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010101101. Islam and Christanity When you are born into a world in which
the two biggest religions on the globe are fighting the ...
Submitted by pballrben1 on July 30, 2007
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Islam and Christanity
When you are born into a world in which the two biggest religions on the globe are fighting the same battle they have been fighting for a thousand years you start to question the belifs of these two religions. If they both preach peace, why do we get war? I wonder what Jesus or Muhammad would say if they were alive today. Christanity, Islam, and Judaism are three of the most closely related religions in the world because they all see Abraham and other patriarcal figures in the bible as their spirtual ansestors. However, their points of similarity are no guarentee the followers will get along. In fact, most of the religiously motivated conflicts are between Muslims and Christans. All religions have important elements that play a part in the religion itsself these are Belifs, Community, and Central myths. These three topics are the basis of a religion and provide foundation upon which people create new objects, set up a new system of law, or build empires..
Christanity started in 30 CE and grew out of judaism. (Molly 343)It\'s hard to compare Chirstanity to any other religion because of the wide range of practices among christans. These practices vary between the many branches: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox churches, the Anglican communion and the tens of thousands of Protestant faith groups. The Thousands of groups of protestants are divided into Libral and Conservative wings. “Christanity is the religion of 33% of the population making it the largest religion in world. Christianity is growing at a rate of 2.3% increase each year.”(Consultants)
Islam started in 622 CE and is the second largest religion in the world.(Molly 433) Islam doesn\'t have as many wings or sects as Christianity but it has 3 major sects that should be acknowledged the Three major sects are Sunni, Shi\'ite, and Sufi, much like Christianity the three groups share the same basic belief, but differ on certain aspects. Islam...
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