I was wondering why there are three separate religions when the Jews, Christians, and Muslims claimed to receive the revelations from the same source ? They share the same source, same Prophets, same history and story etc, but then it is three separate religions? If we look at the Jews and the Christians, we can say that they read the same Book but then it is two separate religions? Why ?

I believe there is no religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam because these facts don't make sense to me.

Well early Christians weren't really differentiated from the Jews. They were considered a sect of Judaism until the religion started getting significant Gentile converts. Muhammad traveled a lot and obvious had exposure to the bible and most of the Qu'ran reads like a poorly remembered rendition of the bible. So it's obviously based largely on a mixture of Christianity, Middle Eastern morality and Muhammad's personal ethics. Not a huge mystery. Were you expecting some supernatural reason?

The three are radically different.
God made eternal promises to the Jewish people, they were His chosen vehicle to bring the Redeemer into the world (whom they largely rejected).
The promises are still outstanding and will be fulfilled.

True Christianity is the trust in the Redeemer (no one merits Paradise by their "Good" behavior).

The above is why there is a New Covenant.

Islam came about when Mohammad's words were reject by the Jews and Christians.
Mohammad was visited by a spirit giving him revelations opposed to Judiasim and Christianity. So he set up his own religion.
The god of Islam (word means "Submission") is NOT the God of the bible because Islam contradicts the eternal promises God made to Israel and the Jews.

(June 12, 2014 at 4:07 pm)muslimatheism Wrote: I was wondering why there are three separate religions when the Jews, Christians, and Muslims claimed to receive the revelations from the same source ? They share the same source, same Prophets, same history and story etc, but then it is three separate religions? If we look at the Jews and the Christians, we can say that they read the same Book but then it is two separate religions? Why ?

I believe there is no religion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam because these facts don't make sense to me.

I think at some point a religion gets so outdated that it just doesn't get the job done anymore. The older the religion gets, the more readily modern people will see it as mythology or metaphor, rather than as a vehicle for truth.

Every once in a while, you need a real-life miracle worker to come in and inject some inspiration: "Look, God is real, and he has a new message just for our generation!" Joseph Smith and the Mormons are a perfect example. Stupid, stupid religion, but distinctly American-- so many Americans gravitated toward it.

So the idea of religion is from men? ie. it is man made?

(June 12, 2014 at 6:25 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Well early Christians weren't really differentiated from the Jews. They were considered a sect of Judaism until the religion started getting significant Gentile converts. Muhammad traveled a lot and obvious had exposure to the bible and most of the Qu'ran reads like a poorly remembered rendition of the bible. So it's obviously based largely on a mixture of Christianity, Middle Eastern morality and Muhammad's personal ethics. Not a huge mystery. Were you expecting some supernatural reason?

^^^YUP^^^

(June 12, 2014 at 6:31 pm)professor Wrote: The three are radically different.
God made eternal promises to the Jewish people, they were His chosen vehicle to bring the Redeemer into the world (whom they largely rejected).
The promises are still outstanding and will be fulfilled.

True Christianity is the trust in the Redeemer (no one merits Paradise by their "Good" behavior).

The above is why there is a New Covenant.

Islam came about when Mohammad's words were reject by the Jews and Christians.
Mohammad was visited by a spirit giving him revelations opposed to Judiasim and Christianity. So he set up his own religion.
The god of Islam (word means "Submission") is NOT the God of the bible because Islam contradicts the eternal promises God made to Israel and the Jews.

^^^NOPE^^^

Christianity and judaism parted ways after Christ came because the jewish establishment wouldn't accept him as the anticipated messiah, but the first christians were jews. Prior to that they share the same history. I not all that familiar with the history of Islam, but I think Muhammad claimed to have direct revelation from God and believed that jews and christians had interpreted events incorrectly. Perhaps one of the muslim members can clarify this.

(June 12, 2014 at 6:41 pm)Lek Wrote: Christianity and judaism parted ways after Christ came because the jewish establishment wouldn't accept him as the anticipated messiah. Prior to that they share the same history.

(partial quote - bold added by me)

(June 12, 2014 at 4:07 pm)muslimatheism Wrote: I was wondering why there are three separate religions when the Jews, Christians, and Muslims claimed to receive the revelations from the same source ?

God was hedging his bets.