Christianity and Islam

For my post I thought that I would look at the similarities and differences between the beginnings of Christianity and Islam.

Differences

Government- Christianity: Against government Islam: Was the government

Spread- Christianity: Slow to start, then picks p speed with Constantine Islam: Spread quite rapidly throughout Arabia

Origin Christianity: Started in the cities Islam: Started in the countryside

While there are some big differences between the two religions there are some definite similarities as well. These as a few:

• Peoples of the book, both Islam and Christianity are known as peoples of the book which means that they had books that their religion follows. Islam has the Qu'ran/Koran and Christianity has the Bible.
• Prophets, these two religions both have prophets; Islam just goes a step farther in saying that Mohammad was the last prophet. They also believe that Jesus was only a prophet.
• Both were considered "universal religions" meaning that anyone could be a part of them, a person did not have to live in a certain city or empire, they just had to follow certain steps and they became part of that religion.