Whats the difference between Muslim and Christian?

Question

Okay, I'm Christian - I believe in God and Jesus Christ.

Whats the difference?

Please NO talking bad about others here, please NO JUDGEMENT.

I want to know what the difference is - I was told that Muslims believe only in the Old Testament of the Bible and that things in the New Testament have not happend yet?

Yes, I read the newspapers and all - and the people who are causing all the terrorist problems are not true muslims to my knowledge. They are extreamists; and Al Quida. Isent this correct?

Answer 1

Well here's a Muslim's point of view :

1st we regard Jesus (peace be upon him) as a respected Prophet of Islam NOT God. I think is the most main thing. That's the essence of the message of the messenger of Islam (as was the message of previous message but was corrupted with time) which is to call upon people to worship the one God of Abraham, Isaac, Moses, Jesus, ....(peace unto all).

2nd since we believe Prophet Jesus (pbuh) was that a Prophet not God. We don't believe in the original sin (I mean the Quran mentions the story but with the blame of Adam and Eve EQUALLY, but then forgave them). Thusfore, Jesus didn't die on a cross nor did he die for any-ones sins (since we are born sinless). He was raised to heaven and will return before the end of times.

3rdly We are accountable for our actions. On the day of judgment our deeds will be weighted. Belief alone does not guarantee us Heaven. Our good actions have to outweigh our bad actions. These deeds could be anything from praying to God to serving for a better humanity.

These are the pillars of Islam. Every Muslim must practice:

1- Shahadah-the declaration that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is his messenger.

2-Prayer (Salat) - establishing of the five daily Prayers.

3-The paying of alms (Zakat) - which is generally 2.5% of the total savings for a rich man working in trade or industry, and 10% or 20% of the annual produce for agriculturists. This money or produce is distributed among the poor.

4-Fasting (Sawm) - refraining from eating, drinking or satisfying other needs from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar.

5-The Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) - this is done during the month of Zul Hijjah, and is compulsory once in a lifetime for one who has the ability to do it. If the Muslim is in ill health or in debt, he or she is not required to perform Hajj.


We also have Pillars of Faith:
http://www.iqra.net/muslimstudents1/essayseniors8 which orders Muslim to recognize previous religious books Torah,Psalms, Gospel. And previous Prophets David, Moses, Abraham, Solomon, Joseph, ...etc (pbut).

I commend you for pursuing knowledge in a friendly manner. Feel free to PM me if you have more Q's.

peace unto you

Answer 2

Difference Between Muslim And Christian

Answer 3

Okay, I'm not an expert, and I don't have the time or the energy to go too deep into the differing belief systems of the two religions, but basically it goes like this:
Muslims worship Allah, another name for the same God as Christians follow, but the main difference is that they follow the teaching of Mohammad , a prophet who came roughly 700 years after Jesus. They believe that while in a cave he was visited by angels, with whose help he wrote the Koran, the holy scriptures which Islam is based on. As far as I know, they do also follow the Old and New Testaments, and believe that Jesus was a great prophet, but don't think that he was the son of God, and so they're still waiting for the messiah (I think that's what you mean when you say "the New Testament hasn't happened yet", it has, but they think there's more to come). So yes, while they do follow the Bible, the Koran kind of superseeds it.
If you want to know the specific beliefs, you could go to www.wikipedia.org/wiki/islam

Hope that helped. And well done for going through the effort of trying to inform yourself, when so many just listen to rumours and base their beliefs on that.

Answer 4

Judaism, Christianity and Islam all derive from the same basic religions.

In general Judaism believes in the Torah, which is the Old Testament for all intents and purposes with some other teachings. They do not accept Jesus as a prophet or the Messiah (which is what Christians believe). I believe that you have that confused with Islam in your question.

Muslims believe that Jesus is just one of a series of prophets. They believe that Allah (god) has spoken to people in the past but the older prophets had God's word wrong. And that Muhammad is the prophet that got it right so to speak.
Their belief system that comes from the Koran (the writings of the Prophet Muhammad) which has a system known as pillars. There are five pillars in the Koran.
All three books, the Torah, the Bible and the Koran are very similar in their messages but differ in the way to adhere to those teachings. If you wish to get an understanding of the difference you should try reading the others.

Answer 5

The main difference would be that the Muslims believe that Jesus was just another prophet. But as Christians we believe He is God. They of course do not accept the New Testament as it is Christian. I believe they have some parts of the story of Moses different than the Hebrew Bible(which is our Old Testament)

Answer 6

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Whats the difference between Muslim and Christian?
Okay, I'm Christian - I believe in God and Jesus Christ.

Whats the difference?

Please NO talking bad about others here, please NO JUDGEMENT.

I want to know what the difference is - I was told that Muslims believe only in the Old Testament of the Bible and that things in the New...

Answer 7

Judaism came first of the monotheistic religions. Then Christianity came along, and then Islam. All of these religions believe in the same God, but the word in there native languages use different terms for that reference. Each of those religions have the same teachings really.

Jews = Torah
Christians = Old Testament
Muslims = Quran

Each of these religions have many variants of their "bibles" and each sect in those religions all feel they are the "ones". But in reality... those religions are just built on top of each other and it's only the people who are different.


Following that... there is even a more recent religion along that same line call Baha'i Faith which adds on to it after Islam. I know very little about it... but it seems like it's the new trend.

Answer 8

I'm a Christian.
This how I seen Christians and Muslim believes.

1. Christians' believes:
Christians believe that the road to Heaven is narrow in a Dangerous Jungle and somethings it's a desert.
Christians believe that the wide road leads to Hell.

2. Muslims' believes:
Muslims believe that the wide road leads to Heaven.
Muslims believe that the narrow road leads to Hell.

Answer 9

There is little difference, (and I know you said don't get into judgement, but it's ostrich-like not to) large numbers of both factions commit unspeakable acts upon the other, in the name of their bigger, better, holier-than-thou's god.
I'd personally like to bang all there heads together. There is so much blood on both the Bible and the Koran (however you chose to spell it) and far less upon the Haynes Workshop and Maintenance Manual for whatever make and model of car, apart from the fools who worked under their cars and were crushed by them, however, the warnings are clear enough, USE AXLE STANDS, so it's only filtering the gene-pool.l

Answer 10

The difference between Muslims and Christians are;

1. the Muslims do believe the old testament they, believe that Jesus was a prophet born to Mary-a virgin.

2.the Muslims do not believe that Jesus is THE GOD the Muslims believe that god(Allah) is one and he is the creator of all mankind and every living thing on this planet...

3.the Christians do not believe prophet Mohammad the Christians deny the whole Muslim religion and they deny the holy Qumran.

I don't know why Christians believe that Jesus is the god-if Jesus is god then who created Adam and eve? and who created the sun moon and stars and all the living things on this planet? and if Jesus is god why was he born into this world just like every other human being?

Answer 11

Muhammed, who lived about 600 years after the resurrection of Jesus, rejected the teachings of the Christian church at that time, and attempted to reform it with a movement that became the Islamic faith.

Muhammed was Arab, so he was a descendant of Abraham, not through Abraham's son Isaac like the Jews, but through Ishmael, a son Abraham had (with his wife's permission since she was barren) with a one of his wife's maids, Hagar. (Today this would have been called a surrogate child).

So Muhammed claimed to accept the Old Testament story of the Jews, says Moses was a prophet who brought them the law od God, and to accept that Jesus (called Isa in the Qu'ran) was a prophet of God. In the Qu'ran, the holy book of Islem that Muhammed is said to have dictated, he retells several Old Testament stories. However the details of these stories often vary greatly from the way the stories are recorded in the Old Testament. (For example, he claims that one of Noah's sons drown on the ark, while the Old Testament says they all survived and list their children and grandchildren, he claims the Mary the mother of Jesus was the sister of Moses, even though historically Moses and Jesus are separated by several hundred years).

Muhammed, while saying that Jesus was a prophet, rejects the claim the Jesus was the Son of God. He says that Jesus was not crucified, did not die on the cross, and was not resurrected. He rejects salvation through faith in Jesus. He says that the Bible (both Old and New Testament) have been rewritten by men and are not reliable, and so when there is a contradiction between the Qu'ran on the Bible, the Qu'ran is correct.

Many of the moral teachings of Islam, Christians and Jewish are similar, because all three faiths look back to the laws of Moses for much of their moral principles.

The main issue that divides the Christian and the Moslems (and the Jewish for that matter) is the person of Jesus. While the others see him only as another prophet in a long line of prophets, Christians see Him as God come in the flesh to save His people.

(Hopefully none of that sound like "bashing". I am just trying to relate facts and details, not judge.)