They both believe in God but Catholics believe Jesus Christ was the son of God and Jews believe he was just a prophet or whatever you would like to label him as. I was raised a Catholic and the differences there scare me because one of the religions is dead wrong. Either He was the son of God or not, there is no inbetween. If the Jews are right then I think about how everything has been a lie. I also think how priests and many people have wasted hours upon hours of their time, if not their whole lifes dedication, worshipping Jesus or preaching about him. Does this "scare" anyone else??? What is your opinion on this matter?
2006-09-01 03:11:04 · 29 answers · asked by Bababooye1 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All religions have their beliefs so believe in what you know but let me also tell you another thing believing in God is one thing that is nothing but faith so if you have faith believe in GOD religions are just too much organised and arranged with some facts and many myths to make it more attractive.
There nothing like true religion the only truth in this world is humanity and lets be more humane to each other
2006-09-01 03:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by imhm2004 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am a Catholic Convert. I am glad u ask this question in humility.
The Jews, Catholics, Christians and Moslems all worship the same God. Our moslems brethren do not recognise our Lord as God but as a prophet like u say, while our Jewish brethren are still waiting for their messiah.
Catholic Church is the true church establish by the Lord but our separate brethren broke away into more than 10 000 denominations.
Stay where u are and u r on the right track!
2006-09-01 03:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right in seeing that only one of the three religious belief sets can hold the whole truth.
Protestants (God Bless Them!) are missing out on some of the fundamentals of Christianity. For example most protestants believe in Sola Scripture (the belief that all of God's teachings and direction for our life in contains in the Bible alone). But did you know that this belief isn't even scriptual? In fact, Paul says that the "pillar and foundation of truth" isn't God's word, but actually the church! (1 Tim 3:15). And, in fact, the Bible itself is made up of books that the Catholic Church deemed acceptable! If there is no value in Tradition passed down through generations from the apostles, why trust the Catholic Church at all to decide which books belong in the Gospel and which do not?
Another example of what most protestants fail to believe is about the Holy Eucharist. In John 6, Jesus makes it very clear that he is the "bread of life," and if you do not eat of this bread, "you shall not have life within you." Some of his disciples (not the apostles, but other followers) didn't believe him--they had left their former lives to follow him and after all of that time and sacrifice, they left Jesus because of this difficult teaching. If Holy Communion was just symbolic, don't you think that Jesus would have stopped them by telling them that. You can imagine that he would say "Oh, wait. I just meant you have to eat me symbolically. Don't leave. I want you to stay and follow my teachings." but he didn't. He didn't want to speak a lie in order to keep as many disciples as he could--he wanted them to know the real truth!
As for the the Jewish people--don't forget that we believe in everything they believe--but more because we also believe in Jesus Christ. But we do accept the Old Testament and as a Catholic, I have found the Jewish faith in many ways to be closer to my own than that of many Protestants.
In order to differiate between the Jewish faith and Chrisitianity, we should remember C. S. Lewis's argument (he was a great Protestant theologian---incidentally, he did not believe in Sola Scriptura and he did believe in the true presence of the Eucharist, but that's different story--Anglacism has since swayed away from these beliefs). C.S. Lewis pointed out that Jesus was 1 of 3 things: he was either a lunatic, a liar or the Lord. There is no other option that I have been able to think of either. And I don't think he was either the first or the second, so I believe he was the Lord.
Thanks for reading. Good luck and God Bless you!
2006-09-01 03:41:06 · answer #3 · answered by Mary's Daughter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Islamic view, God sent Prophets through the history of man so that he may be guided and have a standard to live his life. Therefore, he created Adam and sent Prophets after him to guide his progeny. Among his Prophets were Noah, David, Solomon, Moses, and Jesus. His final Prophet and Messenger was Muhammad. In the Islamic view, the Jews were awaiting a Messiah, and that Messiah was Jesus (peace be upon him). Muslims believe Jesus was a mortal and he was born miraculously from the Virgin Mary. In the Islamic view, he was not the son of God. In addition, it is wrong to say that God had a son, this is considered a contradiction of Gods properties. God must be independent and infinite. Attributing that he had a son limits his properties. Therefore, Islam holds a rational view of the properties of God.
In Islam, we believe that God sent guidance to Moses and Jesus, but overtime this guidance was corrupted and the message became indistinguishable from the tampered messages.
To learn more about Islam, visit www.islamworld.net
Regards.
2006-09-01 03:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by Abu Khadijah 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's good that you're asking questions.
From a best-case judeo-christian perspective, christianity is the fulfillment of judaism. So Judaism was perfectly correct, and was the soil from which Christianity sprang. This is explained at length in the new testament, especially in the writings of the apostles.
As to how to prove which is the 'true' religion, no one has figured that out yet. (and be sure to actually research what a specific religion believes and not believe factoids, For example, the first responder said catholics "worship the saints". This is not true: they "venerate" the saints. Different words, different meanings, but the person didn't look it up...)
As to fear from a christian perspective:
2 Timothy 1:7
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."
And a sound mind questions. So you're doing ok.
2006-09-01 03:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's nothing to be scared about. As humans, it's our nature to question, but there are some things we will never know for sure.
All you can do is follow your heart and pray for guidance. Claiming that one faith is "dead wrong" is as bad as claiming that Catholics "worship saints." We're all doing the best we can with the information we've been given, and it's best not to make assumptions about things you know nothing or little about.
Let God be the final judge on this one. He cares enough about His people that he can forgive them for being human and ignorant and making mistakes. All He asks of you is to love Him above all else, turn to Him for all your needs, and love your brothers and sisters. If you do that, what does it matter if you're labelled Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or otherwise?
2006-09-01 03:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by LadyJag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask yourself what do they really teach? Do they teach what they believe or what comes for the bible? Here are some things to look for:
Do they talk from the bible, open the bible and read the scriptures and everyone read it with them?
Do they practice Godly devotion not only in public but also at home? Or do the practice what they preach?
Do they believe that the bible is the word of God and use it in their everyday life?
Do they preach books rather than the bible?
2006-09-01 11:27:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am born catholic as well but i don't get "scared" about this, i get curious. it makes me want to learn about the other religions. not all religions have the same God, some religions have more than 1 God which is wrong in Christianity.
In the story of Jesus Christ's death on the cross, the ones who killed him are the Jews and throughout the centuries they believed he wasn't the Son of God so they made a different story...they "protected" God because of Jesus' "lies" (which aren't lies because he IS the son of God)...
lots of countries have different religions and different Gods, we can be concerned, we can be curious but we should ALL respect their religion even if it's not in our culture or blood...
:) :) :) :) :)
2006-09-01 03:18:53 · answer #8 · answered by Princess Answers 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jewish, they think that Jesus is just a great prophet, and they are still waiting for their "Messiah" to come, but Catholic/Christian believes that Jesus is the Messiah. The difference between Christian and Catholic is that Catholic people pray through Mary. Which is something they don't have to do. Because you can talk directly with the Lord.
2006-09-01 03:15:12 · answer #9 · answered by Kinpresse 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Catholics are Christians who nicely known the Bible and Apostolic custom as the two chief government for dogma. in addition they view the Bishop of Rome using fact the typical pastor. Christianity stepped forward from Judaism, which Christians see as area of God's plan for the salvation of mankind. Jews did not, and don't, settle for Jesus using fact the messiah.
2016-10-01 04:19:44 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since Catholicism came from Christianity and Christianity came from Judaism. Judaism is the truth. The one difference between Judaism and Christianity is Christan's believe Christ was the Messiah were Jews do not.
2006-09-01 03:18:47 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋