What are the differences and similarities between Islam and Christianity? (Page 13)

@omatu - the witness.

Posted: at 3-02-2011 10:20 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

 

Posted: at 4-02-2011 02:52 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

    *  Christians believe in the Trinity; Muslims believe God is indivisible.
    * Christians believe that as a member of the Trinity, Jesus is the Son of God. Muslims believe that Jesus was conceived by an act of God and though not the Son of God, is like Muhammad, a highly respected Prophet.
    * Christians believe Adam is guilty of disobeying God and that we all bear this Original Sin when we are born. We can be saved from this, and other sins, through accepting Jesus Christ's atonement. Christians believe that Jesus was crucified on a cross to atone for man's sins.

      Muslims believe Adam was faultless (some refer to him as a Prophet). They believe Jesus did not die on the cross and consequently there is no atonement. Muslims believe that each person is born sin-less and must take responsibility for maintaining this state throughout life.
    * Christians believe that when we die, we are immediately judged and sent to heaven or hell (or Purgatory in the Catholic faith, where Christian souls can do penance to prepare for heaven and non-Christians can languish until the final Judgment Day). Muslims believe in barzakh, an interim afterlife similar to Purgatory, where spirits wait Judgment Day.
    * Many Bible stories are repeated in the Qur'an but some of the details differ. Not all of these differences can be explained by translation errors.
    * Secular law and morality are separate in Christian countries and they have secular governments. Islam considers law and morality are synonymous; the law is based on their moral code and politics are governed by the religion.
    * Christians have a more relaxed view about what foods may be eaten. Muslims, being conscious that God created man, consider it wrong to defile such a creation with certain food and drink. Muslims may not, for example, eat pork or drink alcohol.
    * It is mandatory for Muslims to face Mecca and recite a prescribed liturgy (salat) at five specific times every day. Christians have no such obligation.
    * Increasingly, the Christian Church is tolerating homosegxwality. This is still largely forbidden in Islam. Christian men and women worship together; Muslims segregate. Polygamy is forbidden in the Christian Church; Muslim men may have more than one wife. Christian males and females may wear silk gold, but in Islam only females are permitted to wear silk and gold.

Christian View                                                                                                                   Muslim View
One God in Three persons: The Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit    One God in One person. No worship, prayer, or praise of Jesus or the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit dwells inside every believer    No concept of the Holy Spirit
God gave and preserved His words in the Bible    Allah gave His words in the Bible, but was incapable/unable to preserve it from corruption.
The Bible is complete; there is no additional scripture from God.    Allah has given and preserved his eternal, uncreated Quran.
People are born sinful and separated from God    People are born good, but babies are touched by Satan.
A just God cannot just wink at some sin. All sin must be punished by an impartial God.    Forgiveness appears arbitrary (at least to this non-Muslim reader).
Jesus died as the sacrifice for our sins    People can get their sins forgiven by praying at the right time, cursing Jews and Christians with the angels, fighting for Islam.
Jesus died on the cross. If one does not believe Jesus died and rose for our sins, their faith is in vain (1 Cor 15:1-7)    Allah tricked everyone, everyone, even all His servants, that Jesus died on the cross. He secretly substituted another.
Jesus bodily rose from the dead and presented Himself as such (Luke 24:37-43, John20:20-27)    Jesus eventually died and will not rise until the general resurrection.
All must honor Jesus just as they honor the Father.    Jesus was no more than a prophet.
You must repent and believe in God to be saved.    You must not reject Islam. You must say that there is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.
Salvation is by God’s grace through our faith in Jesus. It is not of ourselves.    Allah grants forgiveness and paradise through various means to believers.
You must obey God’s words.    You should practice the Quran and the teachings of Mohammed.
You should love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself.    You should practice the five pillars of Islam (belief in one God, prayer, pilgrimage, fasting, and alms.
You should love all, even your enemies.    You should kill pagans, apostates, and those of the house of war.

Posted: at 4-02-2011 10:52 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie

thats the truth of the whole  matter pls dont speak out of ignorance we dont know much about your religion and you dont know much about ours so speak of the one you know your religion that will be much better dont say what you know little or nothing about

Posted: at 4-02-2011 04:56 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

what

Posted: at 5-02-2011 07:35 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

prayer alone will giv u the answer. tanx

Posted: at 9-02-2011 12:35 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

there is no diference because they all believe in God and fear him with due respect
 

Posted: at 10-02-2011 08:51 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie

I DON'T KNOW? my advice is that we shloud stop differentiate, we are one... we should stop killing ourself for goodness sake.

Posted: at 10-02-2011 11:45 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie

NOT UNTIL WE STOP MIS-PREACHING ABOUT RELIGION WE CANNOT FIND PEACE..
USING RELIGION TO DECIEVE,MIS-DIRECT,ETC..THERE CANEVER BE PEACE..
90% OF RELIGIOUS FOLLOWERS ARE HYPOCRITES....

Posted: at 12-02-2011 11:51 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

 well said, and in addition islamic god does not believe in forgiveness, he believe in revenge just like old jewish law given to them in the wilderness   while in christian world, Forgiveness is the major tenet, in fact, God almighty sent his only son for the single reason of forgiveness. Again there Isah whom they regard as Jesus Christ is not Jesus in any way. The Christ i know is the only son of God and he was crucified for my salvation, but there isah was just ordinary human that was never crucified. i don't really know where you guyz drew your similarity from

Posted: at 15-02-2011 01:42 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming