Islam and Christianity

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This paper examines how, historically, the roots of Islam and Christianity grew from similar philosophical, theological, cultural, and geographical underpinnings. It looks at how Islam and Christianity are terms used to describe very diverse groups of people, how there are many different sects within each religion, and how these sects disagree on fundamental issues. It discusses how the debates within Christianity and Islam can be heated and often hostile and shows how, through history, the debates between the two religions often erupted into full-blown bloody battles. It also analyzes their important historical, theological, philosophical, metaphysical, and cultural similarities.

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"Contrary to conservative or fundamentalist sects of Christianity, liberal Christians do not take the Bible literally. Jesus is viewed as the ultimate role model. The miracles he worked may or may not have actually occurred; the fact that they appear in the Bible does not necessarily make them historical fact but rather these teachings have allegorical value. Furthermore, God is not personified. Although usually referred to as "He," God is a genderless power. Herein rests one of the fundamental and most significant similarities between Liberal Christianity and Islam: the nature of God. To the Muslim worshipper, Allah is an omniscient spiritual power that has no human form. Islam is actually even stricter than Christianity in this regard, forbidding any and all religious iconography."

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