Islam and Christianity

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Christianity and Islam : Similarities and Differences

The Christian faith holds the highest number of believers in the world During the late 1990 's there are about two million believers world wide The followers of this religion believes in one God who has three personas - God the father , God the Son , and God the Holy Spirit . God the father is the Supreme Being he is the creator of the world and the source of all powers . God the Son is also known as Jesus Christ . He is

br considered as the Redeemer and Savior of mankind . He is the only son of God and he assumed the human form , was crucified and died on the cross in to save mankind from all their sins . The Holy Spirit on the other hand , is a special being who leads and guides the Church as well as the members of the Christian faith

The source of their belief is written in a collection of books called the Holy Bible . The latter is divided into two categories , the old and new testament . The Old Testament deals with the events that happened before Jesus Christ became a man . It contains the story of creation and the life of the Chosen people as well as the prophets who were used by God in to spread his teachings . It also contains the Ten Commandments of God or the basic rules which every Christian must follow in to attain eternal salvation . The New...