Like i said from what i heard and read a little this book seemed unbiased. Maybe he seemed more towards islam because he didnt find anything wrong with the Quran?
Would you agree that if he leans more towards Islam that he is in fact biased? How do we know he found nothing wrong with the quran when he FAILED to hold the quran to the same standards as he did the bible and jewish texts? Proof of this may be found in his position concerning the the bible and science and the quran and science.
the supposed alleged allegations towards the contradictions in the Quran that some people bring up are absolutley absurd, and hold no weight.
And, the alleged contradictions pertaining to the bible that some people bring up are absolutely absurd and hold no weight. If he is going to address alleged contradictions in the bible, he should hold the quran to the same standards and address the alleged contradictions in the quran.
This guy on the other hand went and studied arabic and read the real Quran which is in arabic, becuase other than arabic its merley a translation.
So? Can you please tell me how this is relevent to our discussion? Even in arabic the alleged contradictions STILL exist. Did he take the time to study the Greek, Hebrew and Latin scriptures to clear misconceptions concerning the bible or did he simply crack open a KJV and start listing things that appear to contradict? If knowledge of Arabic (or aramaic) qualify him to speak on the quran the LACK of Greek, Hebrew and Latin should disqualify him from speaking on the bible.
He did criticize the hadeeths though and that comes after the Quran but hadeeths are not Gods words.
How does criticism of the hadeeths relate to criticism of the quran? If you are going to critique the main books give them ALL the same treatment.
This guy was not a muslim, his book as to my knowledge was only published in french and english, so muslims where not his targeted audience.
If muslims were not his target audience who was the book intended for? The catholics who he had an issue with? Why is it that some muslims DO claim he was a muslim? Does one need to be a muslim to be sympathetic to muslim cause or bias?
There is absolutley NO DOUBT dot for dot about the authenticity of the Quran from the time it was revealed until today.
If doubt does not exist why do I doubt it? If doubt does not exist why does the author fail to hold the quran to the same measuring stick as he does the bible? If no doubt exists why does the author fail to take a position showing WHY the quran is authentic?
I already spoke about the contradictions in the Quran and i dont like to speak about contradictions of the bible because thats still a book from God although it has been translated over and over and been tampered with.
When did you speak about contradictions in the quran? They are not in this post, but to be honest I am not asking you to speak on them. I am asking why the author has failed to elaborate and provide unbiased research. Which bible has been translated over and over and tampered with?
The Quran is FIRST a book of Guidance and i dont like how the author made it seem that its a book of science yet as the author found out there are many scientific facts which in NO way was accessible to people up to 50 years ago and less. I thought he did speak about the scientific facts in the bible and torah but i guess not
No, he does not speak about scientific facts in the bible and torah and this
is being biased. What scientific facts did he present that were not accessible 50 years ago?
this could be because there are many things in the bible that where scientifically proven to be false.
The
SAME can be said for the quran if you sit on the other side of the fence. Why should the reader be forced to assume the bible is incorrect when the author does not present the book in the same fashion? How do you know many things in the bible are proven to be false? Why does the author fail to mention it?
The Quran is a book of guidance and the scientific facts in the Quran are merely signs for the people living today, the Quran is the book of guidance until the last day.
Your commentary on the quran is noted, but what does it have to do with the questions posed to you?
A book with just info, and stats would be boring without the authors input, because he went through this stuff.
As soon as the author gives his personal input to persuade the reader (especially in the MIDDLE of the writing) he is no longer
objective. I see nothing wrong in presenting all three sides, holding them to the
same standard and commenting on them. THAT is being unbiased.
For instance a when a scientists goes and does an experiment does he only post his data and results? because the data and stats are in the book but in some cases he puts in his conclusions, and conclusions are not biased, biased would be the support of his hypothesis or original thought which was to disprove all 3 books
When a scientist does an experiment he is objective. When test subjects are used I am sure the same
methods of testing are applied to the subject. The conclusions are NOT biased IF the scientist has used the
SAME STANDARD OF TESTING WHILE PERFORMING THE EXPERIEMENT. The author of the book has NOT held the scriptures to the same standards as the quran and this creates BIAS. His book is not factual reporting equivilent to scientific (or journal) analysis. If it were he would explain the topic, how he will present the subject matter and how he will test the subject matter. After that he would explain A and give the results of A (b, c , d etc.) AFTER that he would explain his position, which one he feels is correct (based on study) and WHY it is correct. The author of the book has
NOT done so.
Conclusions are interpretations of the data.
So how do you conclude the bible has been mistranslated or is erroneous when presented scientifically?
The author is not trying to tell anyone what religion to believe in.
The author is telling the reader the quran is correct, the bible is false, and the torah is false, but he fails to give them ALL the SAME treatment.
But then again thats my biased opinion.
You have the right to your opinion, but I did not imply the author was attemtpting to make the reader believe in one religion over the other. What I have stated is the author leans towards islam and presents a case of this is correct and these are not correct.
When the truth is said, its not being biased towards one and against the others, its simply the truth.
Again I quote the author:
Thanks to its undisputed authenticity, the text of the Qur'an holds a unique place among the books of Revelation, shared neither by the Old nor the New Testament.
God bless you.