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Christianity Vs Islam Research Paper

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What is religion? “Religion is the belief and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.” (Dictionary) There are many different religions in this world, all unique in their own way with many devote followers. These religions have many similarities and many differences which often causes controversy and altercations amongst the followers. Islam and Christianity are two examples of major world religions. People that follow Islam are Muslims and people that follow Christianity are Christians. They are very alike yet still have some differences. Islam and Christianity have many common beliefs. For example, both religions are monotheistic religions meaning that both religions believe that there is …show more content…

The first major difference is that Christians believe in trinity and Muslims don’t. Trinity in Christianity is the belief that god is three forms, Father, Son, and holy ghost/spirit. In Islam trinity is rejected, Muslims believe that there is one form of god. Jesus is neither god nor the son of god in islam he is considered a prophet. Its is believed in islam that every human born is considered the son or daughter of god because humans were created by god. Another major difference is that “the Quran says Jesus did not die on the cross, but God made it appear that way to people” (discoveringislam.org) , it also says that Jesus was arisen to heaven. Many christians today believe that Jesus was crucified and has died on the cross but two days later was brought back to life. The third major difference is that christians believe in the concept of “original sin,” original sin is pretty much the theory that everyone is born a sinner. This carries on from the “original sin” of Adam and Eve. Muslims don't believe this concept of original sin because in the Quran it says that God has forgiven Adam for what he has done. Also according to the Quran no person should bear the burden of someone else's mistake because it isn't fair to that person. Those are the three major differences between these two

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