There are several reasons why there are so many different churches in Christianity. From what I've researched some of the bigger ones are that Jesus never actually wrote anything down himself. The apostles recorded everything that Jesus said and did, and man has faults in how they interpret and remember it. He Didn't give direct instruction on how to live, but rather taught his followers through stories and tales.
Today in Islam there are two main different branches Sunni and Shiite. When Muhammad died these two sect's developed for the nature of the Islamic community. The Sunni's accepted the succession of Muhammad’s elected successors that were known as caliphs. The Shiite’s opposed what the Sunni’s believed and thought that any head of their communities had to be a direct descendant of Muhammad.
Another main issue between the two centers around Jesus. The Koran states that Jesus isn’t god. Jesus however is given great honor in the Koran saying he was a miracle worker and a prophet. The Bible states that Jesus is god himself in human flesh. Another disagreement is over Jesus death. The Koran states that it was unthinkable for a prophet of Allah to die in such a horrible death like Crucifixion. So the Koran states that Jesus didn’t die on the cross but that at a crucial moment god switched Judas into Jesus place and Judas died on the cross instead of Jesus.
It has been nearly 1300 years after the life of the Prophet Muhammad, and the relationship between Christians and Muslims has hardly ever been harmonious. The Muslim empire under Muhammad conquered Christian lands such as the Byzantine empire. The Christian Crusades which were waged in large part against Muslims, only ended up spreading the divide between the two religions.
More recently distrust between the two religions has become an ever more divide between the two. Many in today’s world don’t like each other because of the difference of belief. This has caused great political discourse in the United States. Efforts are being made and should continue to be made to build bridges between the two because we all exist on the same world whether we have different beliefs or not.
In recent history Muslim's and Christian's may not differ on religion as much as other issues such as political issues that have arisen. The Muslim Koran spreads the same basic message of love that the bible does. The Koran does not spread hate or tell Islamic extremists to commit acts of terrorism on anybody. Both religions have a lot to offer the world while they may not see eye to eye on every point of the Bible and the Koran, the differences between the two should be celebrated not used as a means to have more distrust of one and other become an issue.
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