Central Tenets Of Christianity Compare And Contrast
The central tenet of Christianity is the belief in Jesus as the messiah or Son of God and savior of humanity. Christianity like many other religions believes in only one omnipotent, and omnipresent God. In the beginning God created Adam and Eve, the most perfect human beings.
In the Garden were Adam and Eve lived, God allowed them to eat anything however, restricted them from eating from one tree. Despite this warning a serpentine or Satan tempted Eve to eat from the tree, who encouraged Adam. Upon surrendering to their desires, Adam and Eve became aware of their surroundings, became aware of their nakedness. Disobeying God's orders not only resulted in removal from the Garden, but also the pain of childbirth was placed on Eve while the pain …show more content…
Some of the similarities are: Islam and Christianity are both Abrahamic and Monotheistic religions and both show importance for all the prophets. The might have different views about the prophets and the stories might vary quite a bit, but they acknowledged the same set of people part of their religious beliefs. Another similarity is their beliefs about the Bible. Christian consider the Bible to be the holy book of all, but Muslims as well considered the Bible as a holy scripture. controversial to what many people believe, just because Muslims believe the Quran to be their holy book, it does not mean that they dismiss the Bible. Islam identifies three sets of the Bible as revelations of God which include the Torah (Jewish Holy book and part of the Old testament), the book of Psalms and the Gospels (the new testament). Both Christian and Islam acknowledge the Virgin Birth of Jesus, however in the Quran neither Mary or Jesus is divine, whereas in Christianity the main belief is that Jesus is divine. Another important similarity is the belief that Jesus will return on the judgement day, however vary in how, when and why. In conclusion, there are many similarities yet a few differences between Islam and Christianity, but the different interpretations of the similarities is the main cause of the conflict between Christians and Muslims. I believe everyone should have different opinions, because in the end no one actually knows a complete truth. However, we should respect each other differences and live a peaceful life because, in the end, we are all the same human beings trying to figure out our place in this
In the Garden were Adam and Eve lived, God allowed them to eat anything however, restricted them from eating from one tree. Despite this warning a serpentine or Satan tempted Eve to eat from the tree, who encouraged Adam. Upon surrendering to their desires, Adam and Eve became aware of their surroundings, became aware of their nakedness. Disobeying God's orders not only resulted in removal from the Garden, but also the pain of childbirth was placed on Eve while the pain …show more content…
Some of the similarities are: Islam and Christianity are both Abrahamic and Monotheistic religions and both show importance for all the prophets. The might have different views about the prophets and the stories might vary quite a bit, but they acknowledged the same set of people part of their religious beliefs. Another similarity is their beliefs about the Bible. Christian consider the Bible to be the holy book of all, but Muslims as well considered the Bible as a holy scripture. controversial to what many people believe, just because Muslims believe the Quran to be their holy book, it does not mean that they dismiss the Bible. Islam identifies three sets of the Bible as revelations of God which include the Torah (Jewish Holy book and part of the Old testament), the book of Psalms and the Gospels (the new testament). Both Christian and Islam acknowledge the Virgin Birth of Jesus, however in the Quran neither Mary or Jesus is divine, whereas in Christianity the main belief is that Jesus is divine. Another important similarity is the belief that Jesus will return on the judgement day, however vary in how, when and why. In conclusion, there are many similarities yet a few differences between Islam and Christianity, but the different interpretations of the similarities is the main cause of the conflict between Christians and Muslims. I believe everyone should have different opinions, because in the end no one actually knows a complete truth. However, we should respect each other differences and live a peaceful life because, in the end, we are all the same human beings trying to figure out our place in this