Tools for Effectively Debating with Muslims

As Christians, perhaps the biggest attackers towards your beliefs will not
be atheists, but muslims. Most muslims will claim that the Bible is corrupt, and
then they will throw out several verses from the Bible which show Jesus as
human, and then they will show verses which alledgedly point to Muhammad. Watch
out! Many an unlearned and uneducated Christian has fallen for this, but their
claims are groundless.

Truth is, these guys are full of hot air, and I'm about to show you how to
pop that balloon!

The first challenge to face is the muslim allegation that the Bible is
corrupt, something they assume because we don't have the original manuscript of
the New Testament. We do, however, have more manuscripts of the Bible than any
other work in ancient history! Not only this, but the Bibles show a consistency
of 99.5%, higher than any other work! As for another fun fact, we actually have
what may be the original Qur'an, and it's dramatically different than the ones
of today.

In addition, the Qur'an tells muslims that the Bible is the word of God!
Throughout Islam's holiest book, we find that it doesn't attack our book, but
rather it affirms and upholds it as demonstrated:

"O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and his Messenger, and in the scripture
He hath sent to him, and in the scriptures which He sent to those before
(him)."

-Sura 4:136

"...We believe in the revelation which has come down to us, and in that
which came down to you; our God and your God is one, and it is to him we
bow."

-Sura 29:46

Next is the matter of Jesus being shown as a human being in the Bible and
not as God. What most muslims fail to realize is that we do recognize Jesus as
being both human and divine! We find that he is prayed to, worshipped, sinless,
and given authority in Heaven and on Earth in the Bible. Truth is, most
Christians do get so caught up in his divine nature, that we forget his human
side.

Because the Qur'an claims itself to be a revelation from God, and claims to
affirm and be a confirmation of the Bible, it must not contradict the Bible's
teachings. Since it denies so many things, like the divinity of Jesus, or that
he is the son of God, and many other crucial aspects, we can conclude that the
Qur'an is not a revelation from God, and that Muhammad is a false prophet.
Still, they will try to use verses in the Bible (which they claim is
corrupt) to say Muhammad was foretold. Their logic then looks something like
this:

We believe the Bible is corrupted and unreliable.
We believe this because it contradicts the teachings of Muhammad.
We believe that Muhammad is a prophet.
How do we know? Because Muhammad is in the Bible!

Do you see the hole in their logic? It doesn't add up!

For the record, Muhammad is NOT foretold in the Holy Bible, and I'll make a
refutation of their claims in another post.

Also, you should be aware of some scientific and historical errors in the
Qur'an. Christians and Jews are more than happy with the belief that the Bible
is the inspired, not the literal word of God. But since muslims are adament in
their beliefs that the Qur'an is literally the word of Allah, it needs
to be absolutely flawless. A single error will topple their whole system of
belief!

Some of these errors are:

1. The sun revolves around the earth. (He has made the earth a fixed
abode)

2. A Samaritan built the golden calf in the time of Moses. (1,000 years
before Samaritans even existed!)

3. Stars were created to be thrown at devils.

4. There are seven earths.

5. Alexander the Great travelled to the setting place of the sun, and saw
it go down in a murky pond.

6. The Pharoah crucified criminals, a method of execution that wasn't
introduced to Egypt until the arrival of the Roman Empire 1,000 years
later.

The list goes on and on!

If and when you are confronted by a muslim, remember:

1. The Bible is the word of God. (the Qur'an says so)

2. Jesus both human and divine.

3. Muhammad is not in the Bible.

4. The Qur'an is riddled with contradictions and errors.

Keep in mind that they aren't to be chastised and hated. Treat them with
love and patience (you'll need a lot of it). Also, remember to pray for them,
and respect what they have to say, but don't fall for it. Every year, 6,000,000
muslims are becoming saved, and that number is only going to grow!

For more information on this subject, I'd recommend www.wikiislam.net and www.answering-islam.org.