@MuslimBarbie You know sister it’s not a great quote to post here. This was about times when Islam first came about and there was wars between Muslims, Christians and Jews.
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@LadyGrace Please don’t be upset. Many Muslims have nothing against Christianity. This was describing a time when people were fighting against each other thousands of years ago. Back when I was in the Middle East I had a Christian neighbor who everyone adored. She was such a pleasant lady. No one had anything against her because of her religion.
@SW-User Then I humbly ask you, is it still in the Quran, as shown in my reply? And if so, why? If it is still in the Quran, then it is what people live by, is it not?
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Killing anyone is a sin. That’s wrong and I don’t know where that came from. If Islam taught that, I wouldn’t be a Muslim. God created everyone equal and he does not want us to harm each other. Back in the times of the prophet pbuh, he had these people against him not the Christians. He was actually born into them and they didn’t accept Islam so they tried to kill him but didn’t succeed. @LadyGrace The Quraysh were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Quraysh staunchly opposed Muhammad, until converting to Islam en masse in c. 630 CE. Wikipedia Location: Mecca, Hejaz (western Arabia)
@SW-User I am upset and I'm not ashamed to admit it. In fact I am in tears over what was said about Christians. This is very hurtful. I know not all people are bad, there are always the good ones in every faith, but when you see lies like this it really hurts. I do not know of any Christians the teach that if you don't believe their way then you're not going to heaven, as Jesus said in his Holy Word that the different religions of this world have nothing to do with salvation. Nothing at all. We are all just people, not denominations. But people don't understand that religion has nothing to do with going to heaven. Jesus said that he died for the whole world not just some or different religions. He is not willing that any perish. He said salvation is for all the world, not just a certain group. And God said this in His Word:
John3:16-17 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that [b]whoever believes in him[/b] (God's son), shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
These verses cover everyone in the world and tells us that God loves everyone in the world the same, just as we should. It has nothing to do with denominations. It tells us that no religion saves us...Jesus does. He said [b]anyone[/b] who comes to Him, can be saved. And then he gave us his standard, not ours, for salvation. Who is man to change that? Yet he tries. I don't believe God was lying when he told us his standard for salvation. If anyone would know what that standard is, it would be God.
He also said that people around the world would be saved, not just certain religious groups. This proves that salvation is for everyone, not just some. All of us are in the same spiritual boat no matter who we are or where we live. Jesus said we are still all in need of salvation. But I love this following verse that includes everyone in the world. Christians have been misquoted. We never said our way is the only way and you have to believe our way. We said Jesus spoke in His Word and said that salvation is for everyone and that He is the way, the truth, and the life. He was speaking of himself, not what individual people say, and that is what his disciples taught everywhere they went, as he had commissioned them to do.
As you have rightly and truly said, Allah in Muslim, means God. We just don't call him Allah, we call him God here, which is the same thing. I would love to see all the people of the world, no matter what their denomination, come together under God and worship him as he deserves. As many, out of every nation, shall receive salvation. Not just any particular denomination. As follows:
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I believe that as long as a person is kind to others then he or she should be sent to heaven. I don’t care if a person prays day and night if he or she is a cruel person. I know some Muslims that pray and hurt their own families. I heard of people from other faiths that are religious do evil things to people. I heard a story where one man was sent to the highest place in heaven and others where asking why because they prayed more than him through out their lives. They were told he was a man who forgave everyone that hurt him before he slept every night. His kindness in forgiving others is what gained him a higher rank in heaven. I understand why because it’s VERY hard to forgive someone who hurts you deeply and destroys a part of your life. 😔I couldn’t forgive people who hurt me that easily myself. @LadyGrace
@SW-User I have never had a problem with forgiving people. That's what the Lord said to do and I don't find it hard for the reason that though I may be very hurt at different people who have done terrible things to me, I look at them as the Lord would want me to look at them, through the eyes of Jesus, not mine, as people who are in the same boat as everybody in this world, needing salvation. When I look at them through Jesus's eyes then I can love them because I am no better than they are and we all make mistakes. The only reason I came to this post is because I was answering a reply from someone and then I saw what the poster said. Otherwise I always stay away because I know what is said about Christians would only be upsetting.
I feel if everyone was accepted into heaven just because they were good or kind to people or forgiving, then everybody would go to heaven, but that's not the case. That would mean murders or rapists or thieves, or really anyone who was forgiving to people, could go to heaven, yet their sins still would not have been forgiven by Christ. He said that was his criteria for going to heaven...having our sins forgiven. No matter how good we think we are, we still cannot drag our sins into heaven. Jesus said salvation has nothing to do with our performance. We would still have sin in our lives that needs forgiving. And if everyone could get to Heaven by being good, then all of Jesus's death on the cross, would have been in vain, and it was not.
