Hum 130 Week 2 Research Paper

HUM/130

Jesus and Mohammed

1. Jesus was born in 4 BC in Bethlehem whereas; Mohammed was born in 570 A.D. in Mecca. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 2. Jesus’s name has meaning it means God is our savior similar to the meaning of Mohammed’s name which means the praised one. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 3. Jesus had to move to a part of his town that was called Capernaum because he was being rejected from people in his hometown very similar to what Mohammed had to do when he moved to Medina because his people were also rejecting him to. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 4. Jesus was never married and never had the desire for a woman whereas; Mohammed had at least 15 wives and had a desire for woman. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 5. Jesus died by crucifixion in
Jerusalem at the age of 33 because people believe that he was not Gods child this differs from Mohammed’s death resulted from pneumonia he was 62. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 6.
Jesus arose from his tomb on the third day, which was predicted whereas; Mohammed still lays in his tomb there were no predictions to his death. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 7. Jesus received the word of God from his father who is a supreme being God this is similar to the way Mohammed received his a supreme being who was an angel. 8. Jesus’s religion and Mohammed’s religion both have sacred text but they differ in that Christians have the Bible and Islam have the Qur’an. (Living Religions) 9. Jesus Crucifixion was interpreted as a sacrifice for the sins of the people whereas; Mohammed’s death did not have any meaning. (Living Religions) 10. In contrast to Jesus Mohammed ordered people who sin to death Jesus told his people to repent and ask for forgiveness. 11. Jesus performed miracles like healing the sick and raising the dead whereas; Mohammed claimed that the only miracle was that of his Qur’an. 12. Jesus warned his disciples that after his death they should break bread and drink wine to form a communion with him this differs from the way things happened after the death of Mohammed his death caused the Sunni-Shi’a spilt. (Living
Religions) 13. Jesus is referred to as a King to all whereas; Mohammed is referred to as an apostle in the Qur’an and a prophet in the Islam religion. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 14. Jesus is recognized by the Islam religion because he is mentioned in the Qur’an whereas; Mohammed is not mentioned in the Bible at all. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 15. In the Bible Jesus is said to have been sinless and was of love this differs from the way Mohammed was portrayed he was called a sinner that come from hate. (Norman L. Geisler) 16. Jesus and Mohammed both have similarities in that they left they both left commandments to their followers. 17. Jesus started his teachings on eat at the age of 30 and he taught for 3 years whereas; Mohammed was about 40 and taught for 23 years before they both died. (Norman L. Geisler) 18. Jesus has never killed any one in contrast to Mohammed who has killed more than 3,000 people that included many Jews. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 19. Jesus wanted his followers to know that God was our father whereas; Mohammed believed that it was blasphemy for anyone of his followers to call Allah their father. (Let us reason ministries 2011) 20. Jesus stated that God his father created man in his image whereas; Allah had no image and created no man.

References: Let us Reason Ministries c copyright 2011.
Living Religions, Sixth Edition, by Mary Pat Fisher. Published by Prentice-Hall. Copyright © 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Norman L. Geisler sbts.edu/resources/files/2010