Here is some blasphemy posted by a Muslim in my YouTube channel comments.
Since the poster has repeatedly demonstrated himself incapable of producing the content of this comment on his own it likely has Deedat or Naik's (Deedat disciple and clone) fingerprints on it. He wrote
"John 1:1 is NOT from the lips of Jesus. There is even a sinister pagan mistranslation of the Greek original M/S. The 1st mention of the word "GOD" is HOTHEOS (God, capital G) correctly translated as "God" but mistranslated as "god" (small g) in 2Cor4:4 since it refers to Satan. The 2nd occurence of "GOD" is TONTHEOS or "god" (small g) but wrongly translated as "God" (capital G) to support deification of Jesus. Even your Bible LIES as your are doing with Islam - LIES!
In other words, Jesus in John 1:1 is NOT God and cannot even create a fly by his saying: "I can of mine own self do nothing" - John 5:30"
But what we find is that the "sinister pagan mistranslation", in fact, lies with the pagan that posted the comment. Ironically he posted his comment after I had posted several that confirm that there is NOT A SHRED of historical, or archaeological record, of
Mecca ever having existed before the Christian era - or perhaps even before the 4th century AD. Demonstrating that Mecca was dedicated to, and the
Kaaba was built purely for, pagan worship of the
Arabian Star Family.
The term HO THEOS is translated strictly based on it's context. It's so tragic that some Muslims prefer to parrot another's blasphemy against God rather than spend even 5 minutes on their own in a Yahoo search. This was just the first such article that results from such a search.
http://acharlie.tripod.com/bible_study/ho_theos.htmlHo Theos
(Part of the Hebrews 1:8-10 study & the Effective Bible Study web page group.)
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The Title Ho Theos is comprised of two Greek words. ho meaning, "the" and theos meaning, "god". The use of the title is only a small part in the scriptural evidence proving that Jesus is God and that the Godhead is Triune in Nature. Obviously, these two words will appear in various places of New Testament. The Gospel writers all used the TITLE, ho theos to refer to the One, True God, as did the writers of the Epistles. There are places in the New Testament, where the word ho is followed by the word theos and they are not being used as a title. The context of where the words appear determines if it is meant to be a title, or not. This is a clearly evident fact to all, but those who attempt to deny that Jesus is God, Jehovah, and also those who attempt to deny the Triune Nature of the Godhead, Trinity. They like to point to 2 Co 4:4, as proof that ho theos does not signify Almighty God.
- - "-in whom the (ho) god (theos) of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them. "
Completely ignoring the structure of the verse, they point out that in this verse ho and theos do not mean Almighty God, which is correct. However it is undeniably clear from the grammatical and sentence structure, that they are not being used as a title. The title in this case is god of this world; not, The God. Much the same as Mat 22:32,
- - "I am the (ho) God (theos) of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."
where the titles are, "God of Abraham", "God of Isaac", & "God of Jacob."
That the TITLE Ho Theos, refers only to Jehovah God is proved by New Testament. There are a large number of verses, which evidence this fact, A few of them follow.
- - "And Thomas answered and said to Him, My Lord and my God (ho theos)! "
John 20:28
Clearly, ho theos, is being used as a title. The verse would make no sense translated as, "My Lord and My the God!" For an in-depth look at this verse and its true meaning visit John 20:28.
Here are a few more of the many verses, which show ho theos used as the title for Almighty God. I won't belabor the point by addressing each verse for I am sure that you can grasp that the use of ho theos is to signify Almighty God.
- - "-You shall worship the Lord your God (ho theos), and Him only you shall serve."
Mat 4:10
- - "Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God (ho theos) with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. "
Mat 22:37
- - "-and you shall love the Lord your God (ho theos) with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment."
Mark 12:30
- - "And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? (which being translated is, My God, My God (ho theos), why did You forsake Me?)"
Mark 15:34
- - "And he shall turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God (ho theos)."
Luke 1:16
- - "But my God (ho theos) shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Phi 4:19
- - "-for also, 'Our God (ho theos)is a consuming fire. "
(Hebrews 12:29)
As I said at the beginning, the application of the title, ho theos forms only a very small part of the biblical evidence that Jesus is Jehovah God and that the Godhead is Triune in Nature. The word "the" followed immediately by the word "God(god)" appears only 40 times in Literal Translations of the New Testament. 39 of which refer to the One True God. The only exception is 2Co 4:4. The Greek word " ho " followed immediately by the word " theos " appears upwards of 950 times in the original manuscripts, with the exception of 2Co 4:4, they are used to indicate Jehovah God. The intent & teachings of the God-inspired authors is quite clear. Those who cite 2Co 4:4 as proof that the title does not mean Almighty God are grasping at straws and ignoring the message of Holy Scripture.
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Through a little further investigation my suspicions, regarding Deedat's fingerprints on the foolish YouTube comment above, were confirmed.
http://www.answeringislam.info/Green/deedat.htmThe Teaching of Ahmed Deedat
By Samuel Green
The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him. (Proverbs 18:17, NIV)
Ahmed Deedat (d. 2005) wrote many books, gave talks and was involved in public debates. His material continues to be widely used by Muslims to promote Islam and attack Christianity. For many Muslims, what they understand of Christianity comes from Ahmed Deedat. This article examines the main ideas that Deedat taught.
Ahmed Deedat, claims to have had the following conversation with a Christian minister.
I asked the Reverend whether he knew Greek? "Yes", he said, He had studied Greek for five years before qualifications. I asked him what the Greek word was for "God" the first time it occurs in the translation - "and the Word was with God"? He kept staring, but did not answer. So I said, the word was HOTHEOS, which literally means "THE GOD" ... which in turn is rendered - God. "Now tell me, what is the Greek word for God in the second occurrence in your quotation - "and the Word was God"? The Reverend still kept silent ... the game was up. I said the word was TONTHEOS, which means a god. (Ahmed Deedat, Christ in Islam, ch. 7, pp. 40-41) In this conversation Deedat claims to understand the original language of the Bible. He claims that through this knowledge he was able to defeat this Christian minister. The problem is that everything he says about the Greek language is wrong.
Firstly, he says that the first reference to God is HOTHEOS. This is wrong. Here is the Scripture:
The first occurrence is TON THEON and not HOTHEOS. Deedat is wrong.
Next, Deedat says that the second occurrence for God is TONTHEOS.
Again this is wrong:
The second occurrence is THEOS and not TONTHEOS as Deedat claims. Again, he is wrong. Deedat claims to understand the original language of the Bible but he does not; he cannot even get the letters right!
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Please read the link for much more on the consummate antichrist Greek sophist styled entertainer Ahmed Deedat's satanic lies!
http://www.answeringislam.info/Green/deedat.htm
