RetroGamer87 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Islam is a religion that evolved from the other branch of Nontrianitist 'Christianity' with some Arabian pagan elements.
Really? I thought it evolved from Judaism. Isn't that way the 2nd Surah gives instructions on how to win an argument against all the Jews who didn't convert?
The Nontrianitist branch of Christianity (which was declared as "Heretic" by the First Council Nicaea) had retained the old "Jewish" ways.
One major difference between the Nicaea-recognized Christianity (Catholics, Orthodox) and and the old Nontrinitarianist Christianity is their view regarding the old "Jewish ways" - which btw is commonly called in Arabic Al-Sharia el Yahoudiya (the Jewish Sharia). There was no Protestant movement back then, but most Protestant churches today are Trinitarian by definition.
"True" Christians (Nicaea-recognized Christians) have long rejected the old Jewish ways based on certain interpretations of Jesus teachings: a striking example is the story of Jesus saving the life of Mary Magdalene from stoning. This was a "liberation" movement against the old ways. Catholic and Orthodox Christians (which are originally the same) today are
Gospel-followers only (new testament) , while Old Testament (Torah) is secondary.
Protestantism is more at the center (it "brought back" some Old Testament ways into their life) . That's why Christians today can eat pork and carnivore animals (have no eating restrictions at all), drink alcohol, ...etc, because they have ditched the Jewish laws long ago.
On the other hand, the old Nontrinitarianist Christian sects in the Middle East (ie. Ebionites and Messianic Jewish) have retained the old Jewish ways; they remained applying the teachings of the Old Testament (Torah) over eons; they remained very Judiasm-like religions; and Islam evolved from those, from the Ebionites sect in particular.
Hence why the striking similarity between Islam and Judaism, they are the most two lookalike religions in the world today in the ways of living and practices. Islam isn't something "New" - it's something based on a very old doctrine that evolved in parallel with the other branch of Christianity (Trinitarian).