Christianity and Islam?

Question

As these are the two major religons, I cannot help but wonder what arguments you will have. What do you guys belive? What are some of your comments? I am very intrested.

I am a muslim and never douted my religon. I forever will be one since I PERSONALY think its right. But then practically all my friends are Chritian so I can't help but wonder a bit about it.

Please display your comments, and arguments, or help me understand about Christianity. I look worford to learning about it. And to reading your comments about Christianty and Islam

Answer 1

That is a difficult question to answer here because it is very general.

I can't give all the answers here, but maybe I can help.

First of all, have you ever done what you are asking? As a Muslim, I trust you know that there is alot to it. You have the Quran, which sums up all of your beliefs. Plus you have all of your own experience and all you know right? But have you ever sat down and summarized your beliefs? Do you know why you believe what you do? Is it just because of what someone told you, or do you know the truth in your heart?
If you have not done this or thought about these things, I would strongly encourage you to do so.

As for me, I am a Christian because I have experienced God first hand in my heart and in my life. He has healed me, preformed miracles in my life, and He walks with me, talks with me, and takes care of me every day of my life. He has personally put His truth in my heart, and that is how I know Him.

But not only is He in my heart, His truth is also in His word, the Bible. Everything God has done in me and everything I do know about is backed up in the Bible. There is too much there for me to say here, but I can tell you a few things:

If you want to know about the person Jesus, who I know, love and worship, then read the book of John (Matthew, Mark, and Luke introduce Him too, but John is my favorite because it highlights His love)

If you want to know about Heaven, hell, and salvation...how He saved me from death and hell, and how you can have that too, read Romans.

There is so much more than that, but that is a good start and summary. I'm not saying you have to convert or believe what I believe, but I do recommend checking out at least those two books. If you do , it will answer many of your questions about Christianity and give you a good idea where your Christian friends are comming from. Then you can decide for yourself what you think about it.

What about you? Can you tell me (and others) anything about Islam? If someone asked you for a summary, argument, or anything about Isalm, what would you tell them? I've answered you the best I could. Can you answer me back? You can always click my link and email me if you want, or simply post more questions.

Hope this helps

Many blessings =)

Answer 2

No, Allah of the Koran and God of the Bible are not the same. One question. Why would God come into the world as a man and tell us to seek the kingdom of God and then 600 years later tell us a whole new gospel? Have you ever read the Koran? It is like an angel is talking and not God or Muhammad. And a fallen angel called Lucifer at that. He speaks of opening the chest to get something done. Lucifer the light bearer had stones upon his chest. So evidently angels have similar stones to the High Priest in the temple of Herod. Christianity and Judaism follow the same God, but some of the Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Lord walking the earth in flesh. Paul said they have been partially blinded until the Gentiles come in. I believe we are seeing a great many Muslims turning from Islam to Christianity. It is the Lord Jesus who changes the hearts and minds. Christ is making Himself known to the Muslims. When Christ starts making Himself known to the Jews they will be weeping because they will weep for Christ like they would weep for an only child. Jesus said that He would not return until they said, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."

Answer 3

I believe God is personal, not distant

I believe God KNOWS how much better He is than us (as in evaluation, experience, omnipotent vs limited etc), but isn't stuck up and still desires a relationship (friendship, brotherhood, not just mastership) with us.

I believe God is a Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All derive from the same essense, but take on different forms. this essense has within His substance a full mind, and so, all members of the Godhead (Trinity) are one in mind and in essense: parakletos. Jehovah is the Father, Jesus Christ is the Son, and the Holy Spirit is the Spirit.

*the Catholic Bible was compiled in 381 A.D. in Nicea
*the Protestant Bible was compiled in 1611
*Jesus was born 0 A.D., which doesn't stand for "after death"
*the manuscripts for the New Testament were completed in 95 A.D., the earliest written is "the Gospel according to Mark", who got his story from Simon Peter, an apostle and friend of Jesus

I don't have anything against Islam personally, though I do not believe it is right (and no, that's not just what they told me). I know all about the peace in Islam, fairness, etc. don't doubt it. I don't read the Qu'ran.

I believe science and God must agree, or else our facts are false. I believe God left us all we need to know about life, Godliness, eternity, and Himself in the Bible. As for a "last prophet", we have none, as the last prophet will simply be the one who prophesies of God the last before the rapture (Christians taken away from earth before the devil's rule for 7 years) and he (or she if it is a prophetess) doesn't add to the Bible.

we generally believe the devil actually has power, God's power is infinite so there's no real comparison, and isn't just a "whisperer". the devil (Satan) actually challenges and tries to impede God's work on the earth. demons can actually possess a non-Christian. the devil gains legal spiritual rights when we sin: sinless (or atelast repentant) life, devil can't do anything

bad things happen for different reasons
- God has to get legal access to (the prayer and faith of His righteous people), so He's not allowed to work in the lives of people all the time
- sin abounds and it's God's job to judge
- humans have free will and tend to use it for malicious purposes
- human foolishness, stupidity or ignorance, human hate
- sin allows the devil to work

Answer 4

Dear Sister, Please read the book of the Christians. Compare it with your book the Koran. Before you read, get on your knees and pray. Pray that God will reveal himself to you in truth. If you truly seek the God of heaven he will reveal to you whether he is Allah or Jehovah . God loves you and wants you to know the absolute truth. I will not pretend that Islam is going to get you into paradise. Only Christ can do that. But I want to to know I respect your choice of being a Muslim just as I respect an Atheist right to not believe. We are all masters of our own destiny. What we believe and how we walk according to our belief is what decides where we will spend eternity. I have read the Koran, not all of it I confess, but enough to know that Allah and Jehovah are not the same God. This is a very important matter. You must decide. I know that a Muslim Palestinian terrorist name Walid Shoebat converted to Christianity as hundreds and maybe thousands of Muslims are every day. Especially in Iraq. The main stream media does not report it . Shoebat found that Allah and Jehovah are not the same. He went from hating and killing Jews to loving and helping them.Check his websight at www.shoebat.com/
May God be with you as you discover his love.

Answer 5

We believe in the trinity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All three persons of the trinity are God and we can pray to any persons of the trinity although most prayer is directed toward God and all prayer goes through Jesus Christ. If you get a chance pick up a Catechism of the Catholic Church which teaches so much about the Catholic faith.

Here is an online Catechism
Trinity
http://ccc.scborromeo.org.master.com/texis/master/search/?sufs=0&q=trinity&s=SS

Answer 6

I think a faith never doubted is a more naive faith. I think it's the very act of doubting or reconsidering your faith against all evidence that would mitigate against it, then coming through with your faith still in tact that actually lends strength to it.

Me for instance, I never doubted my faith as a child or as a teenager, or even a young adult. Around the age of 24-25 I started wrestling with various issues of my "faith". I actually undertook the task of trying to defend my faith against all intellectual arguments against it. I came to the conclusion that there were/are many aspects of my faith that lack sufficent answers in some areas. As a result I began to doubt. Then I re-examined my worldview and asked myself what aspects of my faith are destroyed or complicated by these issues I was struggling with. I came to realize that none of the fundamental aspects of my "faith" were underminded by these arguments or doubts, only secondary matters. So I came to conclude that I certainly don't have a perfect impeccable belief system, but that's only in my interpretation of what I've always believed. I've come to realize that since the fundamental aspects of my faith are firmly rooted in accessibly verifiable evidence, only my understanding or interpretation are prone to error.

Therefore I no longer believe in the same way I did as a teenager or young adult, but essentially, the object of my belief is still absolutely reliable and correct.

Answer 7

Is this Jesus or Mohammad? Old testament-before either was born.
Isaiah 9: 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Jesus or Mohammad?
Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Matthew 2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

Answer 8

We believe some things that are similar to islam. I know many muslims believe that we believe in three gods, but that is not true, we believe in only one..but he has three forms. Kinda like water..vapor, liquid, solid. We also believe that Jesus was the messiah who fulfilled the old testiment prophesy, and that he died to pay the penalty of Sin. he was God in human form, because he loved us (his children) so much he could not stand to see us perish. Kinda like if your child was given the death penalty for a crime, how you would want to take their place, so they could have the rest of their lives to get themselves on the right path. Once you believe that Jesus was God in the flesh and believe that he paid that penalty for you, you have eternal life in heaven with him. It is so much more, so search it out and see.

Answer 9

Well being a christian has been hard since throughout the history of Christianity there has been murder and bloodshed. I am so glad that Muslims are now under fire since it takes the heat off my cherished and beloved religion. By the way my God is stronger than your God. Your God does yoga and my God pumps Iron-who do you think is going to win?

Answer 10

The hugest difference is that we (Christians) believe Jesus was divine, and that his sacrifice for us was the only way we can be reconciled with a truly Holy God. You can find info on Christianity geared more towards a muslim audience at:

http://www.al-kitab.org/

http://isaalmasih.net/