Jews, Christians and Muslims?

Question

These 3 religions all have the same root structure and beliefs. They share the same God and same angels and when you compare to other religions the differences are actually minor.

So why all the conflict?

Is this like sibling rivalry?

OK people time for you to actually learn about the religions...they are ALL monotheistic, all believe in the same God that spoke to Abraham, Moses, Jesus just have different names.

By ANY true measure they are very similiar in their beliefs. Jews+Muslims even have just about same diet rules

hasse_john> So you cannot read the question. That is all you had to say.

Hopeful> not an answer and incorrect..I did NOT err

oakens123> Um...No you need to come out of the cave now because you are very misinformed

lchoops> You DO know God is not a name right? Maybe you should actually LEARN what Christianity actually is

st_louis_cardsfan> Um you are way off. Jews+Christians share same basic beliefs with exception that Jews still await the messiah. Islam counts same God and Jesus as a prophet and that Gabriel gave laws to Muhammad.

Seriously people come out of your shells and learn SOMETHING!

dirtyslaveman> *sigh* Jews Follow Yeaweh which is ALSO the Christian God and share same angels, Islam regards Moses, Abraham, Jesus, Muhammed as prophets of God. Same basic root religion.

paperback_writer> True and point taken..BUT again compaired to other religions they are very similar...their God is same, angels same, afterlife is same..same basic rules of behavior...they have MUCH more in common than different. They both evolved from Abraham and the 10 commandments.
Yes they differ as to messiah but when you take an objective look they are much more alike than dislike

paperback_writer> Also Jesus did not say people would go to hell but would die and not be reborn into the afterlife. The Christian beliefs have fractured into many paths from this..some say non-being some say hell

Answer 1

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam believe that there is only one God. Jews and Muslims greatly stress the oneness and unity of God. The affirmation of the oneness of God by Christians is sometimes misunderstood, because Christians believe that the one God is triune (the Holy Trinity). However, this is not a denial of monotheism but an affirmation of the complexity of the Divine Being.
The three religions believe that human beings are the highest creatures here on earth. We are the children of Abraham.
The three Abrahamic religions believe that God and human beings can and should communicate with each other. By revelation God communicates to people, among which the most important are revelation through prophets. These revelations are recorded in the Holy Scriptures of each religion. While the Holy Scriptures of the three religions are not the very same, nevertheless the younger two religions acknowledge God's truth as found in the previous religions, and encourage respect to the Holy Books. While each of the three religions does not merely focus on one set of writings, the key Scripture of Judaism is the Torah, the key Scripture of Christianity is the Bible, which consists of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and the New Testament, and the key Scripture of Islam is the Qur'an.
The difference among these three religions:

Perhaps two factors can explain the hostility that has often characterized the relationships among these religions. First all three have been proselytizing religions--although Judaism abandoned this practice early in the Christian era-- and their very closeness has made them bitterly competitive. Each has had some feeling that it has come the closest to the essential truths of God and the world, and that the others have somehow failed to recognize this. Both Christianity and Islam, for example, accuse Judaism of stubbornly refusing to accept later revelations that modify and update its original truths. Both Judaism and Islam accuse Christianity of a kind of idolatry in claiming that God begat a son who as actually a form of God and who walked the earth in human form. Both Judaism and Christianity argue that God did not give a special, final revelation to Muhammad.(pbuh)

Answer 2

Rev Kip - The moon God, WTF? And you're a spiritual leader? Explains a lot about the mindset of a lot of Christians out there... *Shakes Head* Do you not know that Muslims (and many Jews) trace the origins of Islam back to the first child of Abraham, who God also said would the be the father of a great people? So do you hold it against Jesus that his parents weren't christian? Since Mohammed founded the religion, of course he was born into a different one. And those crazy reference you made about the pagan daughters he allegedly worshiped, you need to study a bit more. Mohommed actually denouced all scripture regarding them as "The Satanic Verses" and said such beliefs had no place in a monotheistic relgion. Anyways, on to answering the question. Keep in mind, I speak of the broader Christian mindset, and not the actual religion itself which preaches tolerance of others... Christianity has never liked other religions. To include Judaism. Anyone recall the Inquisition? Or the fact that Pope John Paul II admitted that the church bore some responsibility for the holocaust because of it's intolerence of Jews? Ever heard the age old tale that we use the blood of a christian innocent to make our passover matzah? Christians want to piggy back off of our religion so they have a love hate relationship with us, but overall can't denounce us because they did borrow our God and not the other way around. The straight out hate for Muslims comes from the fact that while Jews just need to get with the program, Islam was formed after the death and hoopla of Jesus. We don't want to grandfather clause him in, but they outright rejected him. Oh, that and Christians seem to be an intollerant lot as it is (much to Jesus's chagrin, I'm sure).

Answer 3

Sorry but do you mind if I correct you a tiny bit? :)

Judaism and Christianity do not share the same 'basic' beliefs; this is a common misconception, though. When Christianity was first evolving, it is fair to say that the two faiths were far closer, and in fact originally Christianity probably resembled what today we call Reform Judaism; Judaism, but just more relaxed about some of the rules :)

But Christianity as we know it today could not really be more different to Judaism. The core beliefs of Christianity CONTRADICT Judaism and are HERESY to Jews.

The belief that a human being can ever be part divine or G-d incarnate on earth = heresy to Jews. We don't accept this, which is partly why we reject Jesus as messiah.

Christianity teaches that a person can sacrifice themself to atone for another's sins. Again, this notion is totally alien to Judaism. We believe that all must be responsible for their own actions; we repent directly to G-d and we must make amends to anyone we have hurt.

Christianity teaches that anyone who doesn't 'believe' burns in eternal hell.
Judaism teaches that EVERYONE reaches heaven, if they lead a righteous life here on earth.

These are just some of the fundamental differences between the two faiths. That is why it is absurd when someone claims to be a 'messianic jew' or a 'jewish christian'. It is impossible to be both Jewish AND Christian - they are mutually exclusive.

When people claim that they can indeed be both, they are merely revealing their utter ignorance of Judaism - and their disrespect towards both Judaism and Christianity.

For more info: http://www.whatjewsbelieve.org

EDIT NASEER

- no, there is no concept of 'hell' in Judaism in the way that it appears in Christian theology.

Answer 4

First of all the 3 religions do not share the same God. Jews only believe 1/2 of the truth and make up the other 1/2 because they rejected Jesus the Christ (Messiah). Islam is a product of the mind of Muhammed. It has no ties to Judaism or Christianity at all. Allah was the pagan moon god of Arabia before Islam. The belief in Jesus Christ as the Savior and Redeemer of mankind is THE ONLY TRUE BELIEF.

Maybe that is the reason for the conflicts.

Answer 5

They are all the same but curiously very small differences become a world of difference because Religion is used to formulate Political Devision...

Sibling rivalry yes. The Closer you are to someone the more you can hurt them.

Answer 6

The base of these religions is the same but followers differ. There is concept of One God in all of them.
Concept of prayer is common but practice is different.
Concept abt fasting is common.
Concept abt avoiding adultery is common at the basic level.
All of them believe in Heaven and hell.
All of them believe in prophethood of Abraham and Moses etc.

The base is the same but ppl differ.

Answer 7

It is apparent to unbiased observers like you and me that the main theme of the three religions is the same.

1 One all powerful and everliving God
2.A perfect man as messenger and role moadel
3. A Day of reckoning to reward and punish the deeds
of people of their nations.

But history repeats itself. Jesus Christ brought earth shattering miracles to convince that He was sent down by God. But Jewish rabbis knowingly rejected him because they were afraid of losing their influence and source of income.

Similarly Christian clergy rejected Holy Prophet Muhammad, because Islam was a death blow to them. Because in Islam
no one can pardon your sins, except God Almighty and there is no intermediary between man and God. Even man can directly link up with God and ask for guidance. or sustenance.

So the clergy not only rejected Muhammad's message, but also refused to accept that His God is the same who sent down Abraham, Moses and Jesus. More strange is the outlook of ordinary Christains, because they neve ask their
priests, in what major respect, or attribute, Muslim God is
different?

Javed Kaleem

Answer 8

Who told you that Muslims and Christians believe in the same God?

Answer 9

no, no, no you're wrong, see Jew mainly follow Moses, and everything that God sent him to tell them, they got mad when Jesus said that gentiles could also be saved, they became jealous and ignored it.

Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah(mainly because everything points to that, and the Torah proves that Jesus is the messiah<--for all you Jews)

Muslim is not even close, the only relation is Ishmael

Answer 10

The differences are pretty major. If you consider what Protestants call the "Bible": Jews don't accept the "New Testament" The "Christians" don't accept the "Old Testament" And the Muslims contradict most of it. There really are slight similarities!