The difference between for Islam and Judaism and Christianity is Jesus. That's about it. The concept of what God is and what He is like is apparently the same, to the most "enlightened" spiritual people of all three religions. Jew reject Jesus as Messiah. Muslims reject Jesus as God, but accept Him as Messiah. Christians accept Jesus as both. People will site verses form all the religions to seperate the, but, in reality, to those who know nothing of God, but have studied Him intensely there is a concensus on what God is like, but not exactly how to worship Him.
Maybe its all just salt.
2006-08-13 08:26:46 · 17 answers · asked by BigPappa 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would say evaluate means: Agree, Disagree, comments?
And yes I should have said Prophet, not Messiah for Muslims.
2006-08-13 08:40:33 · update #1
Jesus IS God not 1/3God - silly.
2006-08-13 09:00:51 · update #2
Mohamad: Nice, a little loophole, eh? Probably why the Catholic church points out "There always remains some doubt." Otherwise, we spout rhetoric, lol.
2006-08-13 09:03:28 · update #3
From what I have read about God from Islam and Judaism, I'd say that that is not true breadloaf.
To understand the Creator is to understand the Son. To understand the Son is to understand the Creator. Christian theology. If this isn't true then we have a contradiction. Probably due to some form of needing to be right or bigotry.
2006-08-13 09:22:33 · update #4
Judaism is more difficult to understand perhaps than Islam. You really have to look into its traditions to understand or read some of the Talmud. God doesn't appear to be different in any fundamental way.
2006-08-13 09:35:06 · update #5
Gratvol - you lump christianity into too big of a ball. What you say does not hold true for many many Christians.
The point of the question was not about arguable like the afterlife. None of the churches seems to have detailed and concrete eplanation.
Jews and muslems may have issues with God as man, however, Jew don't limit Gods power in their doctrine and neither do Muslims ("God creates what He will" something like that). They limit God in dogma, and even the mohammad seemed to have an "out" in the holy works.
You defend Christianity though, and it is thoroughly defensible. The question was deep I think than you went. You search the religions superficially, when I was asking for their deep understanding of God. Like I said, isn't understanding the Son understanding the Father and vice versa?
If all see God as Just and Merciful, then how is God, in reality, different to each, except in tradition and worship.
I believe in Jesus, but they are given reasons not to.
2006-08-13 16:07:28 · update #6
Not all Christians state that non-christians go to hell. Catholics for instance have never issued a ruling on anyone going to hell or not. Though certainly religions believe themselves to be the best way to worship God.
2006-08-15 08:56:12 · update #7
Indeed Muslims believe in Jesus (PBUH) as prophet of God and the only Messiah.who ever has any doubt here is the verse from Quran that state that : When the angel said, "Mary, god gives you a good tidings of a Word from Him whose name is messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, -high honoured shall he be in this world and the next, near stationed to God. He shall speak to men in the cradle, and of age, and righteous he shall be, "lord" said Mary "How shall I have a son, seeing no mortal has touched me? "Even so, he said "God creates what He will".
2006-08-13 08:57:16 · answer #1 · answered by Mohamed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
their is a lot more than just Jesus.
Christianity views G-d as a composite unity of the father son and holy ghost.
Islam and Judaism both claim that G-d is not capable of having a physical form due to the fact it limits his nature he is also not able to have a divine son because that also limits his divinity which he is not capable of doing.
Christianity views the OT as temporary and is not dose not apply after Jesus. Judaism says the Laws of the OT are eternal and will always be so regardless of the appearance of the Messiah. Islam claims both to have been corrupted and that the Koran supplements them both.
not to mention their ideas of who is going to hell. Christianity believes that you must testify Jesus as your lord and savior or you will burn in hell for all eternity. Islam says you must believe that Mohamed was the final Prophet and that the Koran is the word of G-d or you will burn in hell forever. Judaism dose not believe in eternal damnation and says you do not need to be Jewish to gain salvation.
so their is a lot more than just Jesus in the mix it they are all very different.
OK then point to one point I generalized too much and tell me whats the truth
2006-08-13 22:45:27 · answer #2 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Comments:
You could say, "No, different gods" and in one sense be accurate, because God without Jesus is not God, and Jesus not divine is not the Christ.
Or you could say, "Yes, same God, but each of the 3 traditions demands that He be worshipped in a manner incompatable with the other 2."
I think that you would have to acknowledge that the God of the Jews is a far different entity than Allah.
2006-08-13 16:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by breadloaf76 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The religions are very similar, but I believe that Islam sees Jesus as a prophet.
You are right though: the Jews are still waiting for the Messiah, and the Christians are waiting for him to come back to earth. (This is because their Messiah didn't do everything he was supposed to do before he died, so that's why they believe he will return.)
2006-08-13 15:31:30 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians know that God exists, God is the Father, Jesus is the son of God, through Jesus is the ONLY way to speak to the Father, Read the Bible for yourself, It is the only way you can fully understand what you are saying.
2006-08-13 15:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is God. No matter what your religion or what you call Him. He answers to many names. If you study religion, God and Jesus' teachings then your heart must be ready to take Him in. Ask Jesus to come into your heart and your life, to walk with you and guide you. Tell him you would like him to cleanse your soul of all wrong doings. You have to really want this or it will be a wasted effort. Jesus knows who is sincere and who is not.
2006-08-13 15:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually Muslims do not believe Jesus is the Messiah. Instead they believe he is a prophet like Moses which is why they place "PBUH" after his name. Other than that I will say my opinion is that this is a faily accurate statement.
2006-08-13 15:32:59 · answer #7 · answered by brighm3171 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This video offers a different concept of God and The Bible
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1425045877181913152&q=jordan+maxwell
2006-08-19 15:34:20 · answer #8 · answered by Sugi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the Christ, one of the three entities that make up God. he is the intangible material which gives life to physical material.
He therefore acts as the conduit for communication between God and conscious existence. He is the one who gives God a face unique to each individual receptive to God. Jesus works as the "hand" of God.
The Christ (1/3God) took for himself a physical body, in order to manually reconnect us, as a civilization, to him; or to reveal to us our true purpose for existence. sort of like our bodies sending anti-bodies to an infected area in order to rid itself of infection.
Sorry, just felt it necessary to throw that out there.
2006-08-13 15:56:22 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say the main differance is Jesus does all the work of cleaning you up for heaven and the other two you are the one who must do the cleaning yourself.
2006-08-13 15:34:42 · answer #10 · answered by maybe ok 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋