Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are some of the most recognized and followed religions in the world. So what is the human condition? Within all of them we can recognize that we all are living in a world where a God provides for our life. They all have a similar history and some beliefs are parallel, but they are 3 different religions that have many differences. They all believe in an ever lasting God, but in Christianity we have the God, Son, and Holy Spirit, in which we call “The Trinity.” We must go through them all to reach the ultimate spirt. We can also get there by using the sacred texts that each religion has, such as the Torah, Bible or Koran. Each of these books are filled with statements that assist in your learnings of God, and consist of creedal statements, that re-affirm what you believe.
Islam must also go through steps to reach God. We call these the five pillars. They consist of Shanada (affirmations of faith), Prayer ( 5 times a day), Charity ( Islam must donate 2 and 1/2 percent of their acquired wealth to the church. The fourth is Ramadan ( to observe a month by fasting from sun up to sun down). And Lastly there is Hajj, which is the pilgrimage they must make to Mecca which is the holiest town in the Islam faith. If they are wealthy they must travel and pay respects to this country. By following all of these steps they can reach the ultimate fulfilling relationship with God.
Through Judaism we can follow our God by reading the Torah ( the first 4 books of the ten commandments). After reading this and believing it we can fulfill ourselves and know who is God. Christianity is a bit different because of the Human Condition, which is to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our savior, and realizing that we must go through the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirt to reach the ultimate Heaven after death. This is the major difference in Islam and Judaism as they do not believe that Jesus is the way to the life of God.
What we all can agree upon within these three religions is that they all must work day to day for the greater good of humanity. This God we worship believes that we should all love and protect each other instead of harming each other. I believe that these religions are similar in retrospect and shouldn’t be religions that fight against each other but instead embrace the fact that we are all living in a world where we are just waiting to go to another heavenly world with our Creator. As someone who isn’t religious, after taking in all these different religions I have realized that out of all of them, I really truly can identify more with these three, because of what I want to believe. I think that we should celebrate this amazing life that someone has given to us, and give thanks. I believe in a greater Human being, and that is why some other religions do not do anything for me. As a person in this world, I do want to believe that I am here for a reason, and I should give thanks to the God who sent me here. I believe if we think too much into it, we lose any real meaning in anything, and I think we should just go with how we feel, and sometimes we just know which religion is meant for us.
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