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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Y2K" data-source="post: 10278234" data-attributes="member: 35049">WHY DO YOU CALL JESUS THE ‘SON OF GOD’? GOD IS NOT A MAN WHO GETS MARRIED AND HAS SONS!” WHY DO MUSLIMS OBJECT TO THIS? See The Qur’an’s Teaching:   (Sura 72:3) “And exalted is the majesty of our Lord; He has taken neither a wife nor a son.” (Sura 112:3) “He begetteth not, nor is he begotten.” (Sura 23:91) “No son did God beget, nor is there any god along with Him. (Sura 9:30)  “The Jews call Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the Son of God … God’s curse be on them; how they are deluded away from the truth!” (Sura 4:171)  “… So believe in God and His apostles … (Far exalted is He) above having a son.”  [from Yusuf Ali’s notes 675 & 676: “… the Christian attitude is condemned, which … attributes a physical son to God … The doctrines of Trinity, equality with God, and sonship are repudiated as blasphemies.  God is independent of all needs and has no need of a son to manage His affairs …”]ANSWER #1: This expression is used metaphorically and not in a physical sense.  The Bible does not teach that God got married to Mary and had a baby!  That is blasphemy!  Almighty God is not a physical being, so such a thing is not only unthinkable, it is impossible!  The term, “Son of God” is used as a metaphor to describe a spiritual relationship, which we will see below (see answer #5).  The following are a few examples of the common use of this kind of metaphor in the Bible: “… and all the daughters of song are brought low …” (Ecclesiastes 12:4) “Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt!” (Jeremiah 46:11) “Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord … and has married the daughter of a foreign god.” (Malachi 2:11) “The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom.  The weeds are the sons of the evil one.” (Matthew 13:38) “James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder) …” (Mark 3:17) “Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God … You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires.’” (John 8:42,44) “… the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience …were by nature children of wrath …” (Ephesians 1:2,3) Yes, Jesus was born physically of the virgin Mary about 2000 years ago, so He has been the son of Mary for some time, but he has always been the Son of God:  “… in these last days he (God) has spoken to us by his Son … through whom also he created the world.” (Hebrews 1:2) </blockquote>

Verification: Haya warak paha keeyada? (haya wadi kireema paha)

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