Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all part of the category of Abrahamic religions and relate to one another like sister religions that share the same parent ideology. Judaism is the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions and was founded in 1800 BCE which is when the first legendary patriarch began with Abraham at the head. Next would come Christianity which was born out of the Judaism religion for even its founder, Jesus of Nazareth, was a part of. Jesus came and gave his message and his ultimate sacrifice for all of mankind from the years 4 BCE- 29 CE. Last to come to the world stage was Islam which was founded by Muhammad in 622 CE. Having come from the same initial source, the religions will agree and disagree with each other on various
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The Christian holy book is called the Bible which contains the Jewish Torah in its first half called the “Old Testament,” which in part works as a history lesson for the Christian but there are still points in there that stay relevant to the beliefs of the faith today, and it contain the teachings of Jesus and his disciples in the second half of the Bible called the “New Testament”. The Muslim Holy book is called the Qur’an which contains the account of the Holy Revelations that Muhammad receive when the Angel Gabriel came to him to give him God’s word and is meant to be something one recites. There is also another important book in the Islamic faith which is the Hadith which contains the record of the words and/or actions of Muhammad and those close to him but this is not a book regarded as the word of God as Muslims believe Muhammad to just be a great prophet who is not of divine origins. Most Christians as a whole and Muslims believe in an eternal paradise and an eternal punishment in hell for peoples souls to go to once they die. However, Christians believe that one day that the bodies of believers will join them in the after life once the end of the world happens when Jesus returns. Muslims do believe that Jesus would return to Earth, as they believe that he did not die but rather God took him with his body to be with him, and that he would return at the end of the world but that circumstances behind it differ. However, in contrast, the Jewish people don’t believe that Jesus will return because he is a regular man and their faith doesn’t concentrate on the afterlife as much as its sister religions; the topic is vaguely mentioned in the Torah and there isn’t much of a standard belief as to what will happen when one dies. There are also different rituals and centers of faith in each religion that makes them unique such as the five pillars of Islam, circumcision and the Sabbath for
The Christian holy book is called the Bible which contains the Jewish Torah in its first half called the “Old Testament,” which in part works as a history lesson for the Christian but there are still points in there that stay relevant to the beliefs of the faith today, and it contain the teachings of Jesus and his disciples in the second half of the Bible called the “New Testament”. The Muslim Holy book is called the Qur’an which contains the account of the Holy Revelations that Muhammad receive when the Angel Gabriel came to him to give him God’s word and is meant to be something one recites. There is also another important book in the Islamic faith which is the Hadith which contains the record of the words and/or actions of Muhammad and those close to him but this is not a book regarded as the word of God as Muslims believe Muhammad to just be a great prophet who is not of divine origins. Most Christians as a whole and Muslims believe in an eternal paradise and an eternal punishment in hell for peoples souls to go to once they die. However, Christians believe that one day that the bodies of believers will join them in the after life once the end of the world happens when Jesus returns. Muslims do believe that Jesus would return to Earth, as they believe that he did not die but rather God took him with his body to be with him, and that he would return at the end of the world but that circumstances behind it differ. However, in contrast, the Jewish people don’t believe that Jesus will return because he is a regular man and their faith doesn’t concentrate on the afterlife as much as its sister religions; the topic is vaguely mentioned in the Torah and there isn’t much of a standard belief as to what will happen when one dies. There are also different rituals and centers of faith in each religion that makes them unique such as the five pillars of Islam, circumcision and the Sabbath for