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Why don't Christians believe in the gospels of Muhammad?

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There are many doctrinal differences, they are completely opposite.
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So you have read the Koran?
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No I have not. It is interesting to note how the FBI catches counterfeiters. The FBI has the agents in the counterfeit department study genuine currency. By thoroughly studying genuine currency, they are readily able to spot the false currency. If a person masters the truth that is found in the Bible, he will be able to refute whatever heresy the devil throws at him.
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Really strawberrygirl?
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Yes, really.
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I am not asking to switch books. I am asking you to know our God better, and not split and fractionalize Him into three, or make various contradictory statues of God.
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I'm confused because everyone always says that Allah and the Christian God are the same. People always make that claim.
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Why don't Christians believe in Dianetics?
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@strawberrygirl:
Forget all else, why don't Catholics believe the Protestants or the Presbyterians or the Mormons??
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@strawberrygirl, God loves you, He is the Most Forgiving and Most Merciful, but your religion (NOT Jesus) claims God did not forgive the actions of Adam for millenniums , while Islam teaches Adam was forgiven the same moment Adam repented, and that death is a natural cycle , not a prolonged curse from our Loving God. Believe in a Loving God of Abraham , one who does not need blood to forgive, one who Judges each individual fairly. Believe our God is All Powerful, who sees and knows all of our Actions.

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@straw-based on your logic I can say I know the bible is nothing but lies and slander because I have read the Iliad.
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Only believe in one true God

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Because then they wouldn't be Jewish, they'd be Christians.

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Some Jewish people do believe in Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christian Jews. Google it.

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I've never met a Jewish person who didn't believe Jesus was an actual person. They just don't believe God can be divided into 3 parts.
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The belief that God is divided into three parts is a heresy, not associated with Christianity. The illustration I typically use is: consider the human body. The mind is human, the soul is human, the body is human, and all are one person. They're different aspects of a human person. It's a poor illustration, but it appears to be the best that I can come up with to explain the relationship.
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Jewish people believe in the Jewish faith just as Christians believe in the Christian faith. It like me asking why Christians dont believe in the big bang theory. Christians believe in what their faith tells them. Everybody has different beliefs

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I'm a Christian I believe in the Big Bang. Not all Christians don't believe in the Big Bang. in fact, my explanation of the Big Bang is found in Genesis chapter 1, where "God's spoke and the worlds came into existence."
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Jewish people believe there was a Jesus, they just don't believe he was the Son of God. They have for many hundreds of years believed god would send down someone different than Jesus as His son. That is what they have learned and what they believe. It's ok to believe that because in the United States of America we have a right to believe what we want. I am a Christian, but I have a lot of respect for Jewish people. I never say anything to them about what they believe is right or wrong. And they don't say anything to me about what I believe is right or wrong. By the way, Jewish people and Christian people believe in the same god, they just don't believe in the same SON OF GOD. hope this helps!!!

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Jewish people, Christians, AND Muslims believe in the same God. I'm just interested why you didn't include Islam?
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I should have you're right. It was a 13 year old I was writing to and she asked about Christians and Jews only and I was trying to keep it very simple . If she would have asked about Muslims in her question, I would have included it-but she never asked and I was answering what she asked. I am new to this. Just joined.
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Oh. Ok.
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According to the prophets the Messiah, when he comes, will establish his kingdom on the earth and retake the throne of David. Since Jesus died without doing this they believe he cannot be the promised Messiah and so they wait for another.

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thats the point they are looking at it wrong.
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Actually, there are two messiahs in the Torah, or at least what looks like two different ones. Jews are often asked to explain this, and though there is no uniformity, many options have been suggested. This is covered in an excellent discussion found here: http://web001.rbc.org/pdf/discovery-series/the-jewish-tradition-of-two-messiahs.pdf
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Many Jews don't know much about the Messiah. The first century Jews were looking for a Messiah who was quite a different in their imaginations from the true Messiah. By the way, the name, Christ, means Messiah. Messiah means anointing or anointed one. The majority of the Jews were not looking for a sacrificial Lamb of God to take away their sins. They were looking for someone to destroy their physical enemies. This is a warning to anyone who tries to understand prophecy without divine revelation. There are many such reasoners among the Christians today, creating theologies about things that they don't understand. The real reason that most Jews don't accept Jesus Christ is because they are going about trying to establish their own righteousness, so they miss the free gift of God's righteousness. Many Christians, by the way, do the same thing and also only accept Jesus Christ in name. They don't receive the free gift of God's righteousness, which is available through the faith of Jesus. However, many do receive this gift today. http://www.seekfind.net/Why_dont_Jews_believe_in_Jesus.html

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What exactly is "divine revelation"? You mean when you lock yourself in a dark room, close your eyes super tight, and think about God? You think about Him for a long, long time until a thought seems divine in origin?
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Divine intervention is, simply put, God intervening in the affairs of the world. Divine intervention can be God causing something to happen or God preventing something from happening. Atheists, agnostics, and deists can find alternate explanations for even the most clearly miraculous events. Biblically speaking, God definitely intervenes in the affairs of the world (see Genesis through Revelation). God is sovereign (Psalm 93:1; 95:3; Jeremiah 23:20; Romans 9). Nothing happens that God does not ordain, cause, or allow. We are constantly surrounded by divine intervention, even when we are ignorant of it or blind to it. We will never know all of the times and all of the ways God intervenes in our lives. Divine intervention can come in the form of a miracle, such as a healing or supernatural sign. Divine intervention can also come in the form of a seemingly random event which directs us in the way God wants us to go. http://www.gotquestions.org/divine-intervention.html
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Historically the Jewish nation was often disobedient and even defiant toward God. They were separated from Him more than once then returned to Him. Finally God had enough and their hearts were hardened and their eyes blinded to the Truth. And it remains that way today. One day their eyes will be opened again.

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So what did God do to modern Christians who continue to blame Jews for the death of Jesus, despite the fact that it was allegedly multiple generations ago, and their entire faith is built on the foundation that Jesus died for their sins? Did He smack them upside the head with a stupid stick?
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Christians don't blame Jews for the death of Jesus. Do not think for a moment that anyone could kill Jesus against His will. The divine plan could never be short-circuited by human or satanic plots. Jesus even told Pilate, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above" (John 19:11). Mobs tried to murder Jesus. They once sought to hurl Him off a cliff (Luke 4:29-30) and repeatedly attempted to stone Him (John 8:59; 10:31). Again and again He simply (and supernaturally) passed through their midst because His time had not yet come .( John 7:30; 8:20).
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They don't believe God is divisible. It's ludicrous to them to imagine a three-way Godhead. Father--yes. Son or Spirit--no! Most Jews I know fully believe that Jesus walked the earth. They just don't think He was God, the Messiah, or anything else related to their Heavenly Father.

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Is it ludicrous to imagine that a man can have a mind, a body and a soul? Three aspects of the same person? Or as the writers of the New Testsment record, "in the beginning was the Word..." and I cannot think without using words. This analogy makes the pre-incarnate Christ part of God's personhood just as the mind is part of the person.
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The Torah indicates God has a Spirit, and this is accepted by all Jews-- does this make Him two gods? He manifests his presence many times on earth but sometimes in appearance as an angel, a man, or even a burning bush or a pillar of fire or a cloud. Does this indicate God is both spirit and material?
The problems of explaining God's true nature are not exclusive of Christianity-- Judaism shares some of the complexity. The unique question of Christianity is over the relationship of the Messiah to the Deity. In spite of many affirmative indications in the Torah, Jews reject any connection between the two.
http://web001.rbc.org/pdf/discovery-series/the-jewish-tradition-of-two-messiahs.pdf
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That is fascinating. The detail people go into to explain the subtle difference between widely-accepted delusions...
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Thats fairly dismissive and quite insulting. Some actually take this seriously. Metaphysics is a discussion not for some. Others are so close minded as to not even consider that there might be a rational explanation. But I assume you are doing the best you can without faith.
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I'm sorry that my failure to accept your beliefs is insulting to you. I don't care that "some take this seriously"! Why should I care? Why can a room full of children from different religious backgrounds have different ideas about God that they repeat verbatim from what they hear from their parents; and that's fine? But if an adult tells you you're wrong, why is that suddenly such a shock to your sensibilities?
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Ah, but you didn't show me where I am wrong. In fact, you resorted to name-calling ("delusion") instead of answering any of my points. If you don't want to think this through enough to actually respond to points, I assume you are not serious. Name calling is not a logical response, just the rhetorical device most commonly used by frustrated people out of their depth. But I give up; feel free to call people names and think you are smarter than them. We will see who is delusional.
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I personally know many Jews who believe in Jesus. It's still rare but it does happen. But when Jews accept Jesus, they generally are considered to have left Judaism. However, their children are usually considered Jews, and messianic Judaism is in many ways similar to traditional services.

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Do they keep all the same customs and traditions? Do they celebrate christmas also? Just curious. I was hoping you would answer this question.!
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Messianic Jews typically keep the Jewish festivals, at least the major ones. In addition, there will be a celebration of Christ's birth as well as Easter. The usual methods of celebration might be changed, but the dates are kept on calendar.
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Oh ok. I always wondered about it. Thanks shiny! Have a great rest of your week.
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Because the Jews believe Jesus to be an IMPOSTURE & justifiably so. They refuse to give into the hoax of the "three headed monster"; meaning the trinity. They denounce the absurdity that their god is at per with a ghost - holy or unholy. They're right to believe that Jesus is the principal cause for their constant unjust sufferings for the last 2000 years. Let alone accepting Jesus as their savior, the Jews would be absolutely justified to prosecute Jesus for crimes against humanity - if they have a chance!

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True, Jesus is decidedly the cause for all this persecutional suffering. But if hadn't been Him, it woulda been someone else! I'd say the vast majority of the suffering religion causes is mental anguish!
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So true. I whole heartedly agree with u.
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There is only One true Savior and that is God, not Jesus. In my experience, God is greater in saving us from the addictions of this world, and helps to heal the past wounds, through giving us additional hope and faith. If you love Jesus that is great, you can continue to love Jesus, but worship the Creator of Jesus.

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I think the Word created all three. No?
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More than a little hard to worship the creator of God, when He never was created, but has always been!
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Mary is mother of God,
Jesus is the son of God,
The Holy Spirit is also God,
the Trinity is three,
but there is only one God

You should really make up your mind dkks.
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@Noveltman, God created everything! :)
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Sorry that I've never read the Qur'an, but does it say something similar to that, towards the beginning? "In the beginning was the word?"
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No it doesn't! It says God is the cause and uncaused.
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To begin with, we need to remember that there were many Jews during Jesus' public ministry and afterward who DID accept Jesus as the Messiah. All of the twelve apostles were Jews, as were nearly all of Jesus' disciples and many early converts. Many of these early Jewish Christians were martyred for the faith - for example, St. Stephen, St. Barnabas, and St. Paul. Throughout the 2000-year history of Christianity, many Jews have come to accept Jesus and have converted to Christianity. A famous example from the 20th century is Edith Stein, who became Catholic and, later, a Carmelite nun. During World War II, she died in a Nazi concentration camp. She was recently canonized and is now revered as a saint of the Church. (My answer continues in the comments)

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The Old Testament teaches that the Jews are God's chosen people. After the sin of Adam and Eve, it was through the Jewish nation that a Savior, a Messiah, was promised. The entire Old Testament is the story of the Jews preparing for the coming of the Messiah. Under the leadership of powerful kings such as David and Solomon, the Jewish people became a great nation. But, due to the repeated disobedience to God on the part of the kings and the people, they were repeatedly conquered and oppressed by various enemies.
At the time of the birth of Jesus, the Holy Land was under the occupation of the Roman Empire, and the Jews longed to be freed from the lands of their captors. Many expected the Messiah would be a military or political leader who would drive out their Roman enemies and restore the Jewish nation to its previous glory and power. When Jesus did arrive, He did not fit the profile of such a leader, and when He was eventually condemned to death, most of the Jews rejected Him.
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From the perspective of the Gospel, though, Jesus did not come to restore the Jewish nation of the past, but to establish the Kingdom of God for all peoples and nations. The Old Testament is full of signs and prophecies of how the Messiah would be recognized. It reveals He would be born of a virgin (Is 7:14) in Bethlehem (Mi 5:1-2), enter Jerusalem on a donkey (Zec 9:9), be betrayed for thirty pieces of silver (Zec 11:12), be persecuted and condemned to death (Is 53:3-4, 7-9), give His life as an offering for sin (Is 53:10), have lots cast for His garments (Ps 22:18), be pierced for our sins (Is 53:5), be raised from the dead and not experience corruption of the body (Ps 16:10). In spite of these clear indications in the Scriptures, many of the Jews of Jesus' time were expecting a powerful, earthly Messiah. It is not surprising, then, that many of them failed to recognize their true King when He came into their midst.

Hope this helps! - ManOfKnowledge
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