Type your short title here 1 Running head: The World Major Religions and their Similarities 1The Beliefs, Similarities and Differences between the World Major ReligionsBrittany KempPhase 4 Individual Project Re-Due 09/22/2013 Christianity, Judaism and Islam: their beliefs, moral codes and similarities The question of the origin of life and perhaps the reason for our existence has puzzled men throughout all ages. Men of high intelligence, scientists and philosophers have all at one time in their life thought about the existence of a power beyond their understanding, a God who created the entire world and who was perhaps the sole designer of the entire universe. Throughout the entire history of man religion has been part and parcel of the activities of man. The Romans and the Greeks had their numerous gods, the Jews had their Yahweh and the Egyptians had their weird half human, half animal gods. All this significantly points to one fact. Men have discovered that there are some questions which are beyond their intelligence. The question of our origin, the question of our purpose, the question of the design of the universe and the question of our death still cannot be answered using either scientific or philosophical explanations. Due to the confusion that perhaps was brought by these questions or perhaps 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 the 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 belief in one God. However the God is also a trinity with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. While explaining the trinity using logic and theology has proved a difficult task even to great theologians like Saint Augustine most Christians agree about the trinity. The Christians believe that God created the world in seven days. Thus their story of the origin of life begins when God creates Adam and Eve and bestows all glory and beauty to them. Thus God is all good, all knowing and all powerful considering he created the universe all by Himself. However it was around the period of creation that the concept of evil is introduced. The Devil being envious of the beauty of God’s creation led to the fall of man and the disintegration of the perfect relationship between man and God. In 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 also believe in the importance of every human being in the eyes ...

1. Type your short title here 1
Running head: The World Major Religions and their Similarities
1The Beliefs, Similarities and Differences between the World
Major ReligionsBrittany KempPhase 4 Individual Project Re-
Due
09/22/2013
Christianity, Judaism and Islam: their beliefs, moral codes and
similarities
The question of the origin of life and perhaps the reason for our
existence has puzzled men throughout all ages. Men of high
intelligence, scientists and philosophers have all at one time in
their life thought about the existence of a power beyond their
understanding, a God who created the entire world and who was
perhaps the sole designer of the entire universe. Throughout the
entire history of man religion has been part and parcel of the
activities of man. The Romans and the Greeks had their
numerous gods, the Jews had their Yahweh and the Egyptians
had their weird half human, half animal gods. All this
significantly points to one fact. Men have discovered that there
are some questions which are beyond their intelligence. The
question of our origin, the question of our purpose, the question
of the design of the universe and the question of our death still
cannot be answered using either scientific or philosophical
explanations.
Due to the confusion that perhaps was brought by these
questions or perhaps 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 the
Islamic faith.
Christianity is the faith that has most of the believers in the

2. contemporary society. The most central belief in the Christian
faith is the belief in one God. However the God is also a trinity
with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
While explaining the trinity using logic and theology has proved
a difficult task even to great theologians like Saint Augustine
most Christians agree about the trinity. The Christians believe
that God created the world in seven days. Thus their story of the
origin of life begins when God creates Adam and Eve and
bestows all glory and beauty to them. Thus God is all good, all
knowing and all powerful considering he created the universe
all by Himself. However it was around the period of creation
that the concept of evil is introduced. The Devil being envious
of the beauty of God’s creation led to the fall of man and the
disintegration of the perfect relationship between man and God.
In 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 also believe in the importance of
every human being in the eyes of God. This is majorly derived
from the story of the creation whereby God creates man in his
own image. Law and moral codes are found in all religious texts
but it is 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 Christianity and Islam. As in Christianity the
mention of the Messiah is a significant relation between the two
religions. However according to the Jews the Messiah is yet to
come while the Messiah is Jesus Christ according to Christians.
Islam which began with the Prophet Muhammad also shares the
concept of monotheism with Christianity and Judaism. Islam
however refers to this monotheistic characteristic of God as

3. “Tawheed.”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 belief that we
all 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
belief are the five pillars of Islam which 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 the 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 fact that maybe at one time all the
beliefs and stories that the Holy Bible, The Torah and The
Quran actually took place and perhaps even God exists as per
their faith and beliefs.
The recurring themes found in the story of creation actually
shock the reader of the creation stories from all the three
religions. First of all it was one God who was doing the creation
in seven days. He created Adam and Eve. It is at this point that
the similarities in the names leave no doubt that the three
religions are related. The concept of the Devil leading to the
fall of man is also central to all the creation stories.
Though the concept of the end of the world differs among the
three religions one theme is generally appreciated: the
occurrence of supernatural situations. In the Christian faith it is
the occurrence of famine, earthquakes and continuous war
between nations. Actually the theme of a war is maybe the only
thing that the three religions agree about. The war is referred
the war of Gog and Magog or the war of Ya’juj and Ma’juj in
Islam. The rising of the sun from the west is an occurrence in
the Muslim texts that would also happen during this period. The
return of the messiah is also a recurring theme amongst the
Christians and Muslims. The coming of the Messiah for the first
time is also a related theme found in Jewish texts.

4. In all the three religions specific laws exist that direct the
actions 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 if the three religions are different in many
aspects the aspect of commandments and the fact that God
requires man to obey him is central to all of them.
References
Fairchild. M (n.d.). Basic Christian Beliefs. Retrieved from
http://christianity.about.com/od/christiandoctrines/a/basicdoctri
nes.htm
Pelaia.A (n.d.). What Do Jews Believe? Retrieved from
http://judaism.about.com/od/judaismbasics/a/whatdojewsbelieve
.htm
Islam Beliefs and Practices (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://islamicbulletin.org/newsletters/issue_24/beliefs.aspx