In the 7th century, Muhammad, a religious man and merchant from the city, Mecca, founded the religion Islam. This monotheistic faith is based on the revelations that Muhammad supposedly received from the angel Gabriel that was given from Allah. After Muhammad’s death, a series of Caliphs, Islamic leaders, that were also Muhammad’s closest companions, took control and led the Muslims. Islam continued to rapidly expand and resulted with nearly the entire Arabian Peninsula under Muslim control. Through devoting warriors and advanced military technology, religious tolerance with tribute, and the offers of Islam, the establishment of this extensive and prosperous empire was expected.…
Christianity vs. Islam The religions Christianity and Islam both share many differences. With both of these religions emerging from the Middle East, they have created a great impact on this world. Like most religions, they both claim to be the one true way to God. Their differences include their view on Jesus, how the religion had originated, and also their practices.…
Muslims believe that we are all born in a natural state of submission to God because He forgave the sins of Adam and Eve. Muslims believe that genuine repentance from sin will return a person to this original sinless…
The idea of fate and free will is a complicated concept, and the many aspects of how free an individual is, remains unclear. In The Sisters Brother Eli and Charlie Sisters grew up in the same violent environment, but are comparably different. The main difference between them is, which unlike Charlie, Eli utilizes his free will constantly, he has a sense of morality, and he also has the determination to change his fate. To be able to deviate from the customs of ones life, they must have strong will power.…
What is the difference between an angel and a demon? They began in the same place, and are powerful in doing what they want. Both are persuasive and influential in their dealings with others. The difference is their goals and their motives; angels protect kindness and order and demons advocate chaos and cruelty. Many times in literature, characters will represent the idea of angels versus demons.…
Although fate and destiny have a similar connotation, fate represents the preordained course of your life that will occur in spite of your actions, and destiny represents predetermined events within your life that you take an active course in shaping. Christianity and Islamic religion represent different opinions on fate and personal destiny based on belief in different gods, and the location from which each religion originated. The religion of Christianity began with God coming to earth through a human form know as Jesus Christ. Everyone “is born with a tendency to sin, and this sin, whether it’s large or small, separates people” from God (Wagner). Through God’s love for everyone, Jesus Christ died pined to a cross for the sin of all people.…
The devil, Satan, Iblis, is known by many names. In the Christian faith he is called Satan, while in Islam he is referred to in various places as Iblis, or Shaytaan in other places. Satan/Iblis, is mainly first introduced to us in the story of Adam and Eve in both the Christian faith and Islam. He is the first disobeyer to God and thus represents the rebellion against God and the path of the wrongdoers.…
The will at its core is an appetite, appetites are inclined toward a mean. Through appetitive powers we use our unconscious, intentional, sensing or intellect to reach our desires. All powers reach for their respective good. For Thomas Aquinas will is having the intellectual power to be able to perceive the presence of goodness. Beings with intellect hold “ a knowledge whereby they perceive the aspect of goodness” this inclination is the will.…
Why God Gave Humans Free Will Before we can ask questions such as, “Why did God give humans free will?” we must first understand exactly what free will is and how it affects us in our daily lives. Free will is the choice we are given to decide between right and wrong. C.S. Lewis describes free will as this, “God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right.”…
Free will is defined as the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one’s own discretion. Two texts that I feel deal heavily with free will are Paradise Lost and Oroonoko. In Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve experience the struggle for free will with God, as they go through trials and eventually end up being removed from the Garden of Eden. In Oroonoko, is about an African man who is taken from his home along with his wife, and is forced into slavery. He then tries to escape from his newfound servitude, which ends in his death.…
The medieval Western world was a world filled with awe and wonder. These civilizations are interesting to us because they are so different to us. The way the members of the medieval West lived out their daily lives was quite different to how we live our lives today. Two notable medieval civilizations are the medieval Christians and the medieval Muslims. These civilizations are so well known because of the impact that they had on Western civilization.…
“Free will, without which no one can live rightly, is a good and divine gift.” (Augustine 65). In the book, On the Free Choice of the Will, Augustine argues that humanity’s will, which is given by God, is indeed free. As the book proclaims, free will is something that has the ability to produce righteousness and happiness; it is a gift that produces peace and prosperity. Yet, at the same time, there is the possibility of the will to be fixed on the all too enticing temptations of this world.…
When attempting to compare Islam and Christianity, there are few similarities that can be found. Allaboutreligion.org states, “While there are a few similarities between Islam and Christianity, such as a belief in moral living and doing good to others, nevertheless, Muslims and Christians have vastly different views on major points of ideology and theology” (Islam vs. Christianity, 2016). Within this paper, the belief systems of both Islam and Christianity, will be compared and contrasted, as to reveal the more reasonable worldview. According to Islam, Allah created the earth in six days.…
Angels Heavenly angels have always intrigued humanity; nonetheless, little is known about them. However, there is one thing about which we can be certain concerning angels; God has revealed to us exactly what He wants us to know about His heavenly messengers. God created humanity perfect and sinless (Gen. 1:31); nonetheless, in time man sinned and became separated from God. (Gen. 3:14-19) But even in that early morning of time there is an indication that God already had a plan of salvation in mind for humanity.…
1. Explain clearly and briefly, in your own words, the six fundamentals of Islamic belief. The six fundamental Islamic belief are a belief in God, Angels, Books, Messengers, Divine Destiny, and the Last Day. In regard to the belief in God, it is said that God has all attributes of perfection and there is no imperfection.…