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What Are The Similarities Between Judaism And Abrahamic Religions

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Religion to many is the belief and adoration of a force that is above humanity, the Abrahamic religions, (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) which comprises of about 54% the worlds. Among these three religions, When it comes to numbers Christianity is the largest followed by Islam and then Judaism. The similarities among these three religions include,
The common characteristics of the three religions, including their ethics
The three religions are monotheistic; this is to mean that each one of them believes in the existence of one deity. In Islam and Judaism, this is quite clear but in Christianity among some factions though they still believe in one God, this God is believed to be made of three entities. This is, however, not a denial of the one God but a way to show the complexity of religion (Learning centre, 2015). All the three religion believe their god to be the source of everything that ever existed. They all believe that god not only created all that exists but also cares about his creation and their protection. Among the three religions God is seen as just and one willing for his creation to live happily. To accomplish this he has set up rules that when …show more content…

This brings a lot of conflict between these religions and the modern world. The modern world on the other world allows most of the practices referred to by these religions as to defile the body. Preaching against excessive consumption of alcohol, as it is seen to defile the body goes against what the world says about drinking. In most cases, the believers of these religions are forced to choose between religion and the modern world but not both (Boa, 2006). For those nor ready to make the choice they are left to seek other denominations preaching the faith that they believe in but are more lenient when it comes to certain

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