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Christianity, Islam, And Judaism

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Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are three of the most influential world religions in history. Judaism is not as large as Islam and Christianity, however it has had a powerful influence on the world. These three have been called “Abrahamic religions” because their history has been traced to the Hebrew Bible and more specifically Abraham. Christianity, Judaism and Islam have similar beliefs in reference to their view of a deity, the afterlife, sin, salvation, and style of worship. The view each religion has of deity is one of monotheism, although Christians differ in that they have a Trinitarian monotheistic view instead of a strict one like the Jews and Muslims. Christians believe in the Trinity – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Three parts all divided but also all one. Jesus – the Son of God – is recognized as the one who was sent to save humankind from sin and death. Christians believe that Jesus – being God, but also the Son of God – took the form of a man; He was born of a virgin, and lived a sinless life on earth. After Jesus was crucified on the cross, and was resurrected, He ascended into heaven. God now lives on earth in the form of the Holy Spirit. Muslims, like Christians “believe that God is the all-powerful Creator of a perfect, ordered universe.”1 The single most important belief in Islam, and perhaps the dominant theme of Islam, is that there is one God. The Muslim name for God is Allah – which literally means “The God”. Muslims

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