Thursday, February 14, 2013
What are the Similarities?
The whole point that Islam branches off makes of Judaism makes plenty of sense. The quote that Dr. Brekke gave us today from the Quran said "he who worships Muhammad, Muhammad is dead now. But he who worships Allah, He is ever living and He never dies." This is similar to the Christian religion in that we do not focus on the prophets from the Old Testament such as Elijah and Samuel. We still focus entirely on God's whole being: the Trinity (with the exception of Jesus in Islam).
However, I do not understand at what point Muhammad considered the Bible no longer correct. Did he only consider the fact that we worship God, and that is the only thing we have in common? This just seems to back up the evidence that Muhammad never read the whole bible.
Also to go along with that, in the Quran, Muhammad writes about the advocation of violence if a person does not convert to Islam or pay taxes. Is this like a transition back into the old testament days?
P.S. I commented on Susan Berner's "Learning New Things!"
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I think the problem that Muhammad had was with supernatural happenings or with miracles. In trying to divert from the old pagan beliefs, he said that there is no way things like a "virgin birth" could ever happen in real life. Getting a vision from God or making a prophesy is one thing, but being "The Son of God" is totally out of the question. The Islamic religion recognizes Jesus as an Important historical figure, but not as God, which is the biggest difference. As we learned in class, it is said that Jesus was either crazy, a liar, or had stories made up about him. I think Muhammad just didn't like anything that sounded like something from the old pagan religion.
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