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To: a_Turk
It's all about the same thing. One of the lines says that the crucifiction and death of the body of Jesus was not representative of the death of Jesus, whom they could not kill - no one can.

You'll have to tell me then how Christianity is taught.

The Apostle Paul told the church that if it were not for His resurrection from the dead, we worship in vain.

What makes Christianity different from ALL religions is that the God-man was resurrected from the dead.

In Romans 9, Paul tells us that "If we confess with our mouths the Lord Jesus, and believe in our hearts that God has raised Him from the dead, we will be saved."

That is the Christian message. If the Koran does not teach that truth 100%, along with the verse that says He is the onl Way to God, it does not teach Christianity.

The mere mention of Jesus or Christian principles does not equate to teaching Christianity, especially when it is short the death scene and its subsequent resurrection.

90 posted on 03/17/2002 5:00:59 PM PST by AlGone2001
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To: AlGone2001
In Romans 9, Paul tells us that "If we confess with our mouths the Lord Jesus, and believe in our hearts that God has raised Him from the dead, we will be saved."

That is the Christian message.
Sure, then I'll confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that God has raised Him from the dead, and then just sin away coz I'll be saved anyway. That's what I always found to be ridiculous about Saul, err, Paul. Then again, all he needed to do was to convince a bunch of simpletons.

There's my interpretation of what's written of Jesus' teachings and miracles, and then there's what others say I should interpret them all as.

Getting back to what the Koran teaches about Christianity, it may not fit with your interpretation of the meaning of the word. In fact, if you believe that Jesus is God and then maintain that he died on the cross, then that already confuses me.

Paul was the one who used the framework of polytheism to describe Jesus to the various elite. The Koran does not teach that Jesus is God, but that He was the Messiah.
95 posted on 03/17/2002 5:18:42 PM PST by a_Turk
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