what r the differences and similarities between islam and christian?
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The Christian Difference\nBy Abdullah Al Araby\nJump to:    Jesus is The Difference    The Big Question, The Big Decision \n\n  Jesus vs. Mohammed: \nWhat the Bible teaches\nabout Jesus What the Quran teaches about Mohammed \nJesus is the Son of God\n(John 10:36) \n Mohammed was a man\n(Surah 18:110) \n \nJesus performed miracles\n(Mark 7:37) \n Mohammed Did not perform miracles\n(Surah 17:59) \n \nJesus knew what is inside people's hearts\n(Revelation 2:23) \n Mohammed did not know what is inside People's hearts\n(Surah 11:31) \n \nJesus is our advocate with the Father\n(1 John 2:1 & 2) \n Mohammed is not our advocate with the Father\n(Surah 9:80) \n \nJesus forbade His followers to use the sword\n(Matthew 26:52) \n Mohammed urged his followers to use the sword\n(Surah 8:65) \n \nJesus taught forgiveness\n(Matthew 5:38,39) \n Mohammed taught revenge\n(Surah 2:194) \n \nJesus was sinless\n(1 Peter: 2:22) \n Mohammed was sinful\n(Surah 47:19) \n \nJesus words never change\n(Matthew 24:35) \n The Quran words changed\n(Surah 16:101) \n \nJesus healed the blind man\n(Luke 18:35-43) \n Mohammed turned away from the blind man\n(Surah 80:1-10) \n \nJesus called on people to come to Him\n(Matthew 11:28-30) \n Mohammed was admonished because he sent people away\n(Surah 6:52) \n \nJesus taught monogamy\n(Matthew 19:5,6) \n Mohammed taught polygamy\n(Surah 4:3) \n \nPeople were free to accept Jesus' message or reject it\n(Luke 10:10,11) \n People were forced to accept Mohammed's message\n(Surah 9:29) \n \n\nJesus is the Difference\nJesus Christ cannot be described as just another good messenger of God. Jesus was different from all other human beings of any time and place, and He makes the difference. \n\nBy His words, Jesus set the perfect example.\nNobody ever spoke as He did. His teachings expressed the perfect example in ethics, conduct, and worship (see Matthew 5-7). However, Christianity is more than just a set of noble teachings. \n\nBy His life, Jesus was the perfect example\nJesus was the only one, ever, who could declare that He was without sin (John 8:46). His claim was confirmed by friends and foes alike (Luke 23:14; Matthew 27:4; Matthew 27:24; Luke 23:47). \n\nJesus lived every word that He spoke. Yet no man, on His own, can perfectly follow Jesus' example. \n\nBy His power, Jesus enables us to follow His example.\nJesus doesn't simply order us to do good; rather, He changes our hearts so that we love doing good. A miracle is performed in every person who puts his trust in the perfection of Christ. \nThrough faith, we can be spiritually "born again" into the family of God. This miracle has happened in the lives of millions throughout history, whom God has changed from hopeless sinners to beloved sons by the power and work of His Holy Spirit. \n\nThe Big Question, The Big Decision... \nAnd, now, there is a question to be asked:\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK OF JESUS CHRIST? \n\nThe Quran views Jesus as just a good human being who performed some miracles. The Quran denies His crucifixion: it is too degrading, and cannot accept His Lordship: it is too exalting.\n\nYet, in order to save us from sin, Jesus of the Bible was both. He lowered Himself to where sin had brought us, and redeemed us on the Cross. Then He lifted us to heaven, and reconciled us with God.\n\nFrom the beginning, God had a plan for the eternal salvation of mankind. This plan is non-negotiable, non-changeable. After Adam and Eve had fallen into sin, God provided that the seed of the woman (Jesus) shall bruise the serpent's (Satan's) head, and that the serpent will bruise His heel (Genesis 3:15). Throughout the Old Testament, God was dealing with His people through sacrifices which point to the coming sacrifice of Jesus Christ. After Jesus was born, John the Baptist declared that Jesus Christ was "The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." John 1:29. This declaration and all the promises of the Old Testa
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First off, good question.  I'm not a muslim and my understanding of this issue is pretty basic, but I'll let you know what I know in case you don't get any better answers.\n\nFirst off, Shiite and Sunni Muslims have more in common than they have different.  They all trace their religiious heritage to Adam and to Abraham, along with Christianity and Judaism. Shiites and Sunnis also have some core religious principles in common, called the Five Pillars of Islam, including reference for the Prophet Mohammed as receiving the divine guidance of Allah and recording it in the Koran.  \n\nThe differences came about a few decades after the death of Mohammed when a dispute arose as to the line of succession from Mohammed.  Shiites trace their succession of religious leaders to Ali, who was the husband of Mohammed's granddaugther, while Sunnis trace the line of succession to another relative.  So, Ali and his martyrdom plays a very prominent role in Shia Islam but not in Sunni Islam.  You may have heard of the Shiite religious event of Ashura where they commemorate the death of Ali.\n\nDoctrinally, this distinction between the two in terms of the line of succession has resulted in Shiite Muslims relying more heavliy on a religious hierarchy traced back to Ali and Mohammed for conveying the word of Allah to people today.  Ayatollah Khomeni in Iran was perhaps the most famous example.  In contrast, Sunnis tend to believe that the word of Allah is more accessible to everyday Muslims.  The distinction is somewhat analogous to the religious hierarchy in the Catlholic church, when contrasted with some forms of Protestantism.  So, for example, a Shiite may be much more restricted in who he or she believes can authentically make a religous proclaimation (called a fatwah) than would a Sunni Muslim.\n\nIn my mind, the beliefs between Shiite Muslims and Sunni Muslims, and Christians and Jews for that matter, tend to have a lot more in common than they have differences.  Unfortuntely, people tend to focus (and often kill each other) based on the differences.\n\nHope this helps.
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A Christian is one who follows Christ. Catholics are Christians but not all Christians are Catholic. A Christian can be Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, etc.
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Christianity and Islam
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Here is an AWESOME website that compares different branches of Christianity (and other religions):\n\nhttp://www.religionfacts.com
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I know for a while it was a close battle between mithraism and christianity..  Your facts are interesting but there's a lot of similarities between ALL religions when you look deep enough.
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Because Islam was dreamed up more than six centuries after the time of Christ, Islam denies the divinity of Christ, and as the first respondent pointed out you are arguing languages. and you have no valid basis for it. and blondecow131 you are wrong about Islam accepting either Judaism or Christianity.
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I am a Christian and I have the Quran translated in English that I read.  My fiance is muslim and I am going to Jordan to marry him and I want to learn more about the religion.  I don't see much of a differnece between the Bible and the Quran.  The only difference between the Quran and the Bible that I can see is that to the Muslims, Jesus is only a prophet and not a savior.  I may change my religion to islam later on in my marriage, but I still pray to Jesus.  Go to Barnes and Noble and get a copy of the Quran translated into English and see for yourself.
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As I understand it, there is a fundamental difference in world-view.\n\nIn the Christian world-view we learn that EVERYTHING should be questioned, tested, and that truth and error can be distinguished from each other (i.e. that the Truth is knowable, and carefull study will reveal it).\n\nIn the Muslim world-view, it is taught that truth has been revealed to Muhammad as the "seal of the prophets", and that to question anything he said or did (or in some cases, what is reported that he said or did), is to committ blasphemy against God.\n\nThe Christian world-view says that God invites us to question both Him and His messengers to see if they are correct.\n\nThe Muslim world-view says that God is never to be questioned, and His messengers are to be accepted without question as well.
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Christianity as a whole has more blood on its hands than Islam does.
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jesus did not teach christianity. jesus taught islam. rather paul's teachings are the foundation of the christian doctrine. paul was a great persecuter of the "christians" and then began to teach "christianity" which was his way of truly doing away with them. he would never kill them all so instead he took their religion from them by altering it. it's good to see you read the bible. the bible adamently supports and teaches islam. it is contradictory to christain thought.
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Islam is a works based religion invented by a man that was unhappy with the idol worship going on around him. Man has always looked for a way to reach God under his own power. Christianity is faith based. Where we believe in the power of Christs death, burial, and Resurrection to reach God.
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All religions are similar in many ways...people should respect each others religions no matter what....my family includes hindus .muslims and christians and we never seem to hav conflicts about religion although we r ALL VERY RELIGIOUS AND DEVOUTED TO OUR RELIGION=)
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The difference seems to be in any religion those who see their particular religion as a personal choice or those who see it as mandatory.  Christian history has many dark chapters when people, claiming to act as agents of God, tried to force Christianity, (or rather, their version of Christianity), upon the world.  What we see in the news these days are many Muslims around the world, seeking to force Islam upon all people.\n\nThere are many Muslims who do see Islam as a personal choice, but unfortunatly this is less newsworthy than the radicals spreading violence across the globe.
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islam,christianity and judaism
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Judeo-Christian = Judaism and Christianity yet you seem to forget that both are related to Islam and that all 3 are from the same family.\n\nThey are all Abrahamic religions. Descended from Abraham.
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That's a complicated question. Yes, they are all Christian but Christianity is an odd religion, really. Even if you have a same based religion, one branch of that religion is going to think that they're better than the others. And that's not limited to Christianity. Muslim's are divided into two groups: Sunnis and Shiites and they hate each other. It doesn't matter if it's the same religion, some people are always going to believe they're better than everyone else. Religions just a boundary we like to push down each other's throats.