This was what I was looking for:
3:45 : When the angels said: ?O Mary ! Allaah gives you glad tidings of a word from Him: his name will be The Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the hereafter and of those nearest (to Allaah). 3:46 : He shall speak unto the people in his cradle and in his maturity and he shall be of the righteous.? 3:47 She said: " My Lord ! How can I have a child when no man has touched me." He said: ? Even so: Allaah creates what He wills: When He has decreed a plan, He says to it, ' Be ! 'and it is ! ?
That's in the Quran. Do you dispute this? If not, then even the Quran teaches that Christ is the messiah and that he was born of a virgin.
As far as Christ being your average Joe, sorry it just doesn't work. If he enjoyed sex without being married for instance, then he would have been under the judgment of God. That reminds me of the time I challenged a muslim who was taking his girlfriend for an abortion. I told him that even his religion is against it. His reply? "She's a girlfriend, not my wife."
If Christ enjoyed sex without marriage, then he would have been a tad irresponsible, don't you think? You still never answered why Mohammad was allowed to enter into an adulterous relationship without coming under God's condemnation.
If you think Christ is a prophet worth studying, then do just that.
All in all, Islam does not produce a New Creature, but Jesus does! |