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RisingLight
i literally said i was orthodox...if i was talking about catholicism id say i was catholic...and in islam we are told that the closest to us are the christians,so saying orthodoxs are the closest to sunnis among all other christian groups isnt a comparison
but hell isnt necessarily for bad people,its for unbelievers and the sinful who didnt repent or Allah didnt forgive them....there are many good nonmuslim people in the world,and there are also many bad muslims,its unrealistic to say that there arent,and it doesnt negates Allah's justice because Allah rewards and punishes in both worlds....for example,even though i was muslim,christians have taken me in their homes and given me shelter,food,shared with me my worries etc,while muslims around me didnt care...these people helped me when i needed most,if they arent nice i dont know what they are..
Orthodox means old tradition bro, and Catholicism is considered to be orthodox as protestantism is relatively new. It seems you don't know Christian history and terminology much
Anyway, whatever 'orthodox' you mean, it's makruh to say those abhorrent practices of polytheism, eating pig and drinking alcohol is 'close to Islam', "we should be repelled by such sinful things and feel uncomfortable to say they are 'close' to the pure holy Islam. They are a trillion miles from our pure Islam
The Christians that are close to us are the one's who are not proud and who convert to Islam. That verse was referring to Bahira the monk and the Negus etc. There's other Christians who Allah describes in the Quran that assist our worst enemy, the Jews, against us, and the Christians in general are of this latter type now:
5:51:
Saheeh International: "O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are (in fact) allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you -- then indeed, he is (one) of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people."
Christians are desbelievers who are destined to hell:
005.072 They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.
005.073 They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the third of three; when there is no God save the One God. If they desist not from so saying a painful doom will fall on those of them who disbelieve.