What similarities are there between islam and protestantism?
frangipane asked:
I like Islam by the way, so it’s no bad thing….but I’m interested in the siimilarities…
I like Islam by the way, so it’s no bad thing….but I’m interested in the siimilarities…
1. No priests
2. Absolute belief that their holy book is the written word of God (ie word for word, comma for comma)
Any others?
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April 5th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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Stupidity and ignorance
superstition, suspension of reason and logic.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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Muslims (and Islam) say Jesus was a prophet but they reject all His teachings ….that is hypocrisy.
They reject Christ’s diety;
they deny his claim to be the Son of God;
they deny his death on the cross…
they deny His resurrection..
They deny Jesus is the Christ/ Messiah…
In fact, the Quran says : “Allah has no son”.
Need I say more…?
Don’t be deceived. The Islamic god is totally different than the God of Jesus Christ.
The Bible calls Muhammed and those like him false prophets:
“Whosoever denies the Son, the same HAS NOT THE FATHER….” (I John 2:23)
“Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti-Christ, that denies the Father and the Son. He that denies the Son, the same has not the Father.” (I John 2:22)
“..All men should honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He that honors NOT the Son honors not the Father that has sent him”. – Jesus
April 10th, 2009 at 3:06 am
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I think the bible commentators admit the bible is changed we have over 70 versions no? ONly 1 Quran?
But yea there are many similarities, muslims and protestants dont believe in a Holy divine pope , infact Islam says that Gods revelations to men ended with Prohpet Muhammad
Thus the religon is complete from God
To comment posted below mine
Shiahs(8%) believe in ayatollahs the rest of Muslims believe only in imams who lead the prayer at the mousque. They dont recieve any revelations or claim to do so unlike the catholics
April 13th, 2009 at 4:49 am
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1. No priests? Am I missing something here? Aren’t vicars priests? Aren’t ayatollahs priests? Changing the name but leaving the job description the same doesn’t make the job any different.
2) Most protestants don’t believe the bible “comma for comma”. If tehy did, there wouldn’t be so many versions of it.
The absolute linking similarity is that they both believe in the same mythological being, hence the conflict between them throughout the ages, seemingly unabated.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:23 am
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some people live in a dream world. if you want to see how women are treated by Islam…
April 17th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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Islam is much more primitive and provincial to ancient Middle Eastern culture with its beginnings in the early dark ages, whereas Christian reformists have much more intellectual knowledge to help redirect their flocks.
Islam is old, irrelevant, and should be discarded; Christian Protestant thinking is newer but becoming irrelevant in comtemporary societies.
April 19th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
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Well, it would seem to me Islam is closer to the Catholic Church then it is to Protestantism. Lack of priests is a minor similarity actually. Plus your point No. 2 is not a viewpoint held by quite a few protestants. More and more protestants are taking the Bible as ‘inspired word’ of God instead due to the textual criticism it is coming under in the modern era.
While Islam does not have a ‘formal’ clergy per se, scholars play an important role, you cannot simply read the Quran and Hadith yourself and formulate religious dogma. Most of the religion of Islam comes to us from the lens of scholars. Otherwise, you would find often confusing and contradictory dogma all over the Quran and Hadith. Because of the primitive nature of Prophet Muhammad’s tribal society, pretty much everything he said has to be contextualized and corroborated.
Plus due to the shariah law and the novel concept of jihad, the clergy is instrumental in dealing with the polity. Protestants do not have such a formal and extensive interaction with “Caesar” as the Islamic religion does. The early Catholic church comes more to mind here.
The differences between Islam and Protestantism are more pronounced then are the similarities. For instance, there is the matter of good deeds. Good deeds are instrumental in the salvation under Islam, the Quran virtually always mentions them whenever the issue of hell and heaven is raised. Protestants however do not require good deeds in their salvation.
Even more importantly, the trinity is seriously problematic to Muslims. It is sternly criticized by God in the Quran. It is one of those things that singularly overshadows the otherwise many similarities. God in Islam is willing to forgive all manner of sin, but is resolutely unforgiving about ‘associating partners to Him’.