1. The Question of Origin – (How did life begin? How did mankind come into existence?)
i. According to Islam Heaven and earth was one indivisible unit till the time God’s act of creation split the two and it took six long span times. God is the one who made everything in both heaven and earth starting from animals to the angels as well as the earth’s vegetation. And all this things that God made were to be for the benefit of man. For Man he was created out of clay unlike the other living things that were made by the Just God’s word. He made the first human being that is whom he molded like him and he breathed life at the same time power into him ( Peters, 2009). He then took the human being into paradise where he made a wife for him from his side
ii. Both stories have a common theme where lives come into earth through the act or God Creating things. Unlike Christians Islam talks of a long time span or six span of time while Christiana talk of days. Islam does not mention the Name Adam and Eve. For Islam Eve was created in Paradise unlike Christina’s he was created just here on earth (Peters, 2009).
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2. The Question of Identity – (What does it mean to be human? Are humans more important than animals?)
i. According to Islam human beings are better and more important than any other matter or living thing that exists in the world. All the other thing in the world were made or created for the utilization of Man and that is why he has a right for instance to capture and slaughter animas for his consumption. His life will always adjust according to the circumstances unlike those of the animals that have remained the same. However, that is for the man who do good men who disobey God’s Commands are just viewed as any other masses that can be found in the world since they will be destroyed at the end. In a nutshell human beings hold a special place among all God’s creation (Zebiri, 2014). .
ii. For the Christians God’s first intention was all creatures were able to experience perfect love and justice in the world that he had created. However human beings were created in the divine image of god and there were to have some understanding with regard to God and all the other things were given as gift to human beings. The good Gift that was given to human beings is not to be misused for selfish means thereby calling for care. On the destiny they share a common view where the sinful man will be destroyed.
3. The Question of Meaning/Purpose – (Why does mankind exist? Why do I exist?)
i. Islam explicitly states that man only exists for the purpose of worshiping his God and that worship is in terms of Glorifying and praising the lord and there is nothing which does not glorify that very same lord (Steger, Oishi, & Kaler, 2006). .
ii. Similar to Muslims Man exit for the purpose off glorifying his the Lord in words both agree that he purpose of human beings existence is to praise and glorify God.
4. The Question of Morality – (What is meant by right and wrong? How should I live?)
i. Right and wrong is based on a true and sincere faith towards the lord that right calls for strong relationships with God who is capable of seeing al that human beings do all the time and in every place. Moral behavior should be a virtue practiced in all circumstances
ii. For Christians a right action ought to be guided a perfection of what’s required by the Lord for one to enter in heaven. In that way both Christianity and Islam share common view as to what is meant by right and wrong.
5. The Question of Destiny – (Is there life after death? What will happen to me when I die?)
i. There is life after death where the righteous once will resurrect to heaven while the evil once will be destroyed
ii. They have a similar view except in I slam where if you die in a holy war you will resurrect immediately for Christian all will wait until the second coming of the lord.
References
Peters, F. E. (2009). Islam: A guide for Jews and Christians . Princeton University Press.
Steger, M. F. Oishi, S., & Kaler, M. (2006). The meaning in life questionnaire: Assessing the presence of and search for meaning in life. Journal of counseling psychology , 53(1), 80.
Zebiri, K. (2014). Muslims and Christians face to face . oneworld publications.
