The Plague And Christianity Compare And Contrast

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Christians and Muslims have different opinions, Christians believe the plague was the worst thing , Muslims viewed it as a blessing. Had the Black Death really impact the religions? Muslims have a belief that everything Allah (God) is our reward. The outraged plague was a reward for all our sins and that we had to pay them according to the Muslims. Christians had their totally different opinion. Christians would get angry at their own religion. Both religions have differences and similarities,but mostly differences. In addition the rest of the essay will help the reader understand the differences and similarities. The next paragraph will be affirming about Christian's point of view.
Christianity has a very important rule they have to follow.
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Christians and Muslims were similar they both had things in common. The plague was a major similarity the two religions had many drastic deaths, the death rates were not the only thing. They praised the Lord more in this time,because they needed hope that they lost when the Black Death began. The routes and possible routes of the plague were the same for both religions. They tried their best to prevent the disease a similar way both religions drank a solution of Armenian clay. Their thoughts that caused the plague were similar, they thought miasma (impure air) that were carried by the winds. Both assembled in the Great Mosque. Adjacent to the similarities they had, the two religions still had different opinions.
Christians and Muslims have different opinions , Christians believe it was the worst thing ever, Muslims viewed it as a blessing which was the right thing to do. The Black Death was s horrific disease. It killed an extraordinary amount of people. During this time you truly needed to maintain hope. Muslims did the right thing to believe it was a blessing. Christians did not view it was it that way, because it hurt them so much. Therefore these two religions, had different point of

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