Creation Compairisons

Basics of Christianity

• Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God and that he died to erase mankind's sins. He is believed to come back for Judgement day.
• Their core beliefs include love and forgiveness.
• The holy book is the bible which is comprised of 66 books. The creation story is found in the first book, Genisis, beginign in chapter 1 verse 1.

Christian story

• Christians believe the world was created in 7 days.
• Man was created on the 6th day, and woman was created the same day with a rib of man
• Adam and Eve were the first humans and who committed original sin
• Adam and eve were tempted by Satan and exiled from the Garden of Eden
• Story is written in verses and is used to teach christians about sin and temptation and the affects of it.

Basics of Islam

• Muslims believe that muhammad was visited by the angel gabriel who told him the word of God.
• They believe Muhammad was the last prophet.
• Their core values include believing in god, his word, his angels, and in the Judgement day.
• Their holy book is the Quran which is comprised of 114 chapters.

Islamic story

• God said "be" and the world came into exisistence.
• Angels created man from the surrounding dirt.
• The angel Ilbis refused to help create man and was the one who tempted Adam and Eve.
• Adam and eve were banished from paradise, but not considered sinners.
• The story's purpose is to show God's mercy and forgiveness.

How Are they Similar?

• Both tell the story of Adam and Eve
• Strugle of temptation
• Punished by being exiled form their paradise/garden

How Are they Different?

• Chrisitanity believes it to be original sin, whjile Islam does not believe in sin
• God is vengeful and punishes in christian story, while he is merciful in islam story
• Islamic story does not give day to day description of creation like Christianity

Works cited

• “Islam Creation Story.” Islam Creation Story, www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio301/content/iscrst.htm.
• Www.dailysabah.com. “History of the Compilation of Quran.” DailySabah, Www.dailysabah.com, 8 June 2017, www.dailysabah.com/feature/2017/06/02/history-of-the-compilation-of-quran.