Used to argue from a Christian perspective that Muhammad portrays Jesus as making some Torah prohibitions lawful, creating a standard by which the Muslim critique of Paul changi...
Continuity of Revelation and Law
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Claim
The criticism that Paul is unreliable for teaching changes to Mosaic law backfires if the Qur’an depicts Jesus as making some forbidden things lawful.
The Christian side applies the same law-change standard to Muhammad or the Qur’an.
Moves
The Christian side replies that Qur’an 3:50 appears to make the same law-change criticism apply to Muhammad.
- 1ChristianQuranReplyPrimary Evidence
The Christian side argues that Jesus’ teaching about the law creates a contradiction if Muhammad says Jesus removed some law.
- 2ChristianBibleReplySupporting Evidence
Cited to argue that Jesus taught no part of the law would be removed until fulfillment, so Muhammad’s claim that Jesus changed some laws would make God contradict himself.
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Claim
Biblical examples of the flood show God changing how he deals with humanity, so later religious changes are not automatically contradictions.
The Muslim side raises the flood narrative to challenge the claim that God cannot alter how he deals with people.
Claim
The other apostles confirmed Paul’s position concerning Gentiles and the Mosaic law.
Acts and Galatians are cited to argue that Paul had apostolic confirmation.
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A Muslim question asks whether Jesus’ fulfillment of the law and changed dietary restrictions would make the Gospel contradict prior scripture.
A Muslim participant asks how Christian changes in law relate to the claim that revelation should align with earlier scripture.
Claim
If Paul taught that Mosaic laws were no longer required, then he went against Jesus’ teaching that the law would not be abolished.
The Muslim side argues that Paul’s teaching on the law conflicts with Jesus’ words in Matthew.
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