Half-Truths and Whole Dodges — How Islam Misleads Christians About Jesus, Scripture, and Doctrine

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Introduction: The Christian Asks — Islam Deflects

A sincere Christian asks:

“If Islam respects Jesus, affirms his miracles, and recognizes previous prophets, why does it reject core Christian doctrines like his divinity, the Trinity, and the atonement?”

And:

“If the Qur’an is error-free, why are there so many Islamic sects?”

And:

“Why does Islam allow polygamy, when the Bible clearly affirms monogamy?”

Islam Q&A answers — but instead of clear, direct responses, what you get is a fog of theological dodges, partial truths, and dismissive sidesteps.

Let’s do the job they won’t.

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1. “Yes, We Believe in Jesus — But Only the Version We Invented”

Islam teaches:

• Jesus was a prophet

• He was born of a virgin

• He performed miracles

• He was righteous and sinless

Sounds good? Not so fast.

Because Islam also claims:

• Jesus wasn’t God

• He wasn’t crucified

• He never taught the Trinity

• The Injil (Gospel) he received is now lost

That’s like saying:

“I love Shakespeare, I just don’t believe he wrote anything, and I’ve got my own version of Hamlet that I think is better.”

Islam cherry-picks traits that are safe (miracles, virgin birth) and denies everything that makes Jesus central to Christian faith (Sonship, divinity, sacrifice).

The result?
A sanitized, politically convenient “Isa” who:

• Can do miracles, but not save

• Speaks truth, but didn’t die for sin

• Is honored, but never worshipped

That’s not respect. That’s religious identity theft.

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2. “We Believe the Bible Used to Be True — Until It Wasn’t”

Islam claims:

• The Torah and Gospel were once true revelations

• But they've been “corrupted”

But here’s the trap:

They never show when, where, or how the Bible was corrupted.

Ask:

• What part of the Gospel was changed?

• Where’s the manuscript that shows a pre-corruption version?

• Why does the Quran affirm the Gospel in Muhammad’s time (Surah 5:47)?

They can’t answer.
Because there is zero manuscript evidence of this corruption claim.

The Bible has:

• Over 5,800 Greek NT manuscripts

• Thousands of OT copies in Hebrew and Greek

• A textual tradition older and more reliable than any Islamic book

If God couldn't protect the Injil, but supposedly protected the Qur’an:

Why call Christians and Jews to judge by it in Surah 5:47?

This is not theology — it's damage control for a narrative that can't support itself.

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3. “There Are Sects in Islam — But That’s the People’s Fault”

The Christian asks:

“Why are there sects like Sunni and Shia if the Qur’an is perfect?”

Islam’s answer:

“The Qur’an is fine. People are the problem.”

But that doesn’t hold up.

• The Qur’an has multiple interpretations

• Hadith contradict each other

• Even early companions of Muhammad disagreed on doctrine, law, and even the Qur’an itself (see Ibn Mas’ud vs. Uthman’s recension)

The result?

• Sunnis

• Shias

• Kharijites

• Sufis

• Wahhabis

• Quranists

• Ahmadiyyah (considered heretics by mainstream Islam)

Claiming “people misunderstood” is a lazy excuse. If the book is perfect and clear, why has it produced fragmentation from the very beginning?

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4. “We Allow Polygamy Because Abraham Did It” — But So Did Pagan Kings

Islam permits polygamy — up to four wives at a time (Surah 4:3).
The Christian asks why, when Genesis 2:24 and Matthew 19:5 clearly show God intended one man and one woman.

Islam’s answer?

“Polygamy existed in the OT. Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon — they all did it.”

But here’s the problem:

• The Bible describes their polygamy; it does not prescribe it

• Every time polygamy is introduced, it brings jealousy, rivalry, conflict

• Jesus restores the Genesis ideal: one flesh, two people, permanent union (Matt. 19:4–6)

Islam, by contrast:

• Institutionalizes polygamy

• Allows unequal treatment of wives

• Offers no limit on concubines (slaves)

This isn’t continuation of prophetic tradition. It’s codified male privilege.

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5. “Islam Honors All Prophets” — Except When It Rewrites Them

Islam says:

“We honor Moses, Jesus, and Abraham.”

But then:

• It rewrites their stories

• Strips Jesus of his deity

• Denies his crucifixion

• Turns Abraham into a proto-Muslim

• Claims Muhammad was prophesied by them — but can’t prove it from their texts

So what Islam really means is:

“We honor the Islamic versions of your prophets.”

That’s not honoring. That’s colonizing other religions’ history and editing it to fit your narrative.

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6. The Christian’s Final Cry: “My Soul Needs the Truth”

And what does Islam offer in response?

• Believe in Jesus — but only the Islamic version

• Accept that God sends books — but loses all but one

• Follow the Qur’an — but know its followers are fragmented

• Accept polygamy — because ancient men did it

• Forget salvation by grace — and work your way to paradise under fear of hell

That’s not truth. That’s confusion with confidence.

Christianity offers:

• A crucified and risen Savior, attested by history

• A consistent revelation across centuries and covenants

• A God who enters history, not just sends books from above

• Forgiveness through grace, not striving under uncertainty

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Conclusion: You Asked for the Truth — Don’t Let a Revisionist Answer Bury It

The questioner said:

“My soul needs the truth.”

That cry deserves better than:

• A whitewashed Isa

• A vanishing Gospel

• A fragmented ummah

• And a “god” who revokes revelation, reinvents prophets, and rules with ambiguity

The truth is this:

• Jesus didn’t come to point to someone else

• He didn’t say, “Wait for Muhammad”

• He didn’t call himself just a prophet

• He said, “Before Abraham was, I AM.” (John 8:58)

That’s either blasphemy or divinity.
And no amount of Islamic gloss can flatten that into “just a man.”