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Islam & Christianity

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  1. Start with the main questions
    1. Who is God?
    2. Who is Jesus?
    3. What is revelation?
    4. What is salvation?
    5. What is sin?
    6. What is worship?
    7. The Day of Judgment
    8. The final message
  2. Jesus and the nature of God
    1. The miraculous birth of Jesus
    2. The miracles of Jesus
    3. Did Jesus worship God?
    4. Did Jesus claim to be God?
    5. Jesus as Messiah
    6. The crucifixion question
    7. The second coming of Jesus
    8. Who follows Jesus more closely?
    9. The divinity verses examined one by one
    10. What is Tawhid?
    11. What is the Trinity?
    12. Did the prophets teach pure monotheism?
    13. Incarnation explained
    14. Shirk explained
    15. God's nature in Islam and Christianity
  3. Scripture, transmission, and preservation
    1. How the Quran was preserved
    2. Bible manuscript transmission
    3. Oral memorization of the Quran
    4. Written compilation of the Quran
    5. Early Quran manuscripts
    6. Uthmanic standardization
    7. Qira'at explained simply
    8. Biblical canon formation
    9. Textual variants explained
    10. When was Deuteronomy written?
    11. Pseudepigrapha in the New Testament
  4. History and historical evidence
    1. The historical Jesus
    2. Early Christianity
    3. Paul and his influence
    4. Gospel authorship and dating
    5. Council of Nicaea
    6. Development of Trinity doctrine
    7. Quranic revelation history
    8. Early Islamic preservation
    9. The Exodus in historical context
    10. Pharaoh vs King: Youssef's story in history
    11. Archeological evidence for Quranic accounts
    12. Historical support for Biblical narratives
    13. James, Josephus, and the earliest external evidence
    14. The crucifixion and history: how strong is the evidence?
  5. Salvation, ethics, and society
    1. Purpose of life in Islam and Christianity
    2. Sin and repentance
    3. Original sin vs personal responsibility
    4. Grace, mercy, faith, and deeds
    5. Forgiveness without blood sacrifice
    6. Heaven and Hell
    7. Jihad and Just War theory
    8. Crusades and Islamic history
    9. Self-defense in scripture
    10. Punishment for apostasy and war
    11. Civilian protection in Islamic law and the Biblical tradition
    12. The rights of non-Muslims under Islamic law
  6. Women
    1. Women in the Quran and Bible
    2. Inheritance and testimony
    3. Marriage and divorce
    4. Modesty and dress
    5. Eve in Islam and Christianity
    6. Women's worth: classical Christian voices and the Islamic tradition
  7. Prophecy, science, and the natural world
    1. Prophecies about Jesus
    2. Possible prophecies about Muhammad
    3. Quranic fulfilled prophecies
    4. Biblical prophecies and interpretation
    5. End-times beliefs
    6. How to approach scientific claims carefully
    7. Embryology
    8. Cosmology
    9. Mountains
    10. Seas and barriers
    11. Creation and nature
    12. Celestial signs: orbits, stars, iron, and light in the Quran
  8. Contradictions and difficult questions
    1. What is a contradiction?
    2. Contradictions in the BibleBible
    3. The Passion Narrative: The Story of Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection
    4. Why would God allow scripture to be corrupted?