On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:14:47 -0000, Khazeh Fananapazir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilberto, > At 12:06 PM 1/12/2005, you wrote: > >>I'm not blaming them. I'm describing them. All I'm saying is that the > concept of finality of revelation is not as essential, or emphasized, or as > clear in Christianity as it is in Islam. It's not the most common argument > Christians have against Islam.<< > You don't think that the statement, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. > No one comes to the Father except through Me," is the principal argument > used by the fundamentalist and conservative evangelical websites against > Islam?
But there the issue is exclusivity and the emphasis isn't on being chronologically last. Maybe its a fine distinction and I'm sounding nit-picky but I think it is a real one. For example, there are some Christian fundamentalists who are not just saying that Jesus is the last in a long series of prophets, they are actually saying that Jesus has always been the only way to salvation. That even in Genesis in Eden when the Bible says that the seed of the woman will crush the head of the serpent that this was a prophecy about Jesus. And that the people of the Old Testament were saved because they believed in the messianic prophecies about Jesus. And that if people of other religions are saved, it will be because somehow Jesus was able to save them even though they didn't necessarily know his name. So this is very different from the Muslim "seal of the prophets" concept. Christians are saying that Christ is the only way to salvation but they allow for there to be prophets before and after Jesus. Muslims aren't saying Muhammad is the only way to salvation, but Muhammad *is* the last prophet. Peace Gilberto __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
