Muhammad or Isaiah? Part I

Isaiah the prophet

The Random House Dictionary defines a prophet this way: "A person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration."

For nearly 1,400 years, Muslims have claimed that Muhammad received God's divine inspiration and recorded it into what became the Quran.

But how do we know that God really spoke to Muhammad? How can we prove that? What evidence exists that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Muhammad actually heard from God and not from a demonic spirit or his own imagination?

Thank God (no pun intended) that we can still ask those questions here in the western world. If you asked those questions in many other places, you'd probably suffer the same fate as James Foley, the journalist who was recently separated from his head by ISIS thugs.

And so, let's ask some questions. Did Muhammad actually hear from God? Based upon the evidence, that's extremely unlikely. 

First of all, the Quran contains two different accounts of God's literal creation of the earth and the physical universe. Sura 41:9-12 claims that God created the earth and physical universe in eight days while Suras 7:51 and 10:3  claim that God created the earth and universe in only six days.

Secondly, the Quran contains some very serious historical inaccuracies. Sura 7:136 claims that Noah's flood took place during the time of Moses.

That would've been impossible because not only did Noah live over 1,000 years before Moses, but the flood would have destroyed Egypt, Pharoah, Moses, the Hebrews and the Egyptians, just for starters.

Islam would never have existed had Noah's flood taken place during the time of Moses because the flood would've destroyed the ancestors of the Arabians. Remember that Islam was born in Arabia. 

The Quran also teaches that Jesus' mother Mary was the sister of Moses and Aaron. (Sura 19:28) That's preposterous. And the Quran teaches that the Samaritans encouraged the Jews to build the detestable golden calf-idol during the time of Moses. (Sura 20:87-95) That's impossible because the Samaritans didn't exist at that time.

And the Quran claims that Macedonian King Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.) was a Muslim who worshiped Allah. (Sura 18:89-98) Again, that's impossible because Islam didn't come into existence until the 7th Century A.D.

Those are just some of the glaring mistakes contained in the Quran. No intelligent person could possibly believe that the Quran was divinely inspired. No intelligent person could possibly take this book seriously.

Then why do two billion people across the world follow Islam? Because it's a cultural religion, much like Roman Catholicism. Many people follow Islam because they believe that they're required to because of their cultural, ethnic and tribal roots.

Others follow Islam because they've been coerced into that religion. They were warned that unless they converted to Islam and submitted to Allah, they would be killed.

And still others follow Islam because it's a religion that preaches hatred and violence against Jews and Christians. We're continuously told by those who know little--if anything--about Islam that Islam is really a religion of peace that's been hijacked by "extremists" and "radicals."

That's pure bull. Islam is a religion that's historically perpetuated itself through violence. The Quran contains over 100 war verses that command Muslims to wage jihad against unbelievers or infidels until they either convert to Islam or they are killed.

In Part II, we're going to look at a man named Isaiah who lived about 2,800 years ago. Unlike Muhammad, Isaiah recorded several startling prophecies that were fulfilled, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that God indeed spoke to this man.

What were those prophecies? Stay tuned.