What are the similarities and differences between Christianity and Islam?

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I personally only know of a handful of people who have studied both religions extensively. I trust Dr. Ergun Caner's knowledge on both religions. How many people do you personally know that are well educated in both?

LOL you do? It appears your trust should be in god not men as your book teaches you and your conclusions on the similarities / differences between the faiths might better be suited to your own personal study.

As Caner discovered, and this is not new news and should not stun you at all, the peddling of HATRED, which is against the teachings of all religions, can be, in the presence of sheeple-like followers, very profitable in any religion.

Ergun Caner, the former head of Liberty University’s seminary, was demoted last year after media attention forced Liberty officials to investigate glaring discrepancies in the “Jihad to Jesus” life story Caner had peddled after 9-11 to raise his profile in the evangelical world. Caner told some audiences that he had been raised in Turkey to be a jihadist and learned about America from watching television. In fact, he was born in Sweden (to a Turkish father) and raised in Ohio.

Caner, an engaging speaker and one-time rising star of the Religious Right, is headed to Texas, where Arlington Baptist College has hired him as its provost and vice president. Arlington Baptist College was founded by J. Frank Norris, an anti-evolution crusader who Caner describes as “one of Christianity’s most courageous voices.” Here’s how the Associated Baptist Press describes Norris:

Norris, founder of both Arlington Baptist College and the World Baptist Fellowship, was a fundamentalist Baptist leader in Texas in the first half of the 20th century. The one-time editor of the Baptist Standard and longtime pastor of First Baptist Church in Forth Worth was nicknamed the “Texas Tornado” during a long-running feud with the Southern Baptists.

Once loyal to the Southern Baptist Convention, Norris became alienated by the Seventy-Five Million Campaign, forerunner to today’s Cooperative Program of unified budget support of both state and national Baptist conventions. He spent the rest of his days seeking to undermine the SBC, accusing Baptist schools of teaching evolution and tolerating “modernist” theories of Bible study.

After his exclusion from his local association, state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention, Norris founded his own independent fundamentalist group, originally called the Premillennial Baptist Missionary Fellowship but renamed the World Baptist Fellowship after a split over his authoritarian leadership.

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LOL you do? It appears your trust should be in god not men as your book teaches you and your conclusions on the similarities / differences between the faiths might better be suited to your own personal study.

As Caner discovered, and this is not new news and should not stun you at all, the peddling of HATRED, which is against the teachings of all religions, can be, in the presence of sheeple-like followers, very profitable in any religion.

Ergun Caner, the former head of Liberty University’s seminary, was demoted last year after media attention forced Liberty officials to investigate glaring discrepancies in the “Jihad to Jesus” life story Caner had peddled after 9-11 to raise his profile in the evangelical world. Caner told some audiences that he had been raised in Turkey to be a jihadist and learned about America from watching television. In fact, he was born in Sweden (to a Turkish father) and raised in Ohio.

Caner, an engaging speaker and one-time rising star of the Religious Right, is headed to Texas, where Arlington Baptist College has hired him as its provost and vice president. Arlington Baptist College was founded by J. Frank Norris, an anti-evolution crusader who Caner describes as “one of Christianity’s most courageous voices.” Here’s how the Associated Baptist Press describes Norris:

Norris, founder of both Arlington Baptist College and the World Baptist Fellowship, was a fundamentalist Baptist leader in Texas in the first half of the 20th century. The one-time editor of the Baptist Standard and longtime pastor of First Baptist Church in Forth Worth was nicknamed the “Texas Tornado” during a long-running feud with the Southern Baptists.

Once loyal to the Southern Baptist Convention, Norris became alienated by the Seventy-Five Million Campaign, forerunner to today’s Cooperative Program of unified budget support of both state and national Baptist conventions. He spent the rest of his days seeking to undermine the SBC, accusing Baptist schools of teaching evolution and tolerating “modernist” theories of Bible study.

After his exclusion from his local association, state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention, Norris founded his own independent fundamentalist group, originally called the Premillennial Baptist Missionary Fellowship but renamed the World Baptist Fellowship after a split over his authoritarian leadership.

I agree. Ergun Caner is a liar. I wouldn't trust him until he repents and admits the truth. even then, it'll take a lot more than admitting to lying to save his reputation. And that's coming from a Christian.

He brings shame to the name of Christ.

Edited April 25, 2013 by bsd058

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I have found it very hard up until this day at the age of 46 to figure out my life as a Christian. I grew up in a bible belt small town, pretty much forced into being baptized at the age of nine due to the fact that it was the right thing to do according to the Baptist church I went to.

I honestly would look around the church and ask myself why am I here. All I do is give money every Sunday in a silver plate, leave church, see those same religious people teaching the bible and drinking it up that night and then back to church pretending to be a saint. Till this very day, church has left a bad taste in my mouth and I haven't been back since I was 16. I can't go to church and pretend to be someone I'm not or believe what they want me to believe. I don't believe one has to wear a label on their forehead stating what church they belong too just to believe in God and live a good life.

I am one of those Christians mentioned here earlier that does not believe Jesus is the Son of God, or that God is Jesus even though this was my childhood teaching. I do believe God is the creator, and Jesus was born to preach the word of God. Some say, well your not a Christian then, well then what am I?

My husband is Muslim, and honestly before him, I probably never even knew what Islam was about except what I saw on t.v. With shame, I wish, I had his discipline when it comes to religion. Its been four years now, and I am still amazed to hear his daily prayers and his daily life is so peaceful not just with himself but with everyone he comes in contact with. I admit, I feel jealous wishing my life could feel so content when it comes to religion. I feel a void for sure and I am walking a fine line as to where my heart lIes...