Islam Vs Christianity: The Final Holocaust

Islam

Vs

Christianity –

The Final Holocaust

Bу:

VISHNU

Contents

Dedication……………………………………………………….

Foreword…………………………………………………………

Chapter One…………………………………………………….

Chapter Two…………………………………………………....

Chapter Three………………………………………………….

Chapter Four…………………………………………………...

Chapter Five……………………………………………………

Chapter Six……………………………………………………..

Chapter Seven………………………………………………....

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to all free thinkers, and all those against fanaticism and the control by the clergy - in any religion.

FOREWORD

FOREWORD

The tale of Prophet Muhammad and Islam has generally been covered by many other publications very well and extensively, so I would not venture to do the same, feeling absolutely that I am not qualified to do such a scholarly work. My intention is to cover superficially the main points of Islam as needed, to cover the main aspect of this book.

I have devoted a special chapter on Sharia Law. It is often reported that there are devious, inhumane and insidious methods employed within this law.

Islamists proclaim that their religion Islam is a religion of peace. However, events during the time of the Prophet, and subsequent to that period, till the present day even, point out that Islam has not really been a religion of peace, but an extremely violent religion, where this religion has been spread at the point of a sword.

In this book, I have tried to give a balanced view of both Religions, Christianity as well as Islam. I have devoted more to Islam as to many this is still quite ambiguous as to what it really is.

I must point out that this book is not a book on religions, nor is it an analysis of Christianity as compared to Islam. This book is about the terror and violence perpetrated by Islamists, all in the name of their religion with the purpose of world domination.

I have given some backgrounds on both Christianity and Islam so that the reader can put all into context when he reads my final conclusion.

I have tried to differentiate between Muslims and Islamists. By far and large, Muslims are good people, living decent lives harmoniously with their Non-Muslim neighbors. Islamists, on the other hand, are the hardcore minority that is practicing terrorism to propane and spread their Religion.

There will be many who will not agree to my point of view as I have put it forward. I accept that this is only one view and that there could and probably maybe others.

However, please bear in mind - what if I am right? My contention is that even if I am not right - the possibility exists that should what I am posting come true, then it is to the detriment of all decent society at large.

And all mankind would be pushed back to the Middle Ages where terrorism and conversions at the point of a sword would become commonplace events again even more so than it is now.

This is for you the reader to decide.

PS - this book has been written with the premise that the average reader will know something about Islam and its tenets, however for those of you that do not, you may find some paragraphs disjointed in the history of Islam. I must apologize for this and must emphasize and re-iterate that this book is not about religions, and definitely not an analysis of which of these two religions Christianity and Islam are better or worse, but rather its emphasis is on the terror and violence perpetrated in the name of religion and this is especially prevalent in specifically Islam.

The section on Islam is just to give a backdrop of this religion so that the average reader can give some context to it.

Chapter One

CHAPTER 1 - BIRTH OF CHRISTIANITY

Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem during the period of the reign of King Herod. His mother was Mary, and although his father was Joseph, the birth has been accepted by all Christians as a divine conception, while Mary was still a virgin.

Christian Theology accepts that the birth was announced to shepherds by angels, in particular, the Arch-Angel Gabriel. Christian lore also accepts the three wise kings, who paid obeisance to Jesus when he was born.

Much has been written about Jesus so it may not bear repeating what is already known and accepted by not only Christians but also Muslims. Incidentally, Muslims also accept Jesus as a prophet, however not the messiah of Judaism, and insist that Jesus had failed in his mission, hence God had to send Muhammad, claiming that he was the last prophet that God would ever send.

Christianity is a monotheistic religion, accepting that Jesus was the Son of God, or God Incarnate.

Christianity is based on the birth, life, and teachings of Jesus. However, the most important aspect of Christianity is the resurrection of Christ. This is the cornerstone of Christianity, as it points to the divinity of Christ.

If there had been no resurrection, there would be no Christianity.

Christianity can be divided into two unique phases: the Apostolic period, and the Post-Apostolic period.

The Apostolic period was during the period of the Apostles, and some of Jesus’s relatives, while they were alive and who led the Church.

The ‘Acts of the Apostles’ has been the major source of information during this period, however, there exist even today those who discount the historical validity of the Acts as a source for teaching.

The Post-Apostolic period was when the Episcopal structure began developing, where Bishops (perhaps self-ordained) continued their preaching. However, with the absence of a ‘Bible’ of sorts, one can assume that each ‘Bishop’ may have had his own version of what the ‘truth’ was. More will be discussed regarding the Bible below.

Christianity had a slow start with most Jews rejecting the fact that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. However, the Non-Jews (gentiles) quickly became the first followers en-masse to convert to Christianity. Christianity quickly spread throughout the Roman Empire by the first century AD. There was, however, wide-spread persecution under the Romans, especially when Emperor Nero blamed the Christians of having been the cause of the burning of Rome.

However, under Emperor Constantine, it became the state religion, for the Emperor had embraced Christianity as the official religion for the Roman Empire, and the state followed suit.

SCHISMS IN CHRISTIANITY

Christianity did see quite a few schisms in the religions, especially with the Protestant movement, and also the Eastern Church, predominantly in Greece and Russia. The schisms were basically theological disputes between the Roman Catholic Church and the other sects, mainly the Eastern and Protestant movements.

Monophysitism is a theological idea about the nature of Jesus Christ. Monophysitism insists that Jesus had only one nature - that of the Divine one.

However, there was another movement called Nestorianism, which is basically within the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. This doctrine insists that there were two different personalities, or persons, within Jesus. One personality was that of a man, and the other was the aspect of the Son of God. The promoter of this idea was Nestorius, who was the Archbishop of Constantinople. Nestorius lived from 380AD till 450AD.

Council of Chalcedon

This council was held in the year 451AD, and it was proclaimed that Jesus was indeed one and the same, ie not two personalities, which the Eastern Churches preach. It was announced and decreed that Jesus was indeed the Son of God and had only one personality rather than two.

The Church in Rome rejected the theory of Nestorius, which then lead to the schism, creating the Roman Catholic Church on the one hand, and on the other the Eastern faith of Christianity.

The schism became official when the existing Pope in Rome notified the Patriarch of the Eastern Churches, in 1054AD, of the Patriarch’s excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church. Tit-for-tat, the Eastern Churches excommunicated the Pope and Roman Catholics from Christianity.

This was not the only controversy to plague the Roman Catholic Church. Then came the issue of the investiture of Bishops. The Church argued that this was in its domain, and that political forces or the existing King should have no part in this.

The sitting King had to relent - under threat of excommunication by the Church, and till date, the Roman Catholic Church is the only power, in the Catholic Church, that can appoint Bishops and others of higher ranks in its sect.

Apart from the dispute with the Eastern Churches, there were many other sects that the Catholic Church had to deal with, namely the Protestant movement. Within this also there are many sects that do not entirely agree with one another. Some of the more prominent Protestant movements are the Lutherans - coming from Martin Luther, and the Calvinists - coming from John Calvin.

The English Reformation ie the Protestant movement in England began rather as a spat between King Henry VIII, and the Pope in the Vatican, when the King was refused the right to divorce, under threat of excommunication from the Christian faith. As a consequence of this, King Henry VIII declared a separation between Rome and  the English Church, declaring it as the Anglican church, with himself as the head of Church in England.

Counter-Reformation

The response of the Roman Catholic Church to all these ‘reformist’ movements was to launch a counter-reformation, where they tried to uphold the Catholic doctrine, as an attempt to halting the spread of all these Reformist and Non-Catholic movements. They also produced the Roman Catechism thereby laying the doctrine by which all Catholics would adhere to, perhaps to prevent the further spread of these Protestant movements.

The Protestant movements are exactly what the name implies - ie Protesting against the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope in Rome.

However, this did not prevent what became known as the ‘great awakening’, which was the spread of Protestantism among the American colonies, circa 1730-1740. Till today Protestantism, in its various denominations, dominate the North American continent.

This also started the other movements i.e. ‘Restorationist’ movements as the Mormons, Pentecostalism, for e.g. the Methodist, Wesleyan and other movements.

The ‘Restoration’ movement does not describe itself as ‘reforming’ the Christian Church, but rather ‘restoring’ the Church to its original version which they believe was lost at some point in its development to its present-day status. Under this umbrella would come the Mormons, and the Jehovah’s witness, among many others.

There are apparently many thousand sects within the Christian faith, some with very large followings for eg the Roman Catholic Church, and some with only a small number of followers.

Currently, there are estimated to be more than 2.2 billion Christians in the world, with about 1.3 billion being Roman Catholics. However, it is not known if these are all practicing Christians, or only baptized Christians.

The first Christians were ethnically Jewish, or Jewish proselytes ie converts to Judaism. There then developed a confusion - if, to join Christianity, was one required to become Jewish first, and then convert to Christianity? Were they also required to circumcise?

However, this issue was settled by the first Apostolic Council of Jerusalem, in that Non-Jews could become Christians directly, without having to go thru the Jewish faith or having to circumcise.

Needless to say, these Christians were not recognized by the Jews, and were not allowed to practice their faith in the Synagogues, from which these new Christians were expelled.

Perhaps this may have been the catalyst for Churches to be established eventually, once Christianity had been accepted widely.

It is generally said that the reason for the spread of Christianity over paganism was that it improved the lives of its followers in many ways. Another factor was the promise by Christianity of resurrection after death, which coincided with the Greek philosophy of an immortal soul, and that some chosen individuals could, and would be brought back from the dead.

THE BIBLE

Essentially the Bible consists of the Old Testament, and the New Testament. The Old Testament is said to be the Five books of Moses, while the New Testament continues on with Jesus Christ and Christianity.

It is essential, that to understand the New Testament, many references have to be made to the Old Testament, to make more sense on the continuity of history.

However, the Bible has gone through so many changes, that it becomes doubtful if it is indeed part of the original version.

The Dead Sea scrolls tell us that there were more than 36 gospels (gospel = meaning good news) and included gospels from such entities like Mary Of Magdalene, and also the Gospel of Judas.

However, only four of these Gospels were finally made into the current Bible that all Christians follow. This choice of the four Gospels was made by Bishop Irenaeus, who lived from 130 AD to 202 AD. The first Bible was assembled by him around 180 AD, and comprised the Gospels of John, Mathew Mark, and Luke.

It is curious that of the about 36 Gospels, only four were selected - and curiously there are areas in these Gospels that do not coincide or agree with each other.

It is further even more curious as to why only four of the 36 Gospels were chosen - there is speculation that perhaps only these four Gospels appealed to Bishop Irenaeus, perhaps coinciding with his own private beliefs.

However, it is also reported that the first widespread assemblage of the Bible was done by Saint Jerome, in the year 400 AD - translated from the original Hebrew to Latin. It does bear mentioning that perhaps some of the original texts would have been changed in the process of translation.

Christians have placed a great value on the teachings of the Old Testament and have thus included this into the current Bible.

In Mathews gospel, it is recorded that Jesus said - in anger - that the scribes and Pharisees were hypocrites. Many scholars in Christianity seem to have difficulty in accepting that this could possibly have happened. Although contemporary movies show Jesus doing exactly that, especially in all the scenes in the temple where he loudly abhors