Worldviews

Christianity is the number one belief in the world today.  2.1 billion people (33% of the world) believe in some sort of Christianity.  Christianity has its separate view on the world’s viewpoints as do other cultures and religions.  Christianity’s  view on theology and law are two of the points that Christians have view points     on.

Christianity’s view on theology is that God created everything, from the universe and the heavens, to that atoms and elements that everything is made up of.  Christians believe that the Bible is the absolute truth of God and that one should trust and obey its every command.  We believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, suffering an agonizing death and torture before he died.  He was then buried and resurrected on the third day just as he had said.  We believe that Jesus did do miracles on earth and that he was one hundred percent God and one hundred percent human both at the same time.

The law is another view point that Christians have on the world.  The majority of the laws today are based on The Bible and the Ten Commandments.  For example the Ten Commandments say “Do not steal and do not murder.”  These laws came from the Bible.  The Bible also has morals that are followed still today and it was written 2,000 years ago.

Islam also has a large proportion of the world’s people following it.  Islam has 1.5 billion people (21% of the world) following it.  Islam is a religion that is slightly growing in ways, but some Islamic people are converting to Christianity.

Islamic theology has the belief that their god is Allah.  Allah is indivisible and absolutely transcendent.  They believe that Allah is all powerful and that nothing comes close to comparing with him.   Their “bible” is the Quran (Koran).  The Quran was written by the “prophet” Muhammad (who they believe to be an Arab and a descendant of Abraham) over a period of 23 years while Allah revealed it to him. They believe that the Quran is the absolute and divine word of Allah and is the only truth.  In order to get to heaven in Islam you must believe in Allah and have no other gods other than him.     If you have one other god you will not be allowed into Allah’s heaven.

For Islamic people there are many Najis which are things that are unclean.  If they touch these things they are in a state of spiritual impurity (najasat).  To become clean again they must go through a series of events to cleanse themselves of their impurities.  Some of the Najis things are: pigs, urine, blood, alcoholic liquids, dead bodies, or dogs that live off the land.  The Islamic law has laws about death such as the funeral expenses must be paid, his/her debts must be paid, and his/her belongs must be split up evenly between relatives.  If one does not do these things they are to be thrown into the disgraceful fire (hell) and suffer disgraceful torment.

Christianity and Islam are like in many ways, but they are different in other ways. 

Christianity and Islam both have a heaven that is beyond comprehension.  Christian’s heaven has streets of gold and a river of crystal clear water flowing    through it.  There are three thrones in the temple. In the middle is God to the right of God there is his son, Jesus.  In heaven Christians will praise God for eternity.  We will sing to him saying “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”

Islam’s heaven is forever (same as Christian’s heaven). The people in       heaven will relax in thrones and will wear green silk robes.  There are many levels of heaven according to how righteous a person was on earth.  They believe that there     will be abundances of wealth in heaven and that everyone will be given bracelets of gold.

In order to get to heaven in Islam one must believe the following things:  Belief in God (who, in Arabic, is named "Allah"),  belief in the angels (both good and bad), belief in the revealed Books of God, Belief in God's many prophets (including Adam, Abraham, Moses, David, and her Christians and Jews are familiar with),  accepting that there will be a Last Day, belief in the divine measurement of human affairs, and belief in life after death.  This is opposed to the Christian way to get into heaven saying that one must believe and confess it with their lips that Jesus died for their sins through grace and rose from the grave as he had said would happen.