Islam began as a militaristic religion that spread its views using the sword. About 100 years after Muhammad died, Islam had spread from Persia in the East to Spain in the West. Today, fundamentalist Islam retains these same characteristics. The idea of holy war (jihad) pervades our world. The attack on the United States (World Trade Centers, Pentagon) on September 11, 2001, supports that fundamentalist Islam has not changed.
In many ways, Saul of Tarsus as a persecutor of Christians can be compared directly to Islamic methods of spreading their faith. Saul of Tarsus could not accept the Christian view of God. So Saul of Tarsus took up the sword to convince people that they were wrong for not holding to the religious views of the Jewish authorities.
However, Saul of Tarsus met the resurrected Messiah on the road to Damascus in a supernatural blinding-light experience. The hardened heart of Saul instantly softened as he realized he was wrong. So he accepted that Jesus, who died as a common criminal, is actually the Messiah that offers eternal salvation to all humans.
This caused great change in Saul of Tarsus. Instead of persecuting others, the Apostle Paul began to preach that Jesus is the Messiah. The result was that Paul was persecuted by non-believing Jewish people. Eventually, the Roman Empire persecuted the early Christians as well. It was during the reign of Caesar Nero that Christians were martyred for their beliefs. The Apostle Paul was martyred between the years 64 to 66 CE for his faith in Jesus as Messiah.
Paul's life story is a testimony of the reality of Jesus the Messiah. It took a supernatural experience to change a Saul from a persecutor of Christians to the Apostle Paul, a fellow Christian believer.
Today, Muslims are convinced that the Qur'an contains the word of God. However, the Einstein Method has shown that Islam does not appear to be from the Creator. A "false" Gabriel appears to have spoken to Muhammad from INSIDE time-space. No long-term prophecies have been observed. Muhammad appears to have been deceived. If the false Gabriel could foretell the distant future, then the message would be found acceptable. Logic requires that we question the Muslim world view.
In addition to the information presented above, archaeological evidence discovered in the 20th century supports that the Qur'an contains false information about Jesus. Physical artifacts related to the Apostle Paul and other early day Christians make it possible to directly compare Islam and Christianity on an apples-to-apples basis using mathematics as a decision making tool. Please take the time to read this important information that shows the probability of Muhammad being correct about Jesus is less than 2 chances in a billion. Since physical evidence shows the Qur'an contains false information at a high confidence level, what else is wrong about the spiritual revelation found in the Qur'an?
Source: http://www.harvardhouse.com/paul.htm
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