2007-01-16 14:55:56 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They all have egotistical leaders who are simply interested in maintaining, controlling, and growing their religious empires.
---- No more, no less.
2007-01-16 15:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They all view Abraham as the founder, that's about the only similarity.
wanted to correct some things: rob is wrong in almost everything he said.
they all celebrate by fasting (to some degree) late in the year, November and December.
We have fast days all year round. Yom Kippur just happens to be in the autumn. Others are scattered all year round.
they're all strict in regards to sex. they're more accepting of violence and punishment/forgiveness than they are of naked bodies for some reason.
Actually Judaism is not as strict as you would think. If you're married it's whatever goes. Whenever, wherever. It's viewed as a healthy component to life and a mitzvah (good deed).
still regard marriage b/wn man and woman as heathy means for procreation and spread their religion through their children.
Men and men can get married and women and women can get married: the only problem lies in sex as sodomy is what's illegal. Gay marriage is fine, the sex is not.
all have book they follow. Muslims follow Qu'ran while Jews and Christians share the Old Testament.
No. We have the Torah, which is the "Old Testament" of the Xtian Bible, and we also have the prophets and writings (Psalms and things) which, with the Torah, are put into a book called the Tanakh. We then have the Talmud, which is a compilation of the Oral Law given to Moses at Sinai and the commentary on it.
2007-01-16 15:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they all follow Abraham and consider him a forefather in the religion. they all celebrate by fasting (to some degree) late in the year, November and December. they're all strict in regards to sex. they're more accepting of violence and punishment/forgiveness than they are of naked bodies for some reason. still regard marriage b/wn man and woman as heathy means for procreation and spread their religion through their children.
all have locations of worship, mosque/church/temple. all have book they follow. Muslims follow Qu'ran while Jews and Christians share the Old Testament. Christians have New Testament, which in a nutshell are stories about Jesus.
there more similarities that i can't think of, try picking up the "History of God" which covers these religions.
some thing's i've mentioned exclude lazy Christians and Jews, the ones that attend services like once a year. i've never met a lazy Muslim, which is something i admire.
2007-01-16 15:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by robyoung3484 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They're monotheistic, institutional, and have large bodies of adherents. They all have a variety of sects, varying from strictly conservative to liberal to mystical (think of Gnostics, Kabbalists, and Sufis; fundamentalists; etc.). All are text-based (Koran, Bible, Torah, for example).
You see more similarities when you compare the three to other major religions, like Taoism, Buddhism, Native American beliefs, Sikhism, etc.
2007-01-16 15:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mark S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all originated from the same God, and Abraham is the common ancestral link.
2007-01-16 14:59:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
all founded by the prophet abraham (or ibrahim depending on what religion ur follow) and share some beliefs such as that there is only one God.
2007-01-16 21:36:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all respect the daylights out of Abraham.
2007-01-16 15:00:45 · answer #7 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Baal , The Jews refused to bend a knee to him.
Jesus was sacrificed to him under another of his names.
Allah was married to him. Baal was the sun god who married the moon goddess (cybel) Allah.
2007-01-16 15:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
THe members worship GOd!
2007-01-16 15:00:28 · answer #9 · answered by Dwyane 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They all sprang from Adam's race
2007-01-16 15:00:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋