Religious history question. Since Jews and Christians worship the same God, how was it that the two faiths...

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developed such large gulfs between them that they came to be classified as separate religions altogether. I'm asking as a matter of historical curiosity.

And don't worry, if you feel you must post a sarcastic or controversial response, I'm not one of those whiny little crybabies that reports people, so feel free to express your creativity.

Answer 1

Jewish people do not believe in worshipping anything other than God. Their Bible tells them explicitly not to worship a man. It also makes it clear that the Messiah will be a man, and will restore sovereignty to Israel, establishing the line of David as king again, rebuilding the temple and establishing worship of the one God, Yahweh, again.

Jesus probably never saw himself as divine, but Christians later came to believe that about him. So this makes a very sharp difference between Judaism and Christianity.
Christians further sharpened the divide by claiming that the Jews were somehow evil or deficient for not accept Jesus as the Messiah. When in truth, the Jews were simply going by what their own Scriptures told them about the duties of the future messiah.

Answer 2

Jews and Christians do NOT worship the same god. Christians worship a trinity and a man; Jews worship the creator of the universe who is one and who has no physical children. Christianity is polytheistic and Judaism is monotheistic.
Historically speaking, the rift occurred when most Jews rejected the idea that Jesus is the Messiah. The early Christians, who were Jewish, declared that in order to become Christian, one had to convert to Judaism first. The apostle Paul was more pragmatic, and he then declared that it is enough to believe in Jesus in order to become a Christian. As a result, there was a great influx of new converts to Christianity.
Later, Emperor Constantine, who ruled a crumbling Roman Empire, decided to use religion in order to unite the empire. The largest religious group was the Christians (4% of the population), so Constantine made Christianity compulsory.
With the creation of the Catholic (which means universal) church in Rome, the rift between Judaism and Christianity widened even more.

Answer 3

Jews Christians and Muslims all the same god, Jews just look at the Torah (old testement) Christians have the next book Gospels and the Muslims add a 3rd the Koran. the early christians were known as nazerene jews it was the problem with jews not accepting Jesus as the Meshiac (Messiah) and the fact that jews would not accept Gentiles into the religion, you had to be born a jew,, St. Paul got a message from god saying it's time to break away and Lo' for we turn to the Gentiles became something else

Answer 4

The Jews worship the father, the creator of all things, the most high god. Christians worship his son, his creation, one that is not equal to the father. That is why they are 2 different religions. Don't forget about the Muslims either. Maybe if you combine the correct teachings from all 3 religions you will discover something that closely resembles the true faith.

Answer 5

it quite is a robust factor. many of the time I write "Allah" if i'm chatting with an Islamic person just to be clean that i'm posing the question in direction of them. utilising the greater popular term "God" leaves it open that i may be a Christian, and that i might somewhat or no longer it quite is often happening that i'm asking the question as a mundane person. additionally, the Islamic God, Christian God, etc, are not the comparable-- if this have been so, then they does not via divine notion, provide humanity holy books that contradict one yet another. I additionally do no longer think of God might enable a number of his churches to fall into apostasy and not others. So a distinction must be made.

Answer 6

Jews and Christians differ on the question of the messiah that God promised in the Old Testament. The Jewish people are still looking for Him. Christians believe Jesus of Nazareth was the promised messiah, and the savior of the world, and that he is coming again in the future. Many Christians honor the Jewish religion as the foundation of Christianity, and the Jewish people as God's chosen people. Unfortunately, many other so-called Christians are anti-Semitic and have been guilty of horrible atrocities. I hope one day we have peace.

Answer 7

Jewish people worship the One True God, Jehovah God. They are God's chosen people actually. But they do not believe the Messiah has come yet - Jesus. Christians believe that Jesus was and is the Messiah, God's One and Only Son. Christians worship the One True God and also His Son Jesus - that is the difference. One day Jewish people will come to know that Jesus Christ was and is the Messiah - "Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord." They will believe.

Answer 8

Jews and Christians don't believe in the same G-d. Christians believe that Mary the prostitute conceived through immaculate conception and delivered the son of G-d . Jews stick to the original and only version of the bible that say there is only One G-d and who ever says other wise is mistaken.

Answer 9

When Christ was alive on earth, the pharisees of the Jewish church (church leaders) tried to make Him prove Himself to them. He refused to submit Himself to human authority (why should He?) and allowed Himself to be sacrificed for our sins. Devout Jews of the time simply thought He was a blasphemous guy going around saying he was the Son of God. They didn't pay much attention to His many miraculous healings, feeding 5000 people with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread, raising Lazarus from the dead and so on.

Paul the Apostle wasn't always a Christian's best friend. He was originally referred to as Saul of Tarsus. Saul had a deal with the Jewish church. He went around collecting as many Christians as he could capture, took them to the Jewish authorities who paid him well. The Jewish authorities tortured and murdered Christians. Sort of like the way the nazis did with the Jews years later.

Why did Saul stop making money this way and become a Christian?

Check this link:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%209&version=31

God Bless!

Answer 10

It has to do with "the coming of the Messiah." Judaism always has looked for a "messiah" (Saviour) to come. Christianity believes that He has come, in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, a Jew. Judaism rejects that claim. That has been the watershed of the two religions. They parted ways over that, and that alone.