Jesus and Mohammed

Jesus and Mohammed

Jesus and Mohammed
When it comes to religion, Christianity and Islam are two of the largest known religions in the world today. Jesus and Mohammed have influenced the lives of more people in the last two decades than any other religious leader. From the day they were born until the day they died; Jesus and Mohammed not only taught different things to their followers, but were viewed differently as well.
Jesus of Nazareth, who is also known as Jesus Christ is the Son of God according to Christians.   His exact date of birth is not known, however he was born to a Virgin named Mary; who was engaged to a man named Joseph. Mary was visited by an angel during a dream; and was told that she would give birth to a son. During her pregnancy, the same angel reappeared before Joseph and instructed him to marry the pregnant virgin.   “About 2000 years ago God sent an angel to Israel to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to Joseph, a carpenter. The angel told Mary that by God’s power, she would conceive and bear a son.” (Palmer, 2009, Para 1.)
The word of Jesus’ birth traveled fast and got the attention of the three wise men who wanted to worship him. In their attempt to find Jesus the Three Wise Men visited a kin named Herod. Herod wanted to find Jesus too; but only because he wanted to kill him. Herod tricked the Wise Men and told them he wanted to worship Jesus as well and to let him know when they had found Jesus. The Wise Men eventually found Jesus, but did not tell Herod. After finding Jesus they Wise Men were visited by an angel of Herod’s trickery, they did not return to Herod as promised. After hearing about this, Herod grew furious and demanded that every child under two years of age living in Bethlehem be killed. Unbeknown to Herod, Joseph had been visited by an angel and told to escape to Egypt with his family. After Herod’s death, Joseph was visited again by the same angel; this time telling him it was safe for Jesus to return to Israel....