Sunday Sundance

Sunday Sundance are bite-sized nuggets from a Catholic perspective 

Comparison Of Selected Passages In The Bible And the Quran Episode 1
 
Comparison Of Selected Passages In The Bible And the Quran Episode 2

Comparison Of Selected Passages In The Bible And the Quran Episode 3 

Commitment vs involvement

The classic business fable of "The Chicken and the Pig ," is used to illustrate the difference between  commitment and involvement. - the punchline of the story highlights the level of sacrifice required: 
• The Chicken was involved: It provided the eggs, which it can do repeatedly without significant loss

• The Pig was committed: It provided the ham (or bacon), which required its entire life. 

• John 15:13: Centers on the ultimate sacrifice of life as a proof of love, which mirrors the central Christian event: the Crucifixion.

• Islamic Ithar: Focuses on altruistic preference—giving to others even when you are in need (Surah 59:9). It is a daily moral discipline rather than a single redemptive act. 


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Race to 2050

According Simon Sinek's Golden Circle theory,  people do not buy what a religion does, but why it does it.

In  Islam, a person is born pure (fitra), slave to Allah. The rest of his life is to make sure the balance leads to an eternal life of carnal bliss. Islam wins the numbers game.

In Christianity, the person is grafted as a child of God, must deny himself, follow Jesus' teachings and the greatest joy is a  to see the face of God in a one Dimensional eternity.

While Islam is projected to achieve population parity with Christianity by 2050 due to its fertility engine and migration trends.Catholics  report the highest levels of life satisfaction and subjective well-being in large-scale global studies, not yo mention a safe passage to the afterlife

By 2050 Islam wins the numbers game
Christianity wins the spiritual game
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" as in the Six Pillars - Proverbs 14:12,  

The Sermon on the Mount vs The Farewell Sermon



The sermon begins with the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–12), a series of blessings that redefine what it means to be blessed

The Farewell Sermon ( Khutbah al-Wada) is not documented as a complete text within the Quran. Instead, it is recorded in Hadith literature and historical biographies (Sirah).

Eternity

We’re each free to believe whatever we want to believe. Sacred Scriptures say life is short, death is real, Hell is hot, eternity is long, and Jesus saves!

Islam: eternity means infinite time to enjoy endless earthly carnal pleasures

Christianity: Eternity means another dimension entirely, a timeless dimension, a vertical dimension, an absolute that judges all horizontal movements in time, by its own standard. For its standard is the true God.

 

Marriage

Christianity:  marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman, no man can not dissolve

Islam:  marriage is a contract that can be dissolved, between a man and up to four wives, including child wives. Wives can only have one husband

Doctors of the church 

January 28th marked the feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas a Model of the Catholic Mind. The foremost Scholastic thinker, as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. He is one of the great teachers of the medieval Catholic Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor.

A doctor of the church is a person whose teaching on faith has been deemed sound and of benefit to the church through their writing, study, or research. Along with significant theological contribution, the person must also display a high degree of sanctity, which is why all church doctors are alsnoo canonized saints. A third requirement to be named a doctor of the church is formal proclamation as such by the pope or an ecumenical council.

Islam lacks a centralized authority like the Vatican to issue a formal, numbered list of doctors, but it recognizes  foundational scholars whose writings have defined the faith's theology and law for centuries. 

The Anonymous Christian 

The Anonymous Christian

Peter Kreeft highlights that while both faiths share an
Abrahamic foundation, they diverge sharply on the nature of God's interaction with humanity.


Kreeft’s specific theological comparisons include:
• The Nature of Jesus: Kreeft notes that the Quran affirms the virgin birth and Jesus’ role as a prophet and teacher, but strictly denies His divinity, resurrection, and role as a Savior. To Kreeft, Islam views Jesus as a "lawgiver" (another Moses), whereas the New Testament presents Him as the Mediator between God and man.
• The "Word of God": Kreeft makes a structural comparison where the Quran is to Islam what Jesus (not the Bible) is to Christianity. In Islam, the Word of God is a book; in Christianity, the Word is a Person.
• Method of Salvation: Kreeft contrasts the Islamic concept of "mathematical salvation"—where good deeds are weighed on a scale—with the Christian doctrine of grace through the sacrifice of Christ. He argues that Islam lacks the Cross, which he considers the essential "missing link" for redemption.
• Concept of God (Tawhid vs. Trinity): While Kreeft suggests both faiths may worship the same God in essence, he acknowledges the irreconcilable difference between Islam's strict unitarianism (Tawhid) and the Christian Trinity.
• Divine Revelation: He describes Islam as a religion of "God's law," emphasizing submission (Islam's literal meaning), while Christianity is a religion of "God's search for man," emphasizing divine love and adoption.

Just because 5k flies like horse excrement doesn't mean it's good for you.  It's not a popularity contests, but about eternity 

Islam: you are born pure (fitra), then all hell breaks loose: You choose how to balance your life so you don't flounder

Christianity; you are born broken, need Jesus as a way, truth and life, guide to eternal life, then you are purified

As opposed to circumcision, WHO categorizes female genital mutilation (FGM) into four primary types and states they are  internationally recognized as a human rights violation and is illegal in many nations. 

View on Creation:  Christianity -

Saint Francis of Assisi is famously known as the patron saint of animals and ecology due to his profound belief that all of creation was a single family under God. He frequently addressed animals as "brothers" and "sisters," a radical perspective for the 13th century that continues to inspire modern environmental and animal welfare movements. 

Muslims do not eat pork primarily because it is explicitly forbidden by God in the Quran, the holy book of Islam. 
Primary Religious Reasons
• Divine Command: The Quran explicitly bans the "flesh of swine" in four different verses (2:173, 5:3, 6:145, and 16:115). Following this rule is considered an act of obedience and submission to Allah's will.
• Ritual Purity (Taharah): Pork is classified as najis (inherently unclean). Consuming it is believed to compromise a person’s state of ritual purity, which is essential for performing religious duties like prayer.