Sunday, October 24, 2010

Ibn-Khazem and the Lie that the Bible is Corrupted

Here is a short 5 point refuation of the lie that the Bible is corrrupted:
1. The Quran does not EVER mention the Bible being corrupted
2. The early Muslims NEVER made such a charge
3. Ibn-Khazem came along in the 11th century--400 YEARS AFTER MUHAMMAD--and pulled this charge OUT OF THIN AIR, because he realized that the Quran did not confirm the Bible as it says it does (e.g., Surah 3:3 and many other verses). Ibn-Khazem specifically was perplexed that Surah 4:157 disagreed with the clear Gospel accounts that Jesus was indeed crucified and killed and yet Surah 3:3 specifically asserts that the Quran confirms the Gospel.
4. Later Muslims picked up this absurd charge because they felt it was the only way to attempt to defend Islam. It thus became a fixed part of Muslim Apologetics 
5. However, no Muslim theologian ever stopped to think through the untenable implications of the Doctrine of Biblical Corruption: If God's Word became corrupted, then God became corrupted and ceased to be God. Psalm 138:2.

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