http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008961581_webdefrocked01m.html
http://www.soundvision.com/Info/jesus/MuslimChristianRelations.asp
http://www.examiner.com/x-33827-Seattle-Muslim-Youth-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Can-someone-be-a-Christian-and-a-Muslim-at-the-same-time
I found these articles very interesting. Tell me what you think....
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depends upon the Definition of Christianity
if you define a Christian as the priests do [ christian is the one who believes jesus has died for your sins and he was crucified ] the the answer is NO
but if you Say
A Christian is Someone who Believes and Follows the teachings of Jesus Christ then YES
a person can be a Muslim and At the same Time Christian
because: if you follow the teachings of Jesus Christ then you have to believe and follow teachings of prophet Muhammad pbuh and Glorious Quran.
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They differ on a very central point (what Darth said). Unitarianism maybe, but the trinity is explicitly against Islam.
It's still silly how people try so hard to distinguish themselves from other faiths at all costs (even with different denominations among the same religion). The truth is we all believe in the same God. Jews don't believe Jesus and Muhammed (peace be upon them) were true prophets. And Christians don't believe Muhammed (saws) was a true prophet and there are differences in other accounts of "Biblical" stories, but the basics themselves are the same. They all preach (pretty much) the same faults and virtues.
Although I don't agree with everything the articles say (I skimmed though them) I do agree that we need such articles to help people on both sides open their eyes about "the other".
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I haven't read your links, sorry. Are they about a Christian woman (I forget which denomination) who was a minister and who converted to Islam but continued to be a Christian minister? It came out a year or so ago...
In any event, some Christians may very well say yes, because not every Christian believes exactly the same things. Just like in Islam. The difference is that Christianity as an organized religion by that name has been around longer than Islam as an organized religion by that name has. We've had a longer time to fragment, become disenfranchised, question without retribution. (The Spanish Inquisition was over a long time ago.)
Many Christians are today saying, do I believe what I was taught to believe? Why do I think a man-made institution is 100% correct about God? We are starting to learn more about the early church and how it was set up, something that was hidden from us for centuries. So, although you will mostly encounter "hard-line" Christians online (because more moderate Christians don't spend their time berating people for not following what they think is right), the majority of Christians are either turning their backs on Christianity altogether or changing the way the see/use it.
When/if a Christian encounters Islam in a positive way, and begins to learn about it, they find a religion much like the Old Testament. Except that it honours both Jesus and Mary. It places a lot of importance on respect of women, which is slim in the OT (and the NT, if we want to be honest) and on good works, which many protestant sects can identify with (Catholics are big on works too, but not to the extent the Protestants are).
Of course there are things a Christian will have difficulty with, but with the right teachers and an open mind, they could come to the conclusion, like I have, that Islam is at least as right as Christianity. That is to say, it may well be that no one is practising either religion perfectly and that man has twisted both religions somewhat from what God intended. This must be the case, since some Muslims believe women in general to be dirty (yes they do) and others do not. Because some say niqab is fardh and others say sunnah and some say bidah (yes they do). Because some people follow this sunnah and others follow that sunnah and the two are opposing (yes they are).
The unitarians are more or less famous for not buying into the trinity. But many other Christians are coming to the same conclusion. I don't believe Jesus = God. My step-mother didn't either (although, when I knew her, I disagreed with her, and only changed my mind in the last few years). Many more Christians, having spent a lifetime identifying with Jesus, in the same way Muslims identify with Muhammad, can't imagine themselves as anything other than a Christian, despite the fact that their beliefs put them outside the Christian fold.
So, in that sense, I think many Christians could be as Muslim as many Muslims are, and vice versa.
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Salam.No it is impossible to be a christian and also a muslim because (1) the holy book Bible is different with Al Qur'an (2)In Islam Allah is the oneness of God who has no parents and no children while in Christianity Allah has a son Jesus.(3)In Islam there is no trinity while in Christianity there is a trinity (4)In Islamevery muslm should responsible for his/her own bad doings and sins while in Christianity the sins of all followers will be born by Jesus which is illogic. etc etc.
Ramadan Sect.
It is not possible to be a christian and a Muslim at the same time. There are certain things that make you a Muslim and certain things that make you a Non Muslim.
There are certain stuff in christianity which makes a Muslim become a non Muslim. There are certain stuff in Islaam which makes a christian become a non christian.