Christianity or islam?

Philippines
October 3, 2012 8:52am CST
In Christianity, the root of belief is founded on Jesus, who is the Christ and Son of God. But in Islam, the root of belied is the teaching of Muhammad the Prophet of Allah. The argument of Christianity about Muhammad is very plain, they said that Muhammad is a prophet. But Islam teaches that Jesus is also a prophet. And two religion have different picture of who Jesus is. It is a debate that Jesus in the Bible is different from Jesus from Quran that is contrary because almost other character from the Bible who are in the Quran has almost the same storyline, except Jesus... which is which? Biblical Jesus or Islam Jesus, who got the best picture?
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• United States
4 Oct 12
Can I say both? If Muslims believe Jesus was/is G-d then they would be Christians. If Christians saw Jesus only as a prophet, they they would Muslims. It is ok to see the same person in different ways. The problem arises when you assume All people should see Him the same way. It will Never happen! What is needed is respect for different visions. So if a Muslim says Jesus is a prophet to them , a Christian should accept it as the Muslim's vision. And the Muslim must respect that to Christians Jesus is G-d.The same goes for Muhammad. Respect is the key.
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• United States
4 Oct 12
Eric, are you saying there is only one correct way to G-d? And the only two choices are Islam Or Christianity? Well I am sorry to inform you but these two are not the only true religions. And there is a middle , it is called Judaism.And there are other paths altogether.So if you just narrow it down to only these two, then many will be "damned" and it is ok. See I rather live my life, be close to my G-d the way I choose to be than Have to completely change to appease a version of G-d I do not feel comfortable with.
• Philippines
4 Oct 12
yes.. after all in the end God will show who is right and I think God will not just show who is right but bring judgement to the deceived and deceiver, which are true in both Christianity and Muslim.. but the thing is there is no middle with it, if you choose the neutral side then you are judge already... So maybe the least we can do is to choice the right one,... which is which? we are talking eternity here, it is the most at stake....
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@samar54 (2454)
• Egypt
4 Oct 12
Sarah , Yes , respect is the key , but some people not have this respect to the others beliefs . ericpapasit , "God will show who is right " Sure He will do .
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
3 Oct 12
Hi ericpapasit, Why does it matter which story is true or if either of the stories are true? We need to follow the golden rule and treat each other the way that we want to be treated. That is all the religion that anyone needs and if we could get rid of all the trimmings attached to religion and live as brothers and sisters, life would be wonderful and what follows would be good as well. Blessings.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
4 Oct 12
Hi ericpapasit, I think you will find that the golden rule is the same in all religions. The words may be different but it means the same thing. Blessings.
• Philippines
5 Oct 12
Harsh word there friend, please minimize, remember the golden rule
• Philippines
3 Oct 12
Yeah, but the two views carries also a Golden rule, then the question is which is which?
@urbandekay (18278)
3 Oct 12
Sorry as a Christian I do not recognise Muhammad a prophet at all, he does not fit the criteria of a prophet 1.Both Muslims and Christians agree that only Jesus lived without sin 2.Therefore, only Jesus is in perfect communion with God 3.Therefore his teachings take precedence over all scripture both prior and later 4.Therefore any scripture that contradicts his word is false 5.Since some of the Quran runs contrary to his word, that is false all the best, urban
@Naseem00 (1996)
• Pakistan
3 Oct 12
Both Muslims and Christians agree that only Jesus lived without sin Can you tell me which Muslims agree with you on that? All prophets lived sin free lives for your information. Whoever tells you some prophet sinned is a lier. Please stop speaking on behalf of Muslims.
@urbandekay (18278)
3 Oct 12
I should also point out that Muhammad's replacement of Jesus with Isa is disrespectful and insulting to both Christians and Jesus all the best urban
@urbandekay (18278)
3 Oct 12
Other Muslims have agreed with that statement and It is written that Allah forgave Muhammad for his sins, therefore he sinned! Moses sinned when he struck the Egyptian and when he acted in pride all the best urban
4 Oct 12
The most likely situation is that Jesus was one of a number of young men claiming to the Messiah or at least a prophet who were around preaching at that time. Accounts of his life and preaching were not written for at least 60 odd years after the events. ( The disciples did not write the gospels despite the names given to them) It is therefor inevitable that each writer will put their own interpretation on his account so of course you are going to get different versions of the man depending on where the writer got the information from and how he wished to see Jesus. So you cannot say which is right and probably none of them are
• Canada
4 Oct 12
maidangela, I think the Gospels were probably writen sooner than you claim. John's Gospel was written by the "beloved desiple" who many people think was the apostle John. I suspect that this was really written by the virgin Mary's sister (Jesus' aunt) if you read John 19:25-27 carefully, it says that the beloved disciple was standing beside Mary after listing the people who were with her (this gospel never names it's author and the aunt is the only one who's name isn't given). There's good reason to think that Luke (an associate of Paul) wrote Luke's Gosple. There's some reason to think that John Mark wrote Mark's Gospel. I suspect that Paul or Timothy wrote Matthew's Gospel, both Matthew and Luke having been written at or as a result of the meeting Paul is arranging in 2 Tim 4:11-13. I think you can try to piece together the various Gospels to get to the truth. I don't believe anything is actually wrong, just some give different details or don't follow chronological order well. I also think some of the difference are coded messages - this is perhaps most apparent with the two genealogies of Jesus which when combined give a patten similar to the Kabalistic tree of life.
5 Oct 12
What on earth do you mean by written harmoniously. If you mean one copied from another we know that has been done other than that I can' see the relevance of the word in this context. As for the gospels being corrupt it depends on what you mean by corrupt. They have been translated and rewritten on a number of occasions and this must lead to changes in the words and meanings. I doubt if anyone has had their life miraculously changed by reading a gospel. They may have been inspired to change their lives inspired by what was written but that is hardly a miracle unless of course you wish to imagine it is. I am sure people have been inspired to change their lives by reading all sorts of documents and books. I know I have but I never thought it was any sort of miracle. I was also puzzled by Graptopetalum's comment about coded messages in the gospels. I fail to see any relevance to this either as what is the point of a coded message if you can't work out what it means and if you can why bother with a code. I think the whole idea takes us into cloud cuckoo land.
• Philippines
5 Oct 12
Also it is noted how the Gospel written harmoniously, and how those gospel changed life for good... I don't think the Gospel is corrupted... after all as Christian claimed it is inspired by God, and many people has been miraculously changed their life powerfully, as well as the Quran... again, Christianity or Islam?
• United States
3 Oct 12
I think Muhammad and Joseph Smith of Mormonism fame are cut from the same mold. Both have taken from the Bible and have woven their illusions in to form an alternate view of God. Both have created something that's close enough to the Bible to fool or persuade those who don't have sufficient knowledge of the Bible to realize that the Quran and the Book of Mormon, on the whole, are false teachings. To know whether the Bible or the Quran gives an accurate depiction of Jesus, you have to investigate both books to see which one you can trust. What kind of scrutiny have they gone through? Are the writings in these books backed up by history, archeology, science, fulfilled prophecy, the testimony of multiple witnesses? I am convinced that the Bible is the true Word of God, and reveals who Jesus truly is, the Son of God and Lord and Savior of mankind.
• India
3 Oct 12
without knowing about Quran and prophet muhammed, how can u tell thats a false teaching? First know Quran and hadith properly.... There are 124000 Prophets came to world, In that some where around about 10 prophets name mentioned in Quran include Jesus.... Before Prophethood muhammed (sal) was uneducated, then how can create something similar to bible... After prophethood Allah gave the knowledge... First read Quran and Hadith Properly, then talk.... or else dont talk false words
• Philippines
3 Oct 12
Yeah samar, that's the point, it is how to interpret God, but just curious that if we compare the view of Jesus to the Historical Jesus, we can see history favor one view, unless historian is corrupted. well, in others words one of the view is valid.
@samar54 (2454)
• Egypt
4 Oct 12
ericpapasit , I don't think that Jesus (PBUH) said : I'm your god , worship me , he said " And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ, who you sent .17 - 3
• Philippines
3 Oct 12
Hello ericpapasit, As a baptised Roman Catholic there is no way that I will accept the Idea of Jesus Christ based on Islam's Koran because for me the real interpretation of Jesus is from the bible. there is no way he can be just a prophet or there's no way that most of us would have been saved. but I respect other people's opinion about him if it's different but i won't accept it if it's not from the bible
• Philippines
3 Oct 12
That's one sided man... please elaborate..
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2 Dec 12
Joel Osteen is a famous preacher, famous because he preaches what my Ought-to-Be-an-Elder friend calls 'the feel-good Gospel.' (Sure, Joel preaches the same 'serious' Gospel as all the other Gospel-preachers preach; but 'the hardship of the Christian life' is more of an "extra thing" to his preaching than the "bad conditions the Gospel saves you from" that most preachers make it.) That's how I see Christianity is compared to 'the Kingdom that G*d gives to you & me.' To you & me, the good things and bad things come from the same place; to Christians, good things come from G*d while bad things come from Mankind's evil & greed. You could also say that Christianity is the 'SESAME STREET'-level view of the world---which shows the good treasure of the world as if it's readily available to everyone (rather than showing us how there has to be WORK done to get good things ... much like the 'children's show' expects kids to love-care-share whether we get anything for it or not )
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
30 Oct 12
Well, the Biblical Jesus gives us 'Jesus as He lived'---being a story told by people who lived with Jesus for three years (and who grew up in His neighborhood for about 30 years before that). I haven't rehd the Quranical Jesus yet, but I'm guessing that this one was more like 'hearing about Jesus' ... in the same way that you've 'heard about Keanu Reeves.' If you live with a prophet, you're bound to bear witness to his interaction with the Divine Voice---which kind of blurs the line between 'relaying a message from G-d' & 'speaking as G-d.' I mean; I live with me, and so sometimes I think very-highly of myself! I know most of my thoughts are 'given by G-d,' but I don't very-often (and G-d doesn't WANT me to, as it makes the thoughts less-powerful) separate my thoughts from myself by giving G-d credit for them.