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The Similarities Between Christianity And Muslim Beliefs

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A belief can be defined as a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing. (citation) The belief difference between Christianity and Muslim differs from founders, institutional structure and ones rituals. Although these two beliefs are very different they do surprisingly have some similarities.
Christianity religion was founded on the belief of Jesus Christ and that he is the one true Messiah sent to save the world and all who follow him. The followers of Christianity are known as Christians and the bible is their sacred text. This book is used as a guide for daily living and inspiration and can be interpreted in very different ways which is why there are different denominations in the Christian belief. The Islam followers are known as Muslims and they believe in Allah, which in turn means God. As for Islam, the Qur'an is their sacred text. This text is believed by …show more content…

The communion is used to symbolize the body and blood of Jesus by bread and wine. In addition, the water baptism takes believers in water and complete immersed to show ones acceptance of Jesus to the congregation. Alternatively, the Muslim religion participates in Ramadan this is a fasting from dawn until sundown were they abstaining from food, drink, and sexual relations in order to grow and cleanse one’s self spiritually.
The Christian religion respects Islam as a fellow monotheistic religion but Muhammad is not seen as a true prophet. Therefore Muslims refer to Christians as “people of the book,” but they have mistaken beliefs. There is a distinct difference between Christianity and Muslim that can be followed from the founders, to the sacred text to the places they worship to the rituals they participate in. They do have a similar belief, they both believe in one god. Just because these religions are very different doesn’t make either of them

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