Dear Grace

Thank you for the reply.

Indeed Jesus, peace be upon him, is called Al -Maseehu Isaa 'bnu Maryum in the noble Qur'aan.(chapter 3 verse45. )which translates as ' The Messiah Jesus son of Mary.

the entire verse in Arabic....idh qaalati 'l- malaa'ikatu(when the angels said).... yaa maryamu (oh Mary) inna 'Llaaha yubash'shiruka( verily God gives you good news) bi kalamati minhu( by means of a word from Him.) 'smuhu 'l-maseehu 'isaa 'bnu mayama(his name will be the messiah Jesus son of Mary) wajeehan fi 'd-dunyaa wa 'l-aakhirati(held in honour in this world and the Hereafter)
wa mina 'l-muqar'ribeen(and from among Those That are Near)

Now let me explain a part that i found confusing . I thought I found your reference o f Jesus peace be upon him being the word of God.But I had never come across such a concept.
The confusion was because of translation. If you look at the arabic qur'aan and not the human english translation you'll know that 'word from God' and 'his name will be Jesus...' are 2 grammatically separate sentences, the second is more like a sentence after a clause providing more info. in arabic word is in the genitive case suject to the preposition bi but ismuhu and after are in the nominal case , hence not governed by bi.also the preposition 'bi' is used with inanimate objects and consequently does not refer to jesus, only the news or word of his arrival. complicated hey.

If you want me to explain the arabic grammar please contact me. it will take a while but i promise to try.I'm a layman , I'm sure there are more eloquent and learned individuals.

may God guide us all.

Sex is an integral part of humanity and is dealt with matter of factly.qv story of Joseph and Potifer's wife in the Quran where she tries to seduce him.Details however are left to the parents.And that brings me to my point, prophets and their lives are examples to muslims hence these stories are shared with our kids at a young age.

So...very different mind sets.And yes God does present to us bad judgements of prophets like Jonah fleeing nineveh when people would not listen.we are told how he redeemed himself, but again he is protected from major sin like polytheism, adultery etc.

the Quran starts its Opening Chapter(Al Fatiha) "'all praise is due to God, the Beneficent,the Merciful". every single chapter save the chapter of repentence is preceded by the formula....In the name of God, the Beneficent , the Merciful.
and indeed there is a verse of Quraan, the eternal word of God, the Eternal , which is" Ar Rahmaanu alal arsh' istawaa" meaning the Most Merciful is predominant upon the Throne.
And so much more...if you wish to understand the Quran and by extension Islam please read 'The Koran for Dummies'...I"m still busy with mine.

so...my point is that there is indeed a message of love in the Book of God.
Jesus ,son of Mary,the Messiah is referred to as spirit or soul of God, not word of God.And Gabriel is referred to as The Spirit or The Soul. And in classical literature as the Sacred /Holy Spirit.
Islam is a religion of God's mercy and justice.It is the justice that is often misunderstood as harsh and unloving.But justice is not a matter of love or hate.And justice is a topic of its own

The problem with all people is that we do all these things,and take interest in such things but before people we want to show that we are mister perfect / clean. These things are written also as a historical record for our knowledge and understanding.

Children under the age of 13-14 do not really understand all these things and these are not for the children, that's why we have the New Testament separately so that first children may understand the unique teachings of Jesus, that you find nowhere in any books, the gospels bring to light the works and teachings of Jesus Christ. His suffering for the sins of the mankind and His death in excruciating pain and His resurrection from the dead, which is also historical truth. The Bible teaches that Jesus became a sacrifice for sins of all mankind and whosoever believes in Him will not perish and be doomed to eternal hell but will have everlasting / eternal life with God in heaven and thereafter the books talk to us how the church must conduct itself and leave shunning evil lusts of the flesh and pursue God's righteousness through the Holy Spirit who enable us.

Giving to a child the Books of the prophets, which are prophetic in nature and where God is equating the sins of the nations within understandable words of the then perverse generation, is of no value to them. I am sure you do not narrate to your children all that you do in the bedroom with your wife, as it is not essential neither are these things relevant to a child.
So give to the children what is essential for them in their age.

Lot and his two daughters kept going higher into the hills. After some days and nights, they finally stopped. They stayed there for a while. They looked around. They rested. They found a cave in the mountains and lived there.

Finally, after some days, one daughter said to the other. "Now, we are all alone. All the people of our village of Sodom are dead. We have nothing left. We also have no men to become our husbands. We have only our father left. What shall we do?"

Finally, the two virgin daughters hit upon a plan. They found some grapes. They made them into wine. They prepared the wine for their father. Their father, not knowing what their plan was, drank the wine. Finally, their father became completely drunk. They carried Lot into his cave and laid him down.

One daughter left the other alone with Lot in the cave. The daughter in the cave with Lot had sex with her father. Lot was completely drunk and did not know what he was doing. The next day, Lot had no memory of this.

The next night, the two daughters brought some more wine. Lot drank the wine and got drunk again. Again, they took them into his cave. This time, the other daughter had sex with her father. The next morning, Lot had no memory of any of this.

The two now no longer virgin daughters both became pregnant from having sex with their father. Each daughter gave birth to a baby boy. The name of the first boy was Moab. The name of the second boy was Benammi. These two boys each became the founder of a great tribe.

That concludes the Story of Lot.

i ask the raders will u give the bible to ur child? the story of Lot? what is the morality will learn ur child? is it God words?

Ezekiel 23
23:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 23:2 “Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother. 23:3 They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers1 fondled their virgin nipples there. 23:4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah2 the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters.3 Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

23:5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine.4 She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians5 – warriors6 23:6 clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. 23:7 She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired7 – with all their idols. 23:8 She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.8 23:9 Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians9 for whom she lusted. 23:10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious10 among women, and they executed judgments against her.

23:11 “Her sister Oholibah watched this,11 but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister. 23:12 She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. 23:13 I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path. 23:14 But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,12 23:15 wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians13 whose native land is Chaldea. 23:16 When she saw them,14 she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.15 23:17 The Babylonians crawled into bed with her.16 They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she17 became disgusted with them. 23:18 When she lustfully exposed her nakedness,18 I19 was disgusted with her, just as I20 had been disgusted with her sister. 23:19 Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt. 23:20 She lusted after their genitals – as large as those of donkeys,21 and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions. 23:21 This is how you assessed22 the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled23 your nipples and squeezed24 your young breasts.