Historical Source of Islam
Historians, linguists, and archeologists have dug into this question for
over a century. Various archeological digs in Arabia and throughout the
Middle East have uncovered the answer: Islam is a modern version of the
ancient fertility religion of the moon god. Once this is grasped, the rise
and history of Islam becomes clear.
The Arab conquests were made possible because the central powers in the
Middle East had exhausted themselves in wars against each other. They were
not able to fight off wave after wave of Arab armies which subdued entire
nations with merciless slaughter, rape and plunder.
Conquering Armies
The Arabs destroyed some of the wonders of the ancient world such as the
world famous library in Alexandria, Egypt, They destroyed many ancient
churches and synagogues. Anthropologists have recorded how the Arabs
destroyed the cultural
heritage of any nation which fell under their sword.
Who were these Arabs? They obviously were not Christians because they
destroyed churches and murdered priests wherever they went. Obviously, they
were not Jews because they persecuted Jews without pity. This is seen today
in their hatred of Israel and the many wars and acts of terrorism waged
against Jews throughout the world.
If the Arab hordes which swept over the ancient world were not Christians
or Jews, then what were they? They were pagans who worshipped a pagan god
called Allah and followed pagan rites which were practiced in Arabia long
before the religion of Islam evolved.
Islam Denies God
These facts of history reveal that Islam does not worship the same God
worshipped by Christians. Why?
Christians worship one God and Muslims worship a different deity called
Allah, who did not robe himself in flesh and come to earth to die for us. He
has no son, begotton or otherwise.
Since the religion found in the Bible teaches that God is The Creator, the
savior and the comforter it does not take a Ph.D. to see that Islam did not
come from the Bible. Thus it is not the religion of the biblical prophets,
apostles or Jesus.
Pagan Origins
Similar to the origins of other false doctrines, Islam's origins have been
traced back by scholars to the ancient fertility religion of the worship of
the moon god which was always the dominant religion of Arabia. The moon god
was worshipped by praying toward Mecca several times a day, making an annual
pilgrimage to the Kabah which was a temple of the moon god, running around
the Kabah seven times, caressing an idol of a black stone set in the wall of
the Kabah, running between two hills, making animal sacrifices, gathering on
Fridays for prayers, giving alms to the poor, etc.. These were pagan rites
practiced by the Arabs long before Muhammad was born.
Some Muslims may point to the so-called Christian feasts of Christmas and
Easter being pagan in origins. I agree. They are pagan in origin! That is
the reason I teach people to not indulge in Christmas and Easter as a form
of worship to God, because the New Testament teaches that we are not to
observe any holy days, or months or years (Gal. 4:10-11). Keeping
Christmas and Easter as a non-religious time of gift-giving is okay. But we
do not worship God with it.
The Crescent Moon
What religion today practices the pagan rites of the moon god?
Islam!
This explains why the crescent moon is the symbol of Islam. It is placed
on top of mosques and minarets and displayed on hats, flags, rugs, amulets
and even jewelry. Every time you see the Muslim symbol of a crescent moon,
you are seeing the ancient symbol of the moon god.
Denial Not a Refuge
Does the average Muslim know that he is worshipping a moon god?
No.
Does he know why the crescent moon symbol sits on top of his mosque?
No.
Is he shocked and perhaps angered at these facts of history?
Yes.
But can mere denial or angry threats refute the fact that Islam is nothing
more than a modern version of the ancient religion of the moon god Allah?
No.
The average Muslim has been kept in the dark by the Mullahs and Imams who
would lose their power if the truth ever got out.
Common Logical Fallacies Made By Muslims
Christians must be prepared to answer the typical objections made against
the Gospel. Most of the objections are based on simple logical fallacies.
The following is a list of some of the most common fallacies used by
Muslims.
Note: The average Muslim does not know that his arguments are logically
erroneous. He is sincere in his beliefs. Thus you must be patient and kind
in sharing with him why his arguments are invalid.
1. The Fallacy of False Assumptions: In logic as well as in law, "historical
precedent" means that the burden of proof rests on those who set forth new
theories and not on those whose ideas have already been verified. The old
tests the new. The already established authority judges any new claims to
authority.
Since Islam came along many centuries after Christianity, Islam has the
burden of proof and not Christianity. The Bible tests and judges the Qur'an.
When the Bible and The Qur'an contradict each other, the Bible must
logically be given first place as the older authority. The Qur'an is in
error until it proves itself.
Some Muslims violate the principle of historical precedent by asserting that
Islam does not have the burden of proof and that the Qur'an judges the
Bible.
2. Arguing in a circle: If you have already assumed in your premise what you
are going to state in your conclusion, then you have ended where you began
and proven nothing.
If you end where you began, you got nowhere.
Examples:
#1 Proving Allah by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by Allah.
#2 Proving Muhammad by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by
Muhammad.
#3 Proving Islam by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by Islam.
3. False Analogy: Comparing two things as if they are parallel when they are
not really the same at all.
Examples:
#1 Many Muslims erroneously assume that Muslims and Christians share the
same concepts of God, revelation, inspiration, textual preservation, the
Bible, prophethood, biblical history, conversion, etc...
#2 Because a false analogy is drawn between Islam and Christianity, some
Muslims think that any argument which refutes the Qur'an will likewise
refute the Bible; any argument which refutes Muhammad will also refute Jesus
Christ, etc...
#3 For example, many Muslims claim that Muhammad and all prophets were
sinless. They even deny that Abraham was an idol worshipper. Thus when a
Christian points out all the wicked things that Muhammad did (mass murder,
child abuse, lying, etc.), the Muslims will say, "If you are right, then you
must also reject your biblical prophets for doing wicked things as well."
What he is really saying is, "If you reject my prophet, then you must
reject your prophets as well. If Muhammad was a false prophet, then your
prophets are false as well."
The root problem is that the Muslim concept of prophethood is not the same
as the Christian concept of prophethood. We teach that prophets sin like
anyone else. Thus while Islam is refuted by the sins of Muhammad,
Christianity is not jeopardized at all. The Muslim is guilty of setting up a
"false analogy."
Whenever a Muslim responds to a Christian attack on the Qur'an, Muhammad,
or Allah by flipping the argument around and applying it to the Bible, Jesus
or the Godhead as if Islam and Christianity either stand or fall together,
he is guilty of the fallacy of false analogy. Islam can be false and
Christianity be true at the same time.
4. The Fallacy of Irrelevance: When you introduce issues which have no
logical bearing on the subject under discussion, you are using irrelevant
arguments.
Examples:
#1 Some Muslims argue, "The Qur'an is the Word of God because the text of
the Qur'an has been preserved perfectly." This argument is erroneous for two
reasons:
a. Factually, the text of the Qur'an has not been preserved perfectly.
The text has additions, deletions, conflicting manuscripts, and variant
readings like any other ancient writing.
b. Logically, it is irrelevant whether the text of the Qur'an has been
preserved because preservation does not logically imply inspiration. A book
can be perfectly copied without implying its inspiration.
#2 When Muslims attack the character and motives of anyone who criticizes
Islam, they are using irrelevant arguments. The character of someone is no
indication of whether he is telling you the truth. Good people can lie and
evil people can tell the truth. Thus whenever a Muslim uses slurs such as
"mean," "dishonest," "racist," "liar," "deceptive," etc., he is not only
committing a logical fallacy but also revealing that he cannot
intellectually defend his beliefs.
#3 When confronted with the pagan origins of the Qur'an, some Muslims
defend the Qur'an by answering, "So what! Didn't you Christians get
Christmas from the pagans?"
This argument is erroneous for several reasons.
a. It is a false analogy to parallel the pagan origins of the rites
commanded in the Qur'an with the present day holidays nowhere commanded in
the Bible. What some modern day Christians do on Dec. 25th has no logical
bearing on what the Qur'an commands Muslims to do (eg. the Pilgrimage, the
Fast, etc.).
b. It is irrelevant that some Christians choose to celebrate the birth
of Christ. Since the Bible nowhere commands it, it is a matter of personal
freedom. But Muslims are commanded in the Qur'an to believe and practice
many things which came from the paganism of that day.
c. The Muslim by using this argument is actually admitting that the
Qur'an was not "sent down" but fabricated from pagan sources. This means he
has become an unbeliever (Surah 25:4-6).
#4 Some Muslims argue that the Qur'an is the Word of God because it
contains some historically or scientifically accurate statements. This
argument is irrelevant. Just because a book is correct on some historical or
scientific point does not mean it is inspired. You cannot take the
attributes of a part and apply it to the whole. A book can be a mixture of
true and false statements. Thus it is a logical fallacy to argue that the
entire Qur'an is true if it makes one true statement.
When a Muslim argues that history or science "proves" the Qur'an, this
actually means that he is acknowledging that history and science can
likewise refute the Qur'an. If the Qur'an contains just one historical error
or one scientific error, then the Qur'an is not the Word of God.
Verification and falsification go hand in hand.
#5 The present meaning of a word is irrelevant to what it meant in ancient
times. The word "Allah" is a good example. When confronted by the historical
evidence that the word was used by pagan Arabs in pre-Islamic times to refer
to a high god who was married to the sun-goddess and had three daughters,
some Muslims will quote dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. to prove (sic)
that "Allah means God." They are thus using modern definitions to define
what the word meant over a thousand years ago! What "Allah" means now has no
bearing on what it meant before Muhammad.
5. The Fallacy of Equivocation: If we assume that everyone has the same
definition of such words as God, Jesus, revelation, inspiration, prophet,
miracle, etc., we are committing a very simple logical fallacy.
#1 When a Muslim says, "Christians and Muslims worship the same God," he
is committing the fallacy of equivocation. Christians and Muslims do not
worship the same God.
#2 When a Muslim says, "We believe in Jesus too," he is committing the
fallacy of equivocation. The "Jesus" of the Qur'an is not the Jesus of the
Bible. Islam preaches "another Jesus" (II Cor. 11:4).
The Jesus of the Bible is the Son of God, God incarnate, who died on the
cross for our sins. But the "Jesus" of the Qur'an is not the Son of God and
he did not die on the cross for our sins. Thus it is erroneous for Muslims
to tell Christians that they believe in Jesus, too.
#3 When a Muslim assumes that Christians have the same concept of
revelation as Muslims, he is guilty of the fallacy of equivocation.
According to Islam, the Qur'an was written in heaven by Allah and has no
earthly sources. When we prove that it comes from earthly sources, this
threatens the inspiration of the Qur'an.
On the other hand, the Bible does not claim that it dropped out of heaven
one day. It openly quotes from earthly sources. It uses pre-existing sources
without any difficulty whatsoever, Thus while the Qur'an is threatened by
historical sources, the Bible is actually confirmed by them.
#4 When a Muslim tells you that the word "Allah" has only one meaning:
"the one, true, universal God," he is assuming a fallacy. The word "allah"
has many different meanings.
a. It can be used as a generic term like the English word "God." Thus it
can be applied to any god or goddess regardless if a true or false god is in
view. (ex. The "Allahs" of Hinduism.)
b. The Nation of Islam uses it to refer to Wallace Dodd Ford, Elijah
Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan as "Allah" and teaches that all black people
are "Allahs."
c. It has been used by some Christians in Arabic speaking countries as a
generic name God.
d. It was used in pre-Islamic times by pagan Arabs to refer to the
moon-god who was the father of al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat.
e. It is used by Muslims to refer to their god.
Islam and Christianity do not worship the same God. The Christian worships
the Jesus Christwhile the Muslim worships Allah.
6. The Fallacy of Force: The Qur'an commands Muslims to wage war against
non-Muslims and apostates (Surah 5:33; 9:5, 29).
Some Muslims use a false analogy to answer this argument. They respond by
saying, "Well, what about the Crusades? You Christians use violence just
like Muslims."
It is logically erroneous to set up a parallel between Muslims killing
people in obedience to the Qur'an and Christians killing people in
disobedience to the Bible. While the Qur'an commands Jihad, the New
Testament forbids it.
7. The Fallacy Of Confusing Questions of Fact with Questions of Relevance:
Whether something is factually true is totally different from the issue of
whether you feel it is relevant. The two issues must be kept separate.
Examples:
#1 When a Christian argues that some of the beliefs and rituals of the
Qur'an came from pre-Islamic Arab paganism, the Muslim will deny it at
first. But as more and more evidence is given, the Muslim will often do a
flip-flop and begin arguing, "So what! Didn't you Christians get Christmas
from the pagans?" The Muslim has now committed three fallacies:
a. The "So what!" argument is dealing with the issue of relevance, not
fact. You must stop the Muslim at that point and ask him, "Since you are now
dealing with the issue of whether the pagan origins of the Qur'an are
relevant, does this mean that you are now agreeing to the fact of the pagan
origins of Islam?"
b.. The Muslim has also committed the fallacy of equivocation, The Bible
is not threatened by historical sources. It freely refers to them and even
quotes them (Acts 17: 28). But the Qur'an denies that it has any earthly
historical sources (Surah 25:4-6).
c. He also committed the fallacy of false analogy. The Bible and the
Qur'an are two totally different books. The inspiration of the Bible does
not depend upon the fate of the Qur'an because what Muslims claim for the
Qur'an is not what Christians claim for the Bible.
8. Phonic Fallacies: The phonetic sound of a word should not be used to
twist its meaning. For example,
a. Some Muslims try to prove that the word "Allah" is in the Greek New
Testament because of the Greek word alla. But while the word is pronounced
"alla," it only means "but" in Greek. It has nothing to do with the Arabic
"Allah."
b. Some Muslims have claimed that the word "Allah" is in the Bible because
the Biblical word "Allelujah." They then mispronounce the word as
"Allah-lujah" But "Allelujah" is not a compound Arabic word with "Allah"
being the first part of the word. It is a Hebrew word with the name of God
being "JAH" (or Yahweh) and the verb "alle" meaning "praise to." It means
"praise to Yahweh." The Arabic word "Allah" is not in the word.
c. The same error is found in the Muslim argument that the word "Baca"
(Psa. 94:6) really means "Mecca." The valley of Baca is in northern Israel.
d. Some Muslims have tried to go from "Amen" to "Ahmed" to "Mohammed!"
Such nonsense is beyond belief.
9. "Red Herring" Arguments: When a Muslim is asked to defend the Qur'an, if
he turns around and attacks the reliability of the Bible, the deity of
Christ, the Crusades, etc., he is introducing irrelevant issues that have no
logical bearing on the truthfulness of Islam. He is trying to divert
attention from Islam to other issues.
Furthermore, he is assuming that if he can refute the Bible, then the Qur'an
wins by default. If he can refute the deity of Jesus Christ, then Allah wins
by default. But this is logically erroneous. You cannot prove your position
by refuting someone else's position. The Bible and the Qur'an could both be
wrong. Muslims must prove their own book.
10. Straw Man Arguments: When you put a false argument into the mouth of
your opponent and then proceed to knock it down, you have only created a
"straw man" argument, Muslims sometimes either misunderstand or deliberately
misquote the arguments Christians give them.
Example:
Some Muslims have built a "straw man" argument that claims that we teach,
"The Qur'an teaches that Allah is the Moon-god and that Muslims knowingly
believe in and worship the Moon-god and his daughters." They then knock down
this "straw man" argument and claim victory. Of course, we never said such
nonsense. What we have said is that while the Qur'an claims that Allah is
God and Muslims think they are worshipping the one true God, in reality they
are worshipping a false god preached by a false prophet according to a false
book.
Conclusion
The average Muslim has been deceived by Muslim apologists who use such
logical fallacies without regard to reason, fact or honesty. But there are
many Muslims who want to be rational in their religion and thus have an open
mind to rational discourse. Once they see that their arguments are based on
logical fallacies, they will be open to the wonderful news that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God who died for our sins on the cross.
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