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We also read in John 3/13, "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came
down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven." This again
contradicts Genesis 5/24, which states, "And Enoch walked with God; and he was
not, for God took him," as well as 2 Kings 2/1, which reads: "And it came to pass,
when the Lord was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind..."
Thus, was it only Christ who was taken up to heaven or Enoch and Elijah as well?
Additionally, there are numerous conflicting versions of the Old Testament (Hebrew,
Greek, Samarian, etc.) whose authors are in many cases unknown to Biblical authorities.
The same situation applies to "the great majority of authors and editors of the books of
the Bible, who were presumed to be God's representatives by their people and were also
anonymous," according to the French version.
Islam's position relative to the Bible is one of fairness and unbiased judgment. It views
the Bible as clearly a book that contains some truth and that some falsehood has tainted
its noble origin. The Islamic criteria for distinguishing truth from falsehood are the Qur'an
and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Sunnah). In simple terms, whatever contents
of the Bible that are in agreement with the Qur'an and Sunnah are acceptable, and
whatever statements contradicts them is rejected. Other statements in the Bible are
neither accepted, nor rejected. As for the original scriptures that God revealed to His
prophets, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus, among others, a Muslim must have firm
belief in them, as doing so is among the pillars of faith; otherwise. He is not considered
a Muslim.[14]
[1] According to Dennis Eric Nineham, a British theologian and academic, there is no one
with such a name who was in close relationship with Jesus or was famous in the First
Church.
[2] Professor Herring denies St. Matthews authorship by saying, "The Gospel of Matthew
was not written by Matthew but rather by individual who had chosen to remain
anonymous for some reason." Faustus, a Manichean bishop who wrote towards the close
of the fourth century, seems to have been the only one in ancient times who denied St.
Matthews's authorship, by saying, "Matthew did not write that Gospel." Saint Williams
hold the same opinion and so does Le Pere Didon in his book the Life of Christ.
[3] When reading the introduction of the Gospel of Luke, it seems very clear that he is
not really claiming to be inspired by God or anything. Dr. Bacon, American Journal of