Muhammad
The Bible allows and endorses immoral behavior, making it unsuitable for guiding a healthy society.
Quick answer
While some Muslims argue that the Bible promotes immoral behavior due to its silence on certain issues, this criticism can be turned against the Quran, which contains ambiguous and problematic teachings on sexual ethics. The Christian response emphasizes that the Bible ultimately upholds moral purity and holiness, contrasting with the moral inconsistencies found in Islamic texts.
Full argument
Key verses
1 Corinthians 6:18bible
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
Hebrews 13:4bible
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Surah Al-A'raf 7:80-81quran
And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, 'Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds?'
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