Derf
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From Christianity.com (I don't vouch for their content):
Nestorius maintained Jesus was really two separate persons, and only the human Jesus was in Mary's womb.
If Arianism says Jesus was not God and the God created Jesus, and Nestorians say Jesus was not God until some point after He was born, making Him only a created being, at least at first, I don't see why they couldn't come together at some point.
Islam denies that Jesus rose from the dead, and that He's not the savior of mankind, which is far removed from Arianism, I think. I understand the concern about the trinity, but you have to admit the doctrine is hard to understand. Even the Nicene Creed:
one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father,
Speaks of things that we don't understand in light of Jesus' eternality (begotten, not made; born of the Father)
I just don't see how it would go from "We don't understand how Jesus and God are one" to "Jesus didn't die on the cross, nor was resurrected" in Islam.
