Why did you choose Christianity over Islam?

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My (joke) reasons
  1. I don’t need to go to mass 5 times a day; every day.
  2. I don’t need to nearly completely wash our body with holy water before every mass; only a little cross in our forehead.
  3. I don’t need to have a black forehead (Prayer bump - Wikipedia) permanently, at Ash Wednesday is enough.
  4. I don’t need to do 30 days of Good Friday every year, 1 is enough.
  5. Ordering a portion of pork every day is cheaper than having 3 more wife.
  6. Shouting “Deus Vult” in airports won’t get the attention of security guards!!!
 
CatholicSooner said:
Because they married when she was around 6 and consummated the marriage 3 years later
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Aisha was 18-19 years old. Before marriage with prophet she was engaged with another man. That prove she was old enough to get marry. There are paradoxical hadiths about that issue. If if there were any wrong with marriages of prophet so Pagans would refute prophethood of Muhammad. Pagans coud not do that in anyway so they fought Muslims with swords and Muslims retaliated with swords.
 
Do you believe Sahih al-Bukhari to be reliable?
 
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Isearch said:
Do you believe Sahih al-Bukhari to be reliable?
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Yes. Sometimes Arabs were used to not say the ten for teenages. For instance for 17 they used just seven. Aisha was born 5-6 years before Muhamamd got revelation. 10 years after first revelation Prophet did migration(Hegira). And prophet got married with Aisha after Hegira. That make Aisha 18-19 years old.
 
mhmtas63 said:
Qur’an do not say Christians believe in such thoughts. That is your misinterpretations. I think a doctor could help us that from where woman’s sperm come!
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Yes, it does. In my previous response, I even gave you the quotes from the Qur’an & the commentary on a Muslim scholar. Sorry, but it does falsely accuse Christians of these things, and falsely claim sperm forms in the chest. Perhaps Mohammed would have benefitted from learning from a doctor before writing the Qu’ran.
 
RaisedCatholic said:
Yes, it does. In my previous response, I even gave you the quotes from the Qur’an & the commentary on a Muslim scholar. Sorry, but it does falsely accuse Christians of these things, and falsely claim sperm forms in the chest. Perhaps Mohammed would have benefitted from learning from a doctor before writing the Qu’ran.
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I have never heard a Muslim think in that way. Islam teach that God is always out of time and matter and God do not incarnate or have sex. God create the time and matter and actions. That is not valid for God. Why should a Muslim think in such ridiculous way? Those are some other’s thoughts.

For 5-6 verses of Sura at-Tariq(86)? There are several commentariy. The verses should point the genital segments of human which is between backbone and rib. Through that space the sperm and ovums generated and fertilized and then zygote get grow.
 
No offense but seems like the audience for your question is more to people converting from Islam to Christianity…
 
I see that in the Caucasus, for example, on the contrary, some nominal Christians convert to Islam, precisely because of imminent permissiveness in society.
Recently, a gay parade was attempted in Tbilisi, and Georgian priests, together with the people, reacted so aggressively that international observers even accused the authorities of inadequate security.
I think that when modern European values are introduced and begin to compete with the traditional morality and spiritual traditions of the mountaineers, unfortunately some believe that Islam can prevent society from moral decay.
Christ is the Savior of the world, but in the Caucasus there is such a patriarchy, such strict morality in the provinces, that tolerance and freedom more dissuade than convince in turning to faith.
In the Islamic community there is no alcohol, no discos, and young men know that choosing a Muslim woman’s wife is stronger for family ties.
 
I agree that, on the other hand, Russia is pouring more fire on it, and is doing everything possible to discredit the EU and European integration of Georgians with the help of Orthodoxy, but the Caucasus is so traditional and conservative that tolerance is often perceived as apostasy at the time of the approaching apocalypse.
 
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mhmtas63 said:
I have never heard a Muslim think in that way. Islam teach that God is always out of time and matter and God do not incarnate or have sex. God create the time and matter and actions. That is not valid for God. Why should a Muslim think in such ridiculous way? Those are some other’s thoughts.
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Again it was a commentary from the Muslim I referenced. You can check it out for yourself.
mhmtas63 said:
For 5-6 verses of Sura at-Tariq(86)? There are several commentariy. The verses should point the genital segments of human which is between backbone and rib. Through that space the sperm and ovums generated and fertilized and then zygote get grow.
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What science teaches is that after gestation, the fetus’ testes descends from the lower abdomen to the scotal area…but not between the backbone & the rib. That’s WAY too high! So, yes, the Qur’an is in error, because it was written by imagination of Muhammed, who did not receive it from the angel Gabriel. No one witnessed him even going into Mt… Hyra, let alone talking to an angel. Sorry, this came from the mind of Muhammed, not God or an angel.

Plus, again, what makes more sense? 1) Writings from a middle-eastern man writing about Jesus 700 years after the events, which contain errors like this; or 2) Writings from the actual followers of Jesus which we have from the first centuries, who were eyewitnesses of His resurrection? Even if you don’t want to believe in the deity or resurrection of Jesus, eyewitness testimony closer to the actual events in the first century which don’t contradict each other is far more credible than that of a single man who wasn’t there who lived 3/4 of a millennium later?
 
Simply put, Christ called me and I was convicted by the preaching of the Gospel.
 
RaisedCatholic said:
What science teaches is that after gestation, the fetus’ testes descends from the lower abdomen to the scotal area…but not between the backbone & the rib. That’s WAY too high! So, yes, the Qur’an is in error, because it was written by imagination of Muhammed, who did not receive it from the angel Gabriel. No one witnessed him even going into Mt… Hyra, let alone talking to an angel. Sorry, this came from the mind of Muhammed, not God or an angel.

Plus, again, what makes more sense? 1) Writings from a middle-eastern man writing about Jesus 700 years after the events, which contain errors like this; or 2) Writings from the actual followers of Jesus which we have from the first centuries, who were eyewitnesses of His resurrection? Even if you don’t want to believe in the deity or resurrection of Jesus, eyewitness testimony closer to the actual events in the first century which don’t contradict each other is far more credible than that of a single man who wasn’t there who lived 3/4 of a millennium later?
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There is no any error in Qur’an. As I explained there are many different interpretations for that verses. Here Qur’an explain the stages of human of creating which could be understand just by ultrasound techonology:
  1. We created man from an extract of clay.
  2. Then We made him a seed, in a secure repository.
  3. Then We developed the seed into a clot. Then We developed the clot into a lump. Then We developed the lump into bones. Then We clothed the bones with flesh. Then We produced it into another creature. Most Blessed is God, the Best of Creators. (Al-Mu’minun-23)
You can believe in eyes witness for Jesus but not for Muhammad. There were thousands eye witness of Muhammad as more valid.

A single man! Hımmm…How many Jesus were?
 
Because the Old Testament shouts out “Jesus Christ”, if you have someone to show you where.
  1. (Orthodox Vespers, Tone 4)
    “Moses prefigured the power of Thy precious Cross, O Christ,
    when he put to flight his adversary Amalek in the wilderness of Sinai;
    for when he stretched out his arms in the form of a Cross,
    the people prevailed. [See Exodus 17:11]
    Now the fulfillment of these images has come to pass for us.”
  2. (Vespers Tone 1)
    "Prefiguring Thy Cross, O Christ,
    Jacob the Patriarch, when he gave the blessing to his descendants,
    laid his hands crosswise upon their heads. [See Genesis 48:13-14]
    And today, as we exalt Thy Cross, O Savior, we cry:
    “Give victory to Thine Orthodox people,
    as Thou once gavest it to Constantine!”
  3. (Divine Liturgy instead of “it is truly meet”)
    "In the shadow and letter of the Law,
    let us, the faithful, discern a figure:
    ‘Every male child that opens the womb
    is holy to God.’ [See Exodus 13:2]
    Therefore we magnify the firstborn Word of the Father Who has no beginning,
    the Son firstborn of a mother who had not known man.
  4. (Kontakion Tone 1)
    “David, the ancestor of God
    Foreseeing in the Spirit from afar
    The sojourn with men of the Only-Begotten Son in the flesh,
    Called the creation together to rejoice with him.
    Prophetically he lifted up his voice to cry:
    ‘Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy name.’ [See Psalm 89:12]
    For having gone up with Thy disciples into Mount Tabor, Thou wast transfigured,
    O Christ!
    Thou hast made the nature that had grown dark in Adam to shine again as lightning,
    Transforming it into the glory and spendor of Thine own divinity.
    Therefore we cry aloud to Thee:
    O Lord and Creator of all things, glory to Thee!”
  5. (Saturday Vespers, Tone 5 Theotokion)
    In the Red Sea of old,
    A type of the Virgin Bride was prefigured.
    There Moses divided the waters;
    here Gabriel assisted in the miracle.
    There Israel crossed the sea without getting wet,
    here the Virgin gave birth to Christ without seed.
    After Israel’s passage, the sea remained impassable;
    after Emmanuel’s birth, the Virgin remained a Virgin.
    O ever-existing God Who didst appear as Man,
    O Lord, have mercy on us!
  6. (Dormition Feast Day, Irmos 6, First Canon)
    "The fire within the whale, the monster dwelling in the salt sea,
    was a prefiguring of Thy three-day burial;
    And Jonah became its interpreter,
    For, saved and unharmed, as though he had never been swallowed, he cried aloud:
    “I will sacrifice to Thee with a voice of praise, O Lord.”
  7. (Vespers of Great & Holy Saturday):
    "The great Moses mystically foreshadowed this day when he said:
    ‘God blessed the seventh day.
    This is the blessed Sabbath
    This is the day of rest,’
    on which the only-begotten Son of God rested from all His works…”
I’d go on but the library is closing.
 
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I looked into it more after I has become a Christian in 03.

I assume you want honest opinions so here goes…But just on the surface it really appeared to be a tribal religion to me. Seemingly jealous of the Jews favor with God. So they had to go and create their own god who favors Arabic people and only speaks arabic so you must read his book in arabic, etc.

Also, I believed in Jesus message of you shall know them by their fruit long before I read that Jesus actually said it. And the fruit I saw on 9-11 and Muslims celebrating around the world was absolutely appalling to me.

That was then, now I obviously have issues with their theology. But my opinion on Muslims and Islam has since evolved. I think many are really wonderful people with different ideas about who God is. Kind souls overall.
 
Lack of historicity in Islam. There is overwhelming evidence that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, which is something that Muslims deny. It seems to me that it is rather convenient that certain groups (such as Muslims and Mormons) claim the Bible was corrupted and early Christianity was closer to their beliefs. Seems especially had, as why haven’t historians found those alleged corrupt holy books? That being said, one of my closest friends is a Sunni Muslim, and I like having religious conversations with him.
 
In my own experience as a Muslim for many years (Sunni) in my last months of soul-searching I became a ‘Qur’anist’- one who regard the Qur’an ONLY as a source of law. Not the scholars, not the Hadiths of Muhammad- only the Qur’an. Of course this placed me well outside the mainstream of Islam- I’m a heretic no matter where I turn, it seems!- and eventually I left the faith.

For my own part, I found it to be a peaceful religion- far divorced from the violence and hardship it is use as justification for in many Muslims communities. Free from Middle Eastern attitudes and cultural baggage there’s a wealth of good teachings in the Qur’an.

I expect in the future we’ll see a new sect of Islam- ‘Western Islam’- taking its place among the Sunni, Shi’a, and Sufi traditions. I see it becoming the ‘kinder, gentler’ Islam as opposed to what is preached in so many places today.

As for my own leaving Islam, it wasn’t because I found it to be some horrible, murderous faith- I left for doctrinal differences and as such I could not in good faith continue calling myself a Muslim. And here I am, looking at my old home, the Catholic Church, for answers.
 
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