Comparing Christianity,Judaism,Islam

Running head : A COMPARISON OF THE PATHS AND GOALS AND DOCTRINAL POSITIONS OF JUDAISM , CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

A Comparison of the paths and goals and doctrinal positions of Judaism

Christianity and Islam

Often when things appear to have great diversity , they also have great commonality . When comparing various things , it is often helpful to identify areas of agreement as a foundation to understanding differences . Even though Islam , Judaism , and Christianity differ in many ways , they all begin with the foundational truth that there is only one God who is to be

worshipped . This one God is the Creator of all things and rules over all things . The Quran states , He is God , the One . God , to Whom the creatures turn for their needs . He begets not nor was He begotten , and there is like Him (Quran , 112 :1-4 The Jewish Bible agrees as it is written , For thou shalt worship no other god : for the Lord , whose name is Jealous , is a jealous God (Exodus 34 :14 King James Version ) This position is confirmed for Christians in the New Testament when Paul wrote , For there is one God and one mediator between God and men , the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2 :15

However , even in something as basic as belief in a monotheistic God there are differences . Islamic and Jewish faiths do not accept the idea of a triune (three-in-one ) God , nor do they accept that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah , the Son of God . Islam teaches...