Really?
[A. Pole:] We can look at third party (non-religious, history, archeology etc ...) evidence to see if the Koran represents the original older version of the Bible before Jews/Christians allegedly distorted it.
[carton253:] Let me know what you find.
That Muhammad knowledge was second hand, partially based on the apocryphas circulating in Arab world of his time. That the archeological findings (like Dead Sea scrolls) confirm the basic authenticity of the Jewish and Christian scriptural traditions. Do not take my word, see for yourself - go to the library (I did).
I'm not talking about who has the correct theology, who got it first, who is right, or who is wrong.
Muslims believe that the revelation from God was corrupted in the hands of both Jews and Christians...that's why God had to redeliver the revelation to Mohommad. That's why there is an Islam and a Qu'ran. Whether Mohommad is right or not is not the issue I am making.
That Muhammad knowledge was second hand, partially based on the apocryphas circulating in Arab world of his time. That the archeological findings (like Dead Sea scrolls) confirm the basic authenticity of the Jewish and Christian scriptural traditions. Do not take my word, see for yourself - go to the library (I did).
Again, that is not the point I a making. What do the Muslims believe about the Qu'ran, about Islam, and about Mohammad? The believe that Christians and Jews and Muslims all worship the same God... it's just the Christians and the Jews are not quite worshipping him in truth. Only Islam is the truth.
Let's recap... my point has nothing to do with who is right or who is wrong or even if the Muslim argument makes sense. My point is that to a Muslim, Islam is the pure, final, and last revelation of the God of Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus.