quran 8:55)

[@Bikerguy5845]

The man without the Spirit cannot understand the things of the Spirit.

[@farehhossain1989]

😂😂

[@russeleffandy9552]

Chapter 96 of Quran is Muhammad's first revelation. While on retreat in the Cave of Hira, located at Mountain Jabal al-Nour near Mecca, Gabriel appears before Muhammad and commands him to “Read!”. He responded, “But I cannot read!”. Then the angel Gabriel embraced him tightly and then revealed to him the first lines, “Read: In the name of your Lord Who created, (1) Created man from a clot. (2) Read: And your Lord is the Most Generous, (3) Who taught by the pen, (4) Taught man that which he knew not.” (Bukhari 4953)...the intention of this verse to order Muhammad and all humanity to think and to learn...this started the miracle of Quran...and this blogging theology is part of learning process...keep study Quran brother...

[@kingkai3862]

😮

[@jenniferjoseph5914]

Hi Paul, I think if the Christian’s for go the trinity believe and just believe in one God , they still can remain as Christians.

[@retakkai]

Yup But they will be considered heretics by the church And 99% of the Christians of the world

[@fareedtutorials5649]

IF they stop believing that god is jesus and jesus was a prophet then it would be better.... Idoltry is christianity... St paul changed gods word in the bible and corrupted it. Coudlve been satan that deceived st paul now its filled with lies its not worthy of trust

[@cynicaledition5810]

Do you accept the Quran is violent however less violent it might than the Bible?

[@RishaadKhan]

The Qur'an's violence is only for self defense or wars and battles against the polytheists, it wouldn't be "violent." The Bible has meaningless violence and sometimes no mercy to human beings.