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Isaac Sadaqah
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 Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:19 am Post subject: something to discuss |
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was wondering about all the fuss some people make about differences on faith, for example, Islam and Christianity, Christianity and say Budhism..
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Christians don't blow themselves up in buses full of children? |
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mat1979
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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why don't you look it up on google, some guys have spent hours putting some relevant facts (that took them even more hours to compile) on a webpage that is free for you to browse, and yet you ask us morons who don't know much more than you do, to give you some explanation on a subject as vast as half the universe!
what kind of answer did you really expect here apart from the kind of stupid answer someone posted above me? |
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Assambar
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Location: Bulgaria
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:26 am Post subject: :P |
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Hi,
in my opinion the main difference is in the age. I think that otherwise they are all the same - an illusion for the masses, for those who cannot create their own illusions and seek for already available ones.
Little are those who know what does the spirit have to go through in the purgatory when the soul has fouled it into misleading others in false spiritual ways.
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mat1979
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| the main difference is in the age |
what the *beep* do you mean? can't you make yourself clearer?
if you post to say things that nobody can understand then don't post |
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flower
Joined: 11 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:19 am Post subject: Re: What is the differences between Islam and Christianity? |
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| Isaac Sadaqah wrote: |
Hello
Can you tell me the differences between Islam and Christianity. |
Allah says in Surah 5, verse 82:
*{…and you will certainly find the nearest in friendship to those who believe [to be] those who say: “We are Christians,” because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant.}*
In other words, Allah has made the hearts of the Muslims and Christians closest to one another out of all the other religions, because of their common outlook on the world. This doesn’t mean that their beliefs are one in the same; however Allah has made it so that the two religions can live together in harmony and benefit from one another’s knowledge and civilization.
We learn from the aforementioned verse of the Qur’an that the similarities between Christianity and Islam are their mutual respect for knowledge and humility. Both also share their understanding that the life of this world is neither the purpose nor pinnacle of human existence, rather the next world, the life after death, is the final objective for which we were created.
Similar to Christians, Muslims also believe in Jesus (peace be upon him) as the "Christ"; "Messiah"; "Logos"; and "Miraculous Conception". Then his mother, Mary (May Allah be pleased with her), is held in the utmost respect and is considered one of the most pious and beloved women of Allah to walk the face of the earth.
Muslims believe as well in all of the previous Biblical prophets and the original scriptures that they brought. This is such as the original Torah, as it was reveled by Allah to Moses (pbuh), the Psalms as reveled to David (pbuh), and the Gospel as reveled to Jesus (pbuh). Muslims also believe that God is Merciful and Just to His creatures; He is both Transcendent and Imminent in His qualities and attributes.
The most fundamental difference between Christianity and Islam is in the nature and role of Jesus (peace be upon him) and thereby the nature of God. Muslims hold Jesus to be a prophet of God, and an extremely important one at that. He was sent by Allah as the final prophet to the House of Israel, with very powerful miracles to prove his legitimacy beyond any doubt.
However, he is not considered the son of God. In fact, Muslims don’t ascribe any partners or sons to Allah. If a Muslim has any need or problem, he or she asks for help from God alone and directly and not through any intermediaries – this is the foundation of the Islamic faith.
The concept of trinity is completely foreign to Islam. It represents the fundamental difference between the two faiths. Allah says in Surah 4, verse 171:
*{O People of the Book [Christians and Jews]! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was [no more than] a messenger of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity": desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is One Allah: Glory be to Him: [far exalted is He] above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.}*
Another point of difference between Islam and Christianity is in the concept of original sin. As Yusef Estes, an ordained Baptist minister and convert to Islam, explains:
“Muslims also believe that God is merciful and just to His creatures. So, they deny the concept of the ‘original sin' [all children are born into the sins of their parents] and the 'Sacrificial Lamb' concept, which requires the blood of Jesus (pbuh) to atone for the sins of the sinners.”
In fact, Muslim believe that Jesus did not die on the cross, rather Allah saved His beloved prophet from such a fate and cast his likeness on one of the Roman guards who sought to arrest him. Thus, the guard was crucified in place of Jesus (pbuh), who was subsequently taken up by Allah until his second coming near the end of the world.
As mentioned above, Muslims believe in the original Gospel as it was revealed to Jesus (pbuh). However, over the past 2000 years, the various Christian translators and scholars have corrupted certain verses with additions, deletions, and alterations. Whether these corruptions are few or many is unknown to anybody save Allah, as the original Gospel is no longer with us. Nevertheless, we known they exist, and we can’t tell the original verses from the corrupted.
On the other hand, the Qur’an, the final revealed text of Allah to Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and give him peace), is unarguably in the same form as when it was reveled over 1400 years ago. Even non-Muslim scholars of Islam admit that the Qur’an has not been altered from its original form. To this day, its purity stands as a miracle to mankind until the end of time; it is the criterion by which to judge the content of previous scriptures. |
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:51 am Post subject: |
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Do muslims have a sense of humour?
I think not.
If I may defend my previous stupid post.
When was the last time a christian blew himself up in a bus full of children?
Or even a nightclub (and we all know how decadent those are.) |
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