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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 world's 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 world's 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 God's 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 Qur'an 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 Gabriel's appearance to Daniel. Refer to the quick pop-up for information about Gabriel in the New Testament. The Archangel Gabriel:

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New Testament Appearances

Based on the alleged appearances of Gabriel to Daniel the prophet and to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, we have the ideal groundwork upon which to compare two religions. Both have the following in common:

1. Both prophets are believed to have received words from outside time-space

2. Both faiths claim the same source: the Archangel Gabriel

3. Both faiths claim the same method of revelation: Received words from

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