This Blog is in Rough Draft form at the moment... Don't miss this important video. The notes below are only to show some of the items Walter Veith talked about.
Similarities:
Both have Pilgrimages:
The Muslims Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Catholics Pilgrimage to Fatima
Both have the Crescent Moon and Star/Sun. The Catholics use it at the bottom of their Monstrance, where they place their round wafer. And they have it below the feet of Mary. Islam uses the Crescent Moon on their Mosques.
Both have the women covered: nuns, women in Islam garb
Both have Rosary Beads or Prayer Beads
Both say repetitive prayers
Both revere Mary
Both have their heroes coming out of Caves
Both demand complete obedience to the leader Pope or Mahammad
Both have Intersecting shapes to form a star
Both have men being in authority male Priests only, male Imam's only
Both have relics of John the Baptist
Islam claims to have a Relic of John the Baptist Arm
Catholicism claims to have John's head Amien's Cathedral also has a head
They both demote Jesus Christ
Catholicism promotes Mary to be the Mediator between God and men in direct contradiction to the Bible which says, "There is only one mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus". 1 Timothy 2:5
Islam demotes Jesus by reducing him to a prophet, but promotes Muhammad to be the last and greatest prophet and proclaims you must obey God and his messenger, which is Muhammad. Quran 3:32
This is similar to Catholicism that says you must obey God and the Pope.
But the Bible says that we are to be subject to God alone and not man.
"We ought to obey God rather than men." Acts 5:29