Seven Reasons To Reject Islam

Back when John Chambers was part of the TTOR ministry, he was working on a blog post where he would outline seven reasons for people to reject Islam.  Unfortunately, John never got around to finishing and publishing his blog post before he left the TTOR ministry.  John always did good work in regards to debunking Islam, so I have decided to go ahead and present you a polished version of the seven reasons to reject Islam that John Chambers has for us to consider:


1. When Muhammad originally revealed Surah 53, he promoted polytheism

Surah 53 originally said that Allah has three daughters named Al-Lat, Manat, & Al-Uzza who carry up prayers to Allah. Muhammad later turned around and said that those verses were revealed to him by the devil, and they were removed. Muhammad himself admitted "I have fabricated things against God & have imputed to him words which he has not spoken" (Tabari 6:111). In fact, Surah 22:52 actually seems to be a response to this situation.

The funny thing is, Muslims claim that the Torah predicted Muhammad in Deuteronomy 18:18 yet two verses later in Deuteronomy 18:20, it actually disqualifies him as a prophet since he spoke in the name of other gods.

Deuteronomy 18:20:  "But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death."

2. The historicity of Muhammad is unreliable

The Quran says very little about the life of Muhammad & it only mentions him by name 4-5 times. The earliest document on the life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah by Ibn Ishaq) was written over 130 years after the life of Muhammad. To make matters worse, we don't even have what Ibn Ishaq actually wrote. We only have edited versions of Sirat Rasul Allah. Major Hadith collections which Muslims consider to be the most reliable such as Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim date to about 200 years after the life of Muhammad. Clearly this is not eyewitness material & it is all written too long after the life of Muhammad to be considered reliable.


3. The Quran is supposed to be the eternal word of God yet it seems like much of it was written to improve Muhammad's life. 

Surah 4:3 only allows Muslim men to have 4 wives. We know that Muhammad had about 11 wives at one time (Bukhari 268). Muhammad then received Surah 33:50 which allowed him to have more wives. According to Sunan an-Nasa'i 3411, Muhammad was caught having sex with his slave girl & he promised his wives he would stop. Muhammad then received Surah 66:1-2 which allowed him to continue having sex with his slave girl. Clearly Muhammad was making up lies to improve his sex life.


4. Muhammad copied stories from unreliable Gnostic documents

The Quran contains a story about Jesus creating birds from clay which comes from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. That document is very well known to be unreliable & the story about Jesus creating birds from clay cannot be traced back to the time of Jesus. The story about Jesus speaking from the cradle is also copied from an unreliable Gnostic document. So is the story about Jesus being born under a palm tree. The Gnostic texts are very well known to be historically unreliable because they were written hundreds of years after Jesus.


5. Muhammad claimed to be the final prophet yet he contradicts prophets which came before him & the Quran affirms scriptures which contradict Islam (Torah, Zabur, Injeel). 

Muslims respond by saying that the Bible has been changed. This is problematic because the Quran says that no one can change Allah's words (Surah 6:115, 10:64, 18:27). If the Bible has been changed, then Islam is false because the Quran says no one can change Allah's words. If the Bible has not been changed, then Islam is still false because it thoroughly contradicts Islam. It's basically a lose-lose situation.


6. Muhammad has done literally nothing to prove that he was a prophet

Jonah was swallowed by a giant fish. Noah built a boat & gathered two of every animal during the flood. God used Moses to bring plagues upon Egypt & split the Red Sea. Jesus raised the dead, cleansed lepers, & was born of a virgin. Both Christians & Muslims can agree that the prophets performed great miracles. If Muhammad is the final prophet, how come he couldn't perform a single miracle? If he was the final prophet, it would make sense for the line of Abrahamic line of prophets to go out with a bang & for him perform a miracle greater than any other prophet to prove that Islam is the one true religion.


7. Muslims claim Muhammad was visited by an angel. Mormons claim Joseph Smith was visited by an angel

Christians & Muslims both agree that Joseph Smith was not a prophet but on what grounds can you argue that when Islam & Mormonism both started in a very similar manner & they both contradict the prophets that came before them? How is Muhammad any different than Joseph Smith? God's word warned us of false prophets who claim to receive revelations from an angel.

Galatians 1:8:  "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God's curse!"

2 Corinthians 11:14:  "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."


And those are seven reasons why you should reject Islam.  If you would like to see more blog posts or videos in the future dealing with Islam, let us know in the comments section of this post.  If you would like to see proof that Allah is guilty of committing shirk, I would encourage you to watch the following video:

In case you missed it, here is my most recent video responding to Andrew Torba's recent antisemitic post and how he tried to walk it back: