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Questionable Teachings of Islam:

One Billion People Deceived

Muhammad incorporated a skewed mix of Jewish and Christian teachings within his
"revelations" in an effort to draw converts from those faiths. He even claimed that Allah
was the "same God" as the God of Jews and Christians. (Qur'an: 029.046) However, his
theological interpretations about God conflicted with those taught by Jews and Christians,
thus, Muhammad began to encounter resistance from them as well as from his own
tribe. Herein are a few discrepancies between the Islamic God, Allah and the Jewish God,
Yahweh:
(Color Code: Islamic text is Green; Jewish: Blue; New Testament: Red)

1.) Allah gave different instructions to Moses, than those of Yahweh: *

"And remember Moses prayed for water for his people; We said: 'Strike the rock with thy
staff. Then gushed there from twelve springs."' (Quran:002.060)

This conflicts with the Torah teaching where God instructed Moses to "Speak" to the rock
- not strike it:

"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, take the rod, and gather thou the assembly
together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes;
and it shall give forth his water..." (Complete account in Numbers 20: 7-12)

The fact is that Moses struck the rock with his staff instead and water still gushed forth!
However, because he had disobeyed God by not speaking to the rock as instructed, Moses
was not allowed to enter the Promised Land. This is a noteworthy discrepancy whereby
only one account can be the correct one. Either God's instructions to Moses were to "strike"
the rock or they were to "speak" to the rock.

* Note: Qur'an 002.060 concurs with Exodus 17:6 where God asked Moses to strike the
rock. However, the Qur'an fails to mention the event in the desert of Zin and the resulting
failure of Moses to obey God as mentioned in Numbers 20:7-12. By not providing the
account of the second incident, the Qur'an is misleading as it fails to give an accurate
report of the complete instructions that God had given during the time of Moses'
leadership. It was through Moses' not following instructions that he was prevented from
entering the Promised Land.

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