Interfaith Dialogue (Scriptures) - Islam and Christianity

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Re: Interfaith Dialogue (Scriptures) - Islam and Christianity

@Seminole

I realize how important it is for Muslims to have the 'word perfect' from God in the Quran and that he has promised to protect the Quran. That is definitely something Christians and other religions cannot say about their scriptures (at least not the mainstream followers). That is why I have always thought it a contradiction that many Muslims put as much emphasis on hadith as they do the Quran. It is as if hadith is also 'scripture'.

That puts Islam back on par with Christianity and seems to diminish the argument of Islam being the religion that follows the words exactly as dictated by God when man made hadith is followed as strictly as others follow their own (man made) scriptures.

Semi, if you read through this thread you will come across my post where I clearly stated ahadith are a degree less than Quran. However the comparison of hadith to other scriptures will reveal the painstaking efforts and methods to preserve and authenticate hadith far suprecede the methods utilized to preserve or authenticate other scriptures. Just the intellect and memory of hadith collectors is amazing and not comparable to scholarly standards of today.