List of Osama Abdallah's fabricated lies & deliberate alteration of quotes, WITH CLEAR-CUT PROOFS!

 

Quennel Gale

 

Recently Osama Abdallah has gone on a tyraid accusing anybody who disagrees with Islam, a liar and various other names. On his latest article he has accused Mr. Craig Winn of lying against Islam and Muhammad.

 

http://www.answering-christianity.com/craig_winns_list_of_lies.htm

 

 

What Mr. Abdallah seems to forget is that there exists an abundance of evidence of his lies and misrepresentations against others. In this article we will demonstrate many of these lies from time memorial and prove to you once and for all that “a true liar can’t afford to call others by the same name”. We begin here:

LIE #1. ADAM 90 FEET? BUT WAIT SINCE IT WAS WRONG IT ISN’T HIS FAULT THOUGH HE SAID IT WAS RIGHT FOR OVER 2 YEARS!

Here is the first evidence we present to you regarding Osama Abdallah lying, taken from his own website:

http://www.answering-christianity.com/adam_90_feet_tall.htm

While I openly admitted and still admit (because I have nothing to fear) that I was wrong in not posting a WARNING MESSAGE on the top of the article, telling the reader that this article requires further investigation, but I assumed that it was pretty much self-explanatory and that my readers did understand my intentions because I got used to so many contributions to my site's articles.

The reason why I removed this article was not because Jochen Katz exposed me as he so hopelessly convinced himself to have accomplished, but rather because I finally came to the conclusion after so many debates on my previous message board right in front of Jochen Katz' eyes (since he was a participant on my board) that the Hadiths (the collections of Prophet Muhammad's Sayings) are like the Bible; they are filled with man's corruption.

Osama tries to cover up his obvious blunder on Adam by throwing out this information on the Hadith and the Bible. However, Osama failed to tell you that Denis Giron made up this claim which Mr. Katz pointed out:

http://www.answering-islam.org/Responses/Osama/90feet-adam.htm

Even Mr. Giron showed how stupid and naďve Osama Abdallah truly is and how he duped him:

http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/profiles2.html

To show you just how silly Osama is to the apologetic world, look what his own fellow Muslim Nadir Ahmed wrote about him:

Debate Review:

Is Muhammad(P) a True Prophet?

Osama Abdullah vs. Sam Shamoun

http://www.examinethetruth.com/

The foolish, ignorant and sloppy Osama Abdullah smashes the Bible irrevocably, and exposes Sam Shamoun’s Lord and Savior as nothing more than a “rat” on the run, thus winning the debate.


Osama Abdullah, has to be one of the worst debaters I have ever seen. He had probably one of the worst performance imaginable, and because of his stupidity, he was a complete embarrassment for Islam. For the most part, he was self contradictory, delusional, and at times out right absurd, but in spite of all that, in the end, he pulled through and won the debate, proving Prophet Muhammed(P) was a true Prophet and the Bible a corrupt document. To Sam Shamoun’s credit, he did do a good job of exposing Osama Abdullah as a fool who conducts shoddy research. The over confident Shamoun clearly demonstrated that Osama’s website http://www.answering-christianity.org/
is well over rated, and is not all that meets the eye, as Osama would like people to think. But that is where it ended for Shamoun.

See this for yourself; Stupid, Absurd, Delusional. Perfect descriptions of Osama Abdallah. For more on how Sam exposed Nadir Ahmed and his red herring, even though it was Nadir who called Osama all these wonderful names, please see here:

http://www.answering-islam.org/Responses/NA/debate-review.htm

 

LIE #2. CLAIMING THAT SOLOMON WAS COMMITTING “ILLEGAL SEX”!

 

The book of Song of Songs:

"Verse 1 appears to ascribe authorship to Solomon. Solomon is referred to seven times, and several verses speak of the 'king', but whether he was the author remains an open question.  (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 997)"

 

"Two lovers, Solomon and a Shulamite girl, express their feelings for one another, with occasional comments made by friends.  (From the King James Version Commentary, page 945)"

 

Notice how he quoted part of the KJV commentary. Then he tries to argue from his site:

 

The KJV Bible's Theologians and Historians say that the porn-full book talks about Solomon and his lover.  But we don't know whether it was Solomon who wrote this book or not, nor do we know whether this is some ridiculous poem and a lie written after he died or not.

 

One must ask a simple question here:  Why should there be "lovers" in the Bible?  Why should there be illegal sex and disgusting pornography in the Bible? - http://www.answering-christianity.com/authors_gospels.htm

Notice the term “illegal sex”. What is illegal sex in Islam? Dr. Shahid Athar explains:

Concept of Adultery in Islam

God says in the Quran, "Do not go near to adultery. Surely it is a shameful deed and evil, opening roads (to other evils)" (17:32). "Say, 'Verily, my Lord has prohibited the shameful deeds, be it open or secret, sins and trespasses against the truth and reason"' (7:33). "Women impure are for men impure, and men impure are for women impure and women of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are for women of purity" (24:26). Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), has said in many place that adultery is one of the three major sins. However the most interesting story is that of a young man who went to the Prophet and asked for permission to fornicate because he could not control himself. The Prophet dealt with him with reasoning and asked him if he would approve of someone else having illegal sex with his mother, sister, daughter or wife. Each time the man said 'no'. Then the Prophet replied that the woman with whom you plan to have sex is also somebody's mother, sister, daughter or wife. The man understood and repented. The Prophet prayed for his forgiveness.

Adultery is a crime not against one person but against the whole of society. It is a violation of marital contract. 50% of all first time marriages in this country result in divorce in two years and the main reason for divorce is the adultery of one of the partners. Adultery, which includes both pre-marital and extra marital sex, is an epidemic in this society. Nobody seems to listen to the Bible which says frequently, "Thou shall not commit adultery." The Quranic approach is, "Do not approach adultery."

What does it mean that not only is illegal sex prohibited, but anything which leads to illegal sex is also illegal? These things include dating, provocative dress, nudity, obscenity and pornography. The dress code both for men and women is to protect them from temptation and desires by on lookers who may lose self-control and fall into sin. "Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that will make for greater purity, and God is well acquainted with all they do. And say to the believing woman that they should lower their gaze, and guard their modesty" (24:30-3 1).

Concept of Marriage in Islam

Islam recognizes the strong sexual urge and desire for reproduction. Thus Islam encourages marriage as a legal sexual means and as a shield from immorality (sex without commitment). In Islam the marriage of a man and woman is not just a financial and legal living arrangement, not even just for reproduction, but providing a total commitment to each other, a contract witnessed by God. Love and joy of companionship is a part of the commitment. A married couple assumes a new social status and responsibility for himself, his wife and his children and for the community. The Quran says, "Among His signs is that He created consorts for you from among yourself, so that you may find tranquillity with them, and (He) set love and compassion between you. Verily in this are signs for people who reflect" (30:21).

Sayings of prophet Mohammed

"Marriage is my tradition. He who rejects my tradition is not of me" (Bukhari, Muslim).

"Marriage is half of religion. The other half is being God-fearing" (Tabarani, Hakim).

In Islam there is no fixed rule as to the age of marriage. It is becoming fashionable for young Muslim men not to marry until they have completed their education, have a job, or reached age 26-30 or more. Similarly young Muslim girls say they want to marry after age 24. Why? When asked, they say, "I am not ready for it." Not ready for what? Don't they have normal sexual desire? If the answer is yes, then they have only one of the two choices a) marry or b) postpone sex (abstinence until they marry). The Quran says, "Let those who find not the where withal for marriage, to keep them selves chaste till God find them the means from His Grace" (24:33).

The Prophet said, "Those of you who own the means should marry, otherwise should keep fasting for it curbs desires" (Ibn Massoud). The Western reason for delaying marriage is different than ours. When I suggested this to one of my sexually active young female patients, she bluntly said, "I don't want to sleep with the same guy every night."  - http://www.islamfortoday.com/athar19.htm

 

As you can clearly see here, “ILLEGAL SEX” IN ISLAM IS ADULTERY or fornication. So Osama Abdallah is claiming that Song of Song’s is pornographic because Solomon is allegedly committing adultery! He even uses the KJV quote below to try and prove his point. Notice in green shade what he quoted and what the full quote actually says:

Two lovers, Solomon and A Shulamite girl, express their feelings for one another, with occasional comments made by friends. The book has no narrative sections, being composed entirely of speeches to each other. The Song of Solomon is a celebration OF MARITAL LOVE, UNABASHEDLY PHYSICAL AND EARTHLY (though not lewd). While the song is a straightforward love song, not an allegory, Christians do know that behind the bliss OF MARITAL LOVE stands the eternal love of God, which sanctifies the love of men and women. HUSBANDS AND WIVES can love each other with physical delight because they know the spirit of Christ purifies all human relationships (From the King James Version Commentary, page 945)" Full Quote

 

There is no porn found here. This is between a husband and a wife SO OSAMA LIED ABOUT SOLOMON! If Osama has a problem with this then why did he get married and have a kid? Is he committing porn?

 

LIE#3. SAYS THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT WOMEN’S VAGINAS WHEN HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW THE HEBREW WORD FOR VAGINA LET ALONE FINDING IT IN THE HEBREW TEXT!

 

His sister's vagina tastes like "wine":

"How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince's daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of a craftsman's hands.  Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wineYour waist is a mound of wheat encircled by liliesYour breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.  Your neck is like an ivory tower.  Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbi.
.......

I said 'I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.'  May your breasts be like the clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples, and your mouth like the best wine.  (The NIV Bible, Song of Songs 7:1-4, 8-9)"

 

According to the documentary film "Sex in the Bible" on A&E TV Station, the Hebrew translation to "Your naval" is referring to the woman's VAGINA.  The English translators substituted the word "NAVEL" WITH "VAGINA."  Please rent a copy of the movie and watch it.  This was sent to me by my dear brother in Islam Mike who embraced Islam just recently; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him.

 

If his theologians and scholars were objective and truthful then they should have shown from the Hebrew text where the word “navel” was actually the word “vagina”. Look at the Jewish translation of the Bible and see for yourself what the verse actually says:

 

Thy NAVEL is like a round goblet, wherein no mingled wine is wanting; thy BELLY is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies. 7:3 Jewish Publication Society (JPS) http://www.breslov.com/bible/Song_of_Songs7.htm#2

 

shârerękh 'aggan hassahar 'al-yechsar hammâzegh bithnękh `aręmath chithiym sughâh bashoshanniym- Hebrew transliteration

 

Now is Osama going to accuse the Hebrew native Jewish translators of misunderstanding their own language now? Why didn’t they translate it as the word ‘vagina’? Also what is missing from Osama’s argument is “the Hebrew word for vagina”. If he wanted to prove to us that these theologians were correct then he should have said “the Hebrew word for vagina is this, and the Bible actually has this word in Song of Songs and it was mistranslated as navel”. Instead he claims some cable T.V. documented something, while not presenting us any transcript or full video clip of this show to verify if it is true or not. However, Osama’s fantastical claim leaves Islam in a flux. As the Learner mentions:

 

As far as the first question is concerned, it is obvious that the Qur'an, as any decent and sober literature would do, has only avoided direct reference (in words) to the male sexual organ. Through the words that it has used, the Qur'an has made a complete euphemistic reference to the point of emanation of the sperm, while successfully avoiding naming it. Naming it would definitely have negatively affected the literary value of the Qur'an. (Learner of understanding Islam site)

 

The Quran does in fact explicitly refer to the sexual parts of a human, specifically the sexual areas of a woman, in rather vulgar fashion. For instance, in narrating the virginal conception and birth of Jesus the Quran unashamedly refers to Mary as one that guarded her sexual organ:

 

And (remember) her who guarded her SEXUAL ORGAN (Arabic-farjahaa): We breathed into her from Our Spirit, and We made her and her son a Sign for all people. S. 21:91

 

And Mary the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her SEXUAL ORGAN (Arabic-farjahaa) and We breathed INTO IT of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth of the words of her Lord and of His revelations, and was one of the devout (servants). S. 66:12

 

Mahmoud M. Ayoub contrasts the birth narratives of the Gospel of Luke with that mentioned in the Quran. All bold and capital emphasis is ours:

 

"The language of this verse (author- Luke 1:35) is clearly circumspect. It implies no sexual union or divine generation of any kind. Furthermore, while Luke's description agrees both in form and spirit with the Qur'anic idea of the conception of Christ, the language of the Qur'an IS FAR MORE GRAPHIC AND OPEN TO INTERPRETATION." (Christian-Muslim Encounters, ed. Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad & Wadi Z. Haddad [University Press of Florida, 1995], p. 67)

 

He goes on to say:

 

"...Then of Mary He (author-allegedly God) continues: 'And she who guarded well [lit. fortified] her chastity [lit. GENERATIVE ORGAN], and thus We breathed INTO HER of our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign [or miracle, 'Aya] for all beings' (S. 21:90-91) ...

 

"In the second instance the Qur'an speaks of Mary as a righteous woman who lived in strict chastity and obedience to God: 'And Mary daughter of 'Imran who guarded well her GENERATIVE ORGAN farjaha, and thus We breathed INTO HER of our spirit' (S. 66:12). THE BOLD AND GRAPHIC STATEMENT APPEARS TO HAVE SHOCKED TRADITIONISTS AND COMMENTATORS, so that most of them tried to cover it up with different and FARFETCHED significations or glossed over it with out comment...

 

"Ibn Kathir interprets the phrase 'guarded well her generative organ' to mean: 'safeguarded and protected it. Guarding well ihsan signifies chastity and high birth.' He comments on the phrase, 'and thus We breathed into it of our spirit' thus 'that is, through the angel Gabriel. This is because God sent him to her, and he took for her the form of a man of good stature (S. 19:17). God commanded him to breathe INTO THE BREAST OF HER CHEMISE. HIS BREATH WENT DOWN AND PENETRATED HER GENERATIVE ORGAN, AND THUS CAUSED HER TO CONCEIVE JESUS..." (Ibid.)

 

Finally:

 

"Abu Ja'far al-Tusi, the jurist doctor of the Shi'i community, as well as his well known disciple al-Tabarsi, read the words, 'We breathed INTO IT' literally. Al-Tusi says: 'It has been held that Gabriel BREATHED INTO MARY'S GENERATIVE ORGAN then God created Christ in it'..." (Ibid., p. 68)

 

Here is Ibn Kathir's commentary on S. 66:12:

 

<And Maryam, the daughter of 'Imran who guarded her chastity (PRIVATE PART).> meaning who protected and purified her honor, by being chaste and free of immorality,

 

<And We breathed INTO IT (PRIVATE PART) through Our Ruh,> meaning, through the angel Jibril. Allah sent the angel Jibril to Maryam, and he came to her in the shape of a man in every respect. Allah commanded him TO BLOW into a gap of her garment and that breath went into her womb THROUGH HER PRIVATE PART; this is how 'Isa was conceived. This is why Allah said here,

 

<And We breathed INTO IT through Our Ruh, and she testified to the truth of her Lords Kalimat, and His Kutub,> meaning His decree and His legislation. (Tafsir Ibn Kathir - Abridged, Volume 10, Surat At-Tagabun to the end of the Qur'an, pp. 75-76; bold and capital emphasis ours)

 

Muhammad Asad also recognized that the term farjahaa literally meant the sexual area of a woman. Asad comments on S. 21:91 and states:

 

"... As for the description of Mary as allati ahsanat farjaha, idiomatically denoting 'one who guarded her chastity' (lit., 'HER PRIVATE PARTS')..." (Asad, The Message of the Qur'an [Dar Al-Andalus Limited, 3 Library Ramp, Gibraltar, rpt. 1993], p. 500, f. 87; bold and capital emphasis ours)

 

Another rather explicit reference to a woman's sexual area includes:

 

"Surely for the godfearing awaits a place of security, gardens and vineyards, and maidens of SWELLING BREASTS (kawa'ib), like of age, and a cup overflowing." S. 78:33 Arberry (see also Dawood, Rodwell)

 

Ibn Kathir comments on the meaning of kawa'ib:


<And vineyards, and Kawa'ib Atrab,> meaning, wide-eyed maidens WITH FULLY DEVELOPED BREASTS. Ibn 'Abbas, Mujahid and others have said,

 

<Kawa'ib> "This means ROUND BREASTS. They meant by this THAT THE BREASTS OF THESE GIRLS WILL BE FULLY ROUNDED AND NOT SAGGING, because they will be virgins, equal in age..." (Ibid., pp. 333-334; bold and capital emphasis ours)

 

To imagine that in paradise one finds women with firm round breasts for sexual pleasure is rather incredulous to say the least. Not only is the Hebrew word for “vagina” not found in the verse Osama claims (Song of Songs 7:2) but an explicit reference to the female sexual organ is found in the Quran. In Osama’s words we now have

 

PORN IN THE SEX-FILLED QURAN ALONG WITH BIG BREASTED WOMEN!

 

 

LIE#4. SAYS THE ORIGNAL PEOPLE OF KEDAR (THE ARABS) ARE 100% MUSLIM

6.  "I, the LORD , have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,
......
11.  Let the desert and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.

Important Note:  Kedar is the son of Ishmael peace be upon him: "These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, (From the NIV Bible, Genesis 25:13)"

The people of Kedar are the original Arabs.  They are today's Saudis and Yemenis, and these are 100% Muslims!  There is not a single Saudi or Yemeni who is Christian today!  They are nothing but Muslims.  So the "light of the Gentiles" and "Kedar Lives rejoice" are clear Prophecies and Signs for the Divine and Truthful Religion of Islam. - http://www.answering-christianity.com/isaiah.htm

 

Notice how Osama fails to present any statistics to prove this fantastic claim of his. However, like any lie of Mr. Abdallah, this too can easily be exposed as false. You can go to these sites and find information on Yemeni Christians and Arab Christians:

 

http://www.opendoors.org.au/pgs/prfl/ym.htm

 

http://www.strategicnetwork.org/index.php?loc=pe&pe=2069&

 

http://www.persecution.org/Countries/yemen.html

 

http://www.domini.org/openbook/sau20010719.htm

 

It is a well known fact that all Arabs on the Arabic Peninsular aren’t Muslim. Hence Osama’s lie is nothing more than an appeal to the emotion of the reader in trying to authenticate his false argument.

 

LIE#5.  SAYS THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT DEFLORATION OF A WOMAN BUT WAIT! HE CAN’T FIND IT FROM THE BIBLE BUT THE TALMUD!

 

Males in the Bible did it to females:

Before we get into the fathers and daughters issue, it is important first to know that some males in the Bible did it to females. Let us look at the following information:

 

"There were, of course, others who might examine accused brides. Dwyer, 63, notes the role of doctors in modern Morocco. In pre-modern times this role was performed by midwives (see Westermarck, Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco, 229f.; Marcus, p. 324. M. Friedman, Ribbui Nashim Beyisra'el [Tel Aviv: Mosad Bialik etc., 1986], 169-170, 263). According to the Midrash Hagadol, Isaac himself examined Rebekah digitally before their marriage (Midrash Hagadol to Genesis 24:67 [ed. M. Margulies; Jerusalem: Mosad Harav Kook, 1967, 411]; according to Pirke Rabbi Eliezer, chap. 16, p. 38a, the examination consisted of digital defloration [ref. courtesy of my colleague, Prof. Judah Goldin]). According to the aprocryphal Book of James, sec. 19-20, Mary was likewise examined digitally for virginity by Salome (New Testament Apocrypha, ed. E. Hennecke & W. Schneemelcher, 385; ref. courtesy of Prof. Tikva Frymer-Kensky and my colleague Prof. Robert A. Kraft)." () [Note #13, read toward the end of the note]

 

To protect Mr. Jeffrey H. Tigay's article from vanishing one day on the internet as many valuable articles did before, I have copied his entire article on my site at: www.answering-christianity.com/accused_brides.htm .

Now let’s begin to analyze his evidence to see if both he and Mr. Tigay are truthful.

"There were, of course, others who might examine accused brides. Dwyer, 63, notes the role of doctors in modern Morocco. In pre-modern times this role was performed by midwives (see Westermarck, Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco, 229f.; Marcus, p. 324. M. Friedman, Ribbui Nashim Beyisra'el [Tel Aviv: Mosad Bialik etc., 1986], 169-170, 263).

This part of his quote talks about "accused brides". Accused of what? Namely fornication before marriage. Now if Osama Abdallah is correct and the bible sanctions deflowering then

1. Where is the bible verse here?
2. Why is it talking about modern times instead of biblical times?
3. How can virgins be accused brides if deflowering was for anyone?
4. If virgins weren’t accused then deflowering wouldn’t be necessary would it?

Basically from reading the quote carefully we only see that, at best, “deflowering” could only be for accused brides not everyone. We must also note that Morocco is a Muslim country so why are Muslims adhering to this practice? Notice that no bible verse as a basis can be used to justify this action.

According to the Midrash Hagadol, Isaac himself examined Rebekah digitally before their marriage (Midrash Hagadol to Genesis 24:67 [ed. M. Margulies; Jerusalem: Mosad Harav Kook, 1967, 411];

Notice what this quote says:

According to the Midrash Hagadol

Osama Abdallah thinks that the Midrash Hagadol is the Bible! LOL!!! Here is what Genesis 24:67 says:

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

There is no way possible to garner the idea of defloration here. Such a practice can only be justified by outside biblical information. Osama can’t use the bible and claim that this practice is justified. Basically his entire argument rests upon how others interpolated the bible to fit their own agenda. Osama has a very bad habit of using hypocrisy. Notice his claims against the Bible:

The Gospel of Mark:

"Although there is no direct internal evidence of authorship, it was the unanimous testimony of the early church that this Gospel was written by John Mark. (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1488)"

&So, in reality, we don't really know whether Mark was the sole author of this Gospel or not. And since The New Testament wasn't even documented on paper until 150-300 years (depending on what Christian you talk to) after Jesus, then how are we to know for sure that the current "Gospel of Mark" wasn't written by some pro of Mark? - http://www.answering-christianity.com/authors_gospels.htm

Here, he claims that we shouldn’t trust certain books in the Bible because they were allegedly 150-300 years even though he appeals to the Midrash! Look at when the Midrash was composed:

MIDRASH:

In Judaism, a large collection of writings that examine the Hebrew Bible in the light of oral tradition. Midrashic activity reached its height in the 2nd cent. AD with the schools of Ishmael ben Elisha and Akiba ben Joseph. The Midrashim are divided into two groups: Halakhah, which clarify legal issues; and Haggadah, nonlegal writings intended simply to enlighten. The Midrashim are extensively quoted in the Talmud. ( Source)

So, in one place Abdallah says its wrong to use material compiled 200 years after it is written. But in another instance, this hypocrite says that it is perfectly fine to use legends, composed in the 2nd century A.D., DEALING WITH GENESIS WHICH PROCEEDED IT BY OVER 2000 YEARS! HOW FOOLISH CAN YOU GET!!!

according to Pirke Rabbi Eliezer, chap. 16, p. 38a, the examination consisted of digital defloration [ref. courtesy of my colleague, Prof. Judah Goldin]).

But in his paper Osama says:

some males in the Bible did it to females.

But what does his quote say:

according to Pirke Rabbi Eliezer

Osama Abdallah thinks that a Rabbi is the bible!! LOL!!! Need we say more?

 

LIE#6.  USES FALSE EVIDENCE WHICH SAYS MARY EXAMINES SALOME USING DEFLORATION AS EVIDENCE AGAINST THE BIBLE!

 

According to the aprocryphal Book of James, sec. 19-20, Mary was likewise examined digitally for virginity by Salome (New Testament Apocrypha, ed. E. Hennecke & W. Schneemelcher, 385; ref. courtesy of Prof. Tikva Frymer-Kensky and my colleague Prof. Robert A. Kraft)."

 

Osama's folly knows no bounds. He is even willing to quote from the apocryphal to prove his point, even though his paper claims to be based on information from the Bible!! It is obvious that neither Mr.Tigay nor Mr. Abdallah have actually read the apocrypha book of James for it says nothing close to what they claim:

 

XIX. I And behold a woman coming down from the hillcountry, and she said to me: Man, whither goest thou ? And I said: I seek a midwife of the Hebrews. And she answered and said unto me: Art thou of Israel ? And I said unto her: Yea. And she said: And who is she that bringeth forth in the cave ? And I said: She that is betrothed unto me. And she said to me: Is she not thy wife? And I said to her: It is Mary that was nurtured up in the temple of the Lord: and I received her to wife by lot: and she is not my wife, but she hath conception by the Holy Ghost.

 

And the midwife said unto him: Is this the truth? And Joseph said unto her: Come hither and see. And the midwife went with him.

 

2 And they stood in the place of the cave: and behold a bright cloud overshadowing the cave. And the midwife said: My soul is magnified this day, because mine eyes have seen marvellous things: for salvation is born unto Israel. And immediately the cloud withdrew itself out of the cave, and a great light appeared in the cave so that our eyes could not endure it. And by little and little that light withdrew itself until the young child appeared: and it went and took the breast of its mother Mary.

 

And the midwife cried aloud and said: Great unto me to-day is this day, in that ! have seen this new sight. 3 And the midwife went forth of the cave and Salome met her. And she said to her: Salome, Salome, a new sight have I to tell thee. A virgin hath brought forth, which her nature alloweth not. And Salome said: As the Lord my God liveth, if I make not trial and prove her nature I will not believe that a virgin hath brought forth.

 

XX. 1 And the midwife went in and said unto Mary: Order thyself, for there is no small contention arisen concerning thee. Arid Salome made trial and cried out and said: Woe unto mine iniquity and mine unbelief, because I have tempted the living God, and lo, my hand falleth away from me in fire. And she bowed her knees unto the Lord, saying: O God of my fathers, remember that I am the seed of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob: make me not a public example unto the children of Israel, but restore me unto the poor, for thou knowest, Lord, that in thy name did I perform my cures, and did receive my hire of thee. 3 And lo, an angel of the Lord appeared, saying unto her: Salome, Salome, the Lord hath hearkened to thee: bring thine hand near unto the young child and take him up, and there shall be unto thee salvation and joy. 4 And Salome came near and took him up, saying: I will do him worship, for a great king is born unto Israel. And behold immediately Salome was healed: and she went forth of the cave justified. And Io, a voice saying: Salome, Salome, tell none of the marvels which thou hast seen, until the child enter into Jerusalem.

 

http://wesley.nnu.edu/noncanon/gospels/gosjames.htm

 

As you can see, no such act of defloration took place here. No such conclusion can be reached by reading the text itself. One can only interpolate this idea back in to make it fit. The text shows that Salome wanted to bring Mary to trial because of her own unbelief. What made Salome believe Mary wasn't defloration, but the healing power of the child Jesus who healed her hand!! This is incredible and any attempt to appeal to this book must be rejected as false in defense of defloration.

 

LIE#7.  BELIEVES SONG OF SONGS (BIBLE IN GENERAL) IS PORN BUT FINDS MUHAMMAD IN THIS SAME BIBLE!

 

Here is some other prophecies about the coming of the holy prophet of God , Muhammad(SAW), and pilgrimage in Bible. - http://www.answering-christianity.com/isaiah_mecca.htm

Despite of all Mr. Abdallah’s propaganda, twisting of bible verses and language concepts, Muhammad is never ever mentioned, by name, as being prophesied as a prophet or an apostle whatsoever. Muslims have clearly stated that "they want Christians to prove where Jesus claimed to be God" when they can't even show you where "Muhammad was mentioned as a prophet or a messenger of God". An example of Islamic tongue twisting is shown in the word "Machamad" and we must point out that Osama believes that the bible is corrupted. In this same corrupted book (along with trying to claim that every word which looks similar to Muhammad refers to him) he tries to find his prophet:

1. MACHAMMADIM - From "MACHAMAD" which in this particular verse, the words "altogether lovely" was translated from mahmad (). is translated into "lovely". "Altogether" is added as a contextual reference to "v'chulo" which means "in entirety" or "absolutely". "MACHAMAD" means "desirable, praiseworthy, beautiful, etc". Though it is archaic, it is found elsewhere in the Bible to describe precious and coveted items. The fact that this "MACHAMAD" evidently may well be the Prophet Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) has already been thoroughly outlined and established.


To add further weight to these argument, let us take a closer look at this four character word. The way this word is written is Hebrew is . That happens to be the EXACT same way Muhammad's name is written in Hebrew
. (Song of Song's 5:16 prophesy Muhammad; Found on www.answering-christianity.com)

Contradicts

Again, we don't know who wrote the book. Please visit X-Rated Pornography in the Bible regarding this PORNFUL and SICK book. (Just who were the real authors of the Bible? ; Found on www.answering-christianity.com)

It is totally self-contradicting to find Muhammad in a book of the bible and then mention elsewhere that this VERY SAME BOOK is pornful and sick and isn't from God!! Even the word "MACHAMMADIM", which Osama mentions, is used to describe objects in Hebrew which implies that if you are talking about something lovely, etc., you are referring to Muhammad!! The only way you can conclude that this refers to Muhammad is to hope for extreme wishful thinking and believe that everybody is blind and deaf enough to accept this conclusion. Hence, we must also conclude that Muhammad, with the added proof given by Osama Abdallah is found in a pornful, sick man made book written by some porn-hungry guy! This means that

1. Muhammad is a porno prophet
2. Man made tampering prophesied Muhammad
3. Muhammad is a prophet prophesied in a porn book not written by God therefore he isn't a prophet of God but of porn.
4. Islam is a religion that verifies porn.

This is how these Muslim apologists think my friend when it comes to propagating Islam. One day the Bible prophesies Muhammad, the next day it isn't from God or is pornful. Now the question that begs to be answered is "If the Bible isn't from God and Muhammad is found in it then how can Muhammad be a prophet of God"? Or "If you don't know if the entire Bible isn't from God how do you know these verses with Muhammad are from God"?

LIE#8.  BELIEVES THE KAABA IS THE HOUSE OF GOD MENTIONED IN ISAIAH 60!

 

"And I Will glorify the house of my glory", and it refers to the Ka'ba in Mekka , the Sacred House for God's glory." -http://www.answering-christianity.com/isaiah_mecca.htm

 

First of all we find nowhere in which the word “Kaaba” is mentioned in the bible so how can Osama legitimately prove that this is the truth? He has to resort to propaganda and read this back into the Bible. If you read his site closely, particularly in his "trinity sections" you will recognize that he continuously issues this challenge "show me where Jesus claimed to be God". If you can't answer his challenge then it would mean that Jesus isn't God since we never seen him say this in the Bible.

 

One must immediately recognize the hypocrisy of this stance since Osama is trying to prove that the Kaaba is the sacred house mentioned in the Bible. He claims that the Trinity is false because it isn’t mentioned in the Bible. So, we must ask him this question, "How can you prove that this refers to the Kaaba which also isn't mentioned?" The same Bible that this propagandist uses mentions this about the "TEMPLE and the HOUSE OF GOD"

 

Then David said, "THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel." So David gave orders to assemble the aliens LIVING IN ISRAEL, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God. 1 Chronicles 22:1-3

 

The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD : to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties AT THE HOUSE OF GOD. 1 Chronicles 23:28

 

All these men were under the supervision of their fathers for the music of THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD , with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry at THE HOUSE OF GOD. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the supervision of the king. 1 Chronicles 25:6

 

"However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree TO REBUILD THIS HOUSE OF GOD. He even removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles of THE HOUSE OF GOD, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM and brought to the temple in Babylon. "Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor, and he told him, 'Take these articles and go and deposit them IN THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. AND REBUILD THE HOUSE OF GOD ON ITS SITE.' Ezra 5:13-15

 

Also, the gold and silver articles of THE HOUSE OF GOD, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple IN JERUSALEM and brought to Babylon, are to be returned to their places IN THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM; they are to be deposited IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. Now then, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and you, their fellow officials of that province, stay away from there. Do not interfere with the work ON THIS TEMPLE OF GOD. Let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish elders rebuild THIS HOUSE OF GOD on its site. Moreover, I hereby decree what you are to do for these elders of the Jews in the CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HOUSE OF GOD: Ezra 6:5-8

 

One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, "Let us meet in THE HOUSE OF GOD, INSIDE THE TEMPLE, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you-by night they are coming to kill you." Nehemiah 6:10

 

One thing I ask of the Lord , this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the THE HOUSE OF THE LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to SEEK HIM IN HIS TEMPLE. 27:4

 

Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things OF YOUR HOUSE, OF YOUR HOLY TEMPLE. Psalm 65:4

 

Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to THE HOUSE that bears my Name, THE TEMPLE you trust in, the place I gave to you and your fathers. Jeremiah 7:14

 

This is what the Lord Almighty says: "You who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were there when the foundation was laid for THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY, let your hands be strong so that THE TEMPLE MAY BE BUILT. Zec 8:9

 

It is totally incredulous to believe that Isaiah 60 is talking about Muhammad and the Kaaba. We would be forced to conclude that:

 

1. The Kaaba was originally the Temple
2. That it was located in Jerusalem not Mecca, which would make this a false prophecy!
3. If the Kaaba was in Israel, THEN IT CAN'T BE IN ARABIA?

 

Osama again exposes his ignorance of his pagan Quran and by using this same fallacious method we would be forced to conclude that the Kaaba is not in Mecca but Jerusalem!!! The following commentary on S. 17:1 AND THE CONCEPT OF WHAT THE SACRED HOUSE IN THE QURAN IS comes from Tafsir Ibn Kathir-Abridged Volume 5, Surah Hud to Surat Al-Isra', Verse 38, abridged by a group of scholars under the supervision of Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri, (Darussalam Publishers & Distributors; Riyadh, Houston, New York, Lahore, July 2000):

 

means THE SACRED HOUSE which is IN JERUSALEM, the origin of the Prophets from the time of Ibraham Al-Khalil. The Prophets all gathered there, and he (Muhammad) led them in prayer in their own homeland. This indicates that he is the greatest leader of all, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and upon them. (Ibid., p. 551; bold emphasis ours)

 

Ibn Kathir includes the following hadith:

 

I remember being in Al-Hijr, and the Quraysh were asking me about my Night Journey. They asked me things about Bayt Al-Maqdis that I was not sure of, and I felt more anxious and stressed then than I have ever felt. Then Allah raised up Bayt Al-Maqdis for me to see, and there was nothing they asked me about but I told them about it. And I remember being in a gathering of the Prophets. Musa was standing there praying, and he was a man with curly hair, as if he were one of the men of Shanu'ah. I saw 'Isa ibn Maryam standing there praying, and the one who most resembles him is 'Urwah bin Mas'ud Ath-Thaqafi. And I saw Ibrahim standing there praying, and for the one who most resembles him is your companion (meaning himself). Then the time for prayer came, and I led them in prayer. When I finished, a voice said, 'O Muhammad, this is Malik, the keeper of Hell,' so I turned to him, and he greeted me first. (Ibid., p. 571; bold emphasis ours)

 

The Sacred house is the temple mount in Jerusalem which Osama's Palestinian people are fighting over right now!! He doesn't even know his own Quran and Islamic history. He has totally embarrassed Islam by misplacing the Kaaba, Islam's holy shrine, from Arabia to Israel!!

 

LIE#9.  BELIEVES DEUTERONOMY 31 SAYS THE BIBLE IS CORRUPTED!

 

See Also Deuteronomy 31:25-29 where Moses peace be upon him predicted the corruption/tampering of the Law (Bible) after his death.

The Book of Moses predicted that the Law (Bible) will get corrupted. The Book of Jeremiah which came approximately 826 years after did indeed confirm this corruption.

 

When we look at the content around this verse we will see just how desperate Osama is. He lies by trying to make the “elders” who were to become corrected, the actual text of the Bible!! Read:

 

So Moses wrote down this song that day and taught it to the Israelites. The LORD gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you." AFTER MOSES FINISHED WRITING IN A BOOK THE WORDS OF THIS LAW FROM BEGINNING TO END, he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD: "Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. THERE IT WILL REMAIN AS A WITNESS AGAINST YOU. For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die! Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to testify against them. FOR I KNOW AFTER MY DEATH YOU ARE SURE TO BECOME UTTERLY CORRUPT and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall upon you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and provoke him to anger by what your hands have made."

 

Moses had already written the Law down and he was to going to use it as a witness against the evil elders!!! Notice again, in this passage, that after Moses death, it is the elders, not the law who will become corrupt. This is verified even more when we see how "disaster will befall them since they did evil in the sight of the LORD". How can a book perform actions as a human being? This is something that Osama also has yet to address. He has intentionally lied by equating the elders to the actual text of the law, when the passage says that the law would be a witness against the elders and was already within the safety of the ark! Osama intentionally lied!! What a shame, can't prove bible corruption so he must resort to bible misinterpretation. Notice that this slander is found on most of his web pages!!!

 

Hence, If Deuteronomy 31:25-29 proves bible corruption how come we find verses after this book, which came later, showing the legitimacy of the law? Read:

 

He teaches your precepts to Jacob and YOUR LAW TO ISRAEL. He offers incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar. Deut 33:10

 

Notice that in the next chapter after his claim of Bible corruption we see God mentioning about teaching this very same law to Israel!!

 

No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. DO NOT LET THIS BOOK OF THE LAW DEPART FROM YOUR MOUTH; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do EVERYTHING WRITTEN IN IT. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (Joshua 1:5-8)

 

If the law was already corrupted in Deuteronomy why did Yahweh almighty explicitly tell Joshua that he must also obey the law which was written by him also? Simple, because the bible never was corrupted nor would it ever be corrupted.

 

as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK of the Law of Moses--an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered to the LORD burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings. There, in the presence of the Israelites, JOSHUA COPIED ON STONES THE LAW OF MOSES, WHICH HE HAD WRITTEN. All Israel, aliens and citizens alike, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing those who carried it--the priests, who were Levites. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel. Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law--the blessings and the curses--JUST AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW. There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the aliens who lived among them. (Joshua 8:31-35)

 

But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul." (Joshua 22:5)

 

God almighty is continuously telling his people to obey his command in his law after Deuteronomy 31:25-29. We see that Osama's theory is again a bogus lie propagated by his lackluster reading skills.

 

"Be very strong; be careful to OBEY ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left. (Joshua 23:6)

 

And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the LORD. "See!" he said to all the people. "This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God." (Joshua 24:26-27)

 

The law was still uncorrupt long after the passage that Osama claimed and we see that it was taught over 1000 years later in Judah:

 

With them were certain Levites--Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah--and the priests Elishama and Jehoram. They taught throughout Judah, TAKING WITH THEM THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF THE LORD; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people. (2 Chron. 17:8-9)

 

With this ample evidence being shown lets expose Osama's misunderstanding clearer about his claim of Deut 31:25-29 showing corruption:

 

See Also Deuteronomy 31:25-29 where Moses peace be upon him predicted the corruption/tampering of the Law (Bible) after his death.

 

This verse particular is verse 29 which says:

 

For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall upon you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and provoke him to anger by what your hands have made."

 

However Osama violates his own word on his other web pages when he claims this about incomplete quoting:

 

This is bogus and unacceptable in the professional world of dialogues.

 

We wonder why he doesn't follow his own bogus word? Read verse 28 before verse 29:

 

ASSEMBLE BEFORE ME ALL THE ELDERS of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words IN THEIR HEARING and call heaven and earth to TESTIFY AGAINST THEM.

 

NOW READ VERSE 29

For I know that after my death YOU ARE SURE TO BECOME UTTERLY CORRUPT and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall upon you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and provoke him to anger by what your hands have made."

 

Verse 28 says Moses is testifying against the elders and then verse 29 says that they will become corrupt using the LAW as a witness against their corruption from the previous verses!!! Let’s look at these verses compared with Joshua 24:26-28, to bring this point home:

AFTER MOSES FINISHED WRITING IN A BOOK THE WORDS OF THIS LAW FROM BEGINNING TO END, he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD: "Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. THERE IT WILL REMAIN AS A WITNESS AGAINST YOU...ASSEMBLE BEFORE ME ALL THE ELDERS of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words IN THEIR HEARING and call heaven and earth to TESTIFY AGAINST THEM. For I know that after my death YOU ARE SURE TO BECOME UTTERLY CORRUPT and to turn from the way I have commanded you. (Deut. 31:24-26,28-29)

And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a LARGE STONE and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the LORD. "See!" he said to all the people. "THIS STONE WILL BE A WITNESS AGAINST US. It has heard all the words the LORD has said to us. IT WILL BE A WITNESS AGAINST YOU if you are untrue to your God." (Joshua 24:26-27)

 

Both Joshua and Moses performed the same functions and used the law as a witness against unbelievers. The Law isn't corrupted nor did the Bible ever say that it would be corrupted. By not having hooked on phonics, Osama has presented nothing but a phony argument in his desperate attempts to prove Bible corruption.

 

LIE#10.  BELIEVES THE NIV BIBLE PROVES BIBLE CORRUPTION!

 

Osama Abdallah loves promoting this link:

 

(Just who were the real authors of the Bible? ; Found on www.answering-christianity.com)

 

He tries to use a mere English translation of the bible to validate his insane theories of bible corruption. Mr. Abdallah is highly educated and does have a degree in Computer engineering but one would never know this from the substance of his arguments or the quotation of scholarly material he uses.

 

My grandmother can read better than Mr. Abdallah and she passed away almost 5 years ago! The point of me saying this is simply the fact that Osama purposely quotes the NIV out of context to misrepresent this source. His theory that “authorship means authenticity” is easily recognized as flawed by any intelligent reader. For example:

 

A book could be false, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR IS NAMED.

 

Apparently despite all of his tricks and tactics, Mr. Abdallah has yet to figure this great mystery out. Many Christians aren’t concerned about who wrote particular books of the Bible. This is actually a red herring since to us; it is God who is the author of the bible. Mr. Abdallah tries to create this great controversy because he is hoping that Muslims will accept anything he claims at face value. Osama also fails to subject the Quran to this same test because he knows that it would also fail his criteria also. He may claim that “Allah inspired the Quran”, which is something no Christian or Muslim disputes but the simple problem facing him is “WHO ACTUALLY WROTE THE SURAH’S OF THE QURAN”? Since no particular chapter has any author given then we must conclude that the Quran is also corrupted according to Mr. Abdallah’s warped conspiracy theories.

 

Osama’s logic can be easily summed up here:

 

Because the NIV says something on the bible it therefore must be true.

 

The problem with this stance also is that Osama Abdallah doesn’t except this from the NIV bible:

 

As far as Zondervan is concerned as the publisher of the NIV, and International Bible Society as the copyright owner of the NIV, nothing could be further from the truth. For 188 years IBS, and for 66 years Zondervan, have faithfully communicated the richness of GOD'S REVELATION. (NIV ONLINE LETTER PREFACE TO NIV BIBLE)

 

According to the NIV translators, it is the Bible, NOT THE QURAN, which is the revelation of God to mankind. Does Osama Abdallah accept this? No. Basically he takes quotes and assumes that anything “which agrees with what he thinks” must be true and IS TRUE. According to logic this is nothing more than SOMEONE’S OPINION. In his debate with Sam Shamoun recently, Osama Abdallah even admitted that his stance was full of embarrassing contradictions. Hence, he believes the bible to be corrupted but yet uses this same bible to find Muhammad in it. Not only is this absolutely absurd, even to intelligent non-Christians, but the sheer stupidity of such a stance would easily lead to the conclusion that “Muhammad must be a corrupt prophet prophesied by a corrupt book”!

 

Not only does the NIV claim that the Bible is uncorrupted, (even if they did, they aren’t mainstream Christianity!) they even go as far as to say this:

 

The NIV is based on the most reliable Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. A translation team of more than 100 evangelical Bible scholars from many different denominations, using four levels of committee review, worked for 13 years before the complete Bible was released in 1978. These scholars came from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

OPERATING FROM THE CONVICTION THAT THE BIBLE IS THE INSPIRED AND WHOLLY RELIABLE WORD OF GOD, the translators wanted to faithfully reproduce what the original Scripture writers wrote, in language that people could read and understand without difficulty. They were - and are - committed to the AUTHORITY AND INFALLIBILITY OF THE BIBLE. The NIV has become the bestselling translation of the Bible, with more than 100 million copies in print. (NIV ONLINE LETTER)

Wholly reliable word of God! You see this? Yes. Corrupted? No. If the NIV ever heard that Osama Abdallah was propagating this theory, based on their commentary, they would immediately reject this and probably attempt to sue him for slander of their material.

 

You will see below how he quoted the NIV and the full quotes, if applicable, as well as our comments.


 

What Osama Abdallah quoted

Full NIV Quote or other scholarly quotes.

Comments

"Serious doubts exists as to whether these verses belong to the Gospel of Mark.  They are absent from important early manuscripts and display certain peculiarities of vocabulary, style and theological content that are unlike the rest of Mark.  His Gospel probably ended at 16:8, or its original ending has been lost.  (From the NIV Bible Foot Notes, page 1528)"

Some of the most ancient authorities bring the book to a close at the end of verse 8. ONE AUTHORITY CONCLUDES THE BOOK WITH THE SHORTER ENDING; OTHERS INCLUDE THE SHORTER ENDING AND THEN CONTINUE WITH VERSES 9-20. IN MOST AUTHORITIES VERSES 9-20 FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER VERSE 8, though in some of these authorities the passage is marked as being doubtful. (Word Study Greek-English New Testament, Tyndale, Wheaton, Illinois, Paul R. McReynolds, 1999 ISBN 0-8423-8290-9)

 

History has shown that Mark has both a short as well as an unabridged ending. Most authorities have Mark 16:9-20. It is only "SOME" who mark it as doubtful. Most means more than Some. That is what the NIV said that the ending:

PROBABLY ENDED at 16:8

They were aware that most MSS have this verse and it would be incorrect to claim that this verse was a later insertion! Osama's whole evidence was based on probable evidence. If he wanted to prove that Mark 16:9-20 was clearly a later addition, surely he could've furnished a NIV quote that explicitly says "THIS GOSPEL DEFINITELY ENDED AT VERSE 8 AND THE REST IS A LATER INSERTION".

"Although the author does not name himself, evidence outside the Scriptures and inferences from the book itself lead to the conclusion that the author was Luke.  (From the NIV Bible Commentary, page 1643)"