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Christianity and Islam have some important differences in their beliefs:
The Trinity:
Muslims reject the Christian concept of the Trinity, which they call blasphemy. Muslims also accuse Christians of polytheism because of the Trinity.
Jesus:
Christians view Jesus as the son of God and God incarnate, while Muslims consider him a great prophet but not divine.
Other beliefs:
Muslims deny the existence of the Father and Holy Spirit, and reject the divinity of Christ and the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ.
The last important difference is that we never kick people out of our churches who are not of the same faith but welcome everyone to come and learn of Christ and we don't threaten them with death if they don't believe as we do and want to leave. I'd rather not quote scripture from your Quran on that and I don't think you would want me to. That's exactly what it says.
Missing verses shouldn't shake one's faith. Early Christians diligently determined which books should be accepted as God-inspired and authoritative (and included in what became the New Testament) and which books should not. (This is the issue of the “canon”—a word that refers to a “rule” or “measuring stick.”)
It’s helpful to be aware of a basic timeline and circumstances for the collection of books in the New Testament (NT). The 27 books in the NT were originally written between about AD50–AD100. They were individual books that had to be hand copied and slowly distributed around the Greco-Roman world. There were no copy machines, email, or texting! And the direct-flight distance from Jerusalem to Rome was about 1400 miles and much further by land or sea. It’s important to know that most NT books were widely accepted as authoritative before AD200—especially the four gospels, most of Paul’s letters, 1 Peter, and 1 John. Some NT books took longer to disseminate and achieve universal recognition (like 3 John, 2 Peter, and James). As a result, the entire list of 27 NT books was not officially acknowledged until the late AD300s.
While this seems very slow by modern standards, it is understandable and remarkably fast in the ancient Roman empire, especially since Christians faced severe persecution up to the time of Constantine (AD312). A major point is that most of the 27 NT books, which consistently present the core claims of Christianity, were widely accepted as divinely inspired and authoritative in the second century (AD100-200) and are today. I feel that instead of looking at the missing chapters, we should be grateful and happy for the Bible as a whole and the message of Salvation which is the main point of the Bible.
The Trinity:
Muslims reject the Christian concept of the Trinity, which they call blasphemy. Muslims also accuse Christians of polytheism because of the Trinity.
Jesus:
Christians view Jesus as the son of God and God incarnate, while Muslims consider him a great prophet but not divine.
Other beliefs:
Muslims deny the existence of the Father and Holy Spirit, and reject the divinity of Christ and the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ.
The last important difference is that we never kick people out of our churches who are not of the same faith but welcome everyone to come and learn of Christ and we don't threaten them with death if they don't believe as we do and want to leave. I'd rather not quote scripture from your Quran on that and I don't think you would want me to. That's exactly what it says.
Missing verses shouldn't shake one's faith. Early Christians diligently determined which books should be accepted as God-inspired and authoritative (and included in what became the New Testament) and which books should not. (This is the issue of the “canon”—a word that refers to a “rule” or “measuring stick.”)
It’s helpful to be aware of a basic timeline and circumstances for the collection of books in the New Testament (NT). The 27 books in the NT were originally written between about AD50–AD100. They were individual books that had to be hand copied and slowly distributed around the Greco-Roman world. There were no copy machines, email, or texting! And the direct-flight distance from Jerusalem to Rome was about 1400 miles and much further by land or sea. It’s important to know that most NT books were widely accepted as authoritative before AD200—especially the four gospels, most of Paul’s letters, 1 Peter, and 1 John. Some NT books took longer to disseminate and achieve universal recognition (like 3 John, 2 Peter, and James). As a result, the entire list of 27 NT books was not officially acknowledged until the late AD300s.
While this seems very slow by modern standards, it is understandable and remarkably fast in the ancient Roman empire, especially since Christians faced severe persecution up to the time of Constantine (AD312). A major point is that most of the 27 NT books, which consistently present the core claims of Christianity, were widely accepted as divinely inspired and authoritative in the second century (AD100-200) and are today. I feel that instead of looking at the missing chapters, we should be grateful and happy for the Bible as a whole and the message of Salvation which is the main point of the Bible.
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Spurious uninspired verses were removed.
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