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| Allah – one God. Allah revealed the Koran to Mohammad through Gabriel. Allah is severe and merciful and not depicted as loving. |
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| A prophet – born of a virgin, ascended to heaven without dying. He will return to live and die. |
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| Islam View of the Holy Spirit |
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| the Holy Spirit in Islam is none other than the angel Jibreel. |
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| Allah created from clay. Human nature as fallible and faltering despite his lofty station in the universe. |
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| Sin as anything that goes against the will of Allah(God). |
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| Muslims earn paradise while all others end up in hell. |
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| Five Pillars of Islam; Confess Allah is the one true God and Muhammad is his prophet; pray five times a day facing Mecca; give money; fast during Ramadan; and make pilgrimage to Mecca |
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| Christian Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price |
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| God the Father, the Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are three separate individual beings |
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| One of "three Gods” "A God", who was born of a heavenly mother and whose brother is Satan and whose father has a body of flesh and bones. |
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| Mormonism View of the Holy Spirit |
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| The Spirit is the "Mind" of the Father and the Son |
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| Humans existed as spirits before this life, salvation is returning to God. Salvation by faith in Christ, good works, ordinances, and evangelism. |
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| The Fall was a planned blessing from God. |
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| Mormonism View of Salvation |
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| Show faith in and obedience to God and Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Adhere to the practices, requirements, commandments, laws, and sacraments of the faith as exemplified by Jesus Christ. |
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| All return to spirit world for period of instruction before resurrection. Mormons to heaven with God and families; others rewarded but not with God; hell for those who reject God after death. |
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| Mormonism Major Practices |
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| Abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, coffee and tea; baptism for the dead; eternal marriage; temple garments under daily clothes; active evangelism. |
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| God(s) not specified; reality explained in the Eight Dynamics |
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| Scientology View of Jesus&View of the Holy Spirit |
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| Human consists of body, mind and thetan |
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| Painful experiences lead to irrational behavior (sin) |
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| Scientology View of Salvation |
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| Achieving states of increasingly greater mental awareness--Pre-Clear, Clear, and ultimately Operating Thetan. |
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| Reincarnation until one recognizes their thetan. |
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| Scientology Major Practices |
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| Auditing, progressing up various levels until "clear". |
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