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@ maximus 69
There is one thing you failed to address; the contents of your belief. This is far more important than the "act of worship" you want to use as yardstick to recognize the only true religion from God . There is no way you can render a true worship to God if the CONTENTS OF YOUR BELIEF are wrong. Do you agree?
For example, JWs believe in Jesus as "MASTER WORKER of all creation" (check 'jw.org; who is Jesus Christ' on the internet). In other words , like other Christian denominations, the Jehovah witnesses also believe that God created everything THROUGH Jesus Christ . They believe that God did not directly create anything EXCEPT Jesus. That is to say: God created Jesus, then it was Jesus that created all other things including the heavens and the earth. So according to their claim, Jesus is the immediate Creator of all things. That God created everything through (or by )Jesus Christ is no where to be found in the Gospel of Matthew, Mark and Luke. It is only found in the books written by Paul and John;
Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, THROUGH WHOM ALL THINGS CAME and through whom we live.( 1st Corinthians 8:6).
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN CREATED THROUGH him and for him ( Colossians 1:16).
THROUGH him ALL THINGS WERE MADE ; without him nothing was made that has been made (John 1:3)
But is it really true that God assigned the creation of things, including the heavens and earth, to Jesus christ ? Let see what God Almighty say about this matter ;
"This is what the LORD says, your Redeemer and the one who formed you in the womb: 'I am the LORD, who has made everything, who ALONE stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth BY MYSELF (WHO WAS WITH ME ?) (Isaiah 44:24 KJV, NWT)
"MY OWN HAND laid the foundations of the earth, and MY RIGHT HAND spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together. (Isaiah 48:13)".
It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. MY OWN HANDS stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts (Isaiah 45:12)
"For My HAND made all these things, Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD ( Isaiah 66:2)
As you can see from above, Paul and John proclaimed that God delegated the creation of all things to Jesus Christ. But God Almighty declare that He created all things ALL ALONE, BY HIMSELF, BY HIS OWN HANDS AND NOBODY WAS WITH HIM. What better words do we want God to use before we can believe that He created the heavens and the earth without the assistance of anybody ? If a man hires a contractor as his agent to build a house, could the man say that he built the house “ALL ALONE” and "BY HIS OWN HANDS" without lying? So could God Almighty have lied about creating the heavens and the earth by His own hands while He actually used another distinct person as His agent to actually do the creation for Him?
Besides, who want to know or care that one true God exist if not for His act of creation? The only reason why we label all the idols as " false gods" is because they did not create anything and that is the reason they do not deserve our worship. Therefore, it is quite true that all the worship and glorification we give to God originate from the fact of being the Creator of all things . In other words, the STRONGEST REASON why God deserve our worship, praises and glory is because He was the one that created us and all other things that exist (See Psalm 95:6, 96:4-5, 139:14, Revelation 4:11, 14:7). Does it now make sense to believe that God assigned the creation of all things to another person given that it is through that very act of creation He deserve our worship and through it we acknowledge His existence ? Hence, if Jehovah witnesses and other Christians rely heavily on the words of Paul and John or any other person and therefore insist that God assigned the creation of all things to Jesus Christ, then Jesus deserve their worship because the reasonable response of the creature is to worship their Creator. Yet, only God deserve to be worship. This is exactly the reason why God would never delegate the creation of things to any other person other than Himself as He clearly stated above: "BY MYSELF( Isaiah 44:24)". In fact, the question at the end of Isaiah 44:24 quoted above - "WHO WAS WITH ME ?" present in some versions of the Bible (including NWT Bible of Jehovah's witnesses) is an indisputable evidence that God did not employ the service of anybody during the creation of the heavens and the earth !
So, like the other Christians, JWs completely get it wrong by believing in Jesus as "master worker of all creation".

@ Sagenaija
Pls show us any tafsir which says categorically that it was Allah that DECIEVED the people into believing in Jesus crucifixion.
Again tell us the difference between "incomplete knowledge" and the phrase "no certain knowledge".
Furthermore, are you saying god ( which means "ilah" in Arabic language) is synonymous to God (Allah ) ? If they are synonymous, why does Arabic Bible decided to use "Allah" for God and not "ilah" ?

Finally, respond to the submission written below;
Does it even make sense to believe that Jesus was crucified? Deuteronomy 21:23 and Galatians 3:13 make it clear that ANY ONE that is hanged is ACCURSED of God. So how could an innocent, righteous and beloved prophet of God be under the CURSE of the same God ? Is it logical ? Certainly not. This is the reason why the alleged Jesus crucifixion was a STUMBLING BLOCK to the Jews and FOOLISHNESS to the Gentiles during the time of Paul ( see 1st Corinthians 1:23). It was a stumbling block to the Jews because it is not grounded in their knowledge that the Messiah appointed by God will be crucified and fell under the curse of the same God. Or can you show us where it is written in the Old testament that the coming Messiah will be crucified and fell under the curse of God ?

@ maximus 69


Pls quickly present your logical reason to recognize the only true religion approved by God. I will be very glad to see it

@sagenaija
You wrote;
"Did the Koran say the belief in Jesus's crucifixion was because of "INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE" like you claim? No! "
Now read the verse again
"Because of their saying in boast: we killed the Christ, Jesus, the messenger of God. But they killed him not nor crucified him. But so it was made to appear to them. Those who differ there in are full of doubt with no CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE but only a conjecture to follow. Of surety they killed him not (Qur'an 4:157)."
Besides, does it even make sense to believe that Jesus was crucified? Deuteronomy 21:23 and Galatians 3:13 make it clear that ANY ONE that is hanged is ACCURSED of God. So how could an innocent, righteous and beloved prophet of God be under the CURSE of the same God ? Is it logical ? Certainly not. This is the reason why the alleged Jesus crucifixion was a STUMBLING BLOCK to the Jews and FOOLISHNESS to the Gentiles during the time of Paul ( see 1st Corinthians 1:23). It was a stumbling block to the Jews because it is not grounded in their knowledge that the Messiah appointed by God will be crucified and fell under the curse of the same God.
You can go ahead to say anything you want to say about Allah. But just remember that there is no any other word for God in the Arabic Bible other than Allah.

@maximus69

Read below what God commanded Moses to do;


“When you go near a city to FIGHT against it, then proclaim an offer of peace to it. And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and SERVE you. Now if the city will not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall BESIEGE it. And when the Lord your God delivers it into your hands, you shall STRIKE EVERY MALE in it with the edge of the SWORD . But the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall eat the enemies’ plunder which the Lord your God gives you. Thus you shall do to ALL THE CITIES which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. “But of the cities of these peoples which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall LET NOTHING THAT BREATHES REMAIN ALIVE, but you shall utterly DESTROY them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has COMMANDED you, lest they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 20:10-18).


Now remember that God said to Moses in Deuteronomy 18:18 that he is going to raise a prophet LIKE MOSES. This very prophet, which would be given a law (i:e sharia law) like that of Mosaic law and which would also wage war against the idol worshippers, is nobody other than Prophet Muhammad. It was never Jesus who did not fight any battle.


The Jews were still expecting this very prophet during the time of John the Baptist. This is the reason why they interrogated John the Baptist as the following verses indicate;

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet (John1:19-25). You will notice from these verses that Jews were expecting THREE different personalities; the Christ, Elias and that prophet.

SO WHO IS THAT VERY PROPHET (LIKE MOSES) THE JEWS WERE EXPECTING ? Deuteronomy 18:18 kjv make it clear that this prophet would be from the BRETHREN of Israelites. And the brethren of Israelites are none but Arabs (See Galatians 4:22-26).

For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in ARABIA, and CORRESPONDS to Jerusalem which now is (Galatians 4:25). Pls which city CORRESPONDS to Jerusalem according to this very verse? Of course, it is the city of ARABIA

@ Sagenaija

Did God DECEIVE even those who were not concerned about knowing the shape of the Earth when the whole humanity believed that the shape of the Earth was flat ?
I have told you that what really happened on the crucifixion scene was not a deception on the part of God but it was as a result of INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE on the part of those who witnessed the crucifixion event; just like believing that Earth was flat was not a deception on the part of God but due to INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE on the part of ancient humanity.

Yes those who ALLEGEDLY crucified Jesus would not have made an attempt to crucify him if they knew he was the Christ. But their statement made mention in Qur'an 4:157 was a SARCASTIC statement. That is, they refer to Jesus as Christ in a sarcastic manner. The meaning of their statement is that if Jesus was really the Christ, then he should have escaped the death on the cross. That is the reason why they were saying it boast; "we killed Christ Jesus the messenger of God ". So there is nothing wrong with that Qur'anic statement. It is your intelligence that is very low to comprehend the message embedded in that verse.

@hakeem4
Pls explain how your begging the question fallacy applies to the four premises in my original post.

@Code templar
Let me lecture your confusion a little bit.

Jesus said :I was sent ONLY to the lost sheep of Israel( Matthew 15:24) .
So it is very clear that Jesus ONLY had contacts with the Israelites i:e the Jews. He was never sent to the Gentiles.

Yet the Jews has already believed in the God and all the prophets that came before Jesus. So the Jews were not idol worshippers. Therefore, there is no any reason why God would sent Jesus to wage war against the Jews. This is exactly the reason why Jesus did not engage in an holy war.

But as for the prophet of Islam, he was sent to the entire world ( see Qur'an 34:28, 7:158, 21:107 ). Therefore he was commanded by God to wage war against the idol worshippers of his own time until they seek no other god except God (Allah).

This has been the WAY OF GOD from the beginning. So fighting the idol worshippers that REFUSE to accept and worship the only true God is not something that started with Islam.

See the biblical evidence for killing those who refuse to accept the God of Israel :

"And whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel was to be PUT TO DEATH, whether small or great, whether man or woman (2nd Chronicles 15:13) .


Again, read below what God commanded Moses to do;


“When you go near a city to FIGHT against it, then proclaim an offer of peace to it. And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and SERVE you. Now if the city will not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall BESIEGE it. And when the Lord your God delivers it into your hands, you shall STRIKE EVERY MALE in it with the edge of the SWORD . But the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall eat the enemies’ plunder which the Lord your God gives you. Thus you shall do to ALL THE CITIES which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. “But of the cities of these peoples which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall LET NOTHING THAT BREATHES REMAIN ALIVE, but you shall utterly DESTROY them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has COMMANDED you, lest they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 20:10-18).


Now remember that God said to Moses in Deuteronomy 18:18 that he is going to raise a prophet LIKE MOSES. This very prophet, which would be given a law (i:e sharia law) like that of Mosaic law and which would also wage war against the idol worshippers, is nobody other than Prophet Muhammad. It was never Jesus who did not fight any battle.


The Jews were still expecting this very prophet during the time of John the Baptist. This is the reason why they interrogated John the Baptist as the following verses indicate;

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet (John1:19-25). You will notice from these verses that Jews were expecting THREE different personalities; the Christ, Elias and that prophet.

SO WHO IS THAT VERY PROPHET (LIKE MOSES) THE JEWS WERE EXPECTING ? Deuteronomy 18:18 kjv make it clear that this prophet would be from the BRETHREN of Israelites. And the brethren of Israelites are none but Arabs (See Galatians 4:22-26).

So commanding the prophet and his followers to fight the idol worshippers in some verses of the Qur'an is not new. Those verses can also be found in the Bible.

@ maximus69
Muhammad was the last prophet of God sent to the ENTIRE WORLD(Qur'an 34:28) since Jesus was ONLY sent to the Israelites (Matthew 15:24)

@ Sagenaija
There was a time that the whole of humanity believed that the Earth was flat due to their INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE about the shape of the Earth . Now that we know for certain that the Earth is not flat but spherical, can we say God has DECEIVED these ancient people ? Again does the fact that many ancient people believed that the Earth was flat really make the shape of the Earth to be flat ?
Similarly, concerning Jesus crucifixion, God Almighty says as follows;
" Because of their saying in boast: we killed the Christ, Jesus, the messenger of God. But they killed him not nor crucified him. But so it was made to appear to them. Those who differ there in are full of doubt with no CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE but only a conjecture to follow. Of surety they killed him not (Qur'an 4:157).
Using the same analogy of the shape of the Earth explained above, we cannot say God has deceived the whole humanity into believing in Jesus crucifixion. But it is due to their INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE about what really happened on the crucifixion scene just like the Qur'an said it above.
But is it really true that those who reported the events of the crucifixion are full of doubts with NO CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE?
Let us consider the following questions
Question 1; When was Jesus exactly crucified ?
-It was at the THIRD HOUR (Mark 15:25 KJV ).
- It was after the SIXTH HOUR (John 19:14-16 KJV)
Question 2; What was the actual colour of the robe given to Jesus when the soldiers were mocking him ?
-It was purple (John 19:2)
-It was scarlet (Matthew 27:28)
Question 3; How did detachment of the troops recognized Jesus before they arrested him ?
- It was through the kissing of Jesus by Judas (Matthew 26:48-49)
-It was Jesus that went out and presented himself to them (John 18:4-9).
Question 4; Who carried the cross of crucifixion to Golgotha ?
-It was Simon of Cyrene (Matthew 27:32 )
- It was Jesus himself (John 19:17)
Question 5; What was the ACTUAL WORD FOR WORD inscription fastened to the Jesus’ Cross ?
-The inscription was : “THE KING OF THE JEWS.” (Mark 15:26)
- The inscription was : “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.” (Matthew 27:37).
- The inscription was : “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.” ( John 19:19)
These are just only five out of many contradictions abound on the record of events concerning Jesus crucifixion.
Have you now seen the truth in this verse of Qur'an
"and those who differ therein ( i:e on the issue of Jesus crucifixion) are full of doubts, with NO CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE, but only conjecture to follow ( Qur'an 4:157)".
The disciples of Jesus were NOT THE EYE-WITNESSES to the actual happenings of the crucifixion, as declare by the gospel of Mark, "THEY ALL FORSOOK HIM AND FLED( Mark 14:50)". Hence, all the knowledge of the disciples regarding their Master and his alleged crucifixion was from HEARSAY.

@ Originakalokalo

Are you tired ? Sorry!
Pls before you withdraw, quickly respond to the last submission explained below;

God Almighty says: "An innocent and righteous human being MUST NOT be deliberately killed (Exodus 20:13, Matthew 19:18)" . Now would
the same God LATER CONTRADICT HIMSELF by saying again: "An innocent and righteous human being MUST be deliberately killed on the cross of Calvary before the mankind can gain eternal. life" ?
Remember the way of the Lord our God can be higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9) but the way of the Lord our God can NEVER be contradictory.

Besides, God Almighty who says: "An innocent and righteous human being MUST NOT be deliberately killed (Exodus 20:13, Matthew 19:18)" would NOT LATER CONTRADICT HIMSELF by saying: "An innocent and righteous human being MUST be deliberately killed on the cross of Calvary before the mankind can gain eternal life".
The way of the Lord our God can be higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9) but the way of the Lord our God can NEVER be contradictory.

@ Originakalokalo

The analogy of the sun you brought cannot explain the concept of Trinity. Remember it is the light, the heat and the gas particles that COMBINED TOGETHER to make up the sun. That is
light + heat + gas particles = sun

But according to Trinity, the father, the son and holy spirit do NOT COMBINED TOGETHER to make up God. Rather, you believe that Father is God, the Son is God and the holy spirit is God.

Sorry! Look for another analogy to explain the concept of Trinity

If it was already in the divine plan that Jesus would die for the sins of mankind, then why did God reveal to the earlier prophets that EVERY SOUL SHALL DIE FOR OWN SIN as found in Deuteronomy 24:16, Jeremiah 31:30 , Ezekiel 18:20 etc

@ Originakalokalo

We are not looking for a name in a true religion. Rather we are looking for whether a religion was ENDORSED by God or not.

Yes looking for the character and personality of the person that introduced the belief is important. But the CONTENTS of the belief is far more important!
How could you ask me to believe that God is three in one or one in three when the previous scriptures has already declared: Hear O isreal the Lord our God is one(Deut 6:4).

How could you ask me to believe that an innocent, righteous and beloved prophet of God was ACCURSED by the same God(Gal 3:13) for the sins he did not commit ?

@ sagenaija

Paul said he has resolved to know nothing other than Jesus crucifixion (1st Cor 2:2). Yet Qur'an says Jesus was never crucified. Now you are telling me Qur'an did not speak against Paul.

It is only on the day of resurrection you will realize that you have mistaken the teachings of Paul for that of Jesus.
When Jesus was on the earth he taught that salvation can only be achieved by doing the will of God (Matthew 7:21-23 ) and keeping the Law.
For example, Jesus said:

Do NOT THINK I CAME TO DESTROY THE LAW or the (way of the) PROPHETS. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the LEAST in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called GREAT in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:17-19)


(Please see how the phrase "Whosoever therefore " connects the first two verses together with the third verse. This implies that the "law or ( the way of) the prophets " talking about in verse 17 is the same thing with the "commandments " made mention in verse 19).
Hence, from these very verses , we learnt that any person that UPHOLD the law (i:e the commandments) and ask people to do the same shall be called GREAT in the kingdom of heaven. And any person that SET ASIDE the law and ask people to do the same shall be called the LEAST in the kingdom of heaven.

In another place,it is written as follows;
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the LAW (Luke 16:17 NIV).

Then Jesus said to the crowds and his disciples: " The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach (Matthew 23:1-3).

Again, see how Jesus commanded the crowds and his disciples to do EVERYTHING preached by the teachers of the LAW.

Yet Paul declares as follows;

For Christ is the END of the LAW for righteousness for everyone who believes (Romans 10:4).

But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been RELEASED FROM THE LAW so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code (Romans 7:6)


Having ABOLISHED in his flesh the enmity, even the LAW of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, (Ephesians 2:15)

BLOTTING OUT the handwriting of ordinances (i:e the LAW ) that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross (Colossians 2:14)
But BEFORE faith came, we were KEPT UNDER GUARD BY THE LAW, kept for the faith which after-ward would be revealed. Therefore, THE LAW WAS OUR TUTOR to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But AFTER faith has come, WE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A TUTOR (Galatians 3:23-25).

@ Maximus69

You are highly welcome!

@Originakalokalo

Your argument amounts to nothing until you are able to prove that Christianity was brought by Jesus Christ and not by Paul.

@ LordReed

God spoke to His prophets by revelation in the scriptures. For example God speak in the Qur'an as follows;

O My servants who believe! Certainly, My earth is spacious. Therefore worship Me and Me alone. Every soul shall have a taste of death. Then to Us you shall be brought back
(Qur’an 29:56-57).

So how did your own god speak to you ? Can we also hear some thing like this from your god ?

@ LordReed


How did God speak to you ?

Maximus the JW

You are welcome!

@ hakeem 4


What you mean by begging the question fallacy ? Pls explain how it applies to my premises.

@ LordReed


How could you have said you did not care about premises ? You must definitely have something to say about the premises; whether they are right or wrong.

Besides what do you mean by direct divine revelation ?

@ LordReed

Do you understand the EXPECTATION made mention in PREMISE 3 ? Your daughter's name does not fulfill any expectation. Does it ?

@ LordReed

Is it not unique enough that out of all religions in the world ONLY Islam has its name being mentioned in its scripture. It is the only religion that satisfied the EXPECTATION made mention in PREMISE 3.

@ LordReed

@ hakeem 4

By quoting me to have said "Islam is true
just because the word Islam is found in the Qur'an", then you have ONLY considered the PREMISE 4 and you have neglected the FIRST THREE PREMISES. Please follow the premises one after the other and you will understand the whole analysis.

Do you agree with the two facts explained above?

@ Originakalokalo

You stylishly dodged the question.

Let me explain to you again the reason why God must mention Christianity in the Bible if Christianity is the only faith approved by God.
Firstly, we have different types of faith. Therefore, in order to make reference to all these faiths or distinguish one faith from another, each MUST have a particular NAME. Do you agree with this fact?
Now who is the right and appropriate person to give such a NAME ? Of course the original founder of the faith. Do you agree with this second fact?
If these two facts are true, then God must have given a NAME to your faith in the Bible if your faith was really founded by God. But there is no NAME for your faith in the Bible. The name Christianity was invented by people and not by God nor Jesus; not even by original apostles of Jesus.

@Originakalokalo

Yes, you believe that CHRISTIANITY is the name of your faith. Pls read again the premises 2 and 3 in the original post and then tell us the reason why God did not mention Christianity in the Bible.

Please read the first sentence of my Post. The write-up is only meant for those who have already believed in one and only God.

A VERY SIMPLE LOGIC TO RECOGNIZE THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION FROM GOD.
If you really believe in the existence of God and you really want to know the ONLY true religion (or faith or spiritual path) on earth that is APPROVED by this God, then take your time and carefully follow the LOGICAL ANALYSIS explained below . It is a very simple and direct analysis. But if you think the analysis is wrong, please for the SAKE OF GOD kindly state with reason which of the FOUR LOGICAL PREMISES explained below is not true.


# PREMISE 1. Suppose your son was asked in a school assignment to list the major types of religion ( or faith or spiritual path ) we have in the world.
If you really want to assist your son, then you would start mentioning some NAMES like Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and so on.
But what do you is going to happen if all these religions (or faiths or spiritual paths) have NO NAME you can use to mention them ? Would you be able to assist your son in doing the assignment ? Certainly not!
This simply shows that a religion ( or faith or any spiritual path claimed to bring us closer to God) must have a particular "NAME" through which it can be mentioned, described or referenced; just like any other ENTITY ( like human being, animal, place, colour or thing) must have a particular "NAME" through which it can be mentioned, described or referenced.
If you want to describe the color of a car you see on the road to your wife, you have to mention the NAME of that color. If you want to send your child to bring something for you in your room, you have to mention the NAME of that something.
So just like any entity in the universe must have a NAME through which it can be mentioned, described or referenced; a religion ( or faith or any spiritual path) must also have a particular "NAME" through which it can be mentioned, described or referenced.

# PREMISE 2. Having established that a religion (or faith or any spiritual path) must have a particular NAME through which it can be mentioned, described or referenced. Now, who do you think should be the RIGHT and APPROPRIATE person/people to give or invent such a NAME ?
There are only three options;
A.The general humanity ?
B. The people that practice the religion ( or believe in the faith or follow the spiritual path) ?
C. The original author /founder of the religion ( or faith or spiritual path) ?
Of course, the option C is the correct option.
The original author of a book is the right and appropriate person to give a NAME to that book. The original author of a film is the right and appropriate person to give a NAME or TITLE to that film. Again, the original author or the maker of a car is the right and appropriate person to give a NAME to that car. Furthermore, the original author or founder of a school is the right and appropriate person to give a NAME to that school. Also, the original author or founder of a company is the right and appropriate person to give a NAME to that company. Therefore, in a similar sense, the ORIGINAL AUTHOR/ FOUNDER of a religion (or faith or spiritual path) is the right and appropriate person to give a NAME to that religion (or faith or spiritual path).


# PREMISE 3. If God is really the ORIGINAL AUTHOR/ FOUNDER of any religion (or faith or spiritual path) that has a SCRIPTURE, then as we have established above from premise 1 and premise 2, giving a particular NAME to such a religion ( or faith or spiritual path) by God Himself in that very SCRIPTURE is exactly what we are EXPECTING


OBJECTION ; According to premise 2, the right and appropriate person to give a name to everyone of us is God our creator. But our names were either given by our parents or guardians.

REPLY; Yes, being our Creator, God is the right and appropriate person to give us our names. But since God has chosen not to speak to us directly there is no way for God to announce our names to the world. Therefore, God has to put our names in the minds of our parents or guardians. Hence, indirectly, it is still God (our maker) that give us names.
But in case of religion (or faith or spiritual path) that came from God, there is way for God Himself to announce its NAME directly to the world. That is, by way of revelation in the religious scriptures.
Therefore there is nothing wrong with premise 3


# PREMISE 4. However, with the exception of ONLY ONE religion, the NAMES of all the major religions( or faiths or spiritual paths) in the world are NO WHERE to be found in their scriptures.
Simply put, the word "HINDUISM" is no where to be found in the scriptures (i:e Vedas and Upanishads) used by the Hindus.
Again, the word "BUDDHISM" is no where to be found in the scriptures (i:e the Sutras) used by the Buddhists.
Furthermore, the word "CHRISTIANITY" is no where to be found in the scriptures (i:e the Bible) used by the Christians.
Similarly, the word "JUDAISM" is no where to be found in the scriptures (i:e the Torah) used by the Judaists.
Hence, follows from the premise 3 explained above, this simply shows that God is NOT the original author or founder of all these religions (or faiths or spiritual paths).

The only exception we have is the religion of ISLAM. It is the ONLY religion on earth that satisfied the EXPECTATION made mention above in the premise 3 . That is to say, the word "ISLAM" is found on the many pages of the scripture ( i:e the Qur'an) used by the Muslims. For example, Qur'an 5:3 read as follows;
"This day, I (Allah) have perfected your religion for you, and I have completed MY favour upon you, and I have chosen for you ISLAM as your religion".

If the NAME of the religion embraced by the Muslims is not Islam but "muhammedanism" (which is analogous to Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and others), then similar problem will occur. This is because the word "Muhammedanism" is no where to be found in the Qur'an.
But God Almighty Himself has carefully coined the word "ISLAM" so that Islam would continue to remain as the NAME of only religion or faith that ever came from God.

The word "Islam" means ; submission to the will of God (see Qur'an 2:112). Those who submit in this manner are called Muslims (i:e submitters to the will of God).

Therefore, logically speaking, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Isaac, Jacob and the likes can be called Muslims (i:e submitters to the will of God) without any problem. Hence, we can say conveniently that they practice Islam (i:e they submit to the will of one true God).
Hence, Islam is not the religion of the Qur'an alone, nor is the name of a religion started by prophet Muhammad. Rather, ISLAM (i:e submission to God's will) is the NAME of the religion ever brought by all the true prophets of God. However, the ceremonial content of this ISLAM may differ slightly from one prophet to another just like the syllabus contents of Mathematics differ slightly from one school level to another.