What are the differences between Islam and Christianity and Judaism?

Question

A short brief answer and maybe a link or something. This is not to offend followers just for a school essay.

Answer 1

the way they pray to god,  the names they call the GOD ( who is only one for all religions the creator of universe).

Answer 2

A lot of people have told you that all three religions worship the same God, that is correct, they all lay claim to the God of Abraham.

Other than that the three are vastly different religions and as you noticed reading the replies many members of one dislike members of the others. A pity because they all have their good and bad parts and could stand to learn quite a bit from one another.

Answer 3

Christianity believes in Jesus as savior...the others dont..

Answer 4

look at it this way=

the Creator = Allah / God is One True God

Jews see SALVATION by being Jews = the chosen ones [which they lost by the coming of Jesus]

Christians believe they are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ son of Mary ppuh, while he said other wise in Mark 10

Muslims see Salvation by all= pure intention, worship, knowledge of the truth. we Submit ourselves, our souls, our time, our desires.  

Answer 5

Such a study done here in this link by the great Orater Dr. Zakir Naik.

http://www.irf.net/irf/comparativereligi...

Answer 6

Muslims believe that Allah has been revealing Himself to mankind since the beginning of time. This revelation began with Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), the first man, and continued throughout history until the time of Muhammad (peace be upon him), the last of the Prophets and Allah's seal on all that had been revealed.

Up until the time of Muhammad (peace be upon him), different prophets had revealed part of Allah's plan. This was given to different people and was meant for them and their time. The revelation to Moses, then, was for the Children of Israel of his day. The revelation to Jesus was also to a people in their own time. The message to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), as revealed in the ever-glorious Qur'an, was meant for all people in every age, and for all time.

Muslims take great pride in knowing that the Qur'an is totally unaltered since it was first revealed. The Qur'an that we read today is exactly the same as the Qur'an revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him). In proof of this, different copies of the Qur'an from different centuries and from different parts of the world, all show to be exactly the same. Nothing in them is different. This is most important, since Muslims believe the Qur'an to be the exact words of Almighty Allah as first revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him).

As for the revelation to other Prophets, we do not have a complete record. Muslims believe that a book was revealed to Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him), but nothing of this book remains today. Muslims also believe that the message revealed to the Jews and the message revealed to Jesus (peace be upon him) is no longer to be found in its original form.

It is not the belief of Muslims that the unaltered originals of these books exist somewhere in the world today. The exact revelation to Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them both) has been lost. What we have today, in the form of the Old Testament and the New Testament was created by men and has gone through significant alteration and translation over the centuries.

Let us take the Christian Gospels, for example, and in doing this we intend no slight on what Christians believe. There were many written versions of the Gospel. "Gospel" means "Good News". A Gospel is not meant to be a biography of Jesus. If it was supposed to be biography, we would see that different Gospels say different things which often contradict each other. No, the Gospels say things about Jesus and who he was.

Of the many Gospels written, the Christian Church has chosen four for its scriptures. Even Biblical scholars would not suggest that the words attributed to Jesus in these Gospels are necessarily the words that Jesus spoke. In a sense, the Gospel writers put these words into Jesus' mouth to highlight different parts of his teaching, for example about love or about peace.

I must repeat that in saying this, no criticism is implied of Christianity. No one is suggesting that the Gospel writers maliciously altered the words revealed to Jesus. On the contrary, out of an exaggerated love for him they attributed things to him which they believed to be true. In doing so, though, the original words of Jesus and the original message revealed to him, were lost. They no longer exist today. We can no longer say with certainty that Jesus said this or that or that he (peace be upon him) did this or that.

The result of these changes, then is that the basis of what the Jews and the Christians believe has become distorted over time and is the creation of men, rather than the revelation of Almighty Allah. Adam, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon and Jesus (peace be upon them all) were all prophets of Allah.

The message that was revealed to the Jews, though, has been altered through translation and re-printing and re-telling. The Jews came to believe that a Messiah would restore their Kingdom and that they, alone, are the Chosen People of God.

"Yahweh," by the way, is simply the Hebrew word for God. "Allah" is the Arabic word, used by all Arabs, whether they are Christian or Muslim. Christians, out of an exaggerated love for Jesus, began to see him as more than human, God's Son, who came to redeem the world from the effects of Adam's sin.

It would take many pages to explain this properly, but this summary tries to explain why Christians, Muslims and Jews differ to this day, even though they were all a part of the original revelation. The Jews believe that God's revelation ended with the Old Testament and they now await the coming of a Messiah. Christians believe God's revelation to have ended in the person of Jesus, who was that Messiah. Neither of these religions, then, accept that Islam adds anything to what God had wanted to say.

Muslims, of course, believe that the message revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) was a continuation of what had been revealed to both Christians and Jews, and was the completion of it. This is why Muslims honor all previous prophets, but also

Answer 7

Judaism and Christianity have more in common that one might realize.  They both believe in one God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses, the prophets, etc.

Christianity believes that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah.  Judaism does not accept Jesus as a messiah, but a liar, a blasphemer, possibly a lunatic, and very definitely dead.

Islam is nothing like any of this.  The history of Islam shows that Mohammed, in an attempt to unite his people (about 800 AD, I believe), he "borrowed" the "moon god" from the pagans, "allah" was the name of this moon god, and then built up his own religion out of it, and renouncing all the other pagan gods.  Islam gives lip service to the Old and New Testaments, but when it comes to specific information, they deny everything.  

For instance, they call Jesus a prophet out of one side of their mouth, but they also call him a liar from the other side of their mouth.  Everything Jesus said about himself, they deny, even though they call him a messenger from God.  (I find it rather strange that a messenger from God would lie about himself!)

The muslims will deny this, but a study into the past of islam will prove this out to be historically factual.

Then, as far as the Old Testament, while they say that Moses was a messenger from God, they deny everything Moses said about God and Israel!

Answer 8

I'm Jewish, so I can cover Judaism! :)

We worship one G-d only, we are forbidden to pray to any other deity, to any human, or to put any human on the same level as G-d.

We don't believe that G-d ever takes human form, and we don't believe that ANY human is ever 'divine'.

We don't believe in 'h**l' or in the 'devil'. In Judaism 'satan' is just a regular angel, and under G-d's control.

The Jewish holy text is the Torah.

The Jewish 'bible' is the Tanakh.

The Christian 'old testament' is just that: a Christian document that is a mistranslated and reorganised version OF our Tanakh.

Judaism says that ALL humans are G-d's children. We are all equal. We all have the 'divine spark' within us.

Judaism also teaches that the righteous of all religions will 'have a place in the world to come'.

The Jewish messiah has not arrived yet; we will know when he is here as he will bring world peace, among other things.

Judaism has NO concept of 'original sin'. We believe that all humans are born pure and innocent.

For more info:

http://www.whatjewsbelieve.org/

http://www.ajewwithaview.com

http://www.askmoses.com

EDIT TO NO1HOME

Please stop stating these silly untruths about Judaism. We DO NOT say any such thing about Jesus! Most Jews view him as one of many young Jewish preachers; a well meaning and charismatic man who thought he was the messiah.

We do not malign him in the way that you suggest. Kindly get your facts RIGHT or preferably, STOP answering on behalf of Jews.

And to clarify another answer: no, Judaism does not 'disregard' Jesus. Does Christianity 'disregard' Mohammed?

You can't 'disregard' someone who was never relevant to your faith in the first place.

And no, Christianity is NOT a 'spin off' of Judaism! Yes, the first few Christians were Jewish BUT they were not 'Christian' in the way we use the word today. The two faiths are profoundly different.

edit to VOYC4

Let me educate you, because you seriously need educating. YOU don't get to determine who the Jewish messiah is. Judaism alone does that.

And no, we don't 'have two different ideas' as to who our messiah is! We just know that when he appears, we will identify him because he will USHER IN WORLD PEACE BEFORE HE DIES.

Now, did Jesus do that, before he died?

Answer: *NO*

Ergo, Jesus was not our messiah.

Again: you don't get to tell US who OUR messiah is!

Answer 9

Judaism came first, then after Christ, people made a new religion which was a spin-off of Judaism. The Catholic version of Christianity invented Islam. One original (Judaism)......a spin-off (Christianity)..... and a spin-off of a spin-off (Islam). The sad part is that God has been left out of all of this man-made stuff.

Answer 10

Islam believes that Mohammad is a prophet (not) among all the prophets since Moses, that the qu'ran is 2 replace the Bible. They believe "Allah" is just another name 4 the God of Israel (which is a blatant lie b/c 4 1 thing the qu'ran isnt in line with either the OT or the NT).

The Jewish people dont recognize that Jesus is their Messiah. They have different beliefs as 2 who they think Jesus is.

Some Christians actually believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Others have an obscured understanding of the true relationship btwn God, Jesus & God's Holy Spirit is (the false trinity doctrine).

Many dont understand this: a label, title or name or time of existence is just that. Its what a person believes & does behind those "fronts" that make it either legitimate or a lie, completely false or a forgery.

Whoever seeks Jesus Christ with all his heart & soul will find Him (u shall know the truth & it will set u free). But u can lead a horse 2 water but u cant make them drink. Why should God want u 2 live with Him forever if u dont want 2 know Him (reason 4 free will)? The truth of God remains forever while things of a man dies with him, including his religions & gods made in his image. Theres everlasting hope only in Jesus Christ.

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Answer 11

Judiasm lives by the Torah and Talmud and disregards Christianity.

Christianity lives by the New Testament and believes Jesus is God.

Islam lives by the koran and believes Jesus was a prophet.

Their only similarity is that they all claim to follow the God of Abraham.

Answer 12

go to this website ...

here islam chrisitanity judaism budhism and hinduism are discussed ... similarities and differences

Answer 13

Christianity - Jesus, His death, burial and resurrection, is the focus of our faith. Jesus announced that He is the Son of God and the Son of Man; and that He is the Messiah that the Jews were watching for.  Was Jesus lying or telling the truth.  

The Moslem religion has a prophet named Mohammad who never claimed to be the Son of God. I think that Mohammad claimed that an angel spoke to him while he was praying in a cave and that's how he wrote the Islamic holy writings.

The Jewish religion in ancient times awaited the Messiah. Different streams of Judaism believe different things. The Jews have a great tradition and a great history.

I think these are the big differences in these religions.

Answer 14

"Actually you may include you opinions on these religions as I dont mind."

My opinion is that Judaism has some philosophy at its heart.

As far as I have been able to observe Islam and Christianity have no philosophy; at best they deal in FEAR and sentimental speculation.

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Answer 15

Christians believe in Jesus as the Messiah, and the only way to God.

Jesus said so Himself.

Jews believe in the same God, but do not accept Jesus as the Messiah.

Muslims believe in Allah, the god of the moon, who claims to be the same God as the Jews and Christians believe in.  They believe that Muhammad was his prophet.

Allah and JHWH are not the same.  Even the most cursory readings of the Bible and the Qur'an will show vast, insurmountable differences.

Allah, the pagan god of the moon, is an impersonal god who cannot be known or encountered by humans.  Humans are to obey and strive to please him.

JHWH is a Person; three Persons in one, who desires close contact with humans.  He has shown Himself to us throughout history, and even sent his Son Jesus, the second Person of the trinity to earth in human form to die for us and show us He really understands how hard it is to be human.

Answer 16

Christianity is the belief that there is one god, and Jesus was his son and the chosen one.

Islam is the belief that god is the only god, he is called Allah, they don't think that Jesus is god's son but just a prophet. They believe that Muhammad is the messenger of God.

Judaism is the belief in one god, but they see Jesus as being a phrophet as well.

Answer 17

Judaism came first

Then Christanity then Islam.

All three beleive in One God.

Islam- (im Muslim)

Beleive one God.

Jesus as a Prophet

and Mohamed ( Peace be upon them)

Christianity-

Beleive in one God.

Jesus is God???

A man is god? Or god is god?

100% man and god?

This is confusing.

Judiasm-

I'm not that sure of this.

Answer 18

you want a brief answer and cannot offend followers..well you can google it. I dont want to offend anyone with my answer.I respect their beliefs if they said so.

But thanks God I am a Christian.

God Bless You.

Answer 19

It might be interesting to note that Jesus said, to the Jewish religious leaders of the day, "if you have not the son, you have not the Father". These same Jewish leaders called themselves children of Abraham, but they did not believe that Jesus was sent by God.  He pointed out if they were truly children of Abraham, they would have listened to Him, but they did not.

The god of Islam does not even exist, it is a false god.

Answer 20

answer: Judaism adheres to the covenant they have had with G-d since Abraham.  They do not believe Jesus is a prophet or messiah, he didn't fulfill the requirements.

Christianity believes Jesus is a messiah and divine savior.  They don't believe Mohammad was a true prophet of G-d.

Islam believes Jesus and Mohammad were nothing more than prophets and that Judaism and Christianity got religion wrong and Islam is the correct way.  Judaism and Christianity do not agree with this.

Judaism is about 6,000 years old

Christianity is 2,000+ years old

Islam dates from 650 C.E.

None of the religions are compatiable with each other except that they worship the same deity.

Answer 21

Jesus