Every Day Straight Talk on Islam

Islam’s House of Cards — Why It’s Starting to Collapse

You ever notice how some beliefs seem rock-solid… until you actually look into them?

Islam makes some pretty huge claims:

It’s supposedly the final, ultimate religion.
It says it connects to all previous prophets, including Jesus.
It claims its scripture — the Qur’an — has been perfectly preserved.
And it predicts that Islam will eventually dominate the world.

That’s a lot. But when you dig in, piece by piece, the whole thing starts to fall apart — like a house of cards.

Let’s go through it step by step.

1️⃣ “Jesus’ Real Followers Were Muslims” — But... Were They?

The Qur’an says something wild in Surah 61:14 and 3:55 — that the true followers of Jesus were Muslims. Not just “followers of God,” but actual Muslims. And it claims these Muslim followers won — that they became dominant.

Here’s the problem: history doesn’t support that at all.

We know what happened to Jesus’ followers. Just read the New Testament and early church history — especially the Book of Acts and writings by historians like Eusebius. Jesus’ followers became the early church. By the 4th century, their movement had become the official religion of the Roman Empire — and they were very clearly Trinitarian Christians, not Muslims.

They believed Jesus was God, not just a prophet.

They worshipped him.

They spread this belief across Europe, Africa, and Asia.

By the 600s, Christianity had tens of millions of followers. Meanwhile, Islam hadn’t even started yet.

So if Jesus’ Muslim followers were the dominant group… where are they? There’s zero evidence of any such group existing. Not a scrap. No writings. No names. No records.

👉 That leaves two options:

The Qur’an made it up.
Allah really did let the people who worship Jesus as God “win” — which completely contradicts Islamic theology.

Either way, it’s a huge problem.

2️⃣ “The Torah and Gospel Were Still Valid” — But That Backfires

The Qur’an tells Muhammad to consult the Jews and Christians about their scriptures (Surah 5:46–47, 10:94). Why would it say that unless those books were still reliable?

But here’s the kicker: those scriptures haven’t changed since then.

How do we know? Because we have the receipts.

The Dead Sea Scrolls, dated around 100 BCE, contain copies of the Torah that match today’s Jewish Bible almost word for word.
The Codex Sinaiticus, from the 4th century, is one of the oldest complete Bibles — and it includes the Gospels with verses like:
- “The Word was God” (John 1:1)
- “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28)

That’s straight-up Trinitarian theology.

So now we have a dilemma:

If the Torah and Gospel are legit, then Islam — which denies Jesus’ divinity — is wrong.
If the books were corrupted, why did the Qur’an tell Muhammad to use them as a guide?

👉 You can’t affirm and reject the same texts. It’s a theological contradiction.

3️⃣ “No One Can Change Allah’s Words” — Except When They Were?

Surah 6:115 and 18:27 say nobody can alter Allah’s words. Like, full-on divine protection.

But then Surah 5:13 says the earlier scriptures were corrupted.

So… which is it?

If God’s words can’t be changed, then the Torah and Gospel must still be intact — which, again, contradicts Islam.
If they were changed, then that means God failed to protect them — which makes the Qur’an’s claim false.

Worse still: the Qur’an itself never shows any evidence of where or how these supposed "corruptions" happened. There’s no historical trail, no names, no dates — just a vague accusation.

👉 It’s like blaming someone for changing a document, but never showing the original or what was supposedly altered.

4️⃣ “There Were Prophets from Ishmael’s Line” — Where Are They?

Islam says prophets were sent to every nation (Surah 16:36), and that Arabs got theirs through Ishmael (Surah 2:125).

But there’s a 2,600-year gap between Abraham and Muhammad. That’s over two and a half millennia — and during all that time, there’s no record of any Arab prophet, monotheistic movement, or scripture.

Just idol worship and tribal religions.

Ancient historians like Herodotus (5th century BCE) say Arabs were polytheists.
The Bible (Genesis) mentions Ishmael’s descendants — but never says they got prophets or revelation.
There’s no archaeological or written evidence of Mecca being a spiritual center before Islam. No mention of the Kaaba. Nothing.

👉 So if God sent messengers to every people — where are the Ishmaelite ones for those 2,600 years?

Islam’s story only starts in the 600s — and tries to retro-fit itself into sacred history after the fact.

5️⃣ “The Qur’an Is Perfectly Preserved” — Let’s Talk About That

Surah 15:9 promises that God will protect the Qur’an from corruption.

Sounds nice — but here’s the messy part:

Early Muslim sources admit there were different versions of the Qur’an floating around.
Ibn Mas’ud, one of Muhammad’s top companions, rejected three Surahs we have today (Surah 1, 113, 114).
Bukhari’s Hadiths record multiple variations and missing verses.
Caliph Uthman had to burn all the competing versions to enforce a single standard.

That’s not perfect preservation. That’s standardization through force.

And to make it worse — we now know about variant Qur’ans (called qirāʾāt) with different words, grammar, and meanings. These aren't just pronunciation differences. Scholars have counted over 1,000 meaningful differences.

👉 So the Qur’an we have today isn’t exactly what was originally revealed — it’s what survived the editing process.

6️⃣ “Islam Will Dominate the World” — Still Waiting...

The Qur’an predicts that Islam will prevail over all religions (Surah 61:9). Big promise.

But let’s check the scoreboard:

Christianity: ~2.4 billion people
Islam: ~1.9 billion

After 1,400 years of expansion — including war, empire-building, and missionary work — Islam still hasn’t surpassed Christianity. In fact, in some countries, it’s shrinking.

Where it is growing, it’s mostly through birth rate, not conversions.

👉 The claim that Islam will “win” just hasn’t played out. And there’s no sign it’s about to.

💥 So What’s the Takeaway?

When you zoom out and look at the big picture, here’s what you get:

Jesus’ real followers were Christians, not Muslims.
The Torah and Gospel haven’t changed — which contradicts the Qur’an.
Islam claims Allah’s words can’t be changed… but also says they were.
There’s no evidence of Ishmaelite prophets before Muhammad.
The early Qur’an had variations — some were literally burned out of history.
Islam hasn’t taken over the world — even after 14 centuries.

👉 Bottom line: The claims don’t match the facts.
Islam isn’t a bulletproof religion. It’s full of theological contradictions, missing history, and failed predictions.

It’s not built on solid ground.
It’s built on patches, retroactive edits, and faith that ignores the evidence.

And when you actually look at the data?

The whole thing comes crashing down.

Every Day Straight Talk on Islam

Friday, July 4, 2025