If Christians, Jews, and Muslims worship the same God, why is there so much controversy between them?

Question

Please, this is a question for my history homework. Thanks!

Answer 1

most of it has to do with Jesus. was he Christ? was he just a prophet? and stuff like that.

oh and there is that thing about the guy who was born 500 years after Jesus makes his own religion up were he states Jesus was never crucified and not the son of god what was his name...... oh yeah Mohammad and by the way he is just about the only (supposed) prophet that Muslims, Christians and Jews don't agree upon.

Answer 2

They are all the children of Prophet Abraham. They all worship the same God and even Pagan too. But controversy is due to deviation from the worship of true God. Prophet Abraham was monotheist. Since miracles performed by the prophets people started ascribing partners to God, which led to difference.

Answer 3

Short version..
Jews had this thing going, right, this monotheism (not the only ones, but the only ones we are talking about right now...)
2000 years ago, the Romans want to try to get in on this, so they make up the Roman version of monotheism, with 3 being one, and some good modern (for the time) drama with virgins and bloody deaths... The new religion's leaders try to sell this to the empire, and they buy it, but the Jews are ok with what they already have, and don't want the "updated" version... The new guys resent this, and bring the hate..
A few centuries later, a diff guy comes up, and says much what you are asking "why can't we just make one religion, to get everyone together, with some new prophets, and mix up some new customs and rituals, bring back some of the old, somewhat, and (naturally) put me in charge, since I was the one to come up with the new idea of "upgrading" christianity and Judaism for the new age... Well, Jews and christians alike did not want this new, new update to their religions, and this pissed off the new guy towards them both..... This goes on, but hey, that's all you asked for...

Answer 4

This probably won't get you any points with your teacher, but the way I see it is that all these faiths seem more concerned about who brought the message (Jesus, Muhammad, Jehovah, etc.) than what the message was which was of peace and the brotherhood of man. So much for that, huh?

"Know thou assuredly that the essence of all the Prophets of God is one and the same. Their unity is absolute. God, the Creator, saith: There is no distinction whatsoever among the Bearers of My Message" -Bahá'u'lláh

"Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth, give birth to spirituality, and bring life and light to each heart. If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it were better to be without it, and to withdraw from such a religion would be a truly religious act." -Bahá'u'lláh

Answer 5

Jews first learned about it through their Book of Torah. Christians adopted the same God but it was the Romans and Greek who made the religon popular. Muslims have their own historical experience lately about the same God because of their common ancestor Abraham. The same God, different kind of nation's people all vying for favor from the same God each claiming theirs is the truth obviously wanting to control the world because religion is the biggest and easiest money making business.

Answer 6

Your question is based on an illogical point. One thing in common doesn't mean different parties won't have controversy. Controversy is one great part of being human. If we didn't ever disagree, we'd never grow as individuals or as a planet. What's key is not that we disagree, but that we are able to dialog together adn that everyone is allowed to say what athey believe we other listen and consider theri points.

Answer 7

You know where christianit and Judaism splits,( with Jesus)

But a lot of people don't know that Muhamad was Abrahams son. From the housekeeper.
Sara kicked the pregnant housekeeper out and tehn her and abraham went on to have many children,.

The fightiing is over something so petty it's depressing.
LAND.

It's all over land, the "promise land"

Isreal was part of pakistan if I can remembert right,
And aftwer WW2 America gave the Isreal territory for the Jews, ( concidering that's where the bible prettuy much tooK Place. But Muhamad promised that land to the muslims.

And christianity just likes bloodshed.

Answer 8

I think that even the most faithful people have some feelings of doubt or wonder and when there are other people who worship or believe in a different way it is just another reminder that they could be wrong. It scares them that there are people that do not agree with them so they must somehow not only convinvce themselves the other person is wrong but also try to convince that person they are wrong as well. That would be the ultimate affirmation of their beliefs...

Answer 9

Christians and Jews worship the One and Only God.
They refuse to believe Jesus is the Messiah.

Muslims worship allah- not our God.

Answer 10

we are supposed to worship the same God,Allah the creator of earth and humans and all the universe...but the controversy is about different concepts of God...like us_Muslims_worship Allah ,the one and only who had no sons nor any partners ...and we believe in all prophets sent by Allah....
Christians worship what they call the trinity and say that prophet Isaa (jesus) is God's son...and prophet Mohammad was nothing but a liar....so they struck me in my principle beliefs so there will always be controversy between us

Answer 11

Because our perception concerning His Nature is different. We all worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Muslims call Him Allah. The Jews call Him Lord, Jehovah, YHWH. The Christians recognize the names Lord, Jehovah, and YHWH, but we also recognize the name Jesus Christ. We believe that the God of Israel is Jesus Christ. The Jews don't consider this and the Muslims think it's blasphemy. I believe that God has a corporeal, glorified, and immortal body of flesh and bone. The Son, also. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate beings united together as one in purpose, as one Godhead. This same unity of purpose must exist between the followers of Christ; however, in many cases, it does not. The Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father. What I mean is that they both have the same divine attributes. They are both Gods, separate presonages. However, because of their unity of purpose and nature (the Son is equal to the Father) they are considered to be One God, or One Divine Godhead. This is the unity of the Godhead. They are not one being, but they are three separate beings united as one in purpose. I still consider myself to be monotheistic because I believe in the One True God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost which through their unity of purpose makes them One God. Though there be gods many and lords many, said Paul, yet we worship but one, the Father, and His Son Jesus Christ, the divine Redeemer of the world, the God of Israel.