Dr. W. Graham Scroggie, Chicago'daki MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE'un, dünyanın en saygın Hristiyan Evanjelik misyon kuruluşlarından birinin, "Kutsal Kitap Tanrı'nın Sözü müdür?" sorusunu yanıtlarken (aynı zamanda kitabının adı olan soru), "İNSANİ, YİNE DE İLAHİ" başlığı altında, 17. sayfada şunları söylüyor:

Dr. W. Graham Scroggie of the MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE, Chicago, one of the most prestigious Christian Evangelical Mission in the world, answering the question — "Is the Bible the Word of God?" (also the title of his book), under the heading: IT IS HUMAN, YET DIVINE. He says on page 17:

Evet, İncil insanî bir kitaptır; ancak bazıları bilgiye dayanmayan bir gayretle bunu inkar etmiştir. Bu kitaplar insanların zihninden geçmiş, insanların dilinde yazılmış, insanların elleriyle kaleme alınmış ve üslûplarında insana ait özellikleri taşımaktadır.

"Yes, the Bible is human, though some, out of zeal which is not according to knowledge, 1 1 have denied this. Those books2 have passed through the minds of men, are written in the language of men, were penned by the hands of men, and bear in their style the characteristics of men." (Emphasis added).

Başka bir seçkin Hristiyan âlimi, Kudüs Anglikan Piskoposu Kenneth Cragg, "The Call of the Minaret" adlı kitabının 277. sayfasında şunu söylüyor:

Another erudite Christian scholar, Kenneth Cragg, the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, says on page 277 of his book, "The Call of the Minaret":

"Yeni Ahit ise böyle değildir3 . . . Yoğunlaştırma ve düzenleme vardır; 4 seçim, aktarım ve tanıklık vardır. İncil'ler yazarların ardındaki Kilise'nin zihninden geçerek bize ulaşmıştır. Onlar deneyimi ve tarihi temsil ederler." 5

"Not so the New Testament3 . . . There is condensation and editing; 4 4 there is choice, reproduction and witness. The Gospels have come through the mind of the Church behind the authors. They represent experience and history." 5 5

Kelimelerin bir anlamı varsa, durumumuzu kanıtlamak için bir yorum daha eklememiz gerekir mi? Hayır! Ama profesyonel propagandacılar, kozlarını ortaya dökmüşken, okuyucularına Kitab-ı Mukaddes'in "tartışılmaz Tanrı Sözü" olduğunu gölgesiz bir kesinlikle kanıtladıklarına inandırmaya hâlâ yüzsüzce çalışıyorlar. Onların kelime oyunları — anlamları çarpıtmak ve sözcüklerle oynamak — hayret verici! 1. Cehaletten dolayı.

If words have any meaning, do we need to add another word of comment to prove our case? No! But the professional propagandists, after letting the cat out of the bag, still have the face to try to make their readers believe that they have proved beyond the shadow of any doubt that the Bible is the "irrefragable 6 Word of God." Their semantic gymnastics — equivocating, and playing with words — is amazing! 1. Out of ignorance.

2. İncil bir kitap değildir. Birçok kitabın seçilip derlenmiş bir koleksiyonudur.

2. The Bible is not Just a Book. It is a selection and compilation of many books.

3. Kur'an'ın aksine.

3. As opposed to the Qur’ân.

4. Interpolasyon anlamına gelen bir başka kelime.

4. Another word for Interpolating.

5. Vurgu bana aittir.

5. Emphasis are mine.

6. Tartışmasız.

6. Indisputable.

Both these Doctors of Religion are telling us in the clearest language humanly possible that the Bible is the handiwork of man, all the while pretending that they are proving to the contrary. An old Arab saying goes: "IF SUCH ARE THE PRIESTS, GOD BLESS THE CONGREGATION." With this sort of drivel, the hot-gospeller and the Bible-thumper is "inspired" to harry the "heathen." 1 1 A theological student — a not-yet-qualified young evangelist — from the University of Witwatersrand, became a frequent visitor to the Newtown Mosque in Johannesburg, with the "noble" thought of "witnessing"2 to the members of its congregation. When I was introduced to him, (and having learnt his purpose), I invited him to lunch at my brother's residence — a stone's-throw from the Mosque. While discussing the authenticity of the Bible over the dinner table and sensing his stubborn dogmatism, I put out a feeler: "Your Professor Geyser, (The Head of the Department of Theology) does not believe the Bible to be the Word of God." Without the slightest surprise he answered, "I know." Now I personally had no knowledge of the Professor's conviction about the Bible. I had only assumed so from a controversy which raged around him about the "Divinity of Christ." 3 3 He had taken issue with the orthodox believers on this point some years ago. I continued further, saying, "Your lecturer does not believe the Bible as being God's Word." The young evangelist, responded again, "I know" but he continued this time with the words, "but I believe that it is the Word of God!" There is no real remedy for such people. Even Jesus bewailed this sickness:

Both these Doctors of Religion are telling us in the clearest language humanly possible that the Bible is the handiwork of man, all the while pretending that the are proving to the contrary. An old Arab saying goes: "IF SUCH ARE THE PRIESTS, GOD BLESS THE CONGREGATION." With this sort of drivel, the hot-gospeller and the Bible-thumper is "inspired" to harry the "heathen." 1 1 A theological student — a not-yet-qualified young evangelist — from the University of Witwatersrand, became a frequent visitor to the Newtown Mosque in Johannesburg, with the "noble" thought of "witnessing"2 to the members of its congregation. When I was introduced to him, (and having learnt his purpose), I invited him to lunch at my brother's residence — a stone's-throw from the Mosque. While discussing the authenticity of the Bible over the dinner table and sensing his stubborn dogmatism, I put out a feeler: "Your Professor Geyser, (The Head of the Department of Theology) does not believe the Bible to be the Word of God." Without the slightest surprise he answered, "I know." Now I personally had no knowledge of the Professor's conviction about the Bible. I had only assumed so from a controversy which raged around him about the "Divinity of Christ." 3 3 He had taken issue with the orthodox believers on this point some years ago. I continued further, saying, "Your lecturer does not believe the Bible as being God's Word." The young evangelist, responded again, "I know" but he continued this time-with the words, "but I believe that it is the Word of God!" There is no real remedy for such people. Even Jesus bewailed this sickness:

"…görmekte oldukları hâlde görmezler; duymakta oldukları hâlde duymazlar ve anlamazlar." (Matta 13:13)

"... seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand." (Matthew 13:13)

Kur'an, Tanrı'nın Kutsal Kitabı, bu inatçı zihniyeti de kınar:

Al-Qur'an, the Holy Book of God, also condemns this mulish mentality:

Bu sayfalar artık samimi bir tevazuya sahip, Allah'ın nurunu gerçekten arayan ve bu nurla yönlendirilmek isteyen gönüllere hitap etmektedir. Kalbinde hastalık bulunan kimselere gelince, burada sunulan gerçekler yalnızca kalplerindeki hastalığı artırabilir.

These pages are now addressed to those sincerely humble souls, who are genuinely interested in seeking the Light of God, and who wish to be guided by it. As for the other, with a sickness in their souls, the facts presented herein can only increase the disease of their hearts.

1. Aynı Moody Press yayınevinden Dr. Scroggie'nin "How Lost are the Heathen?" adlı eserine bakınız.

1. See "How Lost are the Heathen?" by the same MOODY PRESS of Dr. Scroggie.

2. Hıristiyan "şahitlik" (witnessing) dediğinde bununla kastettiği; yaymayı, misyonerliği (proselytizing) ve din değiştirmeyi (converting) kastettiğidir.

2. When the Christian talks of "witnessing" he means propagating, proselytizng, converting.

3. Bu konu, "CHRIST IN ISLAM" kitabında geniş biçimde ele alınmaktadır.

3. This subject is dealt extensively in the book — "CHRIST IN ISLAM"