In christianity, we love one another. If someone wrongs me, I would pray for him, pray that he is revealed the truth that I know, and that he will enter heaven.
we have similar concepts, forgiveness is considered a very liked and recommended thing to do, even if you were wronged.
*Sin (not sure if they have this term in Islam, but you get the idea) is horrible, how are sinners horrible? Why should we kill sinners? Shouldn't we kill only the sin, instead of the sinners? *
Not all "sins" have capital punishment ascribed as a punishment. murder is one that does, and even then the victim's family can spare the life of the murderer.
although i understand where you are coming from with punish the sin not the sinner. how would you feel with a r apist or a murderer, living next to you, should he not pay his debt to society?
*How do muslims see the Bible? In the bible, there are teachings such as love one another, aid your enemy, forgiveness, and utimately, it says to accept Christ as Lord. Do muslims agree with the basic ideals? Do they agree with the history? Do you simply believe that it's incomplete? *
I think majority of the teachings of christianity are mirrored in islam, forgiveness being one, love thy neighbour being an important one..
there is a concpet of haqooq al ibaad ( rights of the people) and haqqoq allah (rights of god) which are duties on every muslim. Allah himself said he will forgive us for not fulfilling out duty to him, but not if we dont fulfill our duties to the people.. this extends to families, freinds, neighbours, servents, children, elders etc etc. It is said that a muslim should not go to bed with a fulls tomach if his neighbour has nothing to eat..i.e. we must make sure our beighbours are well, also that we are not being a nuisance in anyway..even regarding visitation etc.
for servents we are told to treat them with dignity and respect, choose teh same food for them and same clothes for them as we will choose for ourselves.
There are aspects of religion that can always be used to paint it in a bad light, for any religion but then we dont look at all the wisdom and beauty of how to live your life in a proper way there.
muslims dont accept jesus peace be upon him as god but as a prophet, and no one can just become a prophet, they are chosen by god..we believe in the immaculate conception and hold mary in high regard as well. Muhammad peace be upon him, was also a prophet as well as many others mewntioned in bible and quran both. Only Jesus pbuh was created by immaculate conception. we do not disrespect any of the prophets.. thats why to this day I have not seen anything from any muslim which ridicules jesus or moses or abraham or david or jacob joseph john noah adam lott or any of the other prophets peace be upon them.
it is also believed that due to translations and additions mnodifications there are ommissions, errors in the bible and it is not in its original form.
*Do muslims ever feel a sudden sense of the Holy Spirit?
When I worship the Lord in my youth group, I sometimes am flooded and saturated with the Holy Spirit (it's VERY awesome), or what I truly believe to be the Holy Spirit. When muslims pray, do they feel the Holy Spirit? Is there ever a surge of the power of Love that runs through them? Perhaps when muslims pray, do they sometimes feel something special? *
yes, many times...we dont call it holy spirit but more of a sense of peace and blessing from god.
There is deep rooted spirituality in Islam, prayers are a form of practicing that as well.
Personally, i would say that when i pray the last prayer of the day before going to bed i feel this sense of calmness and satisfaction that can not really be described. I wish i was disciplined enough to be more regular in my paryers to have that feeling all day.