Barnabas, Allah or The Truth?

Muslims are always trying to find ways to prove Islam is right, especially about Jesus being nothing more than a prophet.  One of the most annoying and disingenuous arguments they use is the "Gospel of Barnabas".

Now, let's make this clear from the start.  The "Gospel of Barnabas" is not a gospel at all.  It's been proved to be a forgery:

The Muslim scholar Cyril Glassé states:


As regards the "Gospel of Barnabas" itself, there is no question that it is a medieval forgery. A complete Italian manuscript exists which appears to be a translation from a Spanish original (which exists in part), written to curry favor with Muslims of the time. It contains anachronisms which can date only from the Middle Ages and not before, and shows a garbled comprehension of Islamic doctrines, calling the Prophet "the Messiah", which Islam does not claim for him. Besides its farcical notion of sacred history, stylistically it is a mediocre parody of the Gospels, as the writings of Baha'Allah are of the Koran.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, Harper & Row, 1989, p. 64


Let's pretend the scholars are wrong - there are others who also agree it's a forgery.  Can Muslims honestly use Barnabas to prove the Bible is wrong about who Jesus is and that the Quran is correct?  Well, they can try, but they will run into some problems.  If they read the fake Gospel, Muslims would realize there are many other things in it that don't agree with the Quran, which would mean their allah was wrong.  Oh...what a dilemma!  Who to believe?

The Gospel of Barnabas says that Jesus is not the Son of God, only a messenger.  Muslims love that!  It agrees with the Quran.  But here's the problem.  It also says that Jesus is NOT the Messiah.  Why is that a problem?  Because the Quran, the literal word of allah, says that Jesus IS the Messiah.  Both books cannot be correct.  Which one will Muslims choose, lol?

Gospel of Barnabas - 

42.

Then the disciples wept after this discourse, and Jesus was weeping, when they saw many who came to find him, for the chiefs of the priests took counsel among themselves to catch him in his talk. Wherefore they sent the Levites and some of the scribes to question him, saying: 'Who art thou?'

Jesus confessed, and said the truth: 'I am not the Messiah.'

http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/gbar/gbar042.htm

But the Quran says:

Quran 3:45  (And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah). 


Here's another glaring contradiction...

In the Gospel of Barnabas, it says that Mary, mother of Jesus, was pain-free when giving birth:

Gospel of Barnabas 

3.  The virgin was surrounded by a light exceeding bright, and brought forth her son without pain, whom she took in her arms, and wrapping him in swaddling-clothes, laid him in the manger, because there was no room in the inn.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/gbar/gbar003.htm  

The Quran disagrees:

Quran 19:23
And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"  

http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/quran/verses/019-qmt.php

What does the Bible say about Jesus?  Many things including God saying Jesus is His Son!

Matthew 3:16-17
16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He[a] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

There are other instances of discord between these books including the number of wives a man can have and the number of heavens.  I wonder who is right?  Is it Barnabas or allah?  I know neither can be trusted...but Muslims don't.  For some reason, they believe both, lol.