Is God Muslim or Christian?

About religion I have decided to sit on the fence. I am going to judge you, quite contrary to what your holy scriptures advise me so please if you hate to be judged please do not read further. Christians take advantage of that verse of the Bible that says that we are all sinners, or something to the effect of all have fallen short of the glory of the Lord. Every time they trip they flip the pages of that Book and get you that exact verse. I am not the greatest theologian in the world. As a matter of fact I do not even attend any church. But why should I if we are all sinners? Who will go to Heaven if we are all sinners? Is it those with the least sin? I do not know but that is the way with Islam. There will be, or there is, a scale to weigh your sins your good deeds. As you realise, the Islamic way is more efficient because it not only acknowledges that we cannot live without sin like some religions like to claim, but that heaven is assured – the only thing they will do is to weigh your evil deeds against your holy ones. But Christianity leaves the followers confused: so, if we are sinners how shall we get to heaven?

I have also observed how Christians are always very quick to judge others, despite themselves being in so many denominations that you wonder which train is Heaven-bound. Christians are quick to judge Muslims. They call them all sorts of names just because of a few elements like Osama and Gadaffi. Doesn't the Bible restrain Christians from this – judging, insulting. People have never actually asked about Islam. If you happened to attend Jumaa prayers you would see what I am talking about. Instead of talks about grenades and bombs and suicide attacks, you are taken through the Quran hadiths (stories), some of which are similar to Bible stories and you enjoy just as much as you would a good sermon in any church. You always leave the Masjid smiling. There was this Friday the Imam gave a very good sermon which I am willing to share with you. It might not be told in the same exact way but I will try to show you what is taught in the mosque:

There was this young man who was travelling to a faraway place (it's funny that in those days they always travelled to faraway places!). Well, our young man was walking from Egypt up the Nile. After walking many hours he got hungry and he was out of food, having eaten on the way. So as he walked on the banks of the Nile he saw an apple on the sand just next to the river. He picked it up and being a Muslim, a strong believer, his instinct told him that he could not eat the apple because it did not belong to him. He knew it must have been carried downstream and so he carried the apple upstream until he got to the apple farm, which was not far away from where he had got the apple. By luck he found the workers closing and their master, who always came to see them off and see what had been done during the day, was there. He approached him, greeted him and told him what had happened: That he had found the apple and though he was very hungry had felt that it was not right for him to eat it without the owner knowing. The master was very astonished at the young man's honesty. He told him that since he was hungry he could have the apple and still as many as he would wish. The young man was very thankful after eating his fill. The master of the farm told him to spend the night at his place, in other words he hosted him at his big beautiful home. After dinner the master asked a favour from our young man and our man was only so obliged to be of any help. He said he would help if it was in his ability. The master told him that he had a daughter, who he described as not very beautiful, who he wanted that young man to marry, if Said, for Said was his name, was not married, and was not in any relationship that could lead to marriage. Said thought it over and since he had not loved anyone before and that his guest was asking a favour in return of his being hosted and fed and given a place to sleep, he accepted and once again thanked the man for his hospitality and kindness. The master warned him that she was not beautiful at all but Said was so full of gratitude that he cared not for her beauty but to show back what had been shown to him. The master told him that he would be shown her in the morning. They went to sleep after Said accepted he would marry her that he had not seen.

Said was not worried about how ugly she was. That night he wondered at the kindness shown by this man. He secretly wished he'd be just like him. He wished everyone was just like him. When morning came they woke up and went to breakfast. After breakfast Said was taken to see the lady. When her door opened Said gasped at her beauty. He had travelled Egypt from East to West, North to South but he had not seen such a beauty. He hugged his new father-in-law and thanked him tearfully. His father-in-law told him that he had shown a virtue that many wouldn't when he'd brought the apple and asked the owner. He further told him that because of that he had also trusted that he could be the only one who could truly love and care for his daughter.

The moral of that story was straightforward. Let's leave that at that.

I have observed that my neighbour, a staunch Christian, apparently is nothing close to what Christianity teaches her. She has this other neighbour who does not attend anybody's church. That neighbour has two stupid dogs and as is always the case with all dogs, they never relieve themselves at HOME – they do it AWAY, football-y speaking. So they have this habit of doing it every morning at their neighbour's (the first's) front yard. A few days ago she picked all the crap and threw it back to that neighbour's front yard. I am not the Pope but are you not supposed to turn the other cheek? Christians never live an hundred percent Christian lives and they know it. And they also know that you cannot go to heaven with the slightest mistake. It says in a song they like to sing that all sins are equal – there is no small or great sin. Nobody can claim to live a hundred percent holy life, even the hermits. I just do not know where we are headed, who to follow. I am indeed confused. May be God is not even a Christian or a Muslim. May be He is just one and who does not care where you worship from. May be we do not even know what He wants from us.