Bibles Burned
Not long ago we learned that the Iranian government has confiscated and destroyed hundreds of Farsi (Persian) language Bibles. Officials called the Bibles “perverted,” alluding to the Muslim belief that Christians have perverted the word of Allah. Farsi Christian News Network says, “Of course, the security officials have not clarified the difference between these so called ‘perverted Bibles’ and those that are commonly used by people around the world - including Iran.”
The Iranian news source refutes the governments’ justification for burning the Bibles:
The Quran states that the Torah and the Gospels are Holy Scriptures as well. Nevertheless, the Islamic leaders claim that the Bibles used by Christians and Jews are not the authentic scriptures but have been changed by the church. Considering the fact that the Quran also states that no man can destroy the word of God, the question remains that if the currently used Bible is, as the Islamic leaders so claim, a changed and untrustworthy document[,] where is the real Torah and the Gospels?
If the Quranic claim that the word of God can never be perverted and changed [is true], then there must be a copy of the real Torah and the Gospels somewhere. To this question Muslims have not credible answers. There is no such difference or variance between today's Scriptures and the original writings. Our modern Bibles go back to the very ancient copies of the scriptures that in some cases date back to only 50 years from Christ Himself. There are even copies of the Old Testament that date several hundred years before Christ.
Definitely and for sure, one can not find any ancient writings that have been as carefully and precisely copied and preserved as the Bible has been. There are thousands of ancient manuscripts in world museums that testify to this fact. Therefore the claim that the Bible is a changed and false scripture is totally baseless and is nothing but a ploy to confuse and mislead people by the Islamic leaders.
Consider the contrasting history of the Koran. In Unveiling Islam, Ergun Caner and Emir Caner explain that it was written approximately six centuries after Christ and that all but one of approximately 25 variants of the Koran were deliberately destroyed (82, 86-87).
In the upcoming month of Ramadan (August 11-September 9), Muslims will be celebrating the arrival of the Koran. Pray that they will see that the Bible, the book they are trying to destroy, is the true Word of God.
Forever, O LORD, Thy word is settled in heaven. –Psalm 119:89
Source: Farsi Christian News Network
