If Iraq was Mesopotamia (where Adam & Eve were created), why aren't Iraquians Christians?

Question

Has Western Christianity been interpreted incorrectly?
It's just a thought so don't leave me a bunch of hateful answers. Maybe somebody knows the fundamental beliefs of the Muslim religion and can explain it to me. I hear a lot of negative stuff on YA.
Isn't it ironic that some American Christians try to spread their faith to the Far East, when most of the Bible was written in the 'Holy Land?'

OK then, what do we know about Islam without getting political?

OK, Jesus rules, (the most likely to get the 10!).
What's your theory on how Christianity spread after Abraham's flight? Thanks.

Answer 1

I'll only try to answer your first question. According to Acts chapter 2, there were people from what is now Iraq who heard the message and believed. These people took the message back to Mesopotamia and more people became Christians. This land was Christian until the Muslim takeover around 650-700 AD (I don't know the exact date.) There have always been some Christians in Iraq, but nobody can say for sure how many.

Answer 2

Fresh from my humanities class, I have learned that there are many things which are commonly known, but aren't necessarily true. For example, stories of Noah's Ark and the story of Adam and Eve. Most people know these stories are from the Old Testament, but because we are told that the bible was written by God, we don't really question their origins. The truth is, those Old Testament was written hundreds of years after the birth of the first story, which is Adam and Eve. Also, that story doesn't originate with the Jews. It is a story from Mesopotamia (like Noah's Ark), and came from a polytheistic (multiple God's), and not Judaism which was monotheistic (One God). The Jews who finally were able to write their history (Old Testament) incorporated many stories from the civilizations of the oppressors they lived under. So, the Old Testament has many stories that aren't associated with the Jewish people.
As far as Islam, it's birth began in the year 622 AD. Believe it or not, there are many similarities with the Quran as with the bible. Muhammad believed in Abraham, Jesus, Moses, and other biblical figures. The reason we don't see Muhammad depicted in pictures or know where he is buried is because it would have made him a false profit. He came as an ordinary man to bring the message of God to the people, and unlike many Religious conquerors, when Muhammad's army defeated tribe who opposed him and Islam, he didn't go in and execute the populations or change their government. When he went into Mecca, he destroyed all the Idols the polytheistic God's, but didn't harm the people. This essentially destroyed the God's of all the different tribes, and united them all under Islam's monotheistic God. This gave every person in Islam a voice, and a place. Prior to that, if a person left its tribe, they would be nobody. If a tribe had no resources, they didn't have any options. However, under Islam, they had support from the whose Islamic nation.
While people demonize Muslims, the little I know of the religion and culture is pretty cool, and seems like it tries to walk in the steps of Jesus Crist.

Answer 3

Thats easy, it's because Adam and Eve weren't created in "Iraq"/Mesopotamia.....far from it. Yes, I know....I've heard all the theories, unfortunately the people making them have a serious deficiency in reading comprehension, (which includes scholars).
If ancient texts are accurate, then "Iraq" is in fact an impossibilty as the location of "Creation" otherwise known as the "Garden of Eden". If the ancient texts are false, then it really doesn't matter, you could say the location was anywhere, which is exactly what scholars have done in claiming "Iraq" as the location.
And "Yes", it is ironic that some American Christians try to spread their faith to the Far East, almost as Ironic as Hellenized Jews wanting to see Jesus crucified, :O).

Answer 4

Muslims believe that God transported to Adam in the valley out of Mecca Eve landed in India. We don't know why both were landed in separate places. Some how Eve came to Mecca or was brought to Mecca by Angels. Adam was waiting for Eve quite some time, on the mountain known as Jablur Rahmat (Mountain of the Mercy) next to the plain field where Muslims perform their Haj every year and that's where both met. So that mountain is known as Mountain of Mercy.

It is a traditional story. It is not written in Quran. Allah knows best.

Answer 5

the same god who told Christians about Adam and eve told the same story,about them maybe in more details to Muslims some years on.Adam was a prophet like Jesus and Mohammad were and all 3 believed in the same god.the difference between Christianity and Islam is just the dates they were given to mankind not in the major beliefs.after Mohammad came Cristians were supposed to accept him as the prophet after Jesus,who was promised by him,but they didn't.and that was how these 2 religions have different followers today

Answer 6

Adam and Eve were NOT Christian! They were created / born thousands of years before Jesus lived on Earth. In fact, no one was a "Christian" anywhere on Earth until sometime around 0030 AD, when the first converts began following Jesus. They were Christians by practice, but not by name until later on when the name was created to describe the followers of a new religion that the Hebrews, Philistines and Romans feared and hated. Jesus himself was not a Christian by definition... he belonged to a religious group called the Gnostics.

Answer 7

That is interesting, but Satan is the authority over the earth. Babylon, in Iraq, is where mankind settled after the flood and rebelled by building the city Babel. The Godly Abraham was sent away from the area. The same with Christianity. Where it started, Satan attacked it, and God sent it away from there. But when Jesus returns it'll all be reversed. He'll have authority everywhere on earth forever.

Answer 8

What the hell is an Iraquian? I've heard of Iraqis, never Iraquian. There are Christians in Iraq, but the majority of the country is Islam, as it was spread there from Saudi Arabia.

Answer 9

Seriously, "Adam and Eve" in the Bible do not represent the beginnings of Christianity, but the beginnings of all of the human race. We are all ultimately related to "Adam," the first man, and "Eve," the first woman, whoever they were.

Answer 10

Christianity's roots are in Asia. You imply that people don't know that.

There are many peoples who have forgotten many of the lessons of their ancestors, only to have missionaries piece them together.

It's more ironic that people forget the great and wise Shang Ti, China's Creator of the universe.