How does one respond to a Christian woman who uses the story of the Canaanite woman to prove that Christ was testing her, and that the faith of non-Jews might be stronger, and who then asks how God's attributes are consistent with Muslims being cast out of Paradise?
Jesus' interaction with the woman was negative, as he did not heal her daughter directly. The woman's statement that Jesus was testing her contradicts his words that he was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Considering non-Israelites as "dogs" and "swine" in the Gospel is an insult to Christ and is inconsistent with the ethics of prophets. The Christian woman's objection that Christ's disciples expelled her is not established, and the texts indicate that they interceded for her, which Christ rejected because he was sent only to the Jews. These narratives are not affirmed by Muslims, and it is recommended not to discuss them except for specialists.
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