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Quote from: "PureLove"I didn't read the entire links you gave but I'm a Muslim myself and the title you made is definitely NOT true. Nation of Islam call themselves Muslims but I don't really understand why. They believe a book they wrote themselves, they do not believe Quran. They have their own rules and they believe their own prophet. Islam was born with Muhammad and this is what is believed in Islam.
I was born into a Christian family, but it was never forced on me by my parents. I find it better when children aren't told only one side of the story just so they are more likely to find their own individual path. I'm going to start reading the Qur'an pretty soon after I finish my current book. I've been very curious about it for awhile so I can't wait.
i have gained a curiosity about the Qur'an also since (virtually) meeting muslims here in the forum. i have thought that i might begin to read it . i think it would be wise to have the same knowledge of it that i have with the bible ( in as not to allow anyone else to interprete for me what it says) but i have to wonder if it has been translated , how do i know that is what it really said to begin with? :?
I'm a Muslim myself but I'm interested in all religions. I read some Bible too and I found out that they're actually similar at some points. There're some basic things which are the same like, we both believe in God, his angels and his prophets. Here is what I found on a web-page about the differences btw Islam and Christianity. Maybe this helps you to learn some about Islam. Blessings to you all. :)
-Christians believe in the Trinity; Muslims believe God is indivisible.
-Christians believe that as a member of the Trinity, Jesus is the Son of God. Muslims believe that Jesus was conceived by an act of God and though not the Son of God, is like Muhammad, a highly respected Prophet.
-Christians believe Adam is guilty of disobeying God and that we all bear this Original Sin when we are born. We can be saved from this, and other sins, through accepting Jesus Christ's atonement. Christians believe that Jesus was crucified on a cross to atone for man's sins. Muslims believe Adam was faultless (some refer to him as a Prophet). They believe Jesus did not die on the cross and consequently there is no atonement. Muslims believe that each person is born sin-less and must take responsibility for maintaining this state throughout life.
-Christians believe that when we die, we are immediately judged and sent to heaven or hell (or Purgatory in the Catholic faith, where Christian souls can do penance to prepare for heaven and non-Christians can languish until the final Judgment Day). Muslims believe in barzakh, an interim afterlife similar to Purgatory, where spirits wait Judgment Day.
-Many Bible stories are repeated in the Qur'an but some of the details differ. Not all of these differences can be explained by translation errors.
-Christians have a more relaxed view about what foods may be eaten. Muslims, being conscious that God created man, consider it wrong to defile such a creation with certain food and drink. Muslims may not, for example, eat pork or drink alcohol.
-It is mandatory for Muslims to face Mecca and recite a prescribed liturgy (salat) at five specific times every day. Christians have no such obligation.
from what i have gathered just from conversation with muslims here that there seem to be certain, i guess you would call them harmonies of the bible and Qur'an . that being why i wouldn't mind looking into it a tad more deeply.