Just a Thought: In America

Just a Thought: In America: I have been setting here wondering why someone would call me a racist because I call into question the Susan Rice story, makes no sense. It...

In America

I have been setting here wondering why someone would call me a racist because I call into question the Susan Rice story, makes no sense. It seems that everyone that questions this administration is somehow a racist. Not withstanding the fact the people in charge of this country are people of color, I guess will not give me or anyone the right to ask questions. Because if you do you are somehow a racist. We have a black President, I think racism is kind of or should be out of the question. But it is not. I think Susan Rice shouldered a massive screw up by the President, and now is trying to back out of it. Think about it who wants to question the intentions a black woman who was told what to say, and how to explain the screw up. It kind of makes you wonder where was Hillary? Oh that's right she's white, the press would have crucified her. "You know like they did in 2008" Labeling her and Bill as a racist. So why is it that we have to dance around subjects in this country when your elected officials are black. It is guilt, pressed upon you from years of being told that every thing that is wrong in black America is white America's fault. Susan Rice put herself in this position, she should answer the questions without screaming racism, all of this will come out sooner or later. The President tried and so far got away with a lie and 4 Americans have died .  He had waved his banner of winning the war on terror, and it bit him in the ass. And to cover it up he sent a lamb to be slaughtered so he could stay in power. This will become a huge cover-up before it is over. It has nothing to do with color just incompetence and power. When will it be OK to judge a person's intention on their merits, not on the color of their skin. The way they make it look, if you screw up, it must be because the person is black, unless black people are never wrong. You see how asinine this all really sounds.

     I see what is coming to this country, and it makes me worry about my kids and grandkids. Schools are lost when teaching our children how to be good citizens. It used to be god,math,pledge,fun,learning. Now it is style,clicks,gangs,drugs,and kids dumb as rocks. Oh, I forgot the big one 14 year old pregnant girls. Witch in-turn become a burden on the state. We have lost our moral compass in this country, if we do not change this soon it is going to be to late.

     When the people of a country stand by and say or do nothing, the original ideas of that country fall. This then is the last gasp of a dying nation.

Just a Thought: Media

Just a Thought: Media:      As I set here and ponder the week that has past, I often wonder why people in this country are so ill informed. And then I spotted it, ...

Just a Thought: Research on Islam. Part 2

Just a Thought: Research on Islam. Part 2:                                                                             WHO IS ALLAH? Allah has pagan beginnings The Black Meteo...

Research on Islam. Part 2

                                                                            WHO IS ALLAH?

Allah has pagan beginnings

The Black Meteor inside the Kaba

aka: Ka'bah aka: kabah

The stone has been attacked many times and is now composed of several pieces and fragments, bound together by a silver ligature.

Pre-Islamic history tells us that many Arabian tribes were stone worshippers.  This is also mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol 5, #661.  The Old Testament also talks about Mideast pagan groups that worshipped stones.

When Muhammad was born in Mecca, each Arab tribe in Mecca had their own deity.  There was a large black meteor found in the desert which many Arabs believed was sent to them by astral deities.  This rock was placed in the southeast corner of the cube-shaped structure in Mecca.  The arabs knew this rock as the Ka'ba, which means stone.  The black rock's diameter is about 12 inches.  It is reddish black in color, and has red and yellow particles. During this time before Islam this stone was part of the shrine to worship of a chief male god (among over 360 other gods) who was known as Hubal.  The black meteor stone was said to symbolize a nature god known as al-Hajar al-Aswad.  Hubal was an oracular deity whose statue -- in human form and made of red carneol -- stood in the Ka'ba until Muhammad destroyed it.  The Kaba is about 50 feet high, and the walls are about 40 feet long.  The facade contains the door, which starts at 7 feet off the ground, and faces N.E.. To enter the Kaba, a ladder must be used.  Also built in the eastern corner, is another stone called "lucky".  This stone is only touched, not kissed.  Pagans called out the names of their pagan gods as they circled the Kaba the same as Muslims do today, calling out Allah's name.  Early Meccan Pagans also ran between the nearby hills. Muhammad authorized Muslims to do that in the Quran, and Muhammad probably ran between the hills himself. So, even before Muhammad pagans were worshipping this black stone in the Kaba.  Are we surprised that although Muhammad  proclaimed only one God, he continued to participate in idol worship at this pagan shrine (Kaba); and Muslims still do idol worship there today?  The black stone of Ka'aba is nothing but a holdover within Islam, from pre-Islamic paganism.

There is evidence that black stones were commonly worshipped in the Arab world.  In 190 A.D. Clement of Alexandria mentioned that "the Arabs worship stone".  He was alluding to the black stone of Dusares at Petra.  In the 2nd century, Maximus Tyrius wrote; "The Arabians pay homage to I know not what god, which they represent by a quadrangular stone".  Maximus was speaking of the Kaaba (Ka'ba) that contains the Black Stone.

The Qurash (aka: Quraish) tribe which Muhammad belonged to was in charge of idol worship at the Ka'ba Shrine.  The chief god of Muhammad's tribe was one of the three sister goddesses called al-Uzza, the youngest of the three daughters of the pre-Islamic Allah and the patron goddess of Mecca.  Her name means "the mighty one".  The other two were named "al-Lat and "al-Manat".  It was only by chance that a fortune teller counseled Muhammad's grandfather against sacrificing Muhammad's father to this al-Uzza pagan diety.  The head of these pagan, animalistic deities was "Al-llah".  It is believed that "al-llah" in Muhammad's time before Islam referred to a vague moon god and that Muhammad believed that al-Uzza was a daughter of this "al-llah". 

The Qurash tribe's Allah corresponded to the god Bel, which is another name of the Assyrio-Babylonian gods En-lil and Marduk. It has the same meaning as Baal.  The Arabic today translates the word Allah as "the God".  Muhammad's father's name was Abd Allāh ibn ‘Abd al-Mullalib.  "Abd-Allah" means slave of Allah.   When Muhammad says there is only one god - Allah - now you have an idea what his background / thinking was; and who this Allah actually is. Muhammad sincerely believed in the power of this black meteorite. So much so, that he made it a the central point of Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca. The Hajj ends with everyone kissing this black stone as a devotion to Allah.

                                                                             Salman Rusdie

Salman was born into a Muslim family in Mumbai in 1947

Of note: in 1988, Salman Rushdie's novel "Satanic Verses" contained the above as the basis for that book.  This book led Ayatollah Khomeni to offer a $3 million bounty on the Muslim Salman Rushdie.  But Salman Rushdie did not lie about Islam's early Satanic beginning!  He merely reported the truth. And truth is something Islam cannot tolerate.  Salman Rusdie was knighted by the British queen in June 2007.

Would a true Prophet make any exception to Monotheism (belief in only one God)?

During the early stages of Islam, Muhammad was frustrated in his attempts to win over Mecca's merchants and other powerful people, who were all polytheists (believe in many gods). Finally he relented on his hitherto uncompromising monotheism and stated that it was permitted for the pagan gods of Mecca --specifically, three female deities named al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat --to intercede before Allah for the people. According to Islamic tradition, Satan took advantage of Muhammad's desire for reconciliation and "put upon his tongue" as a revelation from Allah this rhetorical question and answer: "Uzza and Manat, the third, the other"?  These are the exalted Gharaniq (cranes) whose intercession is approved." The pagan members of Muhammad's tribe, the Quraysh, were pleased; they prostrated themselves before their gods as the Muslims were prostrating themselves before Allah, and went out saying, "Muhammad has spoken of our god in splendid fashion."

How did Muhammad get out of this mess? Just as you would expect. "Miraculously" and conveniently, Gabriel came to Muhammad and and gave a new Surah (22:51) which says that Satan routinely tampers with the messages of the prophets. Reference: Page 69, "Inside Islam, A Guide for Catholics"

The Suyuti says in Asbab of the Nuzul (page 184):

"Muhammad was in Mecca. He read the chapter of the Star. When he uttered, ‘Have you seen the Lat, the ’Uzza, and the other third Manat?’, Satan instilled in his tongue, ‘These are the exulted idols (daughters of God) whose intercession is hoped.’ The infidels said that Muhammad had mentioned their gods with good words. Then when he prostrated, they prostrated, too. Thus, the above verse 22:52 was not inspired."

On page 282 of the Commentary of the Jalalan, we read the same interpretation, and the Jalalan added,

"Gabriel came to Muhammad after that and told him that Satan had thrust these words into his tongue. Muhammad became sad, then Gabriel delivered this verse to him to comfort him."

In his book, "The Kash-shaf’, the Zamakh-shari (A.D.1144) (part 3, pages 164 and 165), asserts that,

"This episode which Muhammad experienced is common knowledge and unquestionable, and is related to us by the companions of Muhammad."

In short, this Allah is not the God of the Jews or the Christians.  Allah is in fact a Meccan Moon god idol. To confess that Allah is the same God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses is to deny Yahweh (I Am), who is revealed in the Lord Jesus the Christ!

The standard of judgment for the God of the Qur'an is that our good deeds (to Muslims only) must outweigh our bad deeds (Suras 7:8-9; 21:47); but the standard of the God of the true Bible is nothing less than complete perfection as measured by the holy character of God (Matthew 5:48; Romans 3:23). 

Since nobody can attain perfection, God sent His only Son as a substitute atonement (korban) so that those who believe and trust in Jesus, although imperfect ourselves--will have eternal life.  In short, did a marvelous thing that shows He loves us.  God Himself (Yeshua/Jesus) was the only perfect sacrifice to this dilemma.

Two important attributes of Yahweh (I am/Jesus) is that God is both just and merciful.  Muslims Often ask me -How can God die on a cross?  When they should be asking; "Why did God suffer and die on a cross"? 

Muslim activists in the West have been using the tactic of claiming that they worship the same god as the Christians in order to gain legitimacy and acceptance. They have been using the name "God" in place of "Allah" in many translations of the Qur'an.

Satanic lie: Good deeds will get you to heaven.  Truth: The wages of sin/any sin are death.

Islam is very much a deeds-based religion where God is keeping score. For Muslims, good deeds go on one side of God's ledger, and bad deeds go on the other side. Islam says that on the day of resurrection, each person's ledger will be balanced. Assuming that all of the other basic qualifications were met during life (i.e., the 'Pillars of Islam'), if the person's good outweighs the bad: Paradise. If the bad outweighs the good: Hell. It's just that simple. NO Muslim ever knows if they are destined to rot in hell forever.  Muhammad said he was unsure himself if he would go to heaven or hell.

The real God has made it all simpler than this false deed-based system.  But it requires you believe something with your whole heart.  This may require you leaving your family and/or friends.  But, your eternal life, and where you spend eternity demands it.

You have to accept the Son of God's substitutional atonement of your sins.

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

You only have to ask Jesus and He will save you.

Only in Jesus do we have a promise for life. Jesus said; "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live" (John 11:25)

Islam says the God of the Qur'an provided a messenger, Muhammad, who warned of Allah's impending judgment (Suras 2:119; 5:19; 7:184, 188; 15:89-90) and who declared that "No bearer of a burden can bear the burden of another" (Suras 17:15; 35:18, Ali); but the God of the Bible provided a sinless Savior, Jesus, who took our sins upon himself and bore God's wrath in our stead (Matthew 20:28; 26:28; Luke 22:37; John 3:16; 10:9-11; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10).

Interesting enough.  Jesus and Mary were among the many images—in addition to the goddesses of fertility and power—worshiped at the Ka'bah during Muhammad's day.  Early stories of Muhammad relate how when he entered Mecca in triumph he ordered the destruction of all idols and images. But, when he came upon a picture of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus inside the Ka'bah he reverently covered this icon with his cloak. He ordered all other images to be destroyed, and that the image of the Madonna and Child was to be looked upon as sacred.

One Muslim myth, concerning the Kaba, is that anyone who prays under the Kaba's water-pipe becomes as pure as on the day when his mother bore him.  Muslims have a hard time accepting the Christ's atonement even though it is there clear as day in all 4 Gospels that Muhammad validated, but Muslims will allow for total forgiveness of sins by uttering a prayer under a spout! Who is being deceived?

Islam's dilemma about Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus & the divinity of Jesus

Islam's high regard for Mary is rooted in various texts of the Koran (Qur'an), including the following: "Behold! the angels said: 'O Mary! Allah has chosen you above the women of all nations'" (Surah 3:42).  The purity of Mary in Islamic thought is equated with sinlessness.  The Qur'an even affirms the Virgin Birth of Jesus, echoing Mary's response to the angel Gabriel from Luke's Gospel: "She said: 'O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?'" (Surah 3:47).  Muslim theologians, however, do not explore the implications of Mary's sinlessness or the Virgin Birth.  They do not want to pursue a line of thought that might lead to the affirmation that Jesus was divine, a very disturbing conclusion for the Muslim. 

Add this dilemma about Mary to the fact that the Qur'an confused the sister of Moses by implication (Miriam) with Mary (lived 1500 yrs apart), the mother of Jesus 3 times --and one needs to seriously question Islam's and its Allah's credibility.  Also, remember, Muhammad seemed to think that Jesus was Moses' nephew, the son of Moses' sister Mariam.  

A small lesson of Islam.

A- Truly, god loves those who fight

B- Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them,

  and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for

  them in every stratagem.

C- Chop off their hands and chop off their fingertips

D- When you meet the unbelievers, chop off their

  heads

E- Fight and slay those who don't convert wherever

  you find them

F- Believers, take neither Jew nor Christians for your

  friends

G- Those who follow Muhammad are ruthless to

  unbelievers

H- Those who reject Islam are "the vilest of creatures"

  and thus deserve no mercy

I- Fight them until Islam reigns supreme (throughout

  the world)

The Sirat Rasul Allah was written by Ibn Ishaq in 750 A.D. He died in 773 A.D.  It was edited and abridged by Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham in 828 A.D. and translated by Alfred Guillaume under the title, The Life of Muhammad in 1955 by Oxford Press. Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham's "Life of Muhammad" relied on the earlier works.  Ulmar al-Waqidi of Medina, who died in 825 A.D. produced a work, which portions of which have survived, called "The Expeditions of Muhammad".  The History of al-Tabari was written by Abu Muhammad bin al-Tabari between 870 and 920 A.D. His monumental work was translated and published in 1987 through 1997 by the State University of New York Press. Make sure you study I, II, VI, VII, VIII, and IX. Al-Bukhari's Hadith, titled: Sahih Al-Bukhari and The True Traditions which was collected by Imam Bukhari in 850 A.D. Be sure to use the collector's original nomenclature because the only printed English translation (Publisher-Maktaba Dar-us-Salam, Translator-Muhammad Khan) was abridged and erroneously numbered. Finally, I recommend that you acquire at least three of the following Qur'an translations: Ahmed Ali, Pikthal, Noble by Muhsin Khan, Yusuf Ali, or Shakir. The oldest Qur'an fragments date to around 725 A.D. - a century after they were first recited.

Now to just give you a general term, to make it easier to understand I have listed below some of the most important positions that Islam takes on the rest of the world:

 Surah 47:4 says:

Therefore, WHEN YOU MEET THE UNBELIEVERS, SMITE AT THEIR NECKS; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been Allah's Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let their deeds be lost.

Thoughts on Jesus Christ:

Jesus Christ:

To the Muslim, Jesus Christ is merely one of the many prophets of Allah (Sura: 4:171; 5:74).  According to Islam, the prophet Muhammad supersedes Jesus Christ.  Islam says Jesus Christ is not the Son of God or part of any Trinity (Surah 5:17; 5:116; 19:35).  We are told by Islam that Jesus was the Messiah (Surah 3:45; 4:157; 171), but nothing but a slave on whom God showed favor (Surah 43:59); yet elsewhere in the Qur'an we are told the Messiah is not a slave (Surah 4:172).  The Qur'an tells us that Jesus Christ did not atone for anyone's sins, although he was himself sinless (Surah 3:46) and is one of those who are near to God (Surah 3:45).  Positively, the Qur'an says that Jesus Christ performed miracles (Surah 3:49; 5:110) and was the Messiah.  The Qur'an says Jesus did not die on a cross.  Various Muslim traditions say that Jesus either miraculously substituted Judas Iscariot for himself on the cross, or that God miraculously delivered Him from the hands of the Romans and Jews before He could be crucified.  Most Muslims believe that Jesus Christ was taken bodily into heaven without having died (Surah 4:157).  However, Surah 19:33 says Jesus died and would be resurrected. Muhammad on the other hand died in his wife Aisha's home, not long after he was poisoned by a slave girl.  Muhammad's body was lowered into a hole in Medina, and his dead body was covered by dirt and brickwork.

BIBLE:

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  (Romans 10:9-10)

KORAN:

Surah 5:68 - Say: "O People of the Book! ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Law (Torah), the Gospel (Injeel), and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord."

Surah 29:46 Muslims are told by Allah, not to question the authority of the scriptures of the Christians, saying, "And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one;

The Gospel of Jesus and Old Testament (Torah):  "Guidance and Light"

- Surah 2:87 -  And most certainly We gave Musa the Book and We sent apostles after him one after another; and We gave Isa, the son of Marium, clear arguments and strengthened him with the holy spirit,

- Surah 3:48 - And He (Isa/Jesus) will teach him the Book and the wisdom and the Tavrat (Torah) and the Injeel (Christian Gospel).

- Surah 3:50 - And a verifier of that which is before me of the Taurat (Torah) and that I may allow you part of that which has been forbidden t you, and I have come to you with a sign from your Lord therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me.

- Surah 5:44 - "Surely We revealed the Taurat (Torah/Bible Old Testament) in which was guidance and light", with it the prophets who submitted themselves....

- Surah 5:46 - And We sent after them in their footsteps Isa, son of Marium, verifying what was before him of the Taurat (Jewish Torah) and We gave him the Injeel (Christian Gospels) in which was guidance and light, and verifying what was before it of Taurat and a guidance and an admonition for those who guard (against evil).

- Surah 5.68 - Say: O followers of the Book! you follow no good till you keep up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord;

- Surah 6.154:    Again, We gave the Book (Torah) to Musa to complete (Our blessings) on him who would do good (to others), and making plain all things and a guidance and a mercy, so that they should believe in the meeting of their Lord.

- Surah 6.155:    And this (Torah) is a Book We have revealed, blessed; therefore follow it and guard (against evil) that mercy may be shown to you.

- Surah 29:46  "And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one;

- Surah 32:23 - And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, so be not in doubt concerning the receiving of it, and We made it a guide for the children of Israel.

- Surah 43:63 - When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: "Now have I come to you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of the (points) on which ye dispute: therefore fear Allah and obey me.

- Surah 46:12 we are told.... "And before it the Book of Musa (Moses) (Torah) was a guide and a mercy: and this is a Book verifying (it) in the Arabic language that it may warn those who are unjust and as good news for the doers of good......"

Comparison between Muhammad and Jesus (Isa) Jesus (Isa) Muhammad Jesus is God (John 1, Col. 1) and here. Jesus forgave sins and dispelled demons in His own name.  He said "I and the Father are one".   Muhammad admitted he is only a man (Surah 18:110) Jesus raised Himself from the dead (Matthew 28:6)and rose into heaven in front of many witnesses.   Muhammad remains dead His Birth, Life, Death, Resurrection was foretold bynumerous prophets. See here
Proverbs 30:4 (written 700 B.C./1300 yrs before Muhammad): "...What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?" Nothing predicted about Muhammad.  The "Comforter" was the Holy Spirit Jesus promised the apostles.   Jesus lived a sinless life (2 Corinthians 5:21). Allah himself refers to Muhammad as sinful (Surah 40:55, 48:1-2).   Jesus did numerous miracles to prove His divinity, including raising the dead and command over nature  (All Gospel writers and Josephus). While teaching his apostles Jesus said; "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves" (John 14:11 and Matthew 9:2-7)   On two occasions in the Qur'an Muhammad admitted he could do no miracles to show any sort of divinity or divine calling (Surah 17:90-95; 3:183, also see: 29:50-51) Jesus cared for His enemies (Matthew 5:43-44).Jesus promised to save those who believe and trust in Him.    Killed his enemies and anyone who disagreed with him (Surah 9:5) Held a high view of marriage and hated divorce - as God the Father does (Matthew 19:7-8).   Muhammad commanded his adopted son to divorce his wife so that she would become his (Surah   33:36-38) Accurately prophesied many verifiable events that took place after His time (Matthew 24). Delivered only one -questionable-guess/prophecy about the Romans winning a future battle.  No date or place given. (Surah 30:1-4)   Jesus gave his disciples authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness (Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:12-13) Muhammad gave his followers the authority to wage war on unbelievers. Muhammad is Allah's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to unbelievers. (Surah 48:29)
Jesus told his disciples not to ask for money, and not to carry money with them. (Matthew 10:8-9, Luke 10:7)
Muhammad instructed his followers on how to divide booty they seized from unbelievers.  He insisted on 20% for himself.
Jesus said to his followers that if anyone will not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. (Matthew 10:14-15, 23)
Muhammad ordered Muslims to attack any city that rejected Islam.
Jesus told his followers to get ready, because unbelievers would flog them, arrest them, and put them on trial (Matthew 10:16-19)
Muhammad told his followers to fight (militarily)  hard against unbelievers.
"Kill the Mushrikun (unbelievers) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush..." Surah 9:5. Also see Surah 9:29.
Jesus washed his disciples' feet. He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.  John 13:4-5, 12-17
One day after battle, Muhammad came back home and said to his daughter Fatima, "Wash the blood   from this sword and I swear in the name of Allah this sword was obeying me all the time."  Muhammad then took the swords of his friend Ali ibn Abu Talib and washed them for him.  
Jesus never took up a sword or encouraged anyone else to do so.  Once a close follower took it upon himself to take up a sword.  Jesus soundly reprimanded him.  Jesus warned; "all who take the sword will perish by the sword" (Matthew 26:52)
According to Muslim scholar Pickthal, "the number of campaigns (military) he (Muhammad) led in person during the last ten years of his life is twenty-seven, in nine of which there was hard fighting.  The number of expeditions which he planned and sent out under other leaders is thirty-eight" (n.d., pg. xxvi) Jesus said: "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? (Matthew 5:44-46)
Surah 9:29:  PICKTHAL: "Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture (Christians & Jews) as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low."  
Jesus's last message to his followers about himself and his mission: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Luke 24:46-47
Muhammad's last speech to his followers on Mt Arafat: ....."I descended by Allah with the sword in my hand, and my wealth will come from the shadow of my sword.  And the one who will disagree with me will be humiliated and persecuted."
Reference: Ibn Hisham (828 A.D., "The Life of   Muhammad", 3rd ed., pt. 6, vol. 3 (Beirut, Lebanon: Dar-al-Jil, 1998), p. 8

This in mu opinion is the most important portion of what is being preached by Islam today, Or not preached or even heard of. But this is their book and this is written:

A- Surah 17:90-94 of the Qur'an tells about how, when Muhammad was challenged to perform a miracle and prove he was from the true god, he could not perform any and here he actually says himself:  "Am I anything but a man,- a messenger? ". B- In Surah 13:7, we find that Muhammad did not perform any miracles. The people are saying that even one sign would be enough to convince them, just one miracle performed by Muhammad - and yet he still does none....

All along, the unbelievers asked Muhammad to perform a miracle so that they could believe. All they got in response was,  

C- Surah 17:90

They say: "We will by no means believe in you until you cause a fountain to gush forth from the earth for us.," And Muhammad would reply:

D- Surah 17:93

Say: "Am I anything but a man,- a messenger?"

You want to know why the treat women the way they do:

Surah 4:3 - A Muslim man can marry up to 4 women; a Muslim woman can have only one man.

Surah 2:229 - Men can ask for a divorce.  Women can't.

Surah 4:11 - A woman can only inherit half of what a man can

Surah 4:34 - Women cannot serve as imams, but they can't even lead a prayer in front of men.

Surah 33:53 - A woman cannot answer the door at home if a husband is not there.

Surah 33:33 - Women should stay in their houses and not travel without permission of husband/fathers.

Surah 4:34 - A husband can beat a wife into submission if the wife refuses sexual relations.

This is a small glimpse into a world of unknowns. You have to educate yourself in order to understand the full view of what is going on. All of the information above is given by Muslim Scholars and Historians.  This is only the beginning of what I will present, and you make up your own mind and do the research for yourself to better understand the world around you. 

And if you have to resort to violence to defend your religion it would seem to me less like a religion and more like a cult. 

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