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... " Albert Einstein
What is apparantly right may be otherwise to others, hence, ethics and morals are intricately arbitrary. ... What lies at the crux of Christian ethics is Jesus Christ as a role model through his life and teachings. The Scriptures of the Bible present revealed law in the New Testament, the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-7) provide moral instruction on ethics. ... They aim to become participants of divine nature Empirically, Christian ethics is based on the emulation of Jesus. The cardinal importance of Christian ethics is the self impetus that supports the purpose and value of human life and eternal life after death. ... In a social context, Islamic ethics provides very substantial reiteration of their faith, but one is inclined to ask whether such ‘ethics’ are too restraining on ones everyday living. ... The risk of inflexibility is particularly powerful in Islam. ...
Islam strongly upholds the permanence of marriage but it also acknowledges that not every marriage is so and reluctantly allow divorce if circumstances warrant or necessitate it. ... By Susan Sachs (Cairo)
As time passes, backward and radical theocratic countries have moved to counterbalance the unequal distribution between sexes because it is inevitable that religious ethics have to mould into the secularizing pace of the world. ...
In Christianity, the Bible is the chief text for Christians. With the Old Testament, it is the only religion to include all scriptures of another religion with its own. ... The place of the Quran in Islamic society differs from that of the bible wjere in Christianity, it is said that the Word became flesh: i. ... Jesus and in Islam, the ‘Word became the Book’ hence the place of Jesus is varies. ... Jesus was conceived by Mary, which Islam acknowledges, but there are discrepancies between Jesus as the son of God because they believe God has no children, parents or predecessors and that there is no equal of superior Gods. ... Islam recognise Jesus merely as a great prophet. ... Islam find it hard to accept that a prophet great as Jesus could have suffered such a humiliating death. ...
Although mentioned in different forms, both Christianity and Islam and an Ethic of Reciprocity (Golden Rule). In Christianity “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” (Matthew 7:12) and in Islam: “Not one of you is a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
Approximate Word count = 1967
Approximate Pages = 7.9
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