Posted by Illuminati on 6/21/2009, 12:35 pm, in reply to "Re: The Holy Spirit 2"
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Amir said:
""To me this passage defines Mohammad’s position quite well, that God's Holy Spirit is a separate entity from the angels.""
As i emtionned above ,it is simply the Quranic style of emphasis.
The issue is simple, does the Koran speak the same words as the Bible speaks, but means something entirely different by those same words? I have trouble accepting that argument. Here is how the Bible uses the term "Holy Spirit."
Ex 31:1-4
31:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God , with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts — 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze,
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The Spirit of God actually enters people. This wouldn't be possible if the Spirit were a physical entity.
Now another verse from the New Testament which demonstrates the same thing.
Luke 1:11-17
11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth. 16 Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous — to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
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