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216 Prophet Jesus (pbuh): A Prophet, Not A Son, of God

Unitarians express their ideas about Prophet Jesus (pbuh) on their
own sites as follows:
He was, and still is for many UU's, an exemplar... Among us, Jesus'
very human life and teaching have been understood as a product of,
and in line with, the great Jewish tradition of prophets and teachers.
He neither broke with that tradition nor superceded it. 89
Unitarians reject one part of traditional Christianity and base their

own beliefs on proper moral values, reason, common sense, and the one-
ness of God. They describe their beliefs thus on their websites:
In the first place, we believe in the doctrine of God's UNITY, or that
there is One God, and One only. To this truth we give infinite im-
portance, and we feel ourselves bound to take heed, lest any man
spoil us of it by vain philosophy. The proposition, that there is one
God, seems to us exceedingly plain. We understand by it, that there
is one being, one mind, one person, one intelligent agent, and one
only, to whom underived and infinite perfection and dominion be-
long… We do… protest against the irrational and unscriptural doc-
trine of the Trinity. 90
However, some of the views now propounded under the name of

Unitarianism contain elements that are incompatible with God and His
revelation. Some Unitarians possess a humanist conception of religion, in
which religious rules and worship are eliminated. Some do not believe in
miracles, such as the virgin birth, or that Prophet Jesus (pbuh) actually
performed miracles. This is another deviation away from Divine truth.
Unitarians are not presented in this book as a community that represents
true Christianity as it was at the time of Prophet Jesus (pbuh); the author
merely cites their beliefs concerning the trinity and the atonement of sins.
Other of their beliefs, however, conflict with what the Qur'an teaches.