youre not getting my point
Muslims believe in the Old Testament
Islam was born out of Jews who rejected Jesus being a savior for humanity and God/divine
it’s the two beliefs above that ultimately distinguish between Jews/Muslims and Christians
Muslims don’t see themselves any different from Jews apart from the theory that God has a specific “chosen people” by RACE
obviously in Christianity all races can be Gods chosen through Jesus
but before Islam was a thing and Muhammad was made into a prophet figure in the Middle East both followers of Judaism and other “believers” what we’d call “followers of Islam” today lived together and they believed in the same God
they were unified in 2 things:
not worshiping Pagan “Arab” idols which was a big issue in Arabia
and rejecting the idea that Jesus was God as the Christians were defined by.
the idea the “God is One” and this is the God of Abraham and the Bible prophets was shared by Jews/Arabs etc.... this is nothing new than what some people have believed already for thousands of years in the region North Africa (Egypt Atenism) or Iraq Zoroastrians
And of course The Torah always taught 1 God. So Islam brings ZERO new ideas to the table.
So my question is what’s the difference between the two religions really?
Who cares if the Koran is divine or not. It’s written by man. And it teaches nothing new that isn’t already found in the Torah
there is no new message in the Koran. It just critiques the Torah and says Jesus isn’t God
these are two things that was being done by religious figures pre Islam and throughout history up until today
You don’t need to validate the Torah to me by it being completely divine and the Koran not divine to prove Judaism is the right religion because
1. I already believe everything in the Torah same as you
and
2. I don’t need to nor do I believe the Koran is true and from God (because I known Allah isn’t the God of the Bible)
The Koran means nothing to me other than a historical document
my point is people believed in “Islam” per se before Muhammad was regarded by Muslims as the “prophet” he is today and this wasn’t much different from what Jews believed and the religion they practiced around the time of Muhammad (Judaism after the temple destruction)
that’s why y’all can pray in same places of worship and believe to share the same God.
now what you need to understand about Christianity
Only Christians believe Jesus to be God/Savior and that he died/resurrected
I don’t believe in any “divine” scriptures politics
because if Jesus is the messiah none of these scriptures matter at the end of the day
Since he is the messiah to Christians then that’s the END of the story.
Closed case.
Everything Written in the OT is pointing to and leading up to the coming of the messiah, i know you agree.
That’s why you and other Jews are STILL waiting for the messiah
All Christians are saying is “it’s finished” since 33 AD or whenever Jesus died/resurrected
the book is closed. You look at the gospels like it’s a text book for Jews as the Torah was to the children of Israel thousands of years ago But it’s to tell the Gospel of Jesus to the world
Jesus taught and said what he said about the Jews of the time and religion
his words didn’t even necessarily need to be written down. He wrote nothing down.
he just started a movement. And announced Gods kingdom on earth
You can either be part of the his “Messianic Kingdom” now or keep waiting in vain for a messiah to come
You gotta understand this perspective before you judge “Christianity” as religion
Judge Jesus and tell me what he did wrong. What lies did he tell. Then again who are you to judge another man let alone the “son of God”