elijah23 said:
Cheyenne K said:
Not necessarily. I have met Pagans that believe in their Lord with all of thier heart, souls, and mind. Yet they deny Jesus. Muslims may love their god in every which way. But if it is not the God of the Bible, then it really does not matter. In Islam, they may love their Allah, but their "Jesus" (Isa) is merely a prophet. He was no Messiah. They may believe he existed, however they would have to come to God through Jesus. Not to Allah through Isa. They consider Muhammad the last and greatest prophet, if I am not mistaken. So not only would they not be going through Jesus, but that would be considered idolatry in Christianity.
It seems that the topic that we are debating is more so if Islam and Christianity worship the same God or not.
So why do you think we worship different Gods? Please don’t say it’s because we use different names, because the name has nothing to do with it, I don’t think. A rose by any other name still smells the same.
I’m not aware that the Muslims think of their prophet as a savior, by the way.
I did not mean that they think of Muhammad as a savior, just that they honor him more than other prophets, as he was believed to be the last one and who ascended to Paradise.
It is not because of names that I think we worship different gods. In the Bible, God is given many titles. It is because of the fundamental differences in the religions themselves. There can only be one Truth. If I were to say, “The sky is green,†and at the same time have a man saying, “The sky is black,†the both of us could not be right. Islam tells us that Jesus is not the Son of God; Christianity says that he was most definitely that. It is either one or the other - there is no way around it. Not to mention other things the Bible and Qur’an differ in.
Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies of Allah and your enemies and others besides whom ye may not know but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly. (60)
- Sura 8 Al-Anfal (Medina): Verse 60
Now, in the Bible, Jesus specifically told us to love our enemies and pray for those who hate us. The verse from the Qur’an completely contradicts that. There are other verses that do the same as well, though I do not feel the need to list them.
Point is, either one is wrong or right. If they both believe in the same god, then both should coincide or one should be an amendment to the other. Seeing as the Qur’an came after the Bible, that would be the amendment, as the two books certainly do not agree. By that logic, we should all be Muslims. One can’t say that god said this and then said something that contradicted that and have both be true.
Islam is the same as any other religion with any other deity. Sure, they may love their lord, but if it is not the same Lord and the same God of the Truth, then it does not matter.