Omega and Believer,
Both of you should realize a very important point...you are arguing points using the Bible...Muslims are not saying the entire Bible is wrong...but even christian scholars admit that some parts of the text have been changed. And these are not the people who hate Christianity and hate Christians and actually hate all religions for whatever reason. These are your own scholars.
So you can quote the Bible all you want to, what I am trying to tell you is that I can refute all of what you say with logic and reason. And this same logic and reason and indeed even science is what leads me to the FACT, a fact which you believe in, is that there is a single Creator of the Universe. This is why for you to say "my god and your god" is absolute blasphemy even by the standards of Christianity. Because if you are going to say "my god and your god" then you are explicity talking about multiple Gods and that's impossible. I realize you are simply making an argument, but a muslim is so strongly monotheistic that we would never even attempt to make that argument.
And if you have noticed, I am not here to quote the Quran a great deal because you don't believe in it AT ALL. So why in the world are you banging ur head against the wall, furiously looking for Bible verses. You have yet to prove its authenticity to me. And that is what you are trying to do. On the contrary, without using a "book" I can prove to you that there is A SINGLE SOLITARY CREATOR, who in english is called God, in Hebrew Yahweh, and in Arabic "Allah". This simple point you can't even grasp?
On your statement that I was never a christian: If that makes you feel better to state that then ok, but I did beleive all the things i said i didnt. When i had trouble believing in Jesus, or the writing of this person or that person, I summoned my faith and got over it, just like most people do. However, there are some things you cannot get over. There are some things that not only do they not make sense, but they contradict, i have addressed some of them previously. But i was definitely an "islam hating, baptized in the blood of the lamb, bible studying christian." Ask anyone who knew me.
Now as with most christians, you couldnt answer my questions, just by doing what most ministers and people do, quoting bible verses about how we are all just not smart enough to understand so we simply must believe: is that not what you are saying according to the verses you quoted?
And then the verse you quote from paul ("and he thought it not robbery to be equal to God..") Maybe its being lost in the translation or something but is Paul not saying that Jesus and God are too separate entities and that Jesus is EQUAL to God? If this is so, does this not contradict Jesus's own statement (forget where) but that paraphrasing "...no one goes to Father but as a lesser..." Jesus didnt say, according to this verse, "...except for me, i am equal to the Father..."
You also do a nice job of what i like to call "translation confusion." This happens quite often when the Quran is translated into Englsih which if its ok for the Bible and not for the Quran then most people are just being biased and not honest or fair. But the spin you put on the quotation, are you fluent in Hebrew to translate the verse btw, is that "God relented from harm." Im sorry, but the American Standard Version of the Bible does not say this. Even the NRSV does some interesting hoop jumping to explain this little verse into the correct light. But i would actually like to know what it says in Hebrew. And then have a Rabbi translate it. Maybe ill do that this week, God willing.