Islam, Christianity and Judaism all began with Abraham. They all share a common ancestor. Why is it so hard for most people to see how alike we all are? Why is it so hard for us to look at the things we all have in common and not fight about it? We all came from the same place, we are all family in a way, yet we kill and fight in the name of our God. When in fact my Christian God is the same as the Muslim god and the Jewish God. Why can people not see all this?
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You'd think it would be a little easier eh?
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This is hard because there are so many differnt religons and each one has there own bible that says differnt thigns.. but it is the same pricipal for you to know Gods words.  and it is true to be closer to him...
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The answers to questions like this should be obvious.God was created in the image of the tribe that created him. The ancient Hebrew tribe were primitive savages so naturally their god's likes and dislikes would reflect their own likes and dislikes.
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Well, as with almost all things religious, there's a secular answer and a sacred one too.  The secular answer is manyfold.  I have a friend who is very very very bigoted towards Christianity, but doesn't seem to have a problem with any other type of faith (Judaism, ancient egyptian mythology, norse mythology, etc).  It could be that those who oppose Christianity are frusterated by how much sense it makes (which is admittadly a VERY egocentric argument).  It could also be that since Christians dominate world politics and generally have the most sway in everything, which breeds jealousy from those of other faiths.  It could also be that those who are pegging Christians as scared, desperate, simple, and judgemental are reffering to certain groups of Christians who are, and then overgeneralizing to encompass all of Christianity.\nThe sacred answer:  Satan breeds jealousy in the hearts of mankind.  The father of lies does what he can to slander the truth and breed opposition to it, because he does not want God's children to succeed.  That is, in my mind, one of the the most important aspects to understand when trying to discover why Christianity is so despised by some.
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EXCELLENT question!!! I am not sure what the answer is but i agree with you. We have a Bible that does not tell a complete history of things that happened. We would not doubt or question religion if it was a complete account of things. I think why there are so many different religions is because in time someone decided that they felt they could not follow the rules of one religion but did not want to give up their faith so they made their own religion and got people to follow them in their way of thinking. \n\nReligion does seem to have its violent past and judgments. Even though we have 10 commandments that says Thou shalt not kill! It does seem ironic how nothing is total in religion. U will read one thing that says peace on earth and another will say kill someone. \n\nVery interesting topic and question.
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True Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all have the same roots and the same message - worship God and love one another.  Buddhism is a philosophy of life that stresses peace and harmony above all else.  If you follow these four pathways, I can see no reason to reproach you.  Yet you, and many like you, have been persecuted not for who you are, but for who people see you to be.  They let their own prejudice blind them to the truth.  The only thing you can do is refrain from retaliation and continue to live as God desires.  You may never change their minds, but at least you will be blameless and able to stand before God without shame.
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yes, yes it is. i've thought long and hard about religion and people use it for fcukd up things. Faith in a god is cool, but religion just seperates people even more. Certain muslims use it to wage war on others, christians have used it to become wealthy and gain political control e.g. catholic church, spain, General Franco.\n\nIt seems to me that all the religions are more or less the same, christianity came from islam and judaism, but yet people will give their LIVES to show their allegience to their particular group. If anything, be faithful, believe in a supreme being, but don't make out yours is better than anyone elses - well i guess we'll all find out eventually.
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The God of the Old Testament appears to have more than one personality. The identity of God seems to vary with the author. I see religion as an evolutionary process.
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You've stated just a few reasons why I ended up asking the question, "Is it possible that the Christian God and the Muslim God(Yahweh and Allah) are the same entity as Satan? The character flaws exhibited by the religious "good gods" can be lined up point for point with the understood character flaws of "Satan". One of the most sadistic stories I've ever read has got to be the story of God telling Abraham to sacrifice his own son and then, "Oh, sorry just testing". You don't get any more cruel or mind-controlling than that.
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it really depends on which god you're speaking of. the god of the jews and christians (being one in the same) is an all knowing god and hardly needs to ask us anything. war being the current political issue on the books i guess the ? could be something in the neighborhood of "why is oil so important to you when i've offered you other alternatives?" spiritually speaking i'm guessing the ? could be "you see the miracle of life all around you every day and still you question my existance.  what don't you understand?" as a mere mortal i can hardly speculate as to the wonderings of a diety. as your fellow human i have to ask "if god were real?" be you pagan, christian, jew, or muslam, you simply cannot question the existance of at least some supreme being.
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Well you sort of answered your own question because we cant agree on anything especially God. Which God do you prefer we keep? generic? Thats the one the forefathers kept.Whats Important to one is B.S. to another. As a Christian  I realize no government of man can ever be perfect We are imperfect and eventually it corrupts.We can only work to make it as good as it can be and I agree its a mess.
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In our religion, we must respect all the other religions because they are all from GOD. And by the way we MUSLIMS must believe in all the PROPHITS like (Jesus) peace be upon him, (Moses) peace be upon him, (Ishaq) peace be upon him, (Jacob) peace be upon him, (Noah) peace be upon him.. because they are all Messengers from GOD\n\nYou will never find any MUSLIM disrespect any of the PROPHITS. Because we are taught in the Quran to believe in all the PROPHITS including (Jesus) piece be upon him.\n\nRead about ISLAM from the right channels, get the knowledge of it instead of talking about things you are not aware of.\n\nDo not judge ISLAM from some Muslim people, not all MUSLIMS give good example of what ISLAM is really about. We cannot judge Christianity from CHRISTIAN people because they are hardly any one practices the real CHRISTIANITY these days. \n\nYes Islam does believe in Jihad. But the Christians believed in the Crusades\nIf you want to compare the amount of people killed do to Jihad and the amount of people killed do to indoctrinating people with Catholicism
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Actually, you are correct.  The muslims come from his wife Hagar and his first son whom he kicked out and God's angels protected.  Then the Jews came from his "main" son through Sara(h).  The reason I say "main" son is because this is the child through whom Christ would later be a descendant of and he is listed as an ancestor of Christ Jesus, that is why this child is the important one.\n\nChristians are indeed considered "the seed of Abraham."  However, not in the physical sense, but in the heavenly or spiritual sense.  We are inheritors of Abraham, to be "numbered among the stars" meaning that just like the stars our numbers are to seem great as his spiritual descendants.  So christians are Spiritual Israelites, not real Israelites.
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As i can see from some of the answers over here some peple are just blind and deaf and will not listen to anything other than what they already believe. The question is very valid but all the answers seem to be lacking. At some point in history peple from every religion ( not the religion mind you. dont lump them together and make them a symbol for their religion. generalisation is a sickness that is being directed by the media against the muslims) has perpetrated acts of terrorism against others. The people who are crying foul have themselves done exactly the same heinious things to others in the past and continue doing it. its not becoz of their religion but becoz of the greed of a few of their leaders. It is deplorable, whoever does it. \nyes the jews were tortured and killed by a fundamentalist who happened to be a christian. look at what they are doing to thier neighbors today. the oppression and killing and thuggery.\namericans killed the natives almost to extinction/ minority.\nenglish captured countries round the globe and colonised them, practiced apartheid and reduced them to poverty after looting all their riches. their is a long history of hatred perpetrated by these guys. \nwhen u perpetrate hatred, some of it does come back to u.  your forefathers committed these crimes and you are being made to pay for it. you were just trying to live peacefully. yes you are being wronged. you are right about that, but the way to end it is not by perpetrating more hatred but by initiating peace, giving peple their due and not being greedy. So before you blame any peple any religion or anytbody even in the small daily matters of life, look at yourself. see where u might be going wrong. Mistakes get corrected starting from oneself and not by correcting others. There's no one to blame but ourselves for anything that happens to us coz we are the ones that cause things to happen to us, one way or another.
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A lot of religions share similar themes. Most have taken ideas from past religions and sort of reformed them.  It can be confusing with so many religions out there.  I take a anthropological mostly agnostic view on religion.  I know there is something, but who knows what, and who knows which religion is the one to follow.
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There were many religions before Christianity. Judaism is one, just the Old Testament. Other religions have multiple Gods and Goddesses. Some have none. Christianity is not the only and not the first and maybe not even the right religion.
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Have you spent much time looking into Buddhism? Since it is a Way or Path, and not a religion, it does not (according to many Buddhists) conflict with religious beliefs you may have. It's more about a way of living in order to achieve a goal (enlightenment). It stresses things like compassion and denial of the flesh (as opposed  to the spirit or true self), which I believe it has in common with Christianity, Judaism, and probably Islam (which I know little about).  It teaches many of the same core values from a perspective many of us brought up in western cultures are not familiar with.  Try reading The Art of Happiness by the Dali Lama or Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das. \n\nMany Christians and Jews will argue that the differences between their faiths and Buddhism are crucial and irreconcilable. I'm not attempting to argue with that, and I'm sure they have excellent points, I'm just working off your statement that you are coming from a liberal ideology.\n\np.s., the notion, mentioned by another poster, that only one is correct is by no means universally held. In fact, it's largely due to the big three Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam).