| Place of worship | Church, chapel, |
Mosque, Imambarah or Ashurkhana, Eidgah |
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| Founder | Martin Luther was the first Protestant. |
The Prophet Muhammad and Ali, his son in law. |
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| Clergy | priests, monks, ministers, pastors |
Imaam (divinely guided), Ayatollah, Mujtahid, Allamah, Maulana, Hojatoleslam, Sayed, Mollah (colloquial) |
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| Scriptures | Holy Bible, a collection of canonical books in two parts (the Old Testament and the New Testament) and does not include the apocrypha |
The Quran |
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| Literal Meaning | Protestant - to 'protest' |
party of Ali |
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| Second coming of Jesus | Affirmed |
Affirmed |
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| View of other Abrahamic religions | Judaism is a true religion, but with incomplete revelation. Islam regarded as false. |
Christianity and Judaism are "People of the Book." |
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| Birth of Jesus | Virgin Birth, through the Holy Spirit. |
Virgin Birth |
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| Belief of God | Believe in the Holy Trinity, God is the Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, Holy, Just, Loving Creator of the Universe. Jesus the Christ is the Son of God who died to save us from our sins. The Holy Spirit sustains us after Jesus left the earth. |
One God |
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| Practices | Regularly visit the church, especially on Sundays, Prayers, Sacraments, reading the Holy Bible, communion-partaking in the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, under the appearance of Bread and Wine. |
Latm, arbaeen walk. |
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| Resurrection of Jesus | Affirmed |
Denied. Jesus did not die on the cross. Jesus will come back down from heaven in the future. |
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| Use of statues and pictures | Not used |
Not permitted, although pictures permitted as long as the imams are painted respectfully. |
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| Goal of religion | To love God and obey his commandments. To gain a relationship with Jesus Christ, live forever with Christ, spread the good word of God and to gain eternal salvation. |
To love God and obey his commandments through the Progeny of the Prophet Muhammad. |
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| Death of Jesus | Death by Crucifixion, Resurrection, and the Ascent to Heaven. He will return again. |
Denied. Jesus did not die on the cross, but his body went up to heaven. |
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| Day of worship | Sunday is the day to go to church, but worship can and is encouraged to continue personally |
Friday. |
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| Holy Days | Sunday is the Lord's Day, Good Friday, Easter, and Christmas |
Ashura, Eid al Fitr, Eid al Adha, Eid al ghadeer, Ashura, Mawlid |
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| Belief | Believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah & the Savior. |
One God, and Muhammad is his prophet. |
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| Life after death | Eternal Salvation in Heaven or Eternal Damnation in Hell. |
Eternity in Heaven or Hell. |
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| Branches | Thousands of different branches. |
Ismaili, Druze, Seveners, Twelvers |
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| Identity of Jesus | Son of God, God Incarnate, Savior of the world. |
Prophet. |
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| Ressurection of Jesus | affirmed |
Denied, as is His Crucifixion and Death. |
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| Geographical distribution and predominance | North America, Europe |
Majority in Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Syria and Lebanon. Minority across the globe. |
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| Promised Holy one. | The Lord Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah of Old Testament Prophecy; He Will Come again at the end of time, to Fulfill New Testament Prophecy. |
Mahdi |
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| Use of statues | Prohibited. |
Forbidden. |
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| View of Animistic religions | Pagan. |
Pagan, Idolatrous. |
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| View of the Buddha | Buddha is viewed as a false deity. |
N/A. |
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| Authority of Pope | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Religion which atheists may still be adherents of | No. |
No. |
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| Status of Muhammad | False Prophet |
The seal of the prophets. |
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| View of other Oriental religions | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Position of Mary | Mother of God. |
Mother of Jesus. Although Mary receives far more exultation from Muslims than she does from the average Protestant, Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, is venerated more than Mary, in Shia. |
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| Original Language | German |
Arabic. |
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| View of God | Believe in the Holy Trinity. God who is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
One God. |
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| Prophets | Prophets are people Chosen By the Holy Spirit, to reveal His Message to humanity. |
Highly venerated, especially Muhammad, & his daughter Fatimah. |
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| Angels | Angels are God's messengers. |
Angels obey God's commandments. They have limited free will, though no drive to sin. |
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| imams identified as | N/A. |
Divinely guided. Considered as the only legitimate interpreters of the Quran. |
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| Denomination of which religion | Christianity |
Islam |
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Comments: Protestantism vs Shia