Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:4
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 4:31
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

2-  Why did they have to roll the dice (cast lot) to randomly select Matthias?

"Is casting lots gambling?

Casting lots or Drawing of lots may refer to: Cleromancy, a form of divination. Lottery, a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers for a prize. Sortition, the practice of randomly selecting political officials from a larger pool of candidates." (Source, 2)

3-  Isn't this also a form of promoting and/or legitimizing gambling and sorcery and future telling through rolling the dice nonsense, since in the Bible the roll of dice was not only legitimate, but it determined the 12th disciples to replace Judas!

4-  So any delusional fool out there could pray in the Name of the Lord and cast lots and whatever the result is is from GOD Almighty??

5-  And who will sit at the Throne in the End?  Matthias or Judas?

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Holy Spirit only for Money:

When it came to Collecting Money, the Holy Spirit was all over the place.  You'll need to read Acts, chapters 3 thru 6.  But here is an example:

Acts 5
Ananias and Sapphira
1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.
3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?
4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”
5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.
6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

So here we have a man who sold a piece of his property and donated some of it for the cause of GOD Almighty.  What was the answer to his charitable deed?  His heart is filled with satan because he didn't give all of the money of the property's sale.  So obviously, all of the Christians today, world-wide without any exception, are liars whose hearts are filled with satan, because they all have possessions and properties that they hold on to.

The NT has unsettled open debates that their "Holy Spirit" dismally failed to settle for them, such as must the long list of 600+ Jewish Laws be upheld and followed or not?>  Also, conflicts rose on whether one can eat Kosher meat or not, must men get circumcised, can one eat food offered to idols, and many other issues that the disciples fought each other on.
  
   Look at the irony here:  When it came to collecting money, the Holy Spirit was all over the place.  But when it came to selecting the 12th disciple, they had to roll the dice to pick Matthias by a game of chance.  And they lied on GOD Almighty and said that the result of the casting of the lots was from GOD Almighty.  But the Holy Spirit was SUPPOSEDLY THERE from the first place!  So why couldn't It just speak Matthias' name and be done with it??  The reason this didn't happen is:

1-  Because they didn't have the Holy Spirit.

2-  They couldn't agree on which candidate to choose as the twelfth disciple, because their heads were empty and were never filled with the Holy Spirit.

3-  GOD Almighty would NEVER speak through rolling dice garbage, because it would only add more suspicion and confusion.  It undercuts the credibility of the disciples.

4-  The authors of the Bible have lied on Jesus and his disciples and their history.  Even the Bible's own theologians and historians admit that the Bible's books and gospels:

(a)-  Were written by unknown people.
(b)-  In unknown places.
(c)-  In unknown dates.
(d)-  By unknown number of people.

I've provided ample quotes on almost every single gospel and book at: www.answering-christianity.com/authors_gospels.htm.

  
Fabricating books:

Allah Almighty Said in the Noble Quran:

"Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: "This is from God," to traffic with it for miserable price!- Woe to them for what their hands do write, and for the gain they make thereby.  (The Noble Quran, 2:79)"

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Islam's Divine Miracles:

All Thanks, Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty for the Favor of Islam, I don't have to believe in hoaxes!  The Glorious Quran is thoroughly proven to be a Divine Miracle from Allah Almighty.  See the Glorious Quran's:
     

Hoaxes written?

The above clearly demonstrates that there was no Holy Spirit inspiring the characters mentioned in the Bible's New Testament.  I am not saying all of the NT is false, but most certainly much much of it is fabricated hoaxes.  The most offensive one of them is the fact that they had to resort to rolling the dice to choose a disciples?  And the result from the dice roll was from GOD??  This is no less than a blasphemy and an insult on:

1-  GOD Almighty.
2-  The Holy Spirit.
3-  All human logic and intelligence.

Why even need to roll the dice (cast lot) when you are SUPPOSEDLY filled with the Holy Spirit??  After all, was it a Spirit or a spit that they were filled with?  And was it GOD Almighty that made the descision or the random chance of casting lots?

Quran Miracle: The Jews' and Christians' scribes changed and still change the Words.  Proven with images, text and videos from their corrupt bible and books!  See how they removed words and altered words.

  

Some important questions to consider:

1. Will Judas or Matthias sit at the Throne?
2. Is Gambling allowed in Christianity?
3. Why were the disciples disputing on the 12th disciple if the Holy Spirit was supposedly to the One who chose him?
4. Why did they have to "cast lot" (roll the dice) to choose him when the Holy Spirit was supposedly standing there to choose him?
     
   Note:  They rolled the dice (casted lot) because they were in dispute over whom to choose as the 12th disciple:
     
   "Is casting lots gambling?
     
   Casting lots or Drawing of lots may refer to: Cleromancy, a form of divination. Lottery, a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers for a prize. Sortition, the practice of randomly selecting political officials from a larger pool of candidates." (Source, 2)
     
     
5. So why were they in dispute if the Holy Spirit was supposedly there??
     
6. Wouldn't the dispute not be disputing, but rather blaspheming against the Holy Spirit?  But then again, the Holy Spirit wasn't there to choose him.  They lied and said It was there, and It did choose him.  It was the roll of the dice (casting the lot) that determined the 12th disciple, not the Holy Spirit!  Otherwise, why even roll the dice?
     
7. The disciples' martyrdom hoax is based on legends and false writings that were written centuries after Christ.
     
     
8. Titus wholesale slaughter of Israel and Jerusalem in year 70 AD created all kinds of martyrdom stories.  And certainly many martyrdom stories were written in Israel and abroad.  Every hero had to be martyred to further legitimize the cause.  And so therefore, many fabricated stories were invented regarding the disciples to raise their heroism.  Not only that, but all of the Bible's accounts are highly doubtful.  The Bible's own theologians thoroughly admit this in all of the Bibles' commentaries.
     
     
9. The Bible in both the Old and New Testaments ***** declares that Jesus never died on the cross *****.  This is exactly what Islam also declares!  This is demonstrated below and also thoroughly demonstrated at:
     
   What is the best way to convert a non-Muslim to Islam?
     
   Psalm 116:16 Jesus and his mother, Mary, both thanked GOD Almighty for saving Jesus from harm and death.
     
   Isaiah 53:10 and Psalm 91:16 indisputably confirm that Jesus never got crucified.  Both Jesus and satan even referenced them in the NT during their conversation.
     
     
10. All Thanks, Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty for the Favor of Islam, I don't have to believe in hoaxes!  The Glorious Quran is thoroughly proven to be a Divine Miracle from Allah Almighty.  See the Glorious Quran's:
         
    Overwhelming Scientific Miracles.
      
    Amazing Prophecies.
      
    Quran Miracle: The Jews' and Christians' scribes changed and still change the Words.  Proven with images, text and videos from their corrupt bible and books!  See how they removed words and altered words.

  
  
  
As'salamu Alaikum everyone,

The Bible says that Jesus Christ had 12 disciples.  They're all listed in Matthew 10 as follows:

1-  Peter (also known as Simon).
2-  Andrew.
3-  James son of Zebedee.
4-  John son of Zebedee.
5-  Philip.
6-  Bartholomew.
7-  Thomas.
8-  Matthew.
9-  James son of Alphaeus.
10- Thaddaeus.
11- Simon the Zealot.
12- Judas Iscariot.

Just wondering here since we're told in the Bible's New Testament that Judas Iscariot, one of the 12 disciples, betrayed Jesus:

Matthew 26
17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”
18 He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’”
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
20 When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve.
21 And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
22 They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”
23 Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.
24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
25 Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?”
Jesus answered, “You have said so.”

Yet, Jesus when he started his ministry with the 12 (including Judas), he said this:

Matthew 19
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.
24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
27 Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”
28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[e] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

So, will Judas sit in one of the 12 Thrones?  Or will he be condemned to Hell, since Jesus said woe to him, and it would've been better for him if he was never born.  And if Judas will be condemned to Hell, then did Jesus lie when he promised Judas one of the 12 Thrones?

So what do you think?

So what do you, the reader, think?  Am I way off?  Where am I going wrong here?  Is Holy Gambling allowed in Christianity?  And was playing a game of chance necessary in choosing the twelfth disciple?  Doesn't this prove that there was indeed a dispute amongst them on who should've been the 12th disciple?  And since there was NO HOLY SPIRIT inspiring them, the only way to resolve this was to cast lots.  Don't forget that Jesus promised them that the Holy Spirit will speak clearly to them without any confusion or riddle:

John 16
25 I have used examples to explain to you what I have been talking about. But the time will come when I will speak to you plainly about the Father and will no longer use examples like these.

So why couldn't Jesus here just SPEAK Matthias' name to be the 12th disciple?  Why the use of the game of chance?  Does it not render him useless and pointless when using it to determine who will be the winner (12th disciple)?  The point of Jesus' promise of speaking clearly and plainly and directly without riddles or examples to his disciples was to prevent any and all confusion.  Yet, we see here a silly game of chance determining a very important issue in Christianity!  The determination of the 12th disciple should not be done by:

1-  Voting among the disciples.

2-  Or playing a game of chance among the disciples.

This is a thing that GOD Almighty supposedly has to decide for Himself.  After all this is disciple that WILL SIT AT THE THRONE OF GOD ALMIGHTY TO JUDGE THE ISRAELITES.  So no game of chance should be allowed.  Why use it when they supposedly had the Holy Spirit speaking clearly and plainly and directly to them?  Doesn't this look like a fabricated lie on GOD Almighty to you??  It sure stinks like a rotten dead flesh to me!

  
Were the disciples martyred?

Some might answer the above objections by saying that yes GOD Almighty chose the game of chance to determine the 12th disciple, and the proof for this is the fact that the disciples were all or most martyred in the cause of spreading Christianity.  So therefore, since they died for what they believed in, then they certainly have died for something they very strongly believed was the Truth.  And since they all or many of them did it, then this could not have been a fabricated lie.

Response:

1-  There is not one confirmed fact that any of the disciples was martyred for his belief.  All of these claims of martyrdoms were written by Church fathers in the 3rd and 4th century.  That's at least 200 years after Jesus' departure. 

"Summary:  The Bible only mentions the deaths of two apostles, James who was put to death by Herod Agrippa I in 44 AD and Judas Iscariot who committed suicide shortly after the death of Christ.    The details of the deaths of three of the apostles (John, the Beloved, Bartholomew and Simon the Canaanite) are not known at all, either by tradition or early historians. The deaths of the other seven apostles are known by tradition or the writings of early Christian historians.  According to traditions and the Bible, eight of the Apostles died as Martyrs.  At least two of the Apostles, Peter and Andrew were crucified."  (Source)

2-  The Bible declares that Jesus never died:

It is worth noting that the Bible's Old and New Testaments both declare that Jesus never died.  The following was taken from: What is the best way to convert a non-Muslim to Islam?:
  

3-  Not only that, but Israel has faced a major wholesale slaughter by Titus and his army in year 70 AD.  So many had died just for being Jews.  And all of the disciples of Jesus were Jewish.  And certainly many martyrdom stories were written in Israel and abroad.  Every hero had to be martyred to further legitimize the cause.  And so therefore, many fabricated stories were invented regarding the disciples to raise their heroism.  Not only that, but all of the Bible's accounts are highly doubtful.  The Bible's own theologians thoroughly admit this in all of the Bibles' commentaries:

4-  Islam's Divine Miracles:

Take care,
Osama Abdallah