Jesus Christ and Mohammed
Jesus Christ and Mohammed, no two single men have touched more lives. They founded two related yet separate religions that today have 1.8 billion and 1.1 billion adherents respectively (Fairchild, 2005). In the year, 0 B.C. near the town of Bethlehem, Jesus was born. Almost 600 years later in the town of Mecca the Prophet Muhammad was born. These two events changed the course of history for all humankind.
Jesus Christ
The history of Jesus has been around for a very long time. Christianity is a faith based on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was born as a Jew about two thousand years ago in Roman-occupied Palestine. He had taught for about three years, but nothing was written down at the time; his stories were told after his death. The religion that follows Jesus has the most followers than any other. Everything we know about Jesus comes from the Bible. The main religion that believes in Jesus is Christianity. What Christians believe about Jesus’ life and teachings is based largely on biblical text, particularly the first four books of the New Testament, which are called the gospels (Fisher, 2005).
According to the Gospels, Mary who was a virgin when she conceived Jesus by the Holy Spirit was his mother. Her husband was Joseph, who was a carpenter from Bethlehem. There were no stories told about Jesus’ childhood until he was twelve, when, according to the Gospel of Luke, he was to accompany his parents on their yearly trip to Jerusalem for Passover. Left behind by mistake, he was said to have been discovered by his parents in the Temple discussing the Torah with the rabbis; all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. When ...