evidence for religion

Thank you.-- Rebuttal section --My point regarding the translation and revision of the original Hebrew into Latin, and back to Hebrew, was not refuted. If a text loses its original idioms, metaphorical statements, linguistics, and is as much as revised into another language, and revised back to its original language, then that text is no longer in its genuine construction. I presume that my opponent is fully aware of the archaeological findings of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Although they are very old and well-preserved, they are not fully constructed as they used to be. The scroll of Isaiah is said to be in its fullest, and that it matches the Book of Isaiah as it is written in scriptures from 900-1000 AD, but not entirely. Several textual variances are found, and although they might not be very significant, they are still there. Small corruption, moderate corruption, none of this changes the definition of corruption. The fact remains that the Hebrew Bible has been distorted to an extent. [1] The instigator might say, "Well those are not important differences," but I think we both agree on the fact that scholars have certain disputes over the meanings of certain passages.I find the Old Testament to be morally flawed. In certain places it calls for modesty, in other places it uses sexual imagery to make a point. Read [Ezekiel 23:20:22] and [Song of Songs 8:1-3]. I am sorry to say that I find this to be immoral content that is in no way inspired by God. Did God inspire some people in ancient times to write stories about the taste of female private parts, or how some random people felt about their bed and the day a woman showed her body to so-and-so? How can you call this an inspiration of God? I think that one should analyze these passages closely and say whether or not they are from God.Regarding the uniqueness of not having contradictions, recall I put forth the concept of time challenge which my opponent did not touch. I presume he agrees with my point that time is changing things and it is hard to keep up with it. Surely you can write a book without contradictions, but it depends on the style of the book. If you write a poem, it is metaphorical and free from contradictions in whatever context you put it in. I am dealing with a book like the Qur'an. It is not a poem, but a set of moral guidelines, teachings of wisdom, and so on. For such a book to never be changed, and not even have a single contradiction, proves something about its special origin.-- Arguments section --C1: The Qur'an is structured with complex mathematicsSince the Qur'an has very complex mathematical structures, one should ask himself how that was possible. How could a human author a book that was supposedly not planned before some events of his life, and then arrange words in such ways that they match each other perfectly? How could a man write a book and then choose to add different words and their antonyms in such precise ways that the meaning is not lost? Is this possible? No. I gave the analogy of the engineer's product in the earlier round.That being said, the fact that certain words have antonyms present around the Qur'an simply shows that it would have been impossible to change the context of the Qur'an. If you took a random verse or word out of a random chapter in the Qur'an, then you would have unmatching antonyms. http://tinyurl.com...This point is very broad and I have merely summarized a few basics about it. The fact remains that the Qur'an is mathematically structured, and we have good reasons to believe that it was planned by a Divine being, not men. For people in desert lands to produce such an extraordinary book would have required them to be supernatural, which they were not. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was illiterate and could never have managed to write as much as a chapter of the Qur'an with his own hands, let alone write all of it during his life and always be at risk of getting oppressed and killed. His situations in life made it impossible for him to produce the Qur'an. Why would he risk his life forever if he knew that he authored a book claiming to be from God? Obviously this was not an option, nor did it happen. The Qur'an was revealed unto him by the command of God Himself.C2: Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is prophesied in the Old TestamentSince my opponent believes in the Old Testament, I hope he will also believe in the passages which foretold the coming of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We know that many people claim to be prophets and inspired by God, but if someone was foretold in various religious scriptures, then that person must have an important significance. If he is foretold in a positive manner and his persona is described accurately in the scriptures, then we can reasonably believe that he is a unique person. Being foretold by scriptures containing the word of God (but not entirely) as a coming Prophet means that you are, in fact, a Prophet.If the instigator wants, I can argue for the predictions of the coming of Prophet Muhammad in various religious scriptures. I will summarize what the Old Testament says.In Deuteronomy 18:18, God spoke to Moses (peace be upon him) saying, "I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him." The words "a prophet like thee" are analogous and precise. Unless the verse said merely a prophet will come, we can now find out the exact Prophet it refers to. We realize that God told Moses that there will be a Prophet like him. We probably think of Jesus.The similarities between Jesus and Moses (peace be upon them) are that they were both Prophets, righteous people, and followed the commandments of God. Surely, this seems like a good comparison. But, there were also major differences. Moses was born of two parents - Jesus was born of one mother in a miraculous way. Moses died a natural death, while Jesus did not die a natural death whether you look at him from a Christian or a Muslim viewpoint. Moses received a Law, Jesus only confirmed the previous one. Moses was a statesman and was forced to migrate, while Jesus was not a statesman by any means.There are clear differences between these two Prophets. Now, let us analyze the similarities between Prophet Moses and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them). We know that both were rulers and received new Laws. They used the revealed Laws to rule their nations. Both had parents, died natural deaths, had families, spoke of only what God commanded them, and finally, both received two new revelations that contained the new Laws. We find that there is not a single Prophet who is more similar to Moses than Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Speaking of common people, that's totally ruled out. Clearly we see that Prophet Muhammad fills the criteria of being a Prophet like Moses himself, as predicted in Deuteronomy 18:18.For more on this point, please refer to my debate on a similar issue. http://www.debate.org... reading: http://www.thewaytotruth.org...C3: The Qur'an contains advanced scientific pointsMost religious books make certain scientific points. Some say that the Earth is still, the sun revolves around it, and so on. Even the ancient Greeks who were wise men made scientific errors that are not even used as jokes today. They got some scientific points right, some wrong. Can it be possible that only one ancient book contains hundreds of scientific points, none of which are disproved, and several are confirmed by science centuries after their revelation? The Qur'an has stepped up to that challenge. I will elaborate later. http://www.quranandscience.com...I will come to my advise. Start by comparing Islam to Judaism. http://tinyurl.com...-- Reference --[1] http://carm.org...;