Am sure u are an illiterate, u don't know what pagiarim is, the piece i pasted is from AFP a news agency, and as a source their name is there. Please address the issue and stop hauling silly and pety abuses. You are dim wit why can't u make sense, probabaly you can't read simple sentences with comprehension. Try read again your block head might open. there is no need to paraphrase that news,cus it will colour it.REACTIONS PLZZ

@Mr No Sense or whatever terrorist name you choose to answer :

You are the greatest illiterate. That is why you cannot write things in your own words after reading them, because your head is blocked with satanic Islamic doctrines. I know where you copy them from. I don't need all these copy and paste which most of you do because you know nothing about Islam and even the quran, you are ready to blow yourselves for .

You are a block head and I am not surprise because you inherited your block head from your fore father prophet Mohammed. The great terrorist and paedophile. That is why you Ishmaelites are causing problems and confusion everywhere you are. Why not stop and ask yourselves some intelligent questions, maybe that will help you unravel the answer to some of your satanic practises in your Islamic occultic kingdom.

I have already read your copy and paste, but you are not making sense at all.

Your block head will never let you see light in the dark tunnel you are in.

Terrorising people with your satanic verses is enough to tell you that your religion is manufactured by satanic kingdom.

Killing people as if you are killing eid el fitri rams ( simply because they refuse to accept your satanic religion) will tell you Islamic religion have no regard for the santity of human life.

So Mr Block head. Mr No sense, I pray God will restore the brain and sense which your satanic verses and your satanic paedophile Mohammed have stolen from you due to your sheer ignorance.

@haIf sense :

I think your true name is no sense.

I cannot make sense of this your senseless copy and paste. Why not write in your own words and stop this senseless plagiarism and aggressive copying you are doing.

Everyone knows that Islamic religion is a satanic religion. It very clear even to a blind man.

May God grant the sense that your satanic verses which you call Quran have taken away from you.

@Olabowale :

Why not go and live in Pakistan or Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia or all these countries where they have Islam as their state religion ? Where you will be able to practise your religion unfettered and where you will have lots of Sunni and shia terrorist as friends.

Why are living in USA? A country that is founded on Christian principles and ruled with Judeo Christianity ?

@ Hafees :

Islamic religion was not a peaceful religion, Islamic religion is not a peaceful religion and Islamic religion will NEVER be a peaceful religion.

God does not force human being to accept him. He gave human being choice to either do good or evil, BUT ISLAM forces their religion down the throat of people. I am sure if all the people in the majority Islamic countries were not forced to accept Islam by threatening them with death, no body will ever accept that satanic religion. All these will go a long way to tell you that it is a religion manufactured by the kingdom of darkness and from the pits of hell. Why is that if a muslim converts to christianity, the muslims will threatened to kill him or her ? If you are truly worshipping a true Almighty God, why not call on God and tell him to prove himself to human being.

Islamic religion promotes aggressive hatred of other religion ( Jews and Christians are their enemies), aggressive terrorism ( They fund terrorism both on state level and individual level) and war (Jihad). That alone tells us that their master is the devil. Otherwise why would someone commit suicide by blowing himself into pieces ? As far as I know, no one has the right to kill him or herself, anyone who do that is going directly into hell fire. What do you think of the Southern Nigerians who were massacred by these blood thirsty Northern muslims in Northern Nigeria because of the cartoon of Muhammed that was shown in far away Denmark ?

Islamic religion promotes Idolatry. Worship of a black stone of which the headquarter of this Eastern demonic darkness is Mecca. It promotes worship of a quarter moon and star. A quarter moon and star is a symbol of withcraft. That alone tells us that it is from the devil.

Islamic religion promotes polygamy. When polygamy has put Africans into trouble.

In Islamic faith, Salvation is based on the work of people's hands and maybe they will be enter heaven.

In short Hafees, the truth is very bitter. Most of you claim that Islamic religion is a religion of peace, but what we are seeing is complete opposite. Islamic religion is a complete threat to peace and human existence. Their barbaric attitude is terrible and most embarrassing.

May God help us all .

u're bound to wait till another round of teddy bear-induced islamic bloodletting. . . or at best he'll be back to tell you to go and "research". When did muslims start answering questions posed to them. I'd rather watch pigs fly.

Make una no kill me with laughter O

Do I get the virgins before I blow myself up,I think I prefer it this way,where is the Mullah,please make changes and you will see how many people will sign up for blow up.

You are so funny

halfsense

Davidylan, you are so funny and innovative as well. How did you come up with that funny name.

All I know is that no one has the right to kill themselves. Anybody who kills himself or herself, will go directly to hell.

Islamic religion is a scary religion

@reverend :

You are so funny

@Focused: Thank you for your confidence in me. I am learning, but gradually getting better in knowing Who imy Creator is and what should be my responsibility to Him.

I have a feeling you are a moderate muslim, but maybe we could learn from each other. (I do not have any tangible scholarship in Islam, but i will speak to you from my heart. I ask that God guides my speech and let it be measured for success, only for His cause. Amiin)

1) The people who carried out Suicide bombing against innocent civilians and the the people who are involved in the 911 attacks do justify their attack from the quran, especially from surah 9:5 and surah 9:29, of which if you read it very well, directly translates to what they are doing

My response: According to the reports that we have of the 911 hijackers, at least one of them spent his last night on earth in the bar, where he drank until he was drunk. He danced the night away, even on the bar table/stool, with all the trimmings of what they do in the bar, girls, smoking, etc. If this is true, is this the way a man who believed in God will like to end his life, as he himself is sure about what he was going to do, the following morning? Is it a good Muslim quality to parade the bar at all, and get drunk? Is it a good Muslim quality to dance away and perform or at least attempt fornication? How can a habitual drinker and the other ills listed about this particular man be a religious man? Hardly and very unlikely!

About Suratul Tauba, chapter 9 and its verses listed above, you should know that it was revealed for its appropriateness, at the time it was revealed. It was not a band of Muslim who engaged in the many battles/wars that these verses were revealed upon. The Muslims fought, all of them, together as one body. Everyone that was able body was ready and prepared to fight. There was no opposition within the Muslims. They fought under the Banner of One God, indivisible God. Under One prophet and Messenger of God, Muhammad (as).

However, the bands or fragments which claimed or are claimed to be fighting for Islam today are doing it for their own personal end, individually or as a group. There is no complete body of Muslim scholars that will say these people are fighting for Islam. If Muslims were to fight as a body, it will be for just cause; Only raising the flag of Laa ilaha ilallah, Muhammadanr Rasulullah Salaalahu aleyhi salaam. The only reason this can happen, and be justify is if Muslims all over the world are being prevented from going to Mosque to pray, even in the so called Muslim lands. The Muslim land is wrongly labelled.

This is not to say that the verses could not be potentially applicable, sometimes in the history of man. I am saying that that is not the case now. The Muslims need to look into their own hearts first. Help themselves into being good to themselves and their neighbors and the society at large, while still believing God as One. Islam calls for well rounded belief/faith.

If the Muslim were to fight as a unit, having the singular goal without the stupidity that you see within Islam, today, there will be catastrophe in the lands. May God Almighty in His Infinite Mercy not let us have it , now or in the future of man.

@Olabowale

Again this is the excuse that most muslim clerics give, for all to discover that they preach and fund terrorism secretly.

2) Why are muslims so intolerant ? Why will they want to kill anyone who criticises Muhammad ? God created human being to have choice, to do good or evil.
human being do criticises God, so if they can criticise God, then why can't they speak their mind about what they think of mohammed and his followers ?


My response:I am just an ordinary Muslim. I have no special quality to see the heart of my fellow man. However I can make a give time assessment of a person, based on what is said and or done at that time. The future belongs to God alone. It is the foolishness of a man that will make him criticise his Creator. Now am not saying that I am special and not potentially within the group of people that criticise. However, it very terrible that we carry this foolish and perilous behaviour to the extend to affect other people. Especially when you leave your saints and leaders of your religion as secrete Cows, Unreachable, but find it pleasurable to deride other peoples religious leadership. Notice that there is no Christian, unless just Christian by name only, or assumed to be Christian, that has criticised Paul, and never Jesus. Why Muhammad? I ask you, my friend?

Have you ever seen any Muslim who have ever criticised Jesus son of Mary? It will never happen. It will the same as if he had criticised Muhammad who succeeded Jesus son of Mary, if it an Muslim ever does. He can forget his Islam, unless he reenter Islam by seeking forgiveness from God, directly.

@Olabowale

Muslims are the greatest critics of christianity. They criticise Jesus openly and they say all sorts of things, but no body have ever charged them, or kill them for what they have said. In UK, which is a christian country, they have an opportunity which they don't even have in their country to practise their religion and say all sorts of things, and even segregate themselves, from other people because they think they are pure and others are infidels. Some of them (mostly of Pakistani extraction) are even advocating that they will turn UK into an Islamic country.

3) Why do the Islamic religion promotes hatred and intolerance against Christians and the jews ?

My response: My mother was a Christian until just few years ago. Thank God. But in all of her years as a Christian, I never expressed any hatred towards her. Okay, so she is my mother. Alright, the remnants of Christianity in my family, both father and mother sides enjoy aboundant of love with me. In business, some of my closest confidants are Jews and or Christians. And by the way, I do not need them as much as they need me. Thank God. Some of them almost became biting bulldogs against me immediately after 911. But thank God, in the end, I have been made Victorious over them. (Even the Jews call others Gentiles and the Christians called others the Unyoked)

@Olabowale

If this atrocity happened in saudi Arabia or a country where Islamic religion is their state religion or where they have majority muslims what do you think will happen ? Don't you think they will carry out ethnic cleansing of all the minority christians. In saudi Arabia, they have lots of Saudi Arabian militants, the Saudi authorities know about it , but turn a blind eye. If they carry out their traditional atrocity, they will say they are criminals, while they are the one sponsoring the whole thing.

4) Why is that a christian cannot bring bible into Saudi Arabia ? Afterall Christianity have being existing in Saudi Arabia, before the 7th century Islamic religion.

My response: I am not a Saudi, so I can not comment on the Saudi policy for the country as a whole. However, God commanded that no non Muslim should be allowed in Makka. Muhammad bin Abdallah (as), extended this commandment, to cover Madina as well. I am very satisfy with the two standing instructions. For illustration purpose only, you have the right to tell me how to qualify myself to enter your house. So does God and His Messenger.

Do I agree with the Saudi extending this to cover the whole Saudi Arabia? I really do not have any opinion. However, there are many things that they do that I do not agree with. Since they are the custodian of the two Mosques, one would expect them to be just, where justice is needed and be merciful, when mercy is good, espectially when it comes to the matters of the poor, the weak and the the unprivileged.

@Olabowale

If muslims can have thousands of mosques in Christian European countries, why can't christian build churches in Saudi Arabia ?

5) Why are Nigerians Muslims in particular showing solidarity to Arab Muslims. These were the same people who enslave black people. These were the same people who don't like blacks. You will not realise this racism, not until you work with Arabs. Would they get the same sympathy from Arab Muslims if something goes wrong with Nigerian Muslims.

My response: You are also to include the blind solidarity of the Nigerians with the Christian Europe, who did exactly the same as you have described the Arabs above. A resent example is what happened in Rwanda, when the priest/pastor abandoned the very African blacks who packed his luggaged. He behaved that African was his very worst enemy, the moment, the European Military came to take him out of dodge! You see, humans are humans. Some are good, but majority are very evil. The Nigerian Christians do not care for justice. They have been reeling in with the 3 godhead in one madness. This is why some of them have no shame in their support for Israel. The very people who claimed themselves to be superior over all people. Claiming over and over againthat they are the chosen people with end. Even as they do filthy things, disobeying God and killing His messengers and prophets. How long do you think they should have this 'special status,' if God is just? They can have it for so long until the appointed time. The appointed time came in the person of Jesus son of Mary. He performed tremendous miracles that were unprecedented in its time. Yet they did not follow him.

Then came the last of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad ibn Abdallah! All human being is an ambassador to himself, first then to his family and to the larger body of mankind, in calling to the worship of God the Almighty Allah, alone without partnership.

Finally, I do not look at the Arabs for my Islam. First, not all Arabs are Muslims. And not all Muslims are Arabs. Islam entered Ethiopia before it entered Madina. Egyptians and others can claim that their not Africans, yet they are located in Africa. Indeed it is the same descendants of the subsahara Africans that are the primary source of support that they have after 911. Muslims are one body that is the issue on this. Yet we have bad family members within it, but we do not turn them out to the buggie man to scare. You show good behaviour, and they may just take something good from you, in the long run.

The mindset of the North Africans, who blindly claimed that they are not Africans, may just be in the same light as the One who claimed godship for a mere mortal. Have you thought about it, You do do not have to have an idol in front of you, before you are an idol worshipper.

@Olabowale

[b]A slave is a slave when slavery have not been removed from his mind. It is a pity that African leaders are feeding their own people to lions. correct me if I am wrong, all africans unborn are all owning due to loans which our own leaders are collecting from the white people and from Arab people through Islamic banks or from OIC. That is the reasosn why Babangida went and enrolled Nigeria in OIC because of interest free loans knowing fully well, that Nigeria is not an Islamic country

I don't trust anybody, which includes white people, because betrayal runs in their blood. Even then, we should blame our fore fathers, because they are the one who sold us to the white people and Arabs. We were also enslaving ourselves before the Arabs and White people came into the continent.

Not all the white people are Christians. Some of them are atheist.

Nigerians Christians do care for justice.

The problem in the middle East is about land allocation when the European were ruling palestine and at the same time, I blame their leaders as well. If the leaders of middle east countries want peace they shall have it, but most of them don't want peace.

When you talk about justice, what do you mean ? Do you mean for palestine ? Palestine is a land of the bible. Have you forgotten that christianity evolve from the middle eastern countries ? The early churches.

I have read the middle east problem myself.

I will explain what the trinity is all about :

God's kingdom is made of God the father, God the son and God the holy spirit. we call it blessed trinity. they are not three persons neither are they three gods.

We have the angels. Lucifer is the head of the angels before he and other angels who were subservant to him were chased away from heaven because of their rebellion. Lucifer is the devil or satan we are all talking about.

Below lucifer is Arch Angel Gabriel and Arch Angel Michael and other angels.

I know Idols exist in various forms, we are not worshipping idols. Idols could exist in form of money, pride, all sorts of things.

The greatest problem in the world today are religious spirit and seducing spirit.

As for the issue of North Africans, I am not surprise. You are absolutely right when you said they never saw themselves as Africans. They don't even think like Africans. These are the follwing reasons :

Most of them think see themselves as Arabs and hence think they are better because they see blacks as slaves. Some even call black dirts.

They are more aligned with the countries in the middle east, than with the rest of African countries. If something goes wrong in the middle east countries, they are quick to go and turn to martyrs than if something goes wrong in any other black African countries. The funny thing is that If the North Africans cannot be in the midst of the Arabs in middle east because they will discriminate against them.

All of them have been brought up to have prejudice against blacks by their parents. They don't see anything good in a black person and some don't even see you as a human being.

I am not fanatical about religion, all I want is for black people to love themselves irrespective of religious beliefs. It is alarming how many Southern Nigerians where killed in Northern Nigeria by Nigerian muslims because of the cartoon of Mohammed that was displayed in Denmark
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If she decided to name a teddy bear Muhammad, so what ?

Is Muhammad better than a Teddy bear ??

Prophet Muhammad is not better than a vulture.

You need to see the people of Sudan who are dying of hunger and whose land have been ravaged of war protesting  !!! All the Sudanese are indeed a strange sight to behold.

God have mercy !!!!

Islamic religion is nothing but a big joke to me

They are so intolerant and senseless. That is why their terrorist leaders will tell them to go and kill themselves and they will carry it out , while their leaders will be hiding in caves and other secret places for their lives.

Who is Muhammed that people cannot critise him ?

What is the difference between Muhammed and Osama Bin Laden

God have mercy !!!

@Focused: Thats coming from your mouth. I does not mean it is true, so there.

@Olabowale :

What I saying is right. May God help us in the world we live in.

@Olabowale :

I have a feeling you are a moderate muslim, but maybe we could learn from each other.

The people who carried out Suicide bombing against innocent civilians and the the people who are involved in the 911 attacks do justify their attack from the quran, especially from surah 9:5 and surah 9:29, of which if you read it very well, directly translates to what they are doing

Why are muslims so intolerant ? Why will they want to kill anyone who criticises Mohammed ? God created human being to have choice, to do good or evil.
human being do criticises God, so if they can criticise God, then why can't they speak their mind about what they think of mohammed and his followers ?

Why do the Islamic religion promotes hatred and intolerance against christians and the jews ?

Why is that a christian cannot bring bible into Saudi Arabia ? Afterall Christianity have being existing in Saudi Arabia, before the 7th century Islamic religion.

Why are Nigerians muslims in particular showing solidarity to Arab muslims. These were the same people who enslave black people. These were the same people who don't like blacks. You will not realise this racism, not until you work with Arabs. Would they get the same sympathy from Arab muslims if something goes wrong with Nigerian muslims.

I have found Christians busy themselves with what amounts to mindless attacks on Islam concerning issues that they have no historical context.  Even assuming that some of their arguments are valid as an attacks on the validity of Quran, the same attacks can be labelled on them.  The only thing, it seems, that Christians can always fall back on is the fact the Jesus, the son of Mary, never fought in a war and was "peaceful."  However, they never seem to mention that in the book of revelations, I believe, Jesus will return and fight in a war and kill many Jews.  What do you think the dominionist evangelical Christians of the USA believe.  But, be that as it may, this issue is also not improtant considering the issue of religious validity.  The key question is one of theological belief about God.

We have all heard the arguments for and against the trinity but what is missing in that argument is the real theological question it evokes.  Who is God and what is His nature.  In this issue, Christians fail miserably.  Muslims have the habit it quoting the Bible when arguing about the non-existence of the trinity but when a Christians respond with another verse from the Bible to support their claim, the Muslim is stumped.  why?  Cause he loses sight of the key logical theological question.

Christians and Muslims believe that God is the Alpha and Omega, the one who has no beginning nor end.  He is transcendant and above all of His creation and cannot be compared with his creation which is why He is UNIQUE.  One of the most important verses in the Quran is that "there is nothing like Him."  If there was something like Him, then He will not be Unique nor the Alpha or Omega.

So basically, this is the argument of why Christian theology concerning the trinity and Jesus being god makes no logical or theological sense.  There are two things that exist -God and everything else.  The difference between the two is that God is eternal with no beginning or end, as explained above.  Jesus has a beginning and end.  In fact, according to the Bible, Jesus has several beginnings and ends.  He was born, then died, then resurrected, then he will return and again and fight, and I assume die again.  That hardly sounds like the transcendant God that's worthy of worshipping. 

Anyone that says Jesus is God is a liar.  Not because the Quran says so - which is does - but because Jesus would never say something like that.  Abraham, Adam, Noah, Moses, David, etc, etc all said, you have one God.  Then Jesus comes along and completely puts the world on its head?  Makes no sense because its simply a lie.  Then Muhammad comes along and says the same thing Noah and Abraham etc says.  Just on sheers numbers alone, the lies of those that claims Jesus is God is overpowered.

It simply makes no sense - logically or theologically.

- BY CHANCE

@lakpenne

Let me correct the following misconceptions you seems to have :

Muslim god is allah. allah is an idol in Saudi Arabia. Islamic religion is an Idolatrous, occultic  religion that encourages propagating Islamic religion by force, encourages Jihad, hatred for other religion, promotes polygamy and all sorts of rituals and witchcraft, hence the symbols of a quarter moon and star.

Hence the christians and the muslims are not worshipping the same God. Although we are all from father Abraham.  Muhammad ( who is the founder of this Islamic religion ) is a product of diversion, because if Abraham have patiently waited on the lord just as the lord has promised, this issue of Ishmaelites would not have come up and the world will not be going through all these problems we are going through. Islam religion does not show tolerance at all. Who is mohammed that they should not criticise him ? God who created we (human beings ) gave us a choice, to either do good or evil. Human beings do criticise and challenge God

As a result the christian God is different from your allah.

" YOU SAID IN REVELATION, THAT JESUS SAID HE WILL COME AND FIGHT WITH THE JEWS "


Can you quote where exactly in revelation if what you are saying have any credibility.

Have you forgotten that the Jews and Arabs are related?. They are all children of father Abraham, so why do most muslims have a great hatred for the jews ? Why are muslims against their existence in the middle east ?

99.9% of muslims don't know the bible, and 99% don't even know the Quran. All they know is violence, senseless violence.

" YOU SAID ANYONE WHO SAID JESUS IS GOD IS A LIAR "

First of all, Jesus was conceived through what we called immaculate conception, by the holy spirit, he was born of the virgin mary. he was not born as a result of sexual intercourse, just the way mohammed was born. Jesus is God the son. If you want me to explain more, I will. Your Quran is full of contradictions, that is why when mohammed die, there was no succession.

May God help us. That is why any country that adopts Islam as a state religion will never experience peace.

Hi All

[b]Can anyone please give me viable reason as to why Nigeria is one of the religious countries in the world?

At a point in time Warri (Delta State) was said to have more churches per square mile than any other place in the world.

The are serious ascertions and my own personal take on this is that RELIGION IS THE OPIUM OF THE POOR!!

Hence Nigeria is a country with a lot of people leaving below the poverty line and so they need Salvation from their poverty.

When we achieve our destiny as a nation (Social Welfare) this may spell the end of deceptive reliogious norms and probably evn the decline of religious tension in the country.

Euclidian Geometry is a Farce

The reason why Nigeria is poor is not because of religion. We say we are Independent, but we are still dependent on the white man. We are indebted on the loans we are getting. Nigerians yet unborn is owning the white man.

We say we are free but we are still slaves. A slave is a slave when he have not remove slavery from his mind.

Why do we have to depend on the IMF, World bank and Transparenct International to tell us the state of our country. All these institutions were created by the white man to protect their interest.

The reason why we are poor is because :

our country is not stable (politically),

The leaders are corrupt. Looting is a serious business. Always stealing our money and resources to white man's land, and a white man will never steal his country money to Africa.

We do not have a vision as a country. Even if someone sets a vision, that vision is not followed up.

We are fond of pulling each other down. When one person is about to get to the top we pull him or her down.

We promote mediocres and people who have nothing to offer the country and demote talented people.

Honestly there is a problem in the country.

We don't believe in ourselves.

I think religion is helping us through prayers, that is why we have not disintegrated into bits a long time ago. If you study the history of Nigeria very well, you will see that whenever anything tragic wants to happen, that will break the country, there is always a divine intervention.[/b]

POVERTY!

Religion is the opium of economically oppressed people.

You are right Davidylan, but I don't think poverty is all the reasons. Also mysterious problems is also part of the reason.

Differences between Christianity and Islam :

Islam is a religion. An occultic religion that promotes jihad ( Suicide bombing ), all sorts of rituals, Idolatry (worship of black stone, and quarter moon ), polygamy and polyandry. Mecca is the headquarter of this eastern satanic religion.

They have their own bible (which is the Quran), which is full of contradictions. The quran starts by talking about tolerance and living peacefully with those that persecute you, but latter verses talks of confrontation and hatred.

This is what I mean :

There are 114 verses in the Quran that speak of peace, love and forgiveness, especially in the Surah “The Heifer” (Surah 2: 62, 109, 256) most of these revelations came when prophet Muhammad (sws) was in Mecca and being persecuted by the Quraysh tribe (his own people).


Here is the contradiction :

However subsequent revelations such as Surah 9: 5 taught exactly opposite what Surah 2: 62 taught.


[b]Fundamentalist who carry out suicide bombing and are the ones who call for the spread of Islam by force, and the elimination of the Jewish state (this has nothing to do with the giving back land by Israel) and instilling the moral standards of Islam worldwide normally quote surah 9:5 and Suran 9:29 in defense of what the horrible crime that they commit :

“Fight against those who    :

(1) believe not in Allah,

(2) nor in the Last Day,

(3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His messenger (Muhammad)

(4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islam) among the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah (tax) with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued” The Noble Quran. The above Surah interprets that Muslims fight

• Those who don’t believe in Allah
• Those who don’t believe in the last day
• Those who do things that Allah and Muhammad (sws) forbids
• Those who don’t acknowledge Islam as the truth i.e. “the people of Scripture”, who are the Jews and Christians.

Options for those who do not believe in Allah

• Accept Islam
• Remain a Jew or a Christian but pay Jizyah, typically levied once a year (many Christians minority in Egypt or other Islamic majority countries are forced to pay Jizyah today or they are killed).
• Death [/b]


Muhammad is the founder of this religion. He happens to be one of the the descendants of Ishmael.  After the death of mohammed, there was a problem with succession.

Their belief completely contradicts what Christians believe in.

Their god is ALLAH. Hence Christians and muslims are not worshipping the same God.

They believe that the only way you can get to heaven is by the work of your hands ie (practisng the five pillars of Islam)

They believe that the son that Abraham almost sacrifice was Ishmael

Muslims do not believe Jesus rose on the third day. They also do not believe he will come again.

CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION, AS PEOPLE THINKS, IT IS A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.  There is a big difference between following rules because the Bible says so, rather than following rules because Jesus changed our heart.  The pharisees in the bible are religious but they are sinners.

Jesus to Christians is God the son, but to the muslims it is a prophet


The Church Age - What I mean by the church here is the body of christ not a physical building where people worship

This is a period not foretold by any of the Old Testament prophets. Jesus Christ brokered a different covenant between God and mankind, offering himself as a sacrifice for everyone’s sins (John 3: 16). Jesus was referred to as the seed of Jesse (King David’s father), meaning he was to come from the lineage of the Jews and He was also to be the Messiah the Jews are expecting.

The new covenant of Christ ushered in the Church age with Jesus Christ as the cornerstone, whereby many of us gentiles can be grafted into the lineage of God’s chosen by GRACE, through Jesus Christ being offered as the sacrificial lamb for our sins. We are now in the church age or grace dispensation as many refer to it, and the significant thing about this period is that the age of God dealing with the Jews alone is on hold and the Holy Spirit (rarely seen) under the Old Testament covenant is now available 24/7/365 to lead and direct a believer in Christ.

The church age will end with “the rapture” and the covenant with Israel will resume. Many Jews today do believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah being expected but many don’t. Christ followers in the church age are referred to as “Christians” (they come in different shades – from the real deal to money maker, from black to white to Arabs etc), many Christians who study the Bible and understands it’s content (prophecies) have sympathy for the state of Israel not because they are perfect people but because of God’s promise to them, knowing that God’s promises are always true (regardless of what we think of the promise).

Christians believe that the son Abraham almost sacrifice was Isaac.

Jesus dies and rose again on the third day. We also believe he will come again to judge the living and the dead

Similarities :

Ishmael and Isaac were brothers

Ishmael the father of Arabs, of which Muhammad ( Founder of Islamic faith) is one of his descendants. While Isaac (and his descendants through Israel or Jacob) is the father of the Jews.

They (Muslims) believe just like Christians that Jesus was born by a virgin mary.

I hope that helps.

I hate religion. I hate what it does to people.

Religion is defined as “a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects.”

Jesus said it this way in Mark 7

“Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

Religion is the DEAD FAITH of those now living. Christianity is the LIVING FAITH of those now dead. There is a world of difference between those two.

That’s why I hate religion. Nothing is turning the world away from Jesus more than religion. Religion is a stronghold, a mindset if you will, that is a counterfeit relationship to God.

Religion speaks of duty, obligation, rules, and regulations. Jesus spoke of liberty and freedom. That is what Christianity brings. Not licentiousness or lasciviousness to engage in sin, but freedom from sin. That’s why Jesus came, to destroy sin and its power over our lives.

American Christianity is in trouble. Why do I say that? Check out these statistics from George Barna. Allow me to highlight some of the gory details. In his study of 16-29 year olds’ views of Christianity he found that:

· Just 16% of non-Christians in their late teens and twenties said they have a "good impression" of Christianity.

· Only 3% of 16 - to 29-year-old non-Christians express favorable views of evangelicals.

· 91% of the nation’s evangelicals believe that "Americans are becoming more hostile and negative toward Christianity."

· Christianity is judgmental (87%), hypocritical (85%), old-fashioned (78%).

· Today, 91% of young non-Christians and 80% of young Christians describe Christianity as "anti-homosexual."

· When young people were asked to identify their impressions of Christianity….a common theme was "Christianity in today’s society no longer looks like Jesus."

Researchers said “That’s where the term 'unChristian' came from. Young people are very candid. In our interviews, we kept encountering young people - both those inside the church and outside of it - who said that something was broken in the present-day expression of Christianity.”

According to a recent book by Tom Bissett, 85% children raised in the Church leave the faith when they go to college.

We’ve got trouble….right here in River City. Our kids don’t know what Christianity is all about. We’ve dragged them to church but have neglected to teach them the reality of Jesus. “Rules without relationship lead to rebellion.” We’re losing our kids.

Last Sunday I was speaking in a church that is long on rules. You know the type, good preaching, holy living, but full of Christians who are lacking joy. The Joy of the Lord is your strength. I call it puckered-face Christianity. So many of us try and share Christianity with a frown on our face.

We are told in the book of Revelation “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

It is our testimony that impacts hearts. We must learn to tell our story.

As I was speaking to the congregation I was suddenly hit with an idea. “I would like to take a survey. If you used to struggle with smoking but the Lord gave you victory over cigarettes would you please stand up.”

A few folks sheepishly shuffled to their feet.

“If you have ever been delivered from alcohol, would you please stand.” I continued as a few more rose out of the pew and some of the smokers raised their hands as double-delivered.

“Stand if you have ever been delivered from a dirty mouth.” Now the folks were beginning to chuckle as some hardened cussers looked at their spouses and giggled.

One by one I reminded them of what Jesus had done in their life. “Anger, fear, greed, gossip…” I continued. Soon nearly everyone in the building was standing…and smiling. The joy of the Lord was present.

“Don’t you understand, that is what a lost and dying world is looking for? They are looking for the power, a sign that Jesus is real. You have risen to your feet this morning and testified to the miraculous power of Jesus in your life. ‘They overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of their testimony…’ For heaven’s sake, go outside of this building and tell someone what Jesus did in your life. Your testimony has power.” Instead, we try to “lead people to Christ.”

I came to Jesus as a result of my sister being miraculously healed of cancer twenty-two years ago this month. She was a “new” Christian, who had been raised in “religion,” but she had come to KNOW Jesus and she began to tell everyone what Jesus had done in her life. That was all that she talked about. The Lord used her testimony and radically-transformed life to woo me to Him.

I hear all of the time from Christians who don’t know how to “share their faith.” They always seem to be afraid that they don’t know enough, or won’t use the right words. They think THEY have to close the deal. “Help me Coach. I want to be bolder, but I am afraid I won’t be able to answer all of their questions. I ‘m afraid I won’t know what to say.” You see, they are worried about all of that “religious” stuff they have learned in church.

Here is my advice. “Tell them what you know. Don’t tell them what you don’t know. Tell them what Jesus did for you. Talk about Jesus. Admit that you don’t understand all of the rules and regulations, but that you know that Jesus is real. Tell them what He did in your life! Let your story tell the story.”

When Jesus healed the blind man the “religious world” wanted the formerly-blind man to explain it. He didn’t get bogged down in the law, and the religious tradition. He simply shared what he knew to be true. “…one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.” He told them what he knew, not what he didn’t know.

Unfortunately, Christianity is being identified by what it is against, rather than by the transforming power of Jesus. When we teach a Christianity full of rules and regulations we lead them from one form of bondage to another. It is called legalism, the ‘leaven of the Pharisees, in other words, “Jesus plus our man-made rules.”

There is a big difference between following rules because the Bible says so, rather than following rules because Jesus changed our heart.

CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION,

IT IS A RELATIONSHIP.

I’m not a softy. I stand against evil, I don’t believe in cheap Grace. I stare the Devil in the face and then I speak about Jesus. I tell my story. There is nothing like the power of a transformed life.

Jesus has the power to deliver, to set the captives free. That is why He came. Let YOUR STORY lead them to Jesus.

Psalm 51:12-13 “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.”

How do I know? I once was lost and now I am found. I was blind and now I see.

To be candid to those trying to defend Islam  :

Islamic religion is a satanic religion. A demonic religion where violence and terrorism is seriously promoted. Muhammad is the father of terrorist. A religion that promotes polygamy, Jihad (Suicide bombing), hatred and Idolatry ( Worship of black stone, a quarter moon , of which Mecca is the headquarter of their dark kingdom).

A religion that promotes polygamy, knowing fully well that polygamy is a serious threat to the institution of marriage.
Half moon is a symbol of witchcraft. Anyone who have ever lived in a riverine area, will notice that once there is a full moon, Insanity is normally on the rise.

In short, may God help us and save us from the demon of religion.

To everyone :

The biggest problem in today's world is religion, which I called demonology. Honestly the devil is capitalising on the ignorance of people and he is using this ignorance to create serious hatred amongst people. So any religion that encourages its followers to hate or kill other people simply because they don't practise the same religion as theirs, is not from GOD, but from the devil. Santity of life should be respected irrespective of different views and oppinions.

For any marriage to withstand the storms of life and for it to last a life time, there must be strong love between the man and the woman. Also marriage itself needs maintenance. There has to be God in between a man and a woman, if the marriage is going to last, Whether a muslim man choose to marry a muslim woman or a christian man choose to marry a christian woman.

If you are very religious person, in order to peace to reign, it is better to marry a girl from your own religion. By so doing you have solved 90% of the problem.

Bread winner my ass, I know of a couple who split the bills. The husband pays the house rent, the wife pays the children's school fees e.t.c they both work with MTN Nigeria. My advise for guys is to always stay away from financially dependent woman, they are like pest.When guys are struggling to become successful in school, them girls are f**king around, visiting Silverbird galleria, day and night,the most annoying part is when a girl who's popsie can't buy a bicycle tyre says she can't date a guy without ride,anyway after failing out of school they'll be looking for bread winner, though some girls are exceptional, some become CEO's, some make it to Havard University,Yale,MIT,some are very hardworking,those are my kind of girls, I can date a beautiful stupid girl just for fu+ks sake but marry one,Hell No! I'd rather marry a ugly, intelligent, hardworking woman, Woman eat, men eat. Women go to University, Men do. Women got one head,Men do. Why must they depend on us then? Some parts of Europe where things are damn expensive, husband and wife split bills.
Talking about lies, it's no news that the number of stupid girls overweighs the intelligent ones, so those that enjoy lies are the stupid ones, that's why so many girls here on Nairaland would claim good girls like bad guys because they are fun, this and that. That also shows the high rate foolish girls on nairaland. For no reason would an intelligent, hardworking, God fearing, emotionally stable, sane girl prefer a bad guy.
Poster they are very few but u'll surely find your special kind of girl

You are perfectly right

Girls its time for change

Al Queda was in Tanzania. Al Queda was involved in the diamond issue in sierra leone and angola. Heck, even in America to an extent. Is Nigeria then impenetrable

May God save us O from these ruthless Islamic terrorist !!!!!!!!

Why generalize?

This is a disease which common to every woman especially African woman. They use money and other material things as a yard stick to measure a man that they want.

@poster,
did u meet such women? You're lucky! Experience is your best teacher.

Yes I have met such woman before and I have discovered that women have a way of communicating which is somehow different from the we men communicate

lie is sweet, but i prefer when a guy tells me "abeg, that hairstyle makes u look ugly" than to be prancing around wit it. if u get my drift

lie is sweet but it will hurt you more at the end of the day. Are you sure if a guy tells you that you are ulgy. You will be happy with the guy ?