๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ: ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐ง๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
Twitter:@NassarMohamadMR
Christian theology teaches that sin is like a debt that must be repaid; it cannot simply be forgiven by God:
โFor the wages of sin is deathโ[Romans 6:23].
God is portrayed as a Being whose mercy is contingent on the shedding of blood:
โIn fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgivenessโ [Hebrews 9:22].
The Church teaches that this is why Jesus was sent to die on the cross. The theology that underpins the crucifixion is that humanity is inherently sinful, a consequence of Adam eating from the forbidden tree. So, when Adam violated Godโs command not to eat from the tree, sin entered into humanity and has remained ever since:
โTherefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinnedโ [Romans 5:12].
The solution, according to the New Testament, is thus: Jesus died on the cross in order to undo Adamโs โoriginal sinโ:
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive Godโs abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! [Romans 5:17]
So, we can see that the Christian concepts of atonement and divine mercy are diametrically opposed to Islam. In Islam, we are responsible for our own sins and God grants forgiveness to all those who call upon Him and sincerely repent. In Christianity, we have the paradoxical situation of the whole of mankind being held accountable for something we didnโt do โ
Adamโs original sin โ and forgiven for something someone else did โ Jesusโ sacrifice at the crucifixion. When you factor the Trinity into the atonement equation, things get stranger still. If Jesus is God, then the crucifixion effectively amounts to God incarnating Himself into the creation and committing suicide in order to forgive sinners from Himself.
According to Christianity, God can only forgive sin if He punishes Himself first, even though He is the one whom the crime was committed against.How much sense does that make? If Jesus died on the cross for our sins, then we already have our golden ticket to heaven. Thereโs no need for us to strive, or to repent because Jesus has already done the hard work for us.
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ?
๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐. ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ โ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญโ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ.
๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ โ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญโ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐. ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
๐๐จ๐ญ๐: ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐.
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ.
