Christianity Vs Islam
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In Search of Words from Outside Time-Space
Islam and Christianity: Common Foundations
The Archangel Gabriel
Christianity and Islam are the worlds largest religions, Studies show that over 2-billion people claim to be Christian and 1.2 billion people claim to be Muslims worldwide. If this is accurate, more than 50% of the worlds population have either Christian or Muslim based beliefs.
Selecting Islam and Christianity based on the amount of believers is important. However, there is a much more important reason for the selection. Both claim to have a similar method of receiving revelation from outside time-space. Both faiths claim to have a prophet that received Gods word from the same angel, the Archangel Gabriel. The common source of the Archangel Gabriel makes for an ideal comparison between the two faiths. The tool I use to make this comparison is a mathematical tool, which aids in being objective. Both religions will be analyzed using the Einstein Method guidelines. The ultimate goal is to find out if God has truly revealed spiritual truth to humanity through either or both religions.
Muslims believe that the Archangel Gabriel delivered the specific words recorded in the Quran to the prophet Muhammad.
For Christians, the Bible records that the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Daniel, a prophet of the Old Testament. In the New Testament, the Archangel Gabriel appears to Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, and to Mary, the mother of Jesus. However, I will only analyze Gabriels