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Compare And Contrast Christianity And Judaism

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Christianity and Judaism are to widely popular religions that people practice in the world. We have talked about both Christianity and Judaism in class and I have noticed that each religion has many similarities and differences between them. Christianity and Judaism were created and spread across the world in completely different, but both Christianity and Judaism had effects on politics. There are many other things that Judaism and Christianity have in common and there are many other differences between them. Christianity is one of the most popular religions in the United States. You are more likely to run into someone who practices the Christian religion than someone who practices the Jewish religion. “The United States was founded primarily by Christian minorities fleeing Britain and Europe in the wake of the Protestant Reformation” (Rowe 53). Christianity spread throughout the United States very quickly and easily because the founders of the United States practiced Christianity. There were no other religions that were spreading throughout the United States when it was first founded so Christianity spread very quickly. “Over time, dozens of new religious movements would emerge in the United States and then move on to revolutionize the world of religion” (Rowe 53). Christianity helped start many other types of religions. People would use parts of Christianity that they liked and get rid of the parts of Christianity that they didn’t like in order to create their new

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