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World Values and CulturesRose Yelvington

Colorado Technical UniversityHUMN250-1304B-07

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All Religions throughout history have spiritual beliefs and meanings. It does not matter what religion you practice, just remember we are all god’s children we are all created equal. This paper will describe the similarities between 3 religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Judaism Christianity and IslamThere are few common elements to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. So-called Abrahamic religious heritage. The few Major ones that these religious shares are are

Belief about GodJudaism, Christianity and Islam are monotheistic Religions, namely they believe that

there is only one god. Jews and Muslims greatly stress the oneness and unity of god. Affirmation of oneness of god by Christians is sometimes misunderstood, because Christians believe that the one god is triune (The Holy Trinity). All Three religions believe that this god is the origins and source of all that exits. God cares about the entire creation and desires the well-being of all.

Children of Abraham: Understanding Human beings

The three religions believe that human beings are the highest creatures here on earth. We the children of Abraham. God Created we full of mystery, which means we are capable of both good and evil. God’s plans as we become evil doers. Each person is capable, with God’s help to turn away from evil, repent and do well; we owe god devotion, glorification and obedience.The FutureNo matter how difficult the past and present maybe three religions are hopeful for the future. Evil and suffering cannot ultimately prevail the future will bring about god’s unchallenged rule: unconditional bliss for all who live with god. Divine Human Encounter

The three abrahamic religions believe that god and human begin can and should communicate with each other. By revelation god communicates to people among which the most important are revelation through prophets. 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'anThe duty of people is to read or listen to God's Holy Writings and to respond with prayer, praise, and with an appropriate acceptance of God's commandments in our life-styleGod's GuidanceGod did not leave us without guild lines for behavior. God provided us with sound basic rules to live by as well as rational mind to learn how and when to apply those rules to our everyday life. All Three religions example Abhor Murder, The arbitrary killing of innocent people. God wants

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us to be telling the truth and not to take from others what is rightfully belongs to them. We are to respect the widows, orphans, and the poor. All three religions foster modesty, moderation, and honest work. We are to submit ourselves to the will of God.All three religions closely link religion and morality. Religion is to be manifested by showing concern for the well-being and dignity of others, in a life of service to others, and in personal and social ethical behavior.

Islam View on ending of time

CREATION AND COSMOGONY IN THE BIBLEIn addition to Mesopotamian substrata, there are several Egyptian analogues to the biblical stories of creation, e.g., the existence of primeval water and its division; the breathing of life into the nostrils of man; man's being formed in the image of the creator god; the creation of plants, animals, fowl, and fish; and the light of day Ever since the initial confrontation of the Jewish religion with Greek philosophy, Jewish philosophers have attempted to harmonize the biblical account of creation with philosophical theories that lend themselves to harmonization, and defend it against those theories that are incompatible with it.

The World Major Religion and Similarities

Throughout the entire history of man religion has been part and parcel of the activities of man. Men of high intelligence, scientist and philosophers have all at one time created the entire world and who was perhaps the sole designer of the entire universe. The question of our origin, the question of our purpose and design and our death still cannot be answered using either scientific or philosophical explanations. Due to the confusion that perhaps was brought by these questions by the true revelation of God Three Major religions which are actually related developed. Judaism gave birth to Christianity and the two Religions gave birth to Islamic faith. Christianity is the faith that has most of the believers in the contemporary society. The most central belief in the Christian faith is the believe in one God. However. God is also a trinity with gold the Father, God the Son and Gold the Holy Spirit. While explaining the trinity using logic and theology has proved a difficult task to great theologians like Saint Augustine most Christians agree about the trinity. Christians believe that God created the world in Seven days. Their story of the origin of life begins when gold creates Adam and Eve bestows glory and beauty to them. Thus God is good, and all knowing all powerful considering he created the universe all by himself. However, it was around the period of creation that the concept of even is introduced.

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The Devil being evenvious of the beauty of God’s creation led to the fall of man and the disinigration of the perfect relationship between man and God. Summary the entire significance of Christianity begins at the fall of humanity. The sin of man separates him entirely from God. After centuries and perhaps millennia of separation God sends Jesus Christ, his only son, to come and die for the sins of humanity.Judaism was the faith of Jesus Christ. Jesus was born and raised in a Jewish setting. Judaism is also a monotheistic religion. They believe in one god who cannot be comprehended by us due to our human nature. They believe in the importance of human behind in eyes of God. This is a majorly derived from the story of creation whereby God creates man in his own image. Law and Moral codes are found in realious text but it perhaps the laws that are found in the Jewish Torah that has formed the basis of today’s administrative and social laws. These laws commonly referred to as the Ten Commandments are also found in the Christianity and Islam. Christianity the mention of the Messiah is a significant relation between the two religions. However, according to the Jews Messiah is yet to come while the Messiah is Jesus Christ according to the Christians.

Islam which began with the Prophet Muhammad also ahres the concept of monotheism with Chrstiaianity and Judaism, Islam, however refers to this monotheistic characteristic God as “Taw heed.” They all believe in Oneness of Mankind. This simply means that before the eyes of God everyone is equal despite their social status. Unlike the popular Christian believe that we call bear the original sin Muslims believe otherwise. They believe that everyone is born innocent and no one should bear the consequences of another person’s sins. Central to their believe are the five pillars of Islam while are Shahada (testifying about the faith), Sallah (Prayer which is done five times a day), Seyam (fasting during the holy month of Ramadan), Zakat (charity and helping the poor) and Hajj which is a pilgrimage to Meccah which should be done at least once in a lifetime. The Similarities found in these religions prove an oneness of Belief. It also alludes to the face that maybe at one time all the beliefs and stories in the Holy Bible, The Torah and The Quran actually took place and perhaps even God exist as per their faith and beliefs.

Recurring themes found in the story of creation actually shock the readers of creation stories from all three religions. First of all it was one God who was doing the creation in seven days. He created Adam and Eve. It was at this point that similarities in names leave no about that three religions are related. The concept of Devil leading to the fall of man is central to all the creation stories. Although the concept of the end of the world differs among the three religions one these is appciated: the occurrence of supernatural situations, In the Christian faith it is the occurrence of famine, earthquakes and continuous ware between nations. Actually the theme of ware is maybe the only thing that is three religions agree about. The ware is referred of Gog and Magon or the war of Ya’juj and Ma’juj in Islam. The rising sun from the west is an occurrence in the Muslim texts that would also happen during this period. The return of the messiah is a

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recurring theme amongst the Christens and the Muslims. The coming of the Messiah for the first time is also a related theme found in the Jewish text. All three religions laws exist that direct action of man. If man either with actions, intentions or words breaks these laws he is liable to punishment by God. Thus at the end of the day even the three religions are different in many aspects of commandments and fact that god requires man to obey him is central of all of them.

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http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Judaism-Christianity-Islam.htmlhttp://contenderministries.org/prophecy/eschatology.phphttp://judaism.about.com/od/judaismbasics/a/whatdojewsbelieve.htmhttp://islamicbulletin.org/newsletters/issue_24/beliefs.aspx

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