Islam and Christianity, Sister faiths?

Question

Many people say that they are sister faiths, that they should just get along because they are the same. This is soso wrong, this couldnt be more opposite! The Bible is all about Love, the quran is about hate. Christians are told to Love thy neighbor, to show Christs Love through there love, Islam teaches that if they dont accept islam that you need to fight them, to rage jihad (holy war) until they are either dead or accept islam!

Whats your opinion ?

Ok i see i pushed some buttons! Where do i start.. Ok First off please call me Dan, not Dan shambah707, cus that just sounds weird lol..

Ok Please dont try and tell me the history, yes i know that all three stem from Abraham, i know the family line, i could explain to you how Christianity begun, how it spread from Jews to Gentiles, ad wen the separation was, but to be honest i dont have the time!

Now i read that Christians/Jews are told to be cursed by Allah, being apes and pigs, pagans and inferiors, is this true?

'Fight and slay the pagans where ever you find them' surah 9:5. Proof enough?

Ok Here is why i cannot accept Islam, Judaism and Christianity as being sister faiths, Islam denies the core of Christianity .. I will write it in the next post..

That they said, "we killed Christ Jesusthe son of Mary, the messenger of allah";-but they did not kill him, nor crucified him,but it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for a surety they did not kill him. Surah 4:157

Christians believe that Christ died for our sins, on the cross! This is the core of our beliefs! And Islam directly denies this, yet they still manage to be sister faiths?

And please tell me anywhere in the bible that incites to death and violence, i will either put it back into context for you, or explain what it was talking about. Please tell me! And i like to think i know my bible very well! So give me some scriptural evidence! You cannot make a statement like that and leave it unsupported.

No i do not know how disrespectful it is, and report me all you like, in short, im not ashamed of the God i serve!

The bible is not all about love. Its full of smiting and hate and bigotry, rape, murder, war. The same with islam. And judaism. The three most awful religions ever contrived by humankind, imo.

There was a few of these answers, saying the bible is about hate etc. Please give me some scripture reference for this, and i will gladly explain it to you!

OK You can talk to me all you want in lament terms, you can look at my picture and think oh his young, i can just use big words! I Know my bible well, i know my history well, so talk to me like a normal person, do not try and look down upon me, and put yourself in a position of power above me, because you do not have any power over me. Talk to me like a normal person, lets have a mature debate

Ok i am not saying that all Islamics are terrorists, or that they all want to kill Christians and rule the world.. Dont get me wrong. Yes there are many extremists, yes you get them in all religions, and yes you could call me an extremists! Because i can feel the fire, i can feel the Love that God has for everyone, and i just want to tell everyone!

Yes for a matter of fact i do watch the news, just last night i was watching a program about coalition forces working together with military insurgents to fight the extremists who blow up stuff. This is why.. The leader of one of the groups saw a man on his property, he was planting explosives for the us army that was going to pass by soon.. He confronted him and asked what he was doing, and he was told straight out. He said that there was enough explosives there to kill his entire family in the blast, and the reply he got was, yes, but its ok, because is jihad. Now if this doesn't make you shudder ten what does!?

Ok i ran out of room again lol. Another thing i watched on the news. 9/11. When the terrorists were rampaging the streets, praising allah, celebrating that they had struck America so deeply, that they had killed so many innocent people! And if you actually watched this you would notice that there wasn't just a few, there was thousands! All over the place! It was such a sad day!

Answer 1

I am Catholic.

Let me first state that Islam is not all about hate. Let me guess, you have listened to news reports on terrorists and never looked into what Muslims actually believe haven't you? You must understand that every religion has it's extremists, Islam is no different.

In saying that I thoroughly disagree that Islam and Christianity are sister faiths. I will agree that the Muslims are closer to Christianity (along with the Jews) than any other religion.

In using the term "sister faith" it implies that they are of the same family, but they're not... Unless you want to be REALLY broad and just put them under the title of "monotheism."

The massive difference between the two faiths which makes them not even related to each other is that in Islam you have the unseen God. Certainly you have the 99 names of God, which tell you He is merciful, and there is no type of really detailed prophecy or miracle to validate it.

Catholicism puts you in touch and helps you realize how much God actually does love us. As always in any type of teaching, a physical example is much more potent than just being told. Jesus is that infinitely humble example.

THE MASSIVE difference between the two faiths is the God who gives Himself to no end, rather than just reveal Himself(as is the case in Islam). In Catholicism you have Jesus who obviously did not let the shame of the cross stop Him from giving Himself, but also Jesus is with us always physically present in the tabernacle under the form of the Eucharist... and in every Mass He gives Himself to us in an act of love, and also as a source of grace and blessings... which is unheard of in Islam.

Furthermore, Christianity has detailed prophecies and solid miracles to validate itself and essentially complete themselves. I think it was St Augustine that said "The Old Testament is revealed in the New and the New is hidden in the Old." The Christian revelation is complete.

Certainly you could call Islam and Christianity somewhat related through their common ancestry of Abraham, but the act of giving on God's part to His creatures is so much more full and complete that it makes every other religion seem shallow (I really mean no offense by this remark. It's just the best way I can explain myself.)

Peace. Good question by the way.

Answer 2

They are of course sister faiths. Together with Judaism they form the three Abrahamic religions. Both christianity and islam derive from the Jewish faith.
The bible is not all about love. Its full of smiting and hate and bigotry, rape, murder, war. The same with islam. And judaism. The three most awful religions ever contrived by humankind, imo.

Answer 3

I have to disagree. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all stem from Abraham. They share a common origin, history, and in the early days culture. There was a time when they were all considered Peoples of the Book.

Answer 4

Both started with Abraham.
The firstborn son of Abraham and his serving girl Hagar [ with Sarah's consent, because she was barren] was Ishmael. He founded Islam.
The second born son with Sarah, after God made her fertile at a very old age, was Isaac,
And because Abraham was MARRIED to Sarah, Isaac was the LEGAL HEIR.
Isaac was the forefather of both Joseph and Mary. With David and Solomon in the interim.
With Jesus was the start of Christianity.

It is man's faulty thinking that has caused them to deviate away from what God wants....Both of them.

Answer 5

No u r wrong the quran doesn't teaches us that it teaches us that if they fight with u then u have to declare jihad but if they r friendly with u means they r not like a barrier in ur affaris then teaches us to live peacfully with them
Islam teaches us to convert others with love and if they dont want to just dont force them.
U should not have to told wrong about Islam.Understand
ok if Jihad is our Holy War then what about crusade?

Answer 6

u assumed that QUR'AN is about hate.

let me tell u something
we have in QUR'AN a phrase to order us to accept the right of religion choosing, meaning that we have no right to make people accept Islam as religion should be chosen freely according to the free will of the person himself

Don't think u knew that, coz u keep saying what u hear without understanding...

PS: be smarter, not everyone saying that he is a Muslim is one, especially those terrorists.
In Qur'an, we r ordered nvr kill a man with no weapon, nvr kill women and children, nvr kill innocents and that killing one life is like killing all humanity, a gr8 sin that leads straight to hell.

Don't think u knew that either, Mr genius!

Answer 7

If you were Islamic I would withhold my opinion because you would not like the truth and there's no need to offend you. Since you live there's hope for you and I'd not discourage that. Jesus taught us to love our enemies and not to judge. I choose to follow his instructions.

Islam is not the only non-Christian faith to believe in Jesus the Zoroastrians sent the Magi to give him gifts when their astrologers saw his star in the sky.

♥Blessed Be♥
♥=∞

Answer 8

The Koran mentions Jesus more than the bible.

The bible says that you are to kill anyone that encourages you to believe in the bible.

It seams you do not know much about either holly book.

Answer 9

I Position of Jesus (pbuh) in Islam:
(i) Islam is the only non-Christian faith, which makes it an article of faith to believe in Jesus (pbuh). No Muslim is a Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus (pbuh).
(ii) We believe that he was one of the mightiest Messengers of Allah (swt).
(iii) We believe that he was born miraculously, without any male intervention, which many modern day Christians do not believe.
(iv) We believe he was the Messiah translated Christ (pbuh).
(v) We believe that he gave life to the dead with God’s permission.
(iv) We believe that he healed those born blind, and the lepers with God’s permission.

Answer 10

Actually they are both an evolution of the hebrew faith. All three have some similarities. But... you'll never see that as you have the ,"My god has a bigger **** than your god complex." Good luck with that.