are islam and christianity two sides of the same ridiculous coin?

Question

i mean, come on.

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

I HAVE READ ALL THE ANSWERS AND FOUND THAT EVERYONE HAS GOT WRONG NOTIONS ABOUT THE TWO MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD. The language used by you initself is ridiclous what to say of others.WE ARE TO UNITE THE WORLD ,SPREAD LOVE AND SHUN HATRED FROM THE GLOBE.
THE WRONG IMAGE ,which has been formed in your mind and many others is due to the fact that people in both the cults have suffered poverty,hatred and the ruth of rich.they intermingled. some adopted christianity and some islam and vice versa .It was also due to some lucrative preachings/the works on both sides which prompted /lured the poor people
to enter islam or christianity.We ought to view all monotheistic religions (religions which enjoin belief in one God) in the spirit in which St. Peter viewed them when he said, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted with Him." [Acts10:34,35]

The same is the spirit of the oft-repeated definition of "Muslims" in the Qur'an: "Those who believe and work righteousness" (al-lazina amanu wa amalu-s-salehat) [Qur'an 2:25, 2:62, 2:25 etc.]. And "Trust in the Lord and do good," as the Psalms say. [Psalms 37:3]

It is essential that any discussion of Islam as a monolithic religion must begin with its very fundamental concept of unity of God (Tawhid). In this context, it is also important to note that the creed of Islam is very simple. To become a Muslim, one has only to declare in sincerity, and preferably in the presence of a person already professing Islam, "I testify that there is none worthy of worship (god) but God, and that Muhammad is the Prophet of God". The first part of the Muslim creed is a dialectically rigorous rejection of polytheism in favour of monotheism. It underlies the pivotal Muslim doctrine of divine unity (Tawhid), and has historical antecedents in both Judaism and Christianity.

Answer 3

Yes absolutely. Islam and Christianity are more similar than people realise. Research Christianity and you will find that so many people have killed before in the name of it in the same way as Islam.

Answer 4

Yes. In some ways they are. Both religions basically believe the same things.

The only difference is that Muslims don't believe that Jesus was the son of god and we don't believe that Mohammed was a prophet...

It seems so silly to cause wars with each other when we basically hold a lot of the same beliefs.

We may focus on different areas and we may follow our religions in different ways but the main focus behind it all is the same

From Wikipedia:

"They [Muslims] do not regard Muhammad as the founder of a new religion, but as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. Islamic tradition holds that Judaism and Christianity distorted the messages of these prophets over time either in interpretation, in text, or both."

Answer 5

they both believe in the same origins of life (adam eve etc) and noah

Half the stories in the Qur'an are that of the bible.

The main difference is that the Muslims believe that Jesus is not the son of god. They do however believe he was a prohpet who should be respected, they just believe that the bible is distorted
And believe in a second prophet who pretty much preached the same thing.

So yes in a way they are the same two sides.

But you cant call ppls beliefs ridiculous.

Answer 6

These are not ridiculous. Christianity is old version of islam whichas been changed to fit the needs of power hunger peoples in ages and Islam is the latest and un changeable version of the religion from ALLAH.

Answer 7

For me to answer this, I must firstly assume you want 'the ridiculous coin' to mean 'an out-moded religious doctrine'?
I suppose it is a futile exercise to compare the two even though:

1. They both demand that their follwers comply fully to set of ancient and out-moded principles and civic rules.
2. They both got bored with enlightenment and decided to become social police.
3. They both have an unhealthy attitude towards women being equal to men.
4. They both have nutters who put the 'mental' in 'fundemental'.
5. They both have waged 'Holy Wars'........

................hang on....... Hmmmm....... yes, I see what you mean.

Answer 8

Never saw or heard of a "ridiculous coin."

Answer 9

Yes, or at least, along with Judaism they are developments of the old, abhorrent Abrahamic religion.

Answer 10

let me tell ya something..if u hate rel;igions,please dun hate the religious people..we r juz the followers..nothing to do with us..we hav our own beliefs,,if u hav nothing to do with religion,juz shut your yup..dun bother us..
christian n islam came from the same God but after all,christian has been changed by human..so,it is not pure from God..
let me tell ya an example..let say that ur ceiling is lacking..n there are two holes above ur head..it is sunny..that light comes from that two holes..meaning 2 say now,there are two sort of light..but it come from the same resource which is sun..
so,it is same goes to islam n christian..

Answer 11

Former Muslim Girl, one could say the same of Christianity.

I would have to say yes they are very similar religions.