Similar Beliefs of Christian and Islam

Similar Beliefs of Christian and Islam

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  • Date Submitted: 12/15/2008 7:11 AM
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Similar Beliefs of Christian and Islam:

Christianity and Islam beliefs are very dissimilar in many ways but there are some things that show they are similar. Their belief in God was similar because they both believe in only one God. They have names for their Gods and the name of their God comes from the Bible (for Christians), and Quran (for Islam). For Christianity, the name of their God has many versions, like Yahweh, Iehovah, Elohim(God), El-Shaddai(God Almighty), Jehova(LORD), “The ALPHA AND OMEGA” and many more. But most Christians don’t use any names came from the bible, they only use the word God when they pray to Him. For Islam, the name of their God has also many versions, like Allah(Arabic word for God), Al-Khabīr(The All Aware), Al-Ghafūr(The All Forgiving), Al-Jalīl(The Majestic) and many more. But most Muslims, call him Allah when they pray to him.
In the making of the world, they both believe that their God create the world. But they have a different story of how the world is made. In Christianity, the world is made by God in seven days. In the beginning of the story of creation in Christianity, the earth was a formless wasteland so God made the day and night in the first day. On the second day, God made water separated from the sky. On the third day God creates the land which he calls the earth, the body of water the sea and the plants. On the fourth day god made the sun, moon and stars. On the fifth day God made the fishes and the birds. On the sixth day made the animals and man. And on the seventh day, God creates a rest. On the other hand, Islam has the same belief in the creation of the world. In the Quran the creation was not really told, but it was told in the Tawrat or Torah. . Muslims believe that the Tawrat has undergone tahrif, that is, meanings or words were distorted, passages were suppressed, others added, etc.
The making of Adam and Eve was very similar but a little different. In the making of Adam, the two religions...

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