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Three faiths, many shared values-- Article

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This article explains the origins of the three faiths. A person from each faith explain how they share many values.

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The three branches of Christianity, Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant, all do lent. Lent season is for 40 days, during this people must go through a period of fasting to reflect the sacrifice and suffering of Jesus Christ.

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For Muslims food must be prepared according to Halal. This means animals must be killed humanely and their blood must be drained completely.

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Kosher is food that can and cannot be eaten by Jews. For example, pork, rabbit, owl, eagle, etc. are considered non-kosher.

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The three Abrahamic faiths Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all have similar beliefs. These three monotheistic religions have all believed in similar prophets and originated around the same place.

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World Religions

Religions, or matters of faith, often engender disagreements. These disagreements keep communities and individuals apart, ending friendships, creating divisiveness, and even leading to violence. This is made more tragic by the fact that if one took a closer look at the various religions of the world, one would realize they share many things in common, including basic beliefs, morality, and even some key doctrines.

And, so it is with the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - three of the world's most popular faiths and three that have engaged in centuries of bitterness, rivalry, and bloodshed while sharing many things in common. They are considered 'people of the Book' - a designation coming from the Islamic tradition denoting that the three religions share a common heritage and ultimately worship a common God.

To the outsider giving a cursory glance, they do seem different - even dramatically so in their orientation and creeds. Yet, a summary investigation into their basic tenets reveals they have much in common. Let's examine these similarities in greater detail.

Judaism

First, let us look at the religion of Judaism, the religion of the Jewish people. It's not the largest, but certainly the oldest of the three traditions. The date of its founding is unknown - that's how old it is - and some believe it may be the world's oldest organized religious tradition. It emerges into known history around 5000 BCE, with its main religious text being the Torah.

The Torah is a collection of the books of and the stories of Abraham, Noah, and many other prophets and men of great renown that are so familiar to Christians and Muslims. Both Christianity and Islam view the Torah as sacred and part of the revelation of God to humankind.

What is more, Judaism teaches there is but one god, as well as angels, demons, and other supernatural forces at work in the world - all beliefs shared by Christians and Muslims. Judaism also teaches that humans need God due to our sinful nature, a nature that starts at the very beginning of our species in the Garden of Eden - a story also shared by Christianity and Islam.

Moreover, in Judaism, God is the only source of forgiveness, as is the case in the other two faiths, and only those who follow the righteous path, those faithful to God and his laws, go to Heaven after death. Those who are not... well, they end up in a place of punishment - once again, a set of beliefs shared by the adherents of Islam and Christianity.

The places of worship in Judaism are known as synagogues and sometimes commonly referred to as temples. Here, men and women often worship separately, and the synagogue maintains a cultural and political leadership in more conservative and traditional Jewish communities. This role is matched by churches in the Christian world and mosques in Islam.

Christianity

Christianity is the largest of the three faiths, with over 2 billion followers, and builds upon the traditions already established in Judaism. It originates out of the city of Jerusalem.

First and foremost, Christianity considers itself monotheistic, just as the other two, with a religion built upon the revelation of God to his creation. They believe the Torah to be the word of God. What is more, the central figure in Christianity, Jesus Christ, was a Jew whose name was Yeshua ben Yosef, or Joshua, son of Joseph. It was only later, when Christianity spread to the Greek-speaking world, that the name Yeshua became Iesous and found its way to the English-speaking world as Jesus.

As a Jew, Christianity's central figure would have been well-versed in Judaic customs, laws, and stories from the Torah, and we can see from the teachings and stories of Jesus, compiled in what Christians call the Gospels and other books that make up the New Testament, that the basic elements of the Jewish faith remain intact, with some modifications.

The one major modification, that of Jesus being the Messiah (God incarnate), still builds upon earlier traditions in the Torah. Throughout the Torah, the idea of a redemptive figure who will come to save the Jewish nation and uplift the populace is a frequent theme. They believe this messiah will be a strong religious and political, as well as social, figure. So, it's written in the Torah that the messiah will come - it's just that the Jewish faith does not accept Jesus to be that promised figure.

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People of the Book: Comparing Judaism, Christianity and Islam - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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Religions, or matters of faith, often engender disagreements. These disagreements keep communities and individuals apart, ending friendships, creating divisiveness, and even leading to violence. This is made more tragic by the fact that if one took a closer look at the various religions of the world, one would realize they share many things in common, including basic beliefs, morality, and even some key doctrines.

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is the holy site for Christians. It stands where it is believed Jesus was crucified and where he was buried.

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The Dome of the Rock is a Muslim shrine built over a sacred stone. It is believed that here was where the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven.

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The Wailing Wall or the Western Wall is a very important site for the Jewish people. Jews from around the world gather here to pray, people write notes to God and put them in between the stones of the wall.

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The star and the crescent moon have represented Islam for several thousand years. This symbol became popular during the Ottoman Empire.

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The Christian cross is one of the earliest Christian symbol. It represents and memorializes Christ's death.

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The Torah, also know as the Humash or Pentateuch, retells God's creation of the world. The Torah can refer to all of traditional Jewish learning, it is sometimes referred to as the Five Books of Moses.

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The star of  David is the symbol of Judaism

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The star of  David is the symbol of Judaism

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The Star of David, also known as the Shield of David, was adopted by Jews in the 19th- century.

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The Quran is the holy book for the Muslims

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The Quran is the holy book for the Muslims

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The Quran is the central religious text of Islam. The Quran has been kept in its original language, Arabic, for over 1,400 years.

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The Bible is the Holy Book for the Chrirstians

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The Bible is the Holy Book for the Chrirstians

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The Bible is a collection of text in Judaism and Christianity. The Bible consist of the Old and New Testament. There is no single "Bible", the Bible has 66 books.