Do you think that the major three religions that sprang from the middle east were originally one idea that three factions came to major disagreements about?
2006-07-17 14:35:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All three religions share similarities since they all originate from the prophet Abraham.
2006-07-18 11:37:48 · answer #1 · answered by Whatever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original, unchanged revelations given to Abraham and other prophets(like Moses and Jesus ) reaching back to Adam all came from the One True God(The Creator). This common origin explains their similarities in many beliefs and values
However, over time the teachings of the various religions, due to a variety of reasons, have become distorted and mixed with made-man ideas.
The last Prophet and Messenger of God, Muhammad , who is a direct descendant of Abraham through his first born son, Ishmael, was sent with the Last Guidance, Revelation and Testament, the Holy Qur'an(koran) to amend and correct the changes and corruption made to the the "Torah" which was sent to Moses and theTrue Gospel of Jesus.To say the truth ,God preserved all the other Holy Books plainly by preserving His Last Book the Holy Qur'an(koran)which contains the right and the truth of all that was changed in those other Books.
God promised that since Muhammad is the last of the series of the Prophets and Messengers and since the Holy Qur'an is His last Book of Guidance to humanity, He Himself will guard it from any changes or corruptions till the Day of Judgment. This is why this last Revelation which was sent 1423 years ago has remained unchanged, not even a word or a letter has been altered.
There is not even one word of difference between two Arabic Qur'ans, anywhere in the world. There has been no disagreements in history among Muslims as to what should and should not be in the Qur'an.
Islam teaches us that we must pray directly to God without an intermediary and no soul can bear the burden of another and that the nature of humanity is good, and we did not inherit sin from Adam. Each soul comes into being free of sin.
The oneness and universality of God's message requires that people accept all the messengers of God. Rejecting one of them amounts to rejecting them all. The Jews reject Jesus's mission and Muhammad's mission; the Christians reject Muhammad's mission; whereas the Muslims accept them all, but reject incorrect historical interpretations and human elements in these missions.
The Final Prophet Muhammad said: "Whoever believes there is no god but God, alone without partner, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is messenger of God, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven."
2006-07-18 00:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by religionhelp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some connections to them that are obvious. But Islam faults itself by acknowledging Jesus as a prophet. They had to get that from somewhere, and the Bible is the touted best source for finding Jesus and what he did.
By acknowledging Jesus as anything- let alone a prophet, they committed to adding value to him. If he was a prophet, by what source are we to give account of what he prophecied?
The Biblical account goes further than that. Jesus didn't just prophecy, He placed the center of the religious world upon himself. That is, he became the incarnate man from heaven. He became the Messiah. He was the same essence of God in heaven. He revealed that he is that same essence of God that is the Word, the literal Word, of God.
What Islam has to do is cheapen that, ignore the source, and supply a belief in another rendition of what Jesus is and did. Since there is no source that qualifies as and older than Judaic and Christian sources, the believers of Islam fall into disrepute.
Not only that, but the years and years in the Judaic scriptures ( The Old Testament ) , of the types and shadows of Christ, which are extremely numerous, has to be ignored by Judaic and Islamic believers alike.
Either the Biblical record is fact, or it is lies. Because the New Testament requires a Resurrection of the Christ, and the belief that he was God, and man. ( Another type of Christ in the Bible described in Ruth, as Boaz was the kinsman redeemer ) .
I can't go into all the types of Christ in the Old Testament, but I hope that this explained at least partially the differences.
2006-07-17 21:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The three religions have in common the three time sacred city of Jerusalem each with their Holy Scriptures of their own
Ever since they share the same holy land of Jerusalem, they also have been some major disagreements until the present day
2006-07-17 21:43:45 · answer #4 · answered by spyblitz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The promise was to Abraham that He and Sarah would have a son. Abraham did not wait for the promise to be fulfilled and instead Got one of his servants pregnant. Sarah did conceive a child and that child was named Issac. Abraham had a child named Ishmael. The results is all this fighting we see in the middle east today. Christianity was birthed because Jesus came to the earth to fulfill the law and to once and for all give man a way to come to the father. Christ was born through the linage of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
2006-07-17 21:45:55 · answer #5 · answered by Glenn w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't list the correct major religions. Not close on one of them. Here's the real details:
Christianity: 2.1 billion
Islam: 1.3 Billion
Agnostic/Atheist/Secular/Non-religious: 1.1 billion
Hindu: 900 Million
Way down the list is Judaism at 14 million.
2006-07-17 21:40:55 · answer #6 · answered by miketorse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity originated from Judaism, but Islam started with Mohammed (did I spell it right?) getting a vision from Allah and is not connected closely to the other two.
Muslims DO NOT worship the same God as Christians and Jews. That is a fact. Ask any Jew or Muslim or Christian, and they will tell you.
2006-07-17 21:40:46 · answer #7 · answered by James 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
judaism is based off the old testament, Christianity from the new testament and Islam from quran. They all have the same God and started with Abraham but they all think the story ended at different places.
2006-07-17 21:40:41 · answer #8 · answered by booky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judaism came first. Other religions borrowed a lot of ideas from Judaism and claimed it to be their own.
2006-07-17 21:39:07 · answer #9 · answered by Nice man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well in Islam we believe they were one idea. judaism was brought 1st and introduced to the ppl. however many ppl did not accept it and they changed the message. so christianity was sent to ppl by Allah. as we know ppl did not accept Jesus (peace be upon him). he was threatened throughout his life and when he died ppl started calling him God. we believe he was a prophet not God. so Islam was brought down and ppl took the message correctly and preserved it. that is why it is the last religion. the message was complete.
this is the Islamic belief. please keep ur comments to urself i am not trying to disrespect anyone.
peace :)
2006-07-17 22:28:33 · answer #10 · answered by kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋