
Originally Posted by
JcBoY
Bro. Kenshiro and Bro. Marine77, as what I can see to all your posts you only make things complicated, GOD is not the author of confusions. The message is very simple "BELIEVE IN ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD".
The controversy about the personality of Jesus is the major difference between Islam and Christianity. This difference keeps the followers of the two religions apart. Muslims look at Jesus Christ as a great Prophet of God and love and respect him as such as they love and respect Abraham, Moses and Muhammad(may the peace be upon them all). Christians on the other hand consider Jesus as God or son of God, a concept that Muslims cannot accept. Islam teaches that Jesus never made such a claim for himself. As a matter of fact all the cardinal doctrines of Christianity that are rejected by Islam center around the personality of Jesus. Specifically these are:
1. The Trinity
2. The Diviinity of Jesus
3. The Divine Sonship of Christ
4. Original Sin, and
5. Atonement
It is clear that all these dogmas are the result of over-exhalting Jesus Christ above what God wants him to be. These differences focusing on the personality of Jesus have overshadowed the many similarities between Christianity and Islam.
The Islamic view of Jesus lies between the two extremes. The Jews, who rejected Jesus as a Prophet of God, called him an impostor. The Christians on the other hand, consider him to be the son of God and worship him as such. Islam considers Jesus as one of the great Prophets of God. This is in conformity with the Islamic point of view of the ONENESS OF GOD, the ONENESS of Divine Guidance and the complimentary role of the subsequent messages of God's messengers. The essence of Islam, which is the willing submission to the will of God, was revealed to Adam who passed it on to his children. All following revelations to Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and finally Muhammad were in conformity with that message in addition to some elaboration to define the relation between man and God, man to man, man and his environment, and to live according to God's instructions. Thus, any contradiction among revealed religions is viewed by Islam as a man-made element introduced into these religions. The position of Jesus in the three major religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, should not be an exception.
PEACE....