Christianity, Islam, and Judeism?

Question

At one point in time, I remember hearing that, supposedly, the three big religions - Christianity, Islam, and Judeism - all pray to the same God; the main reason why there are three separate religions is because they all have different beliefs about how one gets to God.

My question to you all is this:
Do you believe that all three religions follow the same God? Why or why not?


(Note: "[...] is the one true religion." does not qualify as a valid argument when standing alone. If you feel that you must make that argument, please back it up with more reasoning. Thank you.)

Answer 1

The message of Judaism is that there are laws that must be followed but that when the Messiah comes, we will be absolved from the law.

The message of Christianity is that the Messiah has already come and we are no longer bound to the law, and saved from our sin by grace.

The message of Islam is that of worship and laws which are similar to those of Judaism.

The difference between these three is that Judaism and Christianity both believe in a Messiah. Islam does not. Islam believes in a warrior tribe that will come and kill all those who do not submit to Islam. This is contrasted by the Christian belief of a mighty army coming to war with Jesus in the Valley of Jehosephat in the battle of Armageddon. The beliefs of Judaism do not marry with either Christianity (not fully anyhow) or Islam (not at all, that I can see) in this "Final Battle".

As far as whether or not they worship the same God, I do not place my own opinions here (yet), rather I ask a few questions -
If all three worship the same God - the God of Abraham - then why do they have such different and varying names? Is this attributed to the difference in Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic? If not, then why are the names for the deity strikingly different? Is there one religion that stands out as apart from the other? In a good way or a bad way?

I have to ask if you see fundamental extremeists from all three groups, just two, or only one? Do the events of 9/11/01 compare to Fundamental Christians attacking doctors who perform abortions? And what, if any comparable groups are there within Judaism?

Which religion not only preaches a message of love and peace, but also practices it fully and completely? And by what standard do you determine "fully and completely"? Does it include your enemies, or your fellow believers, or both? And in what order, if any?

I see that there are many things that must be examined to obtain the "correct" answer, unfortunately each individual has a different set of life experiences and will answer differently. My best advice for you is to look deep within yourself to answer this question. Any answer you get from man will be from the will and law of man. An answer that comes from God will always prove itself to be true over long periods of time.

I have a million questions like these, and most of them can not be answered very well. I'll give you one that can be, so you can decide easily, if you want an easy answer with evidence.

Which religion promises temporal rewards as though they were spiritual rewards? Islam, and its 72 virgins. They do not worship the same God. If they did, they would have spiritual rewards for spiritual rewards. It doesn't mesh, make sense, or correlate. Logic dictates that Islam is not a religion that worships the God of Abraham in a way that appears as anything other than a wolf in the skin of a sheep.

Need another example? Here's another - Which religion has its members act with vengence instead of leaving it in the hands of God, where it has always laid previously? The rules really only changed that drastically once, and it wasn't with Christianity, so that only leaves one ...

It is called discernment for a reason, hon. Look for the light. That is where the truth is. It isn't with beheadings, or bomb-vests, or IEDs.

Answer 2

No, Allah of the Koran and God of the Bible are not the same.

One question. Why would God come into the world as a man and tell us to seek the kingdom of God and then 600 years later tell us a whole new gospel?

Have you ever read the Koran? It is like an angel is talking and not God or Muhammad. And a fallen angel called Lucifer at that. He speaks of opening the chest to get something done. Lucifer the light bearer had stones upon his chest. So evidently angels have similar stones to the High Priest in the temple of Herod.

Christianity and Judaism follow the same God, but some of the Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Lord walking the earth in flesh. Paul said they have been partially blinded until the Gentiles come in.

I believe we are seeing a great many Muslims turning from Islam to Christianity. It is the Lord Jesus who changes the hearts and minds. Christ is making Himself known to the Muslims.

When Christ starts making Himself known to the Jews they will be weeping because they will weep for Christ like they would weep for an only child. Jesus said that He would not return until they said, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."

Answer 3

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all follow God. They may have different names for God, but that is jsut a language difference, as they all follow the God of Abraham.

If it is the same God, then why are they different? The main difference between Christianity and Islam is that they believe that Jesus is God's son, which was decided by a council at Nicaea a long time ago, not said by Jesus himself. Judaism doesn't recognize Jesus or Muhammad.

I won't say what I am, but if they're preaching for the same God, then the true religion should be the one out of the three that makes the most sense.

Answer 4

Genesis.Chapter 5 Verse 32(last verse).
Genesis. Chapter 10 to the end of the ,chapter.
Shem ,Ham ,Ja'-pheth (sorry do not have the accent over e in Ja'-pheth).
The 3 son's of Noah=The 3 Faiths u wish to consolidate.
R the same.
I am a bit rusty(GOD)forgive but not altogether,rusted.
Shem is of the ,world?.
Ham is the Gentiles?
Japeth(forgive the non inflections)is of "All"( the line of Jesus).
I may have my genes of the brothers mixed up, but the thing is /after Noah,two son's went the way of GOD and one son went the way of the fallen Angel.
Sorry I cannot be more susscint.
Happy Christmas(which is a paganism in december)but a happy truth in Spring.
GOD bless you for the Q.

Answer 5

Christianity, Islam and Judaism believe in the judeo-christian god.
Jews are still waiting for the messiah.
Christians believe that was Jesus who will return again.
Muslims? They believe Jesus was a prophet. According to them, Muhammad was the last prophet.
The point?
Each religion is based on the other.
Jesus was a Jew, not a Chrisitian because Christianity did not spread until years after he died.
You want to think that your god is the right one. Who cares? Pray to whomever you want, whatever language etc.
As long as you are not a bigot and take the time to learn and think, you will never find an answer.
Religion is about making a leap of faith anyway.

Answer 6

The Christianity and Judaism are actually Islam in its original form as both these are taught by two eminent Prophets of Islam viz. Easa and Moosa ( Jesus and Mosses) whom Muslims respect much as per the Qur-anic instructions. But they were sent to Israel only and hence can not be valid after coming of prophet Muhammad for entire world as final prophet.

Answer 7

Think of these religions as a river, they start off at the same source (eg. 1 God/prophets) but then it branches off into several different rivers over time (a perfect example is the opinions on Jesus). So if you go back far enough, yes they are based on worshiping the same God but they have also branched off in very different directions making some of them very different from one another.

Answer 8

I think that they all follow the same God, just with a few different ideas. Christianity is supposedly the oldest of all religions but who believes who right? It's kind of like Santa Claus (pardon the reference) but every country sees him in different ways. Even person to person in the same religion will have different views on God based on what they want to believe. I have no solid religious affiliation right now but I was raised Catholic. I believe if you talk God will listen.

Answer 9

Yep all three believe in the God of Abraham. They just worship different ways.
And whoever said Christians are outnumbered by Buddhists is not correct... the 2 largest religions on the world are Christianity and Islam.

Answer 10

they do not follow the sam e god i am a muslim and we worship the true god allah the creator of jesus and everyone else christians pray o jesus and jews pray to somebody who died for a 100years than came to life my reasoning is the following:
who created jesus or the people befor his birth if he was truely god he wouldnt have to killhimself to forgive the sins of the people before him as for jews the guy they worship who brought him or his donkey back from death and lastly it is the on ly relegion that does not leave questions unanswered or saying that is the planning of the lord do not ask my son
and since when do u need someone to talk to god for you:
such as preists and rabis you want forgiveness open your hands speek from your heart and repent between you and your lord no middle man thats the way it should be thats the way it is want to see an amazing sight this whole week during the hajj season use a satalite image and look over makkah the kabah thats all you need millions of people coming from all over to worship thier god its beutiful