[Coach]

TM,

>Whats this business with a prayer (i.e PBUH) after the name of
>Jesus. Jesus is nowhere in a tomb BUT He is alive and reigns
>on high.

It is a mark of respect Muslims have for ALL of God's Messengers. Whenever we mention them we add Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH), it has nothing with someone beaing dead. We also greet each other by saying 'Assalamu Alilkum...' meaning 'peace, mercy and blessing be upon you...'.



>One of my problems with Muhammed is that he has 'deceived'
>many people to think that they can one day stand before a Holy
>and perfect God....and claim that their 'goodness compared to
>their badness' while on earth merits them a place with God for
>ethernity. Millions are dying today in their sins cause the
>anti christ lie.

One man's truth is another man's lies. Ask ATLian and his ilk and they'll tell you that YOU are the one living a lie.


>ati....and cause Muslims 'love' Moses and Jesus they are sort
>of correct. People have been hated and loved for many
>different reasons- false or truth.

True, but we love ALL the Messengers of God and have a lot of respect for them. It is one of the tenets of faith to believe in all the Messengers of God and one is not a Muslim if he/she doesn't believe in His Messengers.





>Always wondering, Since the time of
>Abraham...Moses...Joshua...King
>David....Elijah....Daniel...John the Baptist, God always used
>Jewish prophets for a particular purpose.....WHY DID HE jump
>onto a Gentile prophet in the name of Muhammed?

Muslims believe that every people on earth have been sent a Prophet/Messenger. This is why we agree with some aspects of the Veda, Upanishad and other religion's scriptures for they have divine origin but in the case of i.e. Hinduuism polytheism has taken root and the original Messgae got lost in the midst.

Muslims believe that there have been around 300 000 Prophets sent by God but there are 25 mentionned in the Qur'an. The Prophets that have come after Abraham(Abraham [PBUH] was NOT a Jew) have mainly been Jews (descendants of Isack PBUH) while Mohamed PBUH is the descendant of Ishmael PBUH. Prophet's are not sent exclusively to Jews, and Muslims believe that even Africans, Latin Americans etc have been sent Messengers throughout history. This is why you find that despite people living in different areas of the globe they have similar views on values, morals, the belief in a Higher Being etc.



"...Since that time Muslims have questioned the integrity of the Bible. Their argument is not only contradicted by the Qurfan, but also by the ever-increasing strong archaeological and historical arguments, which support the genuineness of the Bible. Besides, why should anyone, for any reason, attempt to change the Word of God?"

I find this to be ironic! The Christians don't agree on the authenticity of parts of the Bible among themselves. The Protestants omit the seven Pseudepigraphal books while the Catholics recognise them as "words of God". So who is right? If you (Christians) can't decide which is RIGHT then what is an 'outsider' to make of it? There are also about 17 (!) English versions of the Bible and with every version you have different words, with the differeing words comes different intepretations and the essence is eventually lost!