So looking over this Thread, I havent seen much in the way of Muslims making a case for others (not even Thunder) to want to convert to Islam. Instead I see them basically calling it a bait thread and then deflecting into other arguments, mainly trying to say Christianity is bad. I really do not understand why it is that any and every single thread that is created to deal with a topic in Islam or about the whole of Islam is ALWAYS turned on its head and immediately spun to try and speak about Christianity. Is it not possible for Muslims to speak solely of Islam, its precepts, principals, goodness and faults without always trying to divert into some form of lets talk about the ills of Christianity?
More often than not when critiques of Christianity come about, they are dealt with, and I am sure if a Muslim would have created an identical thread saying tell me a Muslim what Christianity offers that Islam doesnt, there would be dozens of threads by all the Christians here stating just how much more there is available in Christianity than Islam, mainly focused around the wonderful personal relationship one has with Christ which Islam in no way can offer. There would be Scriptures to back everything up, it would probably be pages long of testimonies of what Christ has done with us starting with offering us Salvation by Grace thru Faith and going on from there with just how many blessings we have received from God when we were Born Again.
It amazes me that there NOTHING like this in this thread, already 3 pages in and not one testimony, not one thing that would ever cause anyone let alone a Christian have a desire to seek out Allah or what Islam offers. At best what we see is a call of what Christianity doesnt offer, which if I boil down Kung Fu argument, it isnt a Theocracy. He is being willfully blind to the fact that Christianity itself does condemn many of the same things as Islam does, specifically all the vices he brought up, but then says it doesnt enforce them, as Islam does. Whats the real difference between Christianity and Islam in this specific example?
Islam is a Theocracy that mandates a Law and a penalty by corrupted human beings enforced upon others, where as Christianity relies on individual restraint, being lead by the Spirit, and the Church and Godly chastising for penalty. Christianity isnt looking be a Theocracy, but to say that Christianity doesnt offer the same refuge from these vices as Islam does is utter nonsense. Go out and speak to the dozens of Christians who used to participate in these Sinful activities and then when the got Born Again have stop doing them!!! If there wasnt something that was causing them to stop participating in these vices then why are SOOO many testimonies of Christians filled to the brim with them repenting from the exact vices you list?
I for one can testify to repenting from those vices, my Church has dozens of people who once were gambling sex fiends who were drinking and doing drugs all the time, to straight up preachers of the Gospel who no longer participate in any of that stuff!! And the fact that is a LAW in Islam, with fear of retribution, that one is trying to uphold as superior to Christianity in my view actually shows the clear difference in Islam and Christianity and shows why Christianity offers something Islam doesnt.
In Islam you dont do this or that because it is Law and you might either be physically hurt for doing so, or because God will punish you, in Christianity people stop doing it because there is an actual CHANGE that happens to them. They are Born Again and all the sudden desires of the flesh begin to disappear and a desire for Godly things comes forth!!! Its because of the Love of God and Christ and the Supernatural Change and death of the Old Man and birth of the New Man that takes place makes us WANT to stop all those things. Also if we continue in them we literally grieve the Holy Spirit that is now indwelling in us, and we become miserable!! We dont NEED a Theocratic Law with men trying to punish us as they desire and using it for their own power and Self Righteousness to cause us to "stay in line". We have the Living God Himself speaking to us, moving in us, uplifting or grieving us causing us to do His Will. Big massive difference...
So maybe so Muslims would like to actually address why anyone would want to be a Muslim, so far I havent seen one post that in anyway motivates me to desire what Islam could offer. I do hope that if someone stumbles across this post, they can see the main thing that would motivate you to come to Christ, and that is to have that personal loving relationship with the Creator of All Things and to know that He Himself loved you enough to do everything ever needed to offer you salvation and experience a love that cant be written or spoken about, and all you have to do is accept Him by Faith thru Grace and then you will have God Himself living inside of you, guiding you and most of all that amazing wonderful relationship of joy peace and love!!!
