Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are the three main world religions as well as some of the most well known. Here, we will take a look at all three and how they are similar and how they are different.
What is the human condition? Sin. This was all caused by Adam and Eve not listening to God and eating fruit from the tree. God became angry with them and banished them to the Earth we all know and love today. Just so you know though, Muslims call him Allah while Christianity and Islam call him God. Christians believe that by following the things that Jesus Christ said they will be delivered to God once they die. For Muslims it's the same thing only they believe that Allah sent Muhammad to earth to deliver his message, not Jesus. Jews, however, say forget Jesus and just listen to the word of God himself. After all, what better way to make God happy then to follow the big guy himself?
What is the solution/how do you move from problem to solution? They all believe roughly the same thing for a solution: do what God/Allah wants you to do and he will reward you once you die by allowing you to enter his kingdom. Christians do what Jesus told them they should do in order to make God happy; things such as helping others, don't lie, cheat, steal, but mostly a person must truly believe in God and have faith in his word. Most Christians also go to church and read the Bible and pray and ask for forgiveness for their sins. Jews do what God wanted them to do; believe in him, study the Old Testament, and believe in God. They do most of the same things as Christians do in that respect only they don't acknowledge the New Testament at all. Muslims do what Allah wants them to do. They pray five times a day, they fast during Ramadan, women only marry men in the same religion. Also, of course, all of these religions follow the same basic principle of "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
How best to live this solution in our lives? Pretty much the same as I said before. All of them pray, follow the word of God/Jesus/Allah in order to make them happy so hopefully the will get into heaven once they die. Jews don't eat pork cause they don't think God wants them to. Muslims fast during Ramadan. Christians eat like cows. They all believe its wrong to lie, cheat, steal, or kill. They mainly just try to be nice, humble people who follow the word of their repected savior.
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