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RELIGION COMPARISON CHART
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Beliefs |
Christianity |
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Judaism |
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Concept Of God |
Trinitarian Monotheism. God is three merged into one, the same substance. All co-equal, co-eternal. |
Strict Monotheism. Simply God and no one else. He is not Begotten, nor does he beget. |
Strict Monotheism. Simply God and no one else. He is not Begotten, nor does he beget. |
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Role of Jesus |
Son of God, God, Savior of the World. |
A very respected Messenger of God. All Muslims must believe thus. |
False Prophet. |
| Birth of Jesus | Born of a Virgin | Born of a Virgin | Born Normally |
| Original Sin |
Everyone inherits the sin of Adam at birth. No one is born clean. The Sin was so great, That God couldn't forgive it without the sacrifice of his only Son. |
Absolutely reject original sin. Faith and works alone. God has the ability to forgive any sin without the need for sacrifice. He's created everything in existence, forgiving sins is effortless. Everyone is born destined for heaven, unless they choose to disobey him. God loves to show his mercy, and rewards for the smallest acts. Sincere repentance will earn his mercy. | Absolutely reject original sin. Faith and works alone. God has the ability to forgive any sin without the need for sacrifice. He's created everything in existence, forgiving sins is effortless. Everyone is born destined for heaven, unless they choose to disobey him. God loves to show his mercy, and rewards for the smallest acts. Sincere repentance will earn his mercy. |
| Forgiveness | Atonement of Christ | Forgiveness is obtained through repentance, prayer and good deeds. | Forgiveness is obtained through repentance, prayer and good deeds. |
| Prophets
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Accept all prophets except Muhammad. | Accept all Prophets since the time of Adam. This includes Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, John the Baptist, Jesus, Muhammad . | Deny Jesus and Muhammad. |
| Sacred Text | Bible.
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Qur'an. | Torah . |
| Accepted Revelations | Bible. | Torah, Psalms, Gospels, Qur'an. Torah, Psalms, and Gospels are no longer reliable because they have been corrupted. | Torah. |
| Other Authorities | Papal decrees (Catholics). | Hadith. | Talmud, Midrash, Responsa. |
| Second Coming of Jesus | Most believe in
near Future.
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In near future. | Denied. |
The following comes from a post in a Christian forum by a Jewish reader:
| "Jews (and non-Jewish) only get "saved" by God, there are no
intermediaries, no matter what anyone may tell you. We speak to Him
personally and we don't pray to anyone but him. I think I made that
clear by now.
Also Yeshua dying and saving us from sin, is a nice way to get people out of their mistakes. If we Jews sin, we ask God for forgiveness AFTER we correcting vow never to do that act again, apologize to the person who sinned against (and pay damages) and separate from that sin, from the sincerity of your heart, G-d forgives you. A guy pinned up to a board is not going to excuse my shortcomings." |
Muslims also believe that a person is only saved by God, and that there are no intermediaries. Muslims only pray to God as well. Repentance is exactly the same in Islam as it is in Judaism. What happened with the Christian doctrine?
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