Christianity and Islam

The religions of Christianity and Judaism have many key differences yet are also similar. Many people see Christianity as a continuation of Judaism and some view them as the same. Even though they both have some of the same foundations, they are harshly divided in many key aspects.

There are many similarities between Christianity and Judaism and this is due to Christianity breaking away from Judaism. One of the similarities is the belief in one God, which makes both of these faiths monotheistic. Also, in regards to God, they both believe that God is all forgiving, loving and merciful. Christianity and Judaism both believe in the existence of people either going to Heaven or Hell, after one has died. They also both believe that the deciding factors for going to either is their actions in their human forms and their devoutness to their faiths and God.

Christianity and Judaism both share the Hebrew Scriptures (Christians regard this as the Old Testament) as the Word of God. Also, both Christianity and Judaism believe that God has a plan for the Jewish people and the nation of Israel. The final parallelism is that both Christianity and Judaism are Children of Abraham and that humans are the highest creatures on earth. They also both believe that communication with God is essential through profits and through prayer.

The coming of Jesus Christ was the reason Christianity broke away from Judaism. There are many differences between these two powerful faiths. First, in regards to God, Jews believe that God is one and that if God is made into parts, they find it to be relating back to the ideals of paganism. While Christianity believed God was represented through the idea of the Holy Trinity, which consist of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Next, the greatest division between Judaism and Christianity is the belief in Jesus as the Son of God. Christians saw Jesus as the Son of God, savior of the world, and God incarnation. Christians believed that Jesus came to absorb the sins of humans, free humans from sin, and open the gates of

Heaven to those who deserve it. The Jews saw Jesus as just a human and couldn't remove the sins of humans, but rather through forgiveness. According to the Jewish point of view, if the Messiah comes there will be an era of peace. Because Jesus did not deliver this, he is not the messiah. Also a separation within the Jews is that he was a prophet