Hum 130 Week 2 Research Paper

HUM/130

Jesus and Mohammed

1. Jesus was born in 4 BC in Bethlehem whereas; Mohammed was born in 570 A.D. in Mecca. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 2. Jesus’s name has meaning it means God is our savior similar to the meaning of Mohammed’s name which means the praised one. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 3. Jesus had to move to a part of his town that was called Capernaum because he was being rejected from people in his hometown very similar to what Mohammed had to do when he moved to Medina because his people were also rejecting him to. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 4. Jesus was never married and never had the desire for a woman whereas; Mohammed had at least 15 wives and had a desire for woman. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 5. Jesus died by crucifixion in
Jesus arose from his tomb on the third day, which was predicted whereas; Mohammed still lays in his tomb there were no predictions to his death. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 7. Jesus received the word of God from his father who is a supreme being God this is similar to the way Mohammed received his a supreme being who was an angel. 8. Jesus’s religion and Mohammed’s religion both have sacred text but they differ in that Christians have the Bible and Islam have the Qur’an. (Living Religions) 9. Jesus Crucifixion was interpreted as a sacrifice for the sins of the people whereas; Mohammed’s death did not have any meaning. (Living Religions) 10. In contrast to Jesus Mohammed ordered people who sin to death Jesus told his people to repent and ask for forgiveness. 11. Jesus performed miracles like healing the sick and raising the dead whereas; Mohammed claimed that the only miracle was that of his Qur’an. 12. Jesus warned his disciples that after his death they should break bread and drink wine to form a communion with him this differs from the way things happened after the death of Mohammed his death caused the Sunni-Shi’a spilt. (Living