People just want to know what's the big difference anyways aren't they the same exact thing?
whether Allah and the god of Christianity are the same we believe as
Monotheists that there is only one God but is that one God the Islamic?
Conception or the Christian conception. Hey guys, what's happenin?
My name is Leroy Kenton and welcome back to another episode of FTD facts now
I've done a similar video to this in the past
however
We're revisiting some of our previous
Topics and sharing them as part of our 10 facts series theme just make the episodes a little bit more simple and easy-to-follow
So I'm starting off with the first major difference at number 10. We have the main beliefs
So Christianity is made up of people who believe in the deity Jesus Christ
Christians generally speaking
Believe Jesus is the son who walked on earth as the incarnate form of God the Father in other words
Jesus is God in human flesh is Lomb is made up of individuals who believe in the deity
Allah the arabic word that represents the supreme god whose teachings are believed to be recorded word-for-word by god's last
Prophet. Mohammed now at number 9. I want to look at the meaning of the names. What does christian mean?
What does muslim mean so for christian to start off?
Its a believer in christianity who follows the teachings of jesus christ
very simple for Islam Islam means submission to the will of God and
Muslim means one who submits to the will of God both the terms Christian and Islam are viewed by the
followers of each of the faiths to represent how human beings should actually live on planet Earth
Christians believe that by following the teachings of Jesus and
Believing in him that they're carrying out the will of God by default Muslims
However, do not hold Jesus in the same regard as Christians, which I'm gonna get into that a little bit later
But they believe that the will of God is found through Islam as shared in the Quran at number eight is the population
Islam is currently the second largest religion in the entire world after Christianity
The current global population of Christianity is 2.3 billion followers
Which is 31% of the total population of the world his loan sits at 1.8 billion followers
Which works out to be approximately 24 percent of the global population
So not too much of a gap between these two religions in terms of total population
yet Islam is growing faster than
Christianity and estimates suggest that Islam is gonna be the largest religion in the entire world by the year
2017 so about 50 years from now the next difference is the year
They were formed
they weren't actually formed anywhere near the same time as LA was formed between
610 and 622 CE II there have been some concerns about the accuracies of the dates
but most historians and scholars
Are in agreement that Islam originated in Mecca and Medina in the early parts of the 7th century CE II
Around this time the first revealed verses of the Quran which were the first five verses of the surat al-alaq
Was sent by God to the Prophet Muhammad in the cave of Mount Hira
Muslims believe the angel Gabriel brought the words to the Prophet directly from God when it comes to Christianity
that was established as an organized religion between
28 to 33 seee
Hundreds of years before Islam after the passing and the resurrection of Jesus according to Christian theology
Christianity began to spread as a Jewish sect throughout the Roman Empire from the teachings of Jesus
Christianity then spread across the world
Some of the beliefs were adopted by the Roman Empire and Christianity became the state religion
Now the next thing I want to take a look at real quick is the holidays
So what are some of the different holidays that these two religions celebrate they're completely different
So for Christianity, there's Christmas, of course
which celebrates the birth of Jesus and it's probably one of the biggest holidays in the world in general even for people who aren't
Christian there's also a good friday and also depending on the denomination of Christianity
Sunday or Saturday is viewed as the day of rest aka the Sabbath there's also Easter and then Lent in
Catholicism is a season of 40 days not counting Sundays. Which begins on Ash Wednesday
And ends on Holy Saturday and various others st. Feast days for Islam
They have Ramadan which is the month of fast
There's Eid al-adha, which is the feasts of sacrifice and then Eid alpha tier, which is a festival at the end of Ramadan
They also have different places of worship Christianity has churches chapels
Cathedrals basilica's as well as homes
and as well as any other living space many Christians don't even view going to a traditional place of worship as
Necessary because of a biblical text found in Matthew 8 verse 20 that says for where two or three gather
In my name there. Am I with them in islam muslims worship in mosques or masjids?
Community prayer halls as well as any other place that is considered cleaned by Islamic standards
Now what these religions use as Scripture is also different the holy book in Christianity
Of course is the Bible and it's said to be the inspired Word of God and this means different things a different
people but basically it means that Christians believe that the books that make up the Bible were written by many people over a
1500 year period and those people were guided by the Spirit of God through divine inspiration
These writings came in the form of poetry songs stories as well as genealogies where we see people's personal
Expression working hand in hand with God for the Koran. It's completely different on the other hand
It's said to be the Word of God dictated to Muhammad and written down
Word-for-word without any personal expression of any human added to it at all
the truest reading of the Quran has to be in the original Arabic form because
translating into different languages can also take away from the interpretation of the Quran now at number three we have
Salvation. This is a big difference as well islam teaches salvation based on working to achieve it a muslim must keep
The five pillars of islam confess the Shahada, which is there is no god, but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet
they also must kneel in prayer towards Mecca five times a day Muslims also need to fast during the daylight hours of the month of
Ramadan and they give money to the poor as
Well as the last pillar is to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at one point in their life
Is LOM teaches that the day of judgment?
Well involve people's good deeds and bad deeds
Being weighed in a balance and your judgment is gonna be paid to you whether it's good or bad
Instead of Christianity Christianity teaches that people are saved by grace
Which is a gift if they believe in Jesus
That he died for their sins and resurrected or the next big difference is the Trinity
So the Trinity or the Godhead is a core belief of Christianity that says that there is one God who has three
Manifestations the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit kind of like a corporation
I know I use this example a lot but a corporation may have three founders
But they have different roles under the umbrella of the same corporation Muslims
however
Believe that they practice pure monotheism that is not affected by
Concepts like the Trinity which say that God is three
But somehow one the core belief of Islam is that there is no God worthy of worship
But Allah so Muslims view their view of God as a much more
Simple view than Christianity and the biggest difference and often the most debated
topic between these two religions is who Jesus actually is
Islam accepts that Jesus of Nazareth did in fact exist and that he was born of the Virgin Mary
But Islam also believes that Jesus was simply another prophet equals two previous prophets like Abraham and Moses
Muslims believe that Muhammad is a final messenger and is superior to all other previous
Prophets that came before him Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God
Which makes him equal to God and before he came to earth as a man
he's accepted to be the second person of the Trinity or
The Word of God as another title that he's given who became flesh and lived on earth
His love doesn't believe in the idea that Jesus was crucified on the cross
they believe that God spared him from it for Christians the sacrifice that
God made by
Sacrificing his son for the sins of humanity is the focal point of their faith
And without that act the world would be completely doomed and helpless and sin forever
all right guys, so those were 10 differences between
Christianity and Islam and I want No, what are some other differences or even some similarities that you know about that?
I left out in this episode that you wish I may have mentioned
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living with the Christians
Help me
To understand my religion better. So yeah, that's all I got to say
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