Muslims object to of the phrase "son of God". This is because, in reading the Quran, you would think that Christians believe that Jesus is the Biological son of God the Father. For example:
He neither begets nor is begotten.
--Surah 112:3
This may be the most popular of all Muslim objections to Christianity. You need to be prepared for this.
Yes, Jesus is called the "Son of God". In fact, he is the unique (monogenes) son of God (John 3:16).
The phrase "son of God" applies not just to Jesus, but to potentially anyone:
But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
--John 1:12
So the word, "son" is clearly intended as symbolic. Even the Quran admits that the word "son" can have symbolic meaning as 2:177 uses the phrase "son of the road" to mean someone who travels a lot.
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