Creation Stories

Basic Beliefs-Christianity

• There is only one god, who watches over and cares for his people
• Jesus Christ was the son of God.
• He died to save humanity from his sin
• His death and resurrection made eternal life possible for others

basic Beliefs-Islam

• Persons achieve salvation by following the five pillars of Islam
• Faith
• Prayer
• charity
• fasting

Purpose of the story-Christianity

• For Christians the most important part of this story is the final creation of human beings
• Christian believe that humans are the most important of God's creations
• Christians use the story of 'the fall' to explain why suffering and death have entered the world.

Purpose of the story-Islam

• For Muslims believe there is only one God who created everything.
• God's world is a good world, and when people obey or submit to God then life is good.

Literary STRUCTURE-Christianity

• Parallism
• Repetition
• Number Symbolism
• Rhythm

Literary Structure-Islam

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile 
• Rhetorical Questions