Christianity / Judaism / Islam
What is the human condition?
The human condition for these religions can mostly be summed up with one of the most universal words spanning Abrahamic religions: sin (or the act of “sinning”). In Christianity, original sin began when Adam/Eve ate the forbidden fruit, thus starting humanity on its course through history. Comparatively to the other two, this isn’t too far from what they think, but it’s not the central focus from where we’ve come, mainly because this is the teaching of Jesus, the messiah of Christianity, whereas Abraham and Moses are more well regarded in Judaism, and Muhammad in Islam. Jesus is viewed as a prophet and the Christ in Islam, but he’s not the key figure; in Islam, Muhammad more or less said to his fellows that Christians got it wrong, so he was talked to by Allah and Gabriel to try and remedy this fact and to try to get the world back on track.
Problem -> Solution:
Act how God / YHVH / Allah wants you to act (treat others, yourself, worship, etc...), thereby you’re working on your problems by using His (Her/Its’?) solution(s). The NT is primarily the focus on what to do for Christians, the OT and Torah for Jews, and the Qur'an for Muslims on pleasing their respective God and to attain salvation. Because they’re all Abrahamic religions, they root of each and every one of them is basically the same: have peace towards one another, love each other, and love God before all else.
Apply in daily life:
For Christians, love is the core/root of daily life in relation to what Christ wants of each Christian, to show how he is towards others. For Jews, study and understanding are above others for pleasing YHVH and to attain his approval. For Muslims, worship, respect others, and love others is above all. For all three, things like theft, pride, lying, cheating, etc... are all considered to be morally wrong, and should be avoided because of such.
So which is right? Depends on the flavor of ice cream you’re most interested in. (Or you could mix and match flavors for an interesting combination!)
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