The difference between The Bible and The Quran

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This discussion is about useful tips on reading and understanding the bible, the discussion is mainly based on the work of Ahmed Deedat, Ahmed Hussein Deedat (July 1, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was a Muslim apologist, writer, charismatic public speaker and Islamic missionary of Indian-South African descent, He was best known for his numerous inter-religious public debates with evangelical Christians, as well as pioneering video lectures most of which centered around Islam, Christianity and the Bible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Deedat In one of his books, the book is titled ( Is the Bible the Word of God ? ) He tried to answer the question about the Bible being the word of God or not, on trying to answer this question He Mentioned that: On reading the Bible there is there are three grades of evidence and He said: We have no hesitation in acknowledging that in the Bible, there are three different kinds of witnessing recognizable without any need of specialized training. These are: 1 - You will be able to recognize in the Bible what may be described as "The Word of God." 2 - You will also be able to discern what can be described as the "Words of a Prophet of God." 3 - And you will most readily observe that the bulk of the Bible is the records of eye witnesses or ear witnesses, or people writing from hearsay. As such they are the "Words of a Historian." Different types of evidences in the Bible. The following quotations will make the position crystal clear: The First Type: "The Word of God." ( a ) I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. [ Deuteronomy 18:18 ] ( b ) I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. [ Isaiah 43:11 ] Note the first person pronoun singular (highlighted) in the above references, and without any difficulty you will agree that the statements seem to have the sound of being God's word. The Second Type: "Words of a Prophet of God." ( a ) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [ Matthew 27:46 ] ( b ) And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: [ Mark 12:29 ] ( c ) And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. [ Mark 10:18 ] Even a child will be able to affirm that: Jesus "cried," Jesus "answered," and Jesus "said," are the words of the one to whom they are attributed, i.e. the words of a Prophet of God. The Third Type: "Words of a Historian." ( a ) And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he(Jesus) came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet [ Mark 11:13 ] The bulk of the Bible is a witnessing of this Third kind. These are the words of a third person. Note the highlighted pronouns. They are not the Words of God or of His prophet, but the words of historian. For the Muslim it is quite easy to distinguish the above types of evidence, because he also has them in his own faith. But of the followers of the different religions, he is the most fortunate in this that his various records are contained in separate Books! 1 - The word of God is found in a Book called The Holy Quran 2 - The words of a of a Prophet of God ( Muhammad PBUH ) are recorded in the Books of Tradition called The Hadith. 3 - The Words of a Historian in Islam abounds in different volume of Islamic history, written by some of high integrity and learning, and others of lesser trustworthiness, but the Muslim advisedly keeps his Books in separate volumes! The Muslim keeps the above three types of evidence jealously apart, in their proper gradations of authority. He never equates them. On the other hand, the "Holy Bible" contains a motley type of literature, which composes the embarrassing kind, the sordid, and the obscene - all under the same cover - A Christian is forced to concede equal spiritual import and authority to all, and is thus unfortunate in this regard. How long do Christians out there agree with this ? All the works of Ahmed Deedat: http://www.openchoice.org/ Thanks, Best Regards