dont you think christianity and islam are close to each other but yet they are so different?

Question

i heard that muslims believe that jesus was a profet who was related to muhammed... but anyways there are other simularity like people who say they are christians and are not like example KKK (ive seen a lot when i was in VA), and all the al qaeda in the islam who think they are true muslims..


im a christian and the thing that pisses me off is people who are ignorant whothink islam is a religion for war, i think its more peaceful than christianity..

Answer 1

They are close for good reason; Mohammed was a wealthy trader as a result of an advantageous marriage and had very good Jewish and Christian friends, some he considered mentors (remember Christianity was very established; it predated Islam by 500 yrs and Judaism is even older) so it is not surprising that in his predominantly pagan society, he could see the benefits of a society united by a belief in a single entity. He definitely borrowed from Judaic and Christian structures: the pilgrimage, the 12 followers, the one God, a single Book, etc, even emphasizing that Jews and Christians should be considered the People of the Book, as opposed to non-believers. I believe he saw Islam as the next 'natural' progressive evolution in the J-C religious system so along with his own mystical insights (and there's no doubt in my mind he was deeply spiritual but unsatisfied with the pagan beliefs of his culture) he arrived at a religious concept that would preserve and satisfy deeply-entrenched cultural and social codes. At the same time one can believe he foresaw the impact of these foreign economic pressures as well. His culture, very traditional, patriarchal, family honour- and blood-bound, would be progressively invaded and eroded by these exterior forces; he could surely foresee that the effects of the increasing, continued presence of foreigners would irrevocably alter his world and erode the Arab social and economic structures (sound familiar?) Thus it was to his interest and his culture's to attempt unifying the Arab world against the perceived threat - and so he did. But for all the peacefulness you commented on, remember that hard fundamentalists believe that non-believers, if they resist conversion by persuasion, can justifiably, according to their interpretation of the Quran, be killed. Mohammed himself did resort to wars, however reluctantly, to convert those who would not accept conversion to Islam, unlike Christ whose peaceful, all-inclusive teachings in the New Testament repudiated the violence of the Old Testament (the Judaic Torah) as a method of conversion. Today's Islamic hard fundamentalists follow in Mohammed's footsteps in using violence as a legitimate course of action, an idea repugnant to both moderate Muslims and true Christians. I hate to be pessimistic, but I don't think the Western and Eastern belief systems (& others) can ever be fully harmonious; they are too different with respect to the treatment of others. If moderation cannot win, we cannot allow hard fundamentalism to take over as it would mean the destruction of Western values and our democratic system. To preserve these values and foster it in other fledgling democratic countries, it then follows we must, however reluctantly, be engaged in this war against terrorism.

Answer 2

Christianity and Islam are two of the largest religions in the world. Both religions revere Abraham and certain other patriarchs mentioned in the Bible as their spiritual ancestors, they are called Abrahamic religions

Islam and Christianity do not promote violence. Both believe God 0r Allah will take care pf the good and punish the non-believers. The media portrays the Muslims (followers of Islam) as violent. The word Muslim means “one who submits.” Muslims are not violent is just their image in the media that damages the Islamic religion.


Religion is different to many individuals is just hoe the person interrupts the messages.

Answer 3

I am a muslim!
Muslims see Islam as a continuation of Moses' and Jesus' messages. We basically believe that Judaism, Christinaity, and Islam are all messages from the same god.
The main difference between Islam and Christinaity is that Islam clearly states that GOD or (Allah) is one with no mate, children, or any relatives.
Thus, we do not believe in the holy trinity, though we believe in Jesus peace.be.upon.him as a prophet. Same thing applies to Muhammad peace.be.upon.him too (he's human who served as a messenger of God's message).

Its always good to see bright people like yourself who aren't judgmental!
for more on Islam look at :
www.islamweb.com
www.islam-online.net

Good point,
Thanks!

Answer 4

Exactly.. Jesus is a prophet being sent before Muhammad(p.b.u.h). Islam never teaches Muslims to hate other people from different religions.
Islam is a peaceful religion, a holly religion. Check out for holly quran if you wanna bout this (only one) true religion.. then you'll find the truth..
May God bless you..good luck

Answer 5

They are very similar. I don't think one religion is more peaceful or more violent than another. The religon itself really had almost nothing to do with it...it's the people that practice the religions and the choices they make that determine how the religion is viewed. It sucks that there are bad people out there who give would-be peaceful religions a bad name.

Answer 6

Yes I do. I think that the God we all love chose to give us different ways to come to him. God who we all love first sent Moses to lead his children out of slavery, giving him the commandments and his covenant. Then he sent his son Jesus to show us the way through him and to cleanse us of our sins. Finally, he sent his Prophet Mohamed to show the people how to give total obedience to God...Islam. All of the people are God's children...even those who have not heard of him are his children. As a Christian, the message I got from God was through his Son, saying to love our neighbor as we do ourselves. We all agree that God created man. Therefore, I feel that to hate is in direct opposition of what God has taught us, regardless of how we identify ourselves spiritually. The God who loves us all is watching all this. I wish we could all strive to be worthy in his eyes rather than tearing each other up.

Answer 7

My thought is....the world is filled with billions of people....it would be illogical for everybody to have the same beliefs. We all like different foods, different TV shows, different clothes, different hairstyles.....why would we all have the same religious beliefs? We accept all the other differences but will talk and argue until doomsday about our religious belief or lack there of.

Answer 8

yes there are strong similarities, but the media (except a few) wont focus on those so much as the fighting and acts of terrorism. it is sad people can just believe everything they see on tv.

Answer 9

They are very close to each other. We have the same genetic line and religion up to Abraham....... All religions have their extremists..... Unfortunately we have given them many reasons to be angry..... Just pray for God's will to be done.

Answer 10

(no offense) but Mohammad commanded the muslims to kill and wage war on unbelievers (jihad )including christians When Mohammad died he cursed at the christians and jews because he hated them...while Jesus(Christianity) told his disciples to PRAY for their enemies and at the cross told his father to forgive sinners...the teachings are fundamentally on differnet sides.