The Quran Vs. Genesis
Published on Nov 27, 2015
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Creation
- Islam and Christian both believe in one God
- Both relgions believe god created the world
- Each creation story can be found if you read the holy book of that religion
- Each story showed god had tremendous power since he created the universe with a couple words
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The Quran - differences in text
- The Quran contains several passages through out the book with information about creation
- Creation was over 6 long expansions of time
- God commanded angels to bow down to Adam
Genesis - differences in text
- Genesis is the first book in the bible and the creation story is genesis 1 and 2
- Creation was created all in 6 -24 hours days
- God never commanded the angels to bow down to Adam
Forbidden Fruit
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The Tree of Life and The Tree of Knowledge
- In each story, the fall is similar
- God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of one tree in the garden of Eden
- They were lured by a serpent to eat of the tree
- When god learned of their disobeyment, he kicked them out of the garden to live on Earth
The Difference in Stories of the Fall of Man
- Islam looks at the earth as mercy while christianity looks at the earth as punishment
- In christianity, you must be saved by Jesus to make it back to the garden
- In Islam, you must be holy in your actions to make it back to the garden
Creation
We may never know who is right; all we can do is believe in one of them
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