Hey all ATS!

Im a new member to the website so this is my first thread. I havent seen any threads about whether or not the Bible and Qur'an coincide with each other. I would like to note that my intention for this thread is pure scripture out of each book. Please try to set your own religion and beliefs aside when replying to posts. Also, be sure to quote the specific book, chapter, and line to back up your statements.

Here is two statements that piqued my interest and thus starting this thread:

KJV Bible -Ezekiel 17:2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 17:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar

Qur'an (9:11 ) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace.

I find it kind of ironic how the U.S. is associated with the eagle.
Just curious as to what someone else can come up with.

[edit on 6-1-2009 by ps1klon3]

[edit on 6-1-2009 by ps1klon3]

if its gonna happen its gonna happen. But Peace aint gonna happen soon until they really want it.

The Bible and Q'uran are two different books, but they happen to very much coincide. You can find Adam, Eve, Moses and others all in the Q'uran and Bible. I have not studied them extensively but I have noted the similarities in the past. I believe that Allah and God are one and the same.

Muslims believe the bible was a corrupted version of the word of God (i.e. different writers messed up the message).

They believe God chose Mohammed as his LAST prophet (after Jesus, Moses, etc...). God had the ArchAngle Gabriel appear to Mohammed and dictated the message to Mohammed with the intent being it is the final word of God.

The Quran is supposed to be the TRUE version of the stories in the Bible. The stories are about the same but with some significant differences (i.e. the Bible blames Eve for the fall of man, the Quran says both were deceived, and does not place the major blame on the woman).

And I don't think it is all that amazing that the U.S. chose the Eagle as its national bird. Have you ever seen one fly? They are incredibly impressive.

[edit on 6-1-2009 by Sonya610]

ive read most of the koran about a year ago.
i was raised a christian so im fully aware of what the bible says.

from what i rember the koran starts off saying that the christians had been decieved because there scriptures were altered. that is why it is a big thing in the muslim schools for the children to memorize the entire koran, so no one can alter it.

when i was in egypt my muslim freind told me that my scriptures had been altered and i thought she was crazy spewing propaganda. then when i got home i did some research and found out she was right!

so ive had enough of religion now. i think ill just do what is right and love everyone.

I strongly believe that those books should be read only as history-books.

Events take place with lots of witnesses, all taking their own way into the world sharing their view. The story evolves, starts to live its own life, gets altered by people desperatly wanting to add moral and laws.
Stories start to collide when they finally meet troughout the world, and then add some more lines on how to deal with those who believe the other versions.

Now we have to deal with people who believe in a fanatic way, we have people that read between lines looking for more truth, and all that remains is indeed some parallels that survived time and interpretation of many generations and many cultures.

Some unique finds of very old scripts only confirm that holy books as we know them today, are merely altered/mistranslated/adapted/cleaned copies of whatever actually was the true story.

Happens still every day, events take place, stories are told, rumours arise and end up in all kinds of crazy gossip.

I considder the holy books as good fiction, a source of inspiration, but not as 'the true story'.