Monday, June 11, 2007
Islam: A Commentary
Many people confuse the God of the Bible with Islam’s Allah. They say that they are the deity, but different religions. This is a truly ignorant thing to say. There are a few reasons why this is so. First of all, Jesus is the Messiah to all Christians. In Islam, Jesus was merely a prophet. A second reason is that Allah is mysterious being, while the Christian God wants to be close to His people. Allah is also a single deity. He does not exist in three persons. The Christian God, however, does in fact exist in three persons. For these reasons and more, the God of the Bible are absolutely different deities.
Islam is a religion which is centered around submission to Allah. Part of this is accepting that Allah is far off and distant from his people. I can’t think of anything more depressing than thinking that my God is not there for me as a personal friend like He has been. I feel like everyday, I get a little closer to God. This is more meaningful to me than anything else in my life. If my relationship with God was suddenly ripped away from me, I would be crushed. Its something that gives me hope as a person in life. If God didn’t really care about me, then life wouldn’t be nearly as meaningful as it is to me now.