Are Muslims more faithful than Christians? Do they honor Allah more than we honor God?

Question

It seems that for the majority, Muslims take their faith more seriously. They pray facing Mecca several times a day at the same time each day. They fast the way a fast should be done. They observe their holy days with full faith no matter what part of the world they are in. Christians don't pray facing their holy land, they pray in all different ways as to what suits them, many churches have taken out kneelers even tho we are to kneel before the Lord, they have changed their holy days several times throughout the centuries, many don't fast the correct way, during Lent some with just try to stop swearing or gossiping rather than not eat for 24 hours. I see the Christian community splitting up rather than coming together and this makes for vast confusion. Muslims are more joined together and worship Allah in the same ways.

What are you thoughts about this? I know there are millions of believers in each faith and I cannot categorize them as a whole. I am just looking at majority.

Answer 1

I think, because they have more fear about the wrath of their idea of God is what keeps them reverent.
The Muslims do not violate alot of their religious moral codes.
We in America have TV, movies, bars, restaurants, and many other distractions, that to even fill one half a day on a weekend seems like a hard thing to do with God.
I admire the dedication, and it shames me to know, that even with the realization, I may not change my habits.
When you have less distractions, you can devote more time to your faith.

Answer 2

The reason I don't pray facing a certain direction is because God is all around us. He can hear us and will listen to us regardless which way we are facing.

If by when you say the christian community is splitting up, you mean that there are many denominations of Christianity, then this is really unavoidable. There are so many millions of believers, it is impossible that they will all believe the exact same thing.

Islam is hardly together though, how can some Muslims condone terrorism and others actively pursue it, when following the same faith.

There will always be differences.

As for Muslims honoring Allah more than we honour God, well I think that could just be an illusion. For instance, we are not required to pray five times each day, but many people still would. Perhaps if you pray five times, but completely off your own accord, not when your faith commands you to, then you are actaully more faithful to your God.

Answer 3

There are one billion Muslims in the world, some are religious and some are not, but the religious one are much more, Muslims do pray to God five times a day that is why you feel that they are more faithful, there are many Christians too who are faithful, but you cannot see that in the way they dress ( because they don't wear hijab) and they do not pray all day like Muslims.
Good and faithful people exist in every religion, and all around the world, just like bad and non religious people

Answer 4

I don't think so.
It depends on an individual's heart on how much he or she honour's God.

It is true that Muslims take their faith very seriously. Allah is their God, they fear him.

Whereas, we, Christians, some where deep inside have the feeling that Christ is our friend. At least that's the case with me. It's because, Christ lived among us. He ate like us, he breathed like us, he never acted superior to us. He was always gentle and loving, which made us feel that he is our friend. Maybe that's the reason the majority take it a bit easy.

But that's not what matters, 'cause it's written in the Bible

"All a man's ways seem right to him,
but the Lord weighs the heart.

To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than
sacrifice"

Answer 5

Hmm I can't be too sure of that. I know some Christians and Jehovah Witnesses who are very dedicated to their religion. But when Muslims pray.. we bow and prostrate our head numerous times. I heard nuns do this too when they are praying?

Christians & Muslims have different ways of honouring God. Christians keep statues and pictures of Jesus on their walls. Muslims hang verses from the Quran on their walls. So it's hard to say.

But I do know this, as Muslims we honour our prophets highly which is why we say 'peace be upon him' after saying a prophet's name. We also don't make jokes about prophets and we are not allowed to draw them b/c it is disrespectful. Muhammad (pbuh) did not want his face drawn because he wanted to prevent people from idolising him instead of praying to God.

Answer 6

I believe there is only one God and He knows the heart and who is faithful. The God I believe in says there is really only two things that makes you a child of God and that is "Love God with all your heart, mind and soul and the second commandment is to love your fellow man as you would yourself." I believe you cannot get to heaven on works only but only through the Blood of Christ. We are all sinners and sin but if we ask God to forgive us Jesus Christ blood that was shed for us all keeps us white and clean of sin and that is the way God sees us because God can not be in the presence of sin. If you love God you will do what he has commanded his followers to do, even when we fail we will continue to strive with God's help until we die and go to heaven.

Answer 7

There are fanatics on both sides. Christianity has had to deal with more open societies where independent thought is encouraged. This has forced Christians to be more liberal than they would otherwise be. Most Christians these days only think of the Bible as a storybook that isn't to be taken too literally. This is a good thing. They used to be just as harsh as the Muslims.

The Muslims have had fairly closed societies for the last few decades. Their leaders have been closely tied to the religion, like Christianity was until the King and Pope had a major disagreement. However, because of the influences of the West, the Middle East has had to adjust to a global society. Their clerics are desparately hanging on, recently aided by Bush who has rallied them against us.

Eventually, they, too, will soften. You can see that already. My girlfriend is Muslim, but she is very liberal in her views. Hopefully, fanaticism in all religions will be reduced as the world becomes more secular.

Answer 8

i'm a protestant christian yet maximum of my acquaintances are Muslim.God left 3 significant books in this earth as u understand.The coraan, bible and the ta rib or what ever its said as the Jewish e book. If u take a close look the only distinction in all this books is how we as human beings interprete it. they are all from God.Exorcism do exist i'm Romanian and that i did see it with my own eyes at the same time as me and my class acquaintances were vacationing an previous orthodox church contained in the mountains. the reason i trust evil receives scared and runs away at the same time as anybody exhibits the flow or the bible is because he's common with the day Jesus died on the flow for each ones sins he would were saved to. That changed into his very last danger to precise regret and he did not take it. each and anytime human beings pay interest to non secular song or study the Holy books he can no longer take it. He is common with that his days in this earth are short and he's common with the punishment he will receive and he can no longer take it God's note is to good for him.God left this books so as that we are able to all comprehend, all of them practice us sturdy, all of them talk about Prophets and that all of them talk about Jesus.Muslims love God extra then anybody else and they worship him extra then Christians for that its problematic for Evil to get close to them.yet there are Shehs that they do have the flexibility to take Evil out of folk if it takes position. It occurred to one in each of my acquaintances in Palestine, Gaza.

Answer 9

I think you're quite incorrect. You put too much emphasis on the posture of prayer and public acts of "piety," instead of on the personal relationship of the believer with God.

Christians are not commanded to pray in any special way, nor are we required to pray facing Israel. We are each Temples of the Living God -- when we became Born Again, the Holy Spirit came into us and dwells there. So what's the point of praying toward Israel, when we have a much better (and closer) source within ourselves? This is not to say we should pray to ourselves, but we should utilize the Holy Spirit within us to establish a strong, trusting, loving relationship with God.

Fasting is not commanded of us; it is an option. Again, if we fast, we are told not to do it publicly, nor are we to tell others (except perhaps our immediate family). If we bow or lie face down on the floor, we are to do it in the privacy of our own room. Public displays of piety are repugnant to Christians, because those who do this typically use it for their own gain, making themselves appear "holy" when they are not.

I don't know which "Christian community" you see "splitting up." Surely, there are many churches -- just as there are mosques -- where the believers aren't in tune with each other or with God. But you cannot generalize. My church is DEFINATELY spirit-filled and close-knit. We love and cherish each other like brothers and sisters.

I think that instead of REALLY looking at the majority of Christians, you are evaluating us based on bias. You cannot judge us based on the rules of Islam, even though you are taught to believe there is no other correct way.

I'm sure this isn't the answer you'll chose as the "best" (which doesn't bother me at all), but I assure you, it's correct.

Peace.

Answer 10

actually muslims pray 5 times a day not 3.