As'salamu Alaikum dear brother,
David Wood's point is this:
1- Jesus on the cross prayed to GOD to forgive them for they do not know what they're doing.
2- Muhammad on his death bed cursed the Jews and Christians for their corruptions.
3- Nabeel Qureshi's last words were "GOD is the GOD of Love".
The Problem with David's statement is that he has falsified Jesus with this logic, because Jesus made blanket statement at all rich people because some made fun of him:
The Rich, Hell Fire, Camel, and Needle's Eye:
Matthew 19:24
In fact, it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God’s kingdom.”
Mark 10:25
In fact, it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God’s kingdom.”
Luke 18:25
In fact, it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God’s kingdom.”
Why were the rich cursed by Jesus?
Because they were making fun of him. This is why ALL RICH PEOPLE are going to Hell:
James 2
1 My friends, if you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you won’t treat some people better than others.
2 Suppose a rich person wearing fancy clothes and a gold ring comes to one of your meetings. And suppose a poor person dressed in worn-out clothes also comes.
3 You must not give the best seat to the one in fancy clothes and tell the one who is poor to stand at the side or sit on the floor.
4 That is the same as saying that some people are better than others, and you would be acting like a crooked judge.
5 My dear friends, pay attention. God has given a lot of faith to the poor people in this world. He has also promised them a share in his kingdom that he will give to everyone who loves him.
6 You mistreat the poor. But isn’t it the rich who boss you around and drag you off to court?
7 Aren’t they the ones who make fun of your Lord?
This garbage attitude about the rich proves that the Bible is corrupt! There is NOTHING EVIL about being wealthy. And the poor are far worse than the rich. Their neighborhoods are notoriously filled with:
1- High crimes of theft, rape, gangs and thugs.
2- Envy and Coveting.
3- Horrible schools and discipline!
4- Blasphemous people who curse GOD and are full of doubts due to their poverty.
You judge a human based on his/her person and the situation that he/she is in. Allah Almighty in the Glorious Quran also gives a break for those who are younger than 40, because they have not yet reached the age of Wisdom:
www.answering-christianity.com/mercy_of_allah.htm
www.answering-christianity.com/good_manners.htm
www.answering-christianity.com/david_wood_rebuttals.htm
I was going to add this topic soon to Trinity Crucified article. But it'll be added today Insha'Allah:
www.answering-christianity.com/trinity_crucified.htm
Thou Shalt not COVET!
The very fact that the Bible is all over the DO NOT COVET others' properties law, clearly proves that the New Testament is full of garbage. The victims of coveting are the richer ones, and the ones coveting are the poorer ones:
Exodus 20:17
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
Psalm 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Proverbs 21:26
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Jeremiah 22:17
17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Take care,
Osama Abdallah
Salaam brother, Al-humdAllah.
Indeed the Bible is corrupt, but have you read the Hadith where the Prophet (saw) state's, "Luxury is not for the righteous."?
It is true that being wealthy isn't a sin, and James (as) was called "Ha Zaddik, the Righteous One" and was founder of the sect called "The Ebionites" or Evionim in Hebrew, a common designation of a certain faction of the Qumran SAW sect, the Nosrei ha Brit, (keepers of the Covenant) and Zaddikim, the Righteous Ones, and Robert Eisenman, DSS scholar believes James (as) was the leader of said community.
When Paul speaks of the Jerusalem Council, where Acts state's that 4 Commands were given, no eating meat sacrifice to idols, strangled or with blood, in agreement with Qur'an, this is stated by James (as) btw, Paul does not mention it and actually says that avoiding idol meat is for "weak brothers(James faction)." He declares it acceptable to eat despite giving his word not to, and says James (as) and the 3 pillars, James, John and Simon, approved of his Gospel and said he only need, "Remember the Poor", James sect.
This is a lie if Luke is to be believed as by the time Luke wrote Paul had already declared this it is odd that Luke makes Paul out to be a liar as he denies reaching that the Law of Moses is void to James face and takes an oath of some sort for purification to prove he still walks in "The Way" (Sunna), another term popular in the Dead Sea Scrolls who had a 12/3/1 hierarchy like Issa, the 3 "Pillars" James, John and Simon, and the 12 Apostles (pbut), which obviously included at least 2 of the 3 Pillars, as James (as) was the successor to Issa (as) and over even Simon Peter (as), when Matthias replaces Judas this hierarchy is preserved, James (as) was a pillar also so the total amount of leaders is 12 + James, 12/3/1.
So James letter isn't anti rich persons, just the ones who persecute the Evionim, and are sinners, which in his day probably was most wealthy people.
He doesn't condemn Queen Helen, who provided famine relief and was the mother of King I dated who was a convert to Judaism, or all people who are wealthy.
He condemns Paul, actually, who is the topic of discussion throughout, believed he should be paid for teaching his fake Gospel and makes a plea that it's only fair.
The short Epistle of James is ONE of the best, refuting the claim Paul makes with Abraham's near sacrifice of his son, as justifying him by faith alone.
He retorts that faith was only the cause of his deeds/works, as obviously what he did was a deed, he was willing to DO, not just BELIEVE, in submitting to the will of Allah, if it meant the loss of his son, and acted on his faith, therefore James points out, without using his name but in DSS style leaving the name of who is being discussed out, which leads me to believe it genuine...
"Oh VAIN man (Paul worries his work was "in vain" several times, a clue regarding the person the letter is refuting)..."
"Do you need to be told, faith, without works is barren(or dead)?"
The Jews call Paul "Acher (other)" in the Talmud, but we may have a lost in translation pun here as barren is, in Hebrew, "Acher-ah."
Paul was a kinsman of the Herodians, and proud of it, he calls a relative of the Tetrarch his kinsman, a brother actually, and was in all likelihood a mole working for them and Rome.
James is simply speaking about these people who are rich harassing his disciples who are willingly poor, and not condemning every person of wealth, as was not Abraham extraordinarily wealthy after his military campaigns?
That would make the Righteous One a hypocrite, as he exalted the blessed with wealth Abraham, and that right there proves he wasn't condemning wealth, but evil caused by wealth or want of wealth.
I am not trying to say you are wrong about anything, the Bible is corrupt, but in this instance because of ideas lost in translation.
I am a fan of Yaqub the Zaddik, just wanted to clarify what I have deduced from his epistle, because it's proof that James (as) was against Paul's false teachings about justification and salvation, the seriously absurd doctrine of a self proclaimed "Apostle to the nations/pagans" called today by a meaningless word "Gentiles", which divides the world into 2 people, Jews, and not Jews.
His claim is absurd, Acts says God chose Simon Peter for this position, but not the only person allowed to teach them as all the Apostles are told by Issa(as) to make disciples "of all nations..."
Besides, 12 men for a minority of the population vs 1 for the rest of the world, is absurd, and a blatant lie.
No Apostle ever called Paul AN Apostle, never mind to the "Nations." He was self appointed and illegitimate, and in the end state's everyone in Asia has turned from him and his only friend is Luke, "This you KNOW, all those who are in Asia have turned away from me."
