We look back in history and see that they both have been fighting for thousands of years, will this ever be resolved?
2007-08-20 03:58:46 · 21 answers · asked by kimba 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First of all Muslims and Christians in some places do co-exist. Arab Christians and Jews have lived for many centuries in the Muslim empire with out being tortured or persecuted. However, to understand the current position please look at the following point.
1. First of all is the West representative of Christendom? I think not. Since the West represents secularism and not Christianity.
2. Crusades were mostly fought for power, and not because of any inherent violent teaching in any of the two religions. The pope needed to band the Europeans around him and in such cases finding a common external enemy is the best solution. Some thing similar to the Wester foreign policy today. So basically crusades were not religious wars but rather European vs Islamic wars.
3. Christians should understand that Muslims share a different history. The Christians are proud and happy in a secular system due to their experience with religious corruption and intolerance in the middle ages. However, Islam did not face any such problems. On the contrary Islam was leading the world in Science, Technology and Culture while it was highly religious. Therefore, Muslim hold this as their Ideal. At the same time Muslims must study European history to realize where the West is coming from.
4. The scrutinizing of Muslim in the Western media should stop. Similarly Muslim media must stop portraying the West in unfair light. Although, the west supports a lot of dictators in the Muslims world and has a played a huge part in its conquest and Radicalization, the Muslim must understand that these are the mistakes and agendas of a few bad people and not the common Westerner.
5. We must learn to respect each other and respect the values of each other.
I think if we follow these steps and keep them in mind then it will be much easier to make the bridges of friendship.
2007-08-20 04:18:46 · answer #1 · answered by Abdullah r 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They did indeed. As a Catholic I visited Jordan many times in the 60's to visit our shrines. The area now known as the West Bank. I saw no friction between Muslim and Christian whatsoever. I would vastly prefer to see the Holy Land restored from Israeli control; what to speak of their atrocities against the Palestinians,they are utterly destroying it's character. A wall surrounds Bethlehem and that Har Homa complex is an architectural atrocity,like most of the new architecture. Another wall cuts right across the Mount of Olives. They've turned the Holy Land into a complete hell-hole. It was very bucolic under Jordanian control. The people were very nice. Which the Israelis were not; I went to Nazareth too.
2016-05-17 23:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the unity that Christ prayed for is attained. It will take much prayer on the part of the church, and the divine intervention of God the Father to touch hearts and break down the walls of deception and pride. This is a problem that only God can fix, and I just heard this weekend from a prophet that God does have the answer. In His time, there will be a solution. Watch and see that the Lord is Good.
2007-08-20 04:10:19 · answer #3 · answered by BaseballGrrl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They already coexist in many places around the world including Israel. I'm not sure there is a huge Christina/Mulsim problem with coexistence but Muslim extremists seem to be at war with everyone regardless of religion.
2007-08-20 04:14:17 · answer #4 · answered by Stefan C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thousands of years? It's about time they get educated and realize not just they but everyone everywhere believe differently. Wouldn't we all understand or at least accept different religions if we learned more about them all. I won't get into the race thing, poor example because some do believe all whites are responsible for holding them back. Another subject. Thank God he doesn't feel that way.
We have many different languages why not many different religions? Of course it is the goal of every persuasion to bring others into their sect. If we were better educated we could make our own choice without coercion. Catholics believe they will be going heaven, Jews are waiting for their messiah, some still worship idols and some even the devil. Then there are the branches off of Catholics and Baptists that believe everyone that doesn't accept Jesus as savior are going to burn.
It is all of our duty to win souls for God, NOT our duty to take the lives of those who don't accept the message. I will never understand that. To kill and even to take your own life for God? If I die, by cause of whatever, I don't really care. THAT is a sin in itself and I pray to Jesus to stay by my side and keep holding me up because I am weak. Heaven? I have to believe Jesus is my savior but Heaven? I get the feeling I already missed that bus and I'm in hell now.
What will it take for Muslims and Christians to COEXIST? Education and souls. No living soul will be loved by God if he/she goes around refusing to be anything but ignorant and closed minded.
The perfect leader with a strong heart and determination to enlighten not only his own people but all people everywhere.
I always pray God be with the leaders of this world. They hold much influence. God will surely hold them responsible for all lives taken by another.
2007-08-20 04:50:13 · answer #5 · answered by Nanny Poo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was foretold in the Bible that the children of Ishmael would be a constantly waring group fighting against everyone...... It will take considerable education and a willingness to cooperate toward such a goal....
Why didn't Abraham just go feed the goats or something and stayed away from Hagar??? The promised child Issac was born a few years later... but they would not wait and believe on the word of God and the promise.....
A very good example of NOT listening to what God says.....we can see the end result of that one.....
2007-08-20 04:10:55 · answer #6 · answered by coffee_pot12 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Coffee is a retard. God never told Abraham to stay away from Hagar. Another Judeo lie that has become popularized in the Christian world. Does she not realize that the first Christians -Assyrians, Copts and Ethiopians were Ishmaelites...
2007-08-20 04:27:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Death is honored by Muslims. Life is honored by Christians.
Ishmael was Abraham's son by Hagar who was Sarah's handmaid that Sarah asked Abraham to sleep with so she could have a child. When Isaac came along Sarah wanted Ishmael and Hagar put away. An angel of God told Hagar that Ishmael's hand with be against every man and every man's hand against him.
They will coexist when Muslims realize that Jesus Christ came to give them life and give them life more abundantly also.
2007-08-20 04:08:24 · answer #8 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
For people to GROW UP...
I am Muslim. This sooo does not cause me to have any fights with any Christians in my everyday life. My religion is my religion, who ever doesn't like it can get over it...
I do not take responsibility for what crazy terrorist are doing...
Thats like asking White people to take responsibility for the acts of a racists. He may be white as well, but you have nothing to do with that, and you don't want to be judged as a race just because some whites are racist...
So apply the same thing. Don't judge all muslims because some do bad/crazy things.
2007-08-20 04:05:33 · answer #9 · answered by Katrina 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Back in cold war, nobody bothered about Christion vs, Muslim antagonism, this is just a new cover for an infamous instinct that drives us: to kill and to hate. It doesn't matter whether it's for religion, creed, political view or holiganism. The clash of religion is a dummy reason that allows us to deny the simple fact that we are 'Godless killing machines'.
2007-08-20 04:10:11 · answer #10 · answered by AtakanK 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋