Christianity Compared with Islam
Join us in an exploration of Christianity and Islam side-by-side to discover the truth.
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One God
Hear, Israel: the LORD is our God. The LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
Scripture is abundantly clear that there is one and only one God. The three different persons of the Trinity are one not only in purpose and in agreement on what they think, but they are one in essence, one in their essential nature. In other words, God is only one being. There are not three Gods. There is only one God. (Grudem)
Closer than our jugular - only by proxy
We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
While the Quran says, "We are nearer to him than his jugular vein", the context from the next verse shows that his "nearness" is through the proxy of angels: "When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left" (Quran 50.17)
The Word became flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
God and man in the garden were together
The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Muhammad married Aisha when she was six years old
Narrated `Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
Muhammad had sex with Aisha when she was nine years old
Narrated `Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
Jesus' glory before the world began
Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
The Quran confuses the Ka'aba
Allah hath appointed the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standard for mankind, and the Sacred Month and the offerings and the garlands. That is so that ye may know that Allah knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and that Allah is Knower of all things.
All assume that Abraham and Ishmael build it…
However, the historical record has Abraham in Canaan
Kissing the black stone was a Nabatean worship practice before Muhammad, and 600 miles further north
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