10-09-2004, 08:09 AM
Hi Ronniv93,
You raised a question in the beginning here, what you would gain as a Muslim that you already do not have as a Christian?
I think that the most fundamental and IMPORTANT issue in both cases is the belief in our Creator. You cannot have faith if you don't believe in the one that created you. So mayby the 'picture' of Allah is the one to concentrate on. It is like beginning from scratch.
If you look at how He is looked upon BEFORE Christianity appeared and AFTER too when Islam entered, and now I speak of the monotheistic faiths, the 'picture' of Him is VERY clear. It is ONE God. There has never been any thought of Him as being something else than a unity God. BUT the BIG difference with Christianity is that here God is consicered to be a trinity or a tri-unity God. That concept of God is rather strange, considering that Christian also read the O.T. where the Torah can be found, and there God is considered, as always, to be a unity God. So Jews and Christians that do share the O.T. TOGETHER, and read from the same Scriptures, do have totally different views of God. To me as a Muslimah that is truly something very strange.
Islam has come to mankind as a, you could call it clear sign, since it wipes off that blurred image of God that Christianity has introduced, and takes us BACK to the original belief in One unity God, we call Him Allah in Arabic.
When you KNOW WHO you are worshipping and praying to, then everything else will also make sense.
Regards