Islam completes christianity!....................?

Question

"Islam is a very christian way to worship. And I'll prove it: I know many christians that are also muslims!"


I don't believe what I wrote above. It sounds stupid, obviously, because the two are completely different religions with completely different beliefs -- even if they do share certain ideas and people (e.g. helping the poor; abraham).

***And, more importantly, just because a few christians believe in islam (or vice versa), that doesn't make islam a TYPICAL christian perspective.

I think most christians would agree.

So why do they use this same flawed logic with jews and christianity?!

I constantly hear christians saying that christianity is a very "jewish" perspective since we share certain ideas and people, and since there have been some jews in history who've believed in jesus.

Don't they realize what a vacuous idea this is?
They see it when applied to themselves, so why not when they apply it to others?


(Short answers only.)

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Or, if mohamed was a christian, would that prove that islam is a christian religion?
(Same ridiculous idea that "since jesus was jewish, so christianity is a jewish religion.")

Answer 1

All three are terminally incompatible. And there's no use pretending there is some "ecumenical" theology that could accommodate them - there isn't. I'd be happy with if we managed mere civility.

The "Christianity is very Jewish" line is wishful thinking on the part of Christians. The idea here is a supposed scriptural or "prophetic" continuity. But the Jewish thinking, from whose culture and tradition these scriptures actually arise, balks at this interpretation.

Islam is obviously at odds with both of the other "Abrahamic" theologies; with respect to the Messiah on the one hand and the laws & composition on the other.

It seems to me one of the "architectural" characteristics of each of the 3 traditions is a well constructed barrier against the other 2.

Answer 2

it is between you and God

Would depend on how you view the main differences and Similarities

Differences

1. Christianity and Islam differ on which family tree fulfilled most adequately the promises made to Abraham. Was it the family of Isaac or the family of Ishmael (pbut)? Christian say the promise to Isaac ended with Jesus (pbut), who was the fulfillment of all Old Testament prophesy. Islam says the Muhammad (pbuh) was the fulfilling Prophet of Ishmael's tradition.

2. The religions differ on the nature of human beings. Christianity, on the whole, has a negative view of human nature and asserts that we are fallen creatures. Therefore, the doctrine of original sin is central for Christians. We are saved only by the death and resurrection of Jesus (pbuh). Islam has a more positive notion of men and women and does not believe we are lost persons. Hence, it rejects the theology which supports original sin. We are saved by following the guidance provided for us in the Quran.

3. These differing views of human nature naturally lead to differing views about Jesus (pbuh). What Christians see as the heart of their faith--the divine sonship of Jesus: his incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection; and the trinity-- are seen by Islam as distortion and alterations of true Islam, the original revelation of Allah

Similarities

1. Christianity and Islam share a joint legacy of Biblical tradition and the same heritage of prophethood. Both religions come from Judaism, share the common parentage of Abraham, and delight in the Jewish Torah.

2. Islam and Christianity are both monotheistic religions and ascribe similar attributes to God: Creator, Sustainer, Judge, and Forgiver.

3. Islam and Christianity emphasize personal acts of piety such as prayer, fasting, charity, and scripture reading. They share as well the prophetic call to help the oppressed, the poor, the widow, the orphan, and the homeless.

4. Jesus (pbuh) was born to a virgin mother.

Answer 3

Great Question, Names are Much!
BTW - I love your name,
I guess, for me, the short answer is that the historic Christian faith does not reject or refute the tenets of the Hebrew Scripture.

1st century CE followers Jesus ben Joseph of Nazareth saw themselves as a sect of Judiasm. Even the evangelizer of the goyim, Sh'aul of Tarsus, saw Christianity as being rooted and grounded in the faith of Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob.

The difference between Islam & Christianity is that Isalm rejects the Hebew Scripture, claiming 'the Jews have perverted the Scripture."

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Answer 4

I think the comparissions come from the fact that all three are abrahamic religons. You are right while the three religons may have some things in common they are not exact replicas of one another so it would not make sense to say one completes the other or one has a very good perspective of the other.
I myself follow the religon of Islam and I will never say that one of the other two religons complete my religon however i would never shun christianity or Judaism because they both have some beliefs in common with my own religon, so for that reason I respect all three religons while I follow only one- Islam!

Answer 5

The center of the gospel contains the adoption as children of God of the reddemmed through the corss of Jesus..

Islam denies both... so.. it is incompatible with Christianity
Jesus it is claimed did not die on the cross and God has no sons and should not be called father make it at odds with the claims of the prophet Jesus

interstingly in heaven... 1) God is the ultimate treasure and 2) the redeemed becomes the Bride of Christ as a group.. this is not the way Islam presents heaven and the notion that heavin is a place merely of creature comforts like a 5 start hotel.. falls short of the glory of God

Answer 6

Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are all alike in some way. We all believe there is one God, right? There are just details that have changed over time in some of them. And Mohammed wasn't a Christian, he was a Muslim. Take care!

Answer 7

There is many thing within Islam that are consistent with Christianity,

That does not mean that one completes the other or that the two are compatible.

Study the lives of Jesus and Muhammad and then tell me which one you think is truly Divine or even a Prophet.

By their fruits they will be judged.

Peace!

Answer 8

You are right in that Islam developed after Christianity and Christianity developed after Judiasm, and that all 3 have similar traits. However, you have to get a little more specific than that.

Christianity is Judiasm PLUS Jesus. No laws were taken away. You can be a Christian and believe and follow all the laws of Judiasm.

Islam = Christianity minus the divinity of Christ, which is really the essential ingrediant of Christianity. Something was taken away, and it was essential to the faith.. You cannot both denounce the divinity of Christ and uphold his divinity.

Answer 9

Islam denies the divinity of Jesus Christ. The New Jerusalem in the book of Revelation completes Christianity.

Answer 10

You cannot be both because God said there is only one God and he had only one son Muhammed was not of God we are very different from Jews some uneducated Christians think we are the same but there are many many differences not just in beliefs but in lifestyle.