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| Place of worship | Church, chapel, cathedral, basilica, home bible study, personal dwellings. |
Synagogues, Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem |
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| Place of origin | Roman province of Judea. |
The Levant |
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| Practices | Prayer, sacraments (some branches), worship in church, reading of the Bible, acts of charity, communion. |
Prayers 3 times daily, with a fourth prayer added on Shabbat and holidays. Shacarit prayer in the morning, Mincha in the afternoon, Arvit at night; Musaf is an extra Shabbat service. |
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| Use of statues and pictures | In Catholic & Orthodox Churches. |
Ancient times: Not allowed as it is considered Idolatry. Today, great artwork is encouraged. Statues of people are fine, but not as religious icons. |
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| Scriptures | The Holy Bible |
Tanakh (Jewish Bible) , Torah. |
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| Belief of God | One God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. |
Only one God (monotheism). God is the one True Creator. God has always existed, none existed before him and will exist forever. He transcends life and death. |
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| Founder | The Lord Jesus Christ. |
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses |
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| Life after death | Eternity in Heaven or Hell, in some cases temporal Purgatory. |
World to come, Reincarnation (some groups); unifying with God, there are different opinions and beliefs |
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| Goal of religion | To love God and obey his commandments while creating a relationship with Jesus Christ and spreading the Gospel so that others may also be saved. |
To celebrate LIFE! To fulfill the Covenant with God. Do good deeds. Help repair the world. Love God with all your heart. Strong social justice ethic. |
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| Human Nature | Man has inherited "original sin" from Adam. Mankind then is inherently evil and is in need of forgiveness of sin. By knowing right and wrong Christians choose their actions. Humans are a fallen, broken race in need of salvation and repair by God. |
You must choose good from bad. You are responsible for your actions, not thoughts. |
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| Clergy | Priests, bishops, ministers, monks, and nuns. |
Ancient times: Hereditary privileged priest class--Kohen and Levi. Present day: Religious functionaries like Rabbis, Cantors, Scribes, Mohels. |
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| Literal Meaning | Follower Of Christ. |
A Jew (Hebrew: יְהוּדִי, Yehudi (sl.); יְהוּדִים, Yehudim (pl.); Ladino: ג׳ודיו, Djudio (sl.); ג׳ודיוס, Djudios (pl.); Yiddish: ייִד, Yid (sl.); ייִדן, Yidn (pl.))[1] is a member of the Jewish people/ethnicity. |
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| Means of Salvation | Through Christ's Passion, Death, and Resurrection. |
Through belief in God, good deeds, complete faith. |
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| Geographical distribution and predominance | As the largest religion in the world, Christianity has adherents are all over the world. As a % of local population, Christians are in a majority in Europe, North and South America, and Australia and New Zealand. |
Existing in Israel for 1500 years, but the Romans in 70 AD kicked all Jews out. Jews are dispersed all over the world, at one time present in almost every country. Now the majority live in Israel, USA, Canada, Russia, France, England. |
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| About | Christianity broadly consists of individuals who believe in the deity Jesus Christ. Its followers, called Christians, often believe Christ is "the Son" of the Holy Trinity and walked the earth as the incarnate form of God ("the Father"). |
Judaism is created by Abraham 2000 BCE and his descendants of Issac and Jacob. The Law: the 10 Commandments was given to Moses (and 600 000 Jews who left Egyptian slavery) in c, 1300 BCE to return to Israel and follow God's will. |
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| Original Language(s) | Aramaic, Greek, and Latin. |
Hebrew. Every word has a 3 letter root word. Yiddish: part Hebrew, part German/East European language. Sephardic: part Hebrew, part Arabic language. |
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| Marriage | A Holy Sacrament. |
Ancient times: unlimited polygamy with concubinage. In modern times, monogamy officially since 1310 AD. |
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| Belief | The Nicene Creed sums up Christian belief in the Holy Trinity. |
Jewish central belief is that they have chosen to follow the commandments of the One True God and God will look out for them in return. Every man is equal. Jews believe a Messiah coming and proof will be an end to war and hunger all over the world. |
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| Followers | Christian (followers of Christ) |
Jews |
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| God's role in salvation | Humans cannot save themselves or ascend on their own to a higher level. Only God is good and therefore only God is able to save a person. Jesus came down from Heaven to save mankind. |
Divine revelation of God's law and to judge man's actions. Good deeds, and righteousness. Each New Year, during Yom Kippur, Jews fast and pray for forgiveness from God, and if accepted, are written into the Book of Life, for the next year. |
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| View of the Buddha | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Confessing sins | Protestants confess straight to God, Catholic confess mortal sins to a Priest, and venial sins straight to God (Orthodox have similar practice) Anglicans confess to Priests but considered optional. God always forgives sins in Jesus. |
Ancient times: there was a sin offering for individuals. Today people individually repair their sins. On Yom Kippur, they confess sins, and ask forgiveness from God. But also they must ask forgiveness directly from any people they may have wronged. |
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| Holy days/Official Holidays | The Lord's Day; Advent, Christmas; New Year, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, every day is dedicated to a Saint. |
Sabbath, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Chanukah, Tu BiShvat, Purim, Passover, Lag BaOmer, Shavout. Holidays given by God or historical events, Israeli holidays. Holocaust remembrance. |
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| Holy Days | Christmas (celebration of the birth of Jesus), Good Friday (death of Jesus), Sunday (day of rest), Easter (resurrection of Jesus), Lent (Catholicism), saints' feast days. |
Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Chanukah, Tu BiShvat, Passover, Lag BaOmer, Shavout. Sabbath most important—one day a week no work, just peace, joy and prayer. |
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| Offshoot religions | Rastafarianism,Universalism, and Deism, and Masonry. |
Abrahamic religions -- Christianity and Islam. |
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| Day of worship | Sunday, the Lord's Day. |
Friday at sunset through Saturday sunset, is the Sabbath, THE most Holy Day (yes, all 52 of them). Taking time off from work, once a week, was invented by Judaism. It is more Holy than any other holiday, and is spent in contemplation and prayer. |
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| Ressurection of Jesus | Affirmed. |
Denied |
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| View of other Dharmic religions | N/A |
N/A. |
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| Second coming of Jesus | Affirmed. |
Not part of liturgy. |
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| Symbols | Cross, ichthys ("Jesus fish"), Mary and baby Jesus. |
Star of David, Menorah. |
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| Prophets | Prophets in the Bible are venerated. |
Moses, and the subsequent Prophets of Israel as told in the Jewish Bible (Tanakh). |
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| Promised Holy one. | Second Coming of Christ |
Belief in the Coming of a Messiah. |
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| Goal of Philosophy | Objective reality. Worship of God who created life, the universe, and is eternal. Christianity has its own philosophy, found in the the Bible. That philosophy is Salvation from sin, through the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. |
To live a proper and Holy Life. To appreciate Life in every way. To do Good Deeds. To live Ethically. To make choice based on Free Will. Universal Education for every Jew; to study, learn. read and write. |
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| Branches | Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant. |
Religious: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Renewel, Reconstruction. Traditions: Sephard, (Spain, Arab countries, Turkey). Ashkenazi: (Europe, Russia). MIzrachi: (Iraq, Persia, India). |
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| Status of Muhammad | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Views on other religion | Christianity is the True Faith. |
Judaism is the chosen faith, however, others are good too, provided that they follow Noahide Laws. |
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| Birth of Jesus | Virgin Birth, through God. |
Normal man, normal birth. Not part of liturgy. |
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| Original Languages | Aramaic, Common (Koine) Greek, Hebrew. |
Hebrew common till 500 BCE, Aramaic and Greek koine till 300 CE. Hebrew always for religious services. Local languages and different extinct and living Jewish languages like Carfati, Jiddish, Ladino, Judesmo etc |
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| Views on the afterlife | Eternity in Heaven or Hell; some believe in temporal suffering in Purgatory, before admittance into Heaven. |
Jews beleive in a human Soul, and Orthodox believe in A World To Come and a form of Reincarnation. Differing beliefs accepted. Very little discussion on afterlife. Focus is on time on Earth now. |
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| Religious Law | Has existed among Catholics in the form of canon law. |
Halakhah. Ethics. Commandments. 613 mitzvahs to be followed. Charity. Prayer. Rabbinical rulings with minority opinions. Debate very important part of system. Debate is encouraged in schools. Part of Bible addresses specific laws for everyday life. |
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| Jesus | Son Of God. |
A fellow Jew, a respected, learned scholar. Not mentioned in the Jewish texts. |
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| Belief of God | One God: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
Belief in the One God, often called HaShem—Hebrew for 'The Name', or Adonai— 'The Lord'. God is beyond human understanding. So, Jews do not pronounce the name of God during prayer. |
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| Place and Time of origin | Jerusalem, approx. 33 AD. |
1500 BC, Middle East. Religion formed over several centuries; was codified during the Babylonian exile. Literacy is encouraged to read Bible. Jews replaced animal sacrifice with prayer in Diaspora, after Romans destroyed Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD |
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| View of other Abrahamic religions | Judaism is regarded as a True religion but incomplete (without Gospel, and Messiah) Islam is regarded as a false religion, Christianity does not accept the Qur'an as true. |
Believe that Christians are wrong in believing that Jesus is the Messiah; they neither believe nor disbelieve that Muhammad and/or Bah-u-llah are prophets. |
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| Death of Jesus | Death by crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension to heaven. Will return. |
Not mentioned in Jewish texts. |
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| Rites | Seven sacraments: Baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, holy orders, matrimony (Catholic and Orthodox). Anglicans: Baptism and Eucharist. Other denominations: Baptism and communion. |
Mitzvahs. Bar & Bat Mitvahs are the most well known, but, there are others too. |
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| View of other Oriental religions | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Legislation | Varies through denomination. |
Prerogative of the people |
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| Original Language | Aramaic, Greek, and Latin |
Hebrew has always been the central language of prayer. From 500 BCE, Aramaic and Greek koine and 'Aramized' Hebrew till 300 CE. Local languages and different extinct and living Jewish languages like Carfati, Yiddish, Ladino, Judesmo. |
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| Abrahamic Lineage | Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are thanked every prayer day. Jacob's 12 sons became the 12 tribes of israel. Of these, 10 were lost during Assyrian Exile. |
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| Definition | Disciple of Jesus Christ. |
Of the tribe of Judah. |
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| Resurrection of Jesus | Affirmed |
Simply not mentioned. not part of liturgy in Judaism. Considered authentic part of Christianity. |
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| Position of Mary | Mother Of Jesus. Revered in all denominations. Worshipped in Catholicism. |
Not applicable, as Jews do not believe that Jesus is their Messiah, and therefore, his Jewish mother plays no role in the Jewish religion other than history. |
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| Authority of Dalai Lama | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Identity of Jesus | The Son Of God. |
Simply not part of liturgy. Not mentioned one way or the other. |
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| Revered People | Varies by sect/denomination. Saints, the Pope, cardinals, bishops, nuns, church pastors, or deacons. |
The Patriarchs, Moses, various rabbis, and Tzaddics, down through the centuries. |
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| Praying to Saints, Mary, and Angel | Encouraged in the Catholic & Orthodox Churches; most Protestants only pray directly to God. |
Jews only pray to God. They do not need Rabbis to pray. Each Jew can pray directly to God whenever he or she wants to. |
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| Population | Over a billion adherents worldwide. |
Around 13-16 Million, debated. Population varies due to conversion (although some types are not recognized by the state of Israel) and "marrying out" (of the faith) |
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| Spiritual Beings | Angels, demons, spirits. |
Angels, demons, and spirits. |
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| On Food/Drink | Though the Old Testament of the Bible says certain meats should not be consumed, Christians usually feel this information does not apply to them (in the New Testament) and so eat what they want to eat. |
Jews are required to eat kosher food. Pork is forbidden. Requirement for prayer and ritual butchery of meat. Quick and swift slaughter at single point on the throat; blood has to be completely drained. |
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| Virtue(s) in which religion is based upon | Love. |
Justice; strict adherence to God's law. Reading the Holy Books, and following the Commandments. |
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| Position of Abraham | Father of the faithful. |
Father of Jewish Nation. From city of Ur. His father was an idol maker, but when he broke an idol, his father told him not to worry, the statue was not God Travelled to what is today Israel & purchased land. He found God during his travels in dessert |
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| Religion which atheists may still be adherents of | No. |
Yes, since Judaism emphasizes Deed over Creed; Many Jews profess to be atheists, and are committed and proud to be Jews. |
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| imams identified as | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Names of God | God, Gud, Gott, Deo, Dios. Jehovah, YHWH, Eli Elohim, Allah, (depending on language Christians are of every language and culture around the world) |
HaShem, Adonai, |
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| Primary God(s) | A single, all-powerful god known as God that is typically thought of in "trinity" form: God, the Father; Christ, the Son; and the Holy Spirit (or Ghost). Not all sects/denominations of Christianity believe in the Trinity. |
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel). |
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| Virtue on which religion is based upon | Love. |
Justice. |
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| Authority of Pope | Leader and overseer of the Catholic Church. his authority is completely rejected by Protestants, and is viewed by Orthodox as first among equals. Orthodox and Protestants reject Papal infallibility and Papal supremacy. |
N/A |
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| Use of Statues | Forbidden in Protestant denominations; icons are used in Catholic & Orthodox denominations. |
Forbidden to use in religion |
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| Virtue(s) on which religion is based upon | Love. |
Justice |
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| Most Common Sects | Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant. |
Askenaz and Sephardim. |
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| View of Jesus | God in human form, "Son of God," savior. Death by crucifixion. Most, though not all, of Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead, was taken up into heaven, and will return during an apocalypse. |
Regular Person. |
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| View of Animistic religions | Paganism is Heathenism. Witchcraft is communication and interaction with demons, fallen evil angelic beings. These have no real interest ultimately, in helping their worshipers. Demonic possession is common. |
The earliest Jewish holidays correspond to agricultural seasons. Jews uniquely developed monotheism as a God of All. They were surrounded by pagen tribes who believed in gods based on their location, or nature. |
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| On Race | All races generally viewed equal in Christianity. However, Bible passages on slavery were used to support the practice in the past in the U.S. The "curse of Ham" was sometimes thought to be black skin; modern interpretations reject this. |
Jews believe they are the "chosen people" i.e. descendants of the ancient Israelites are chosen to be in a covenant with God. However, all human beings are God's people, descended from Adam and Eve who were created in the image of God. |
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| Use of statues, images | some denominations regard It as forbidden and Idolatry. Anglicans and Lutherans allow pictures but forbid venerating them. Catholics encourage pictures and statues and venerate them. Orthodox encourage pictures and venerate them. |
Forbidden |
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| On Clothing | Conservative Christians dress modestly; women may cover their heads, wear long skirts or dresses; men may wear dress clothes that do not show the chest, legs, and arms. More moderate or liberal Christians generally reject such clothing restrictions. |
Orthodox men always wear hats; Orthodox women either wear hats or wigs. Orthodox dress is modest. |
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| Direction of Prayer | Catholics and Orthodox usually face the Tabernacle in their prayers but it is not considered necessary, but recommended. God is present everywhere recent reforms have prompted many Christians to not face anywhere in their prayers. |
Toward Jerusalem. |
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| View of God | One God, Who Is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
God is the one True Creator. God has always existed, none existed before him and will exist forever. He transcends life and death. God is one and the only holiness. God is the creator. He is beyond human understanding, he is omnipotent. |
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| Important Tenets | The Ten Commandments, The Beatitudes. |
The Law of Moses. |
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| View on Abrahamic religions | All worship the One God. |
Jews began Abrahamic religions. Christians share early prophets.The Koran also has renditions of these prophets. The New Testament can be viewed as written by Jews for the Jews of that time. |
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| Promised Holy One | Second Coming Of Christ. |
The Messiah. |
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| Prophet | Moses, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, Elisha, etc., as well as both Johns in the New Testament too. |
Moses, Samuel, Nathan, Elijah, Elisha, etc. |
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| Praying to Saints,Mary, and Angel | Affirmed, in Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, & Anglican(Episcopalian)Christianity; most Protestants do not. |
N/A. |
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| sects | Catholic, Protestant, & Orthodox. |
Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Sephardim, Karaite, Samaritan, and so on. |
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| Founders and Early Leaders | Jesus, Peter, Paul, and the Apostles. |
Abraham, Moses, David, and many Prophets. |
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| Belief of deities | Only One God: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
One God. |
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| Status of Vedas | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| Marriage and Divorce | Explained by Jesus in Mathew 19:3-9 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. Therefore what God has put together let man not seperate.' |
Monogamous. Marriage permitted. |
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| Saints | Catholics and Orthodox venerate very Holy people as Saints. Most Protestants do not do this. |
Jewish holy figures are known as Tzaddics. |
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| Virtues in which religion is based upon | Love, charity, and mercy. |
Justice, faithfulness, charity, modesty, Tikkun Olam (improving the world), mitzvot (good deeds, following God's law), Love of the creations. Ethics. Social Justice. Intellectual discussions, and study. |
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| Status of Elohim | God |
God |
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| Three Jewels/Trinity | The Blessed Trinity: In the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit |
God, people, and Israel |
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| What is it? | Christianity is the religion Founded By Christ, to which He Is Central to. |
Judaism is the Abrahamic religion of the Jewish people, based on principles and ethics embodied in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and the Talmud (the great written opinions of the different rabbi's and intellectuals and holy men throughout the years) |
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| Purgatory | Believed in by Catholic Church. |
Believed in Judaism. |
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| War between two churches/ major sects | Catholics & Protestants used to be at war in Norther Ireland; In USA, many fundamentalist Protestants vehemently deny Catholics are Christian. |
Different sects agree and differ with each other. There is room for debate with no violence. Orthodox and Reform Jews greatly dislike one another. |
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| Days of worship | Sunday. |
Sabbath, sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. (Days start at sundown.) |
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Problems I have with Chrisianity
1) light and darkness
2) eye for an eye
3) slavery is viewed differently in the new testament then old testament https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Bible
4) https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Banana_argument
5) Everything in the Bible is highly abstract.
6) Jesus cried.
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows
Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life." John 8:12 for
you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light Ephesians 5:8
For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to
give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:5
See females like the Bible and the names in the Bile
because of the high vowel frequency.
Samuel, Gabriel, Steven, Alexander, Joseph, Jesus
You see they Bible has no actual short names for the book of the bible
except for John and Job(which isn't use commonly for a name).
You see if they wanted the bible to stay as it is they would have
just left the Jewish names but instead they adopted "Englishy"
names that satisified females sexual desires.
It makes them think of sex while being common names to use in
society.
I love men more then women but according to the baby sex is between a man and women.
I have decided that Keeping 2 religious Judaism and Christianity
is the best possible thing to do.
Canada lost a 100 people last year to homelessness.
Ironically China(communist) and India are holding a certain type
of freedom I won't mention.
Solar Eclipse and the wrath of the Gods.
In Christianity light and dark are used metaphors for good and evil
In Judaism they are not used that way at all
fox and hound
majority and minority
If someone is going to shave my testicles
I would want more then anything
slavery is not encouraged and talked about in the old testament but it is in the new testament in ways like that
"Let me know if you want me to warm it up for you." nope
look at a girl that is pretty. nope
school of athens
They all know that eventually that I would like to make just one person like me broken lost sole like me.
Not baby baby to much work.
Slavery
2 types of people question the bible engineers and people with reading disabilities
the mass revelation of the judaism in the bible
attention vs intention
if girls want pornography to end they should only have guys take
the right hand path
Judaism(1.0) was combined with Hinduism(.5) to make Christianity.
In the modern world we need to a new religion to stop homelessness
but it will never ever happen unfortunately.
exodus2218 “You shall not permit a sorceress/sorcerer to live."
ephesians21 "Satan will get his power from the kingdom of air." right hand path
Genesis 3:18 "For out of the ground we were taken for the dust we are, and to the dust we shall return."
Transgender people should choose between two pronouns he and she in the United States because
in reality we have it better then other countries like Spain or France because noun verb agreement.
If you use there first name because of the gender neutral language it all works out
and we are highly religious which is primarily Christian.
If you want transgender to be a thing you should have picked a different religion.
When you eat of the forbidden fruit their is a loss of love and respect for females.
At the same time you love the more then anyone else in the world.
You see a guy must be a winner for a girl.
Logically eternal life doesn't make sense but I should respect those
concepts and ideologies.
Claire Bear
Joseph had not eaten of the forbidden fruit had a son and invested everything he had into it.
Satan is sitting on the Sistine chapel.
I support gay marriage but not gay sex. "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a women; that is detestable."
Top 20 Country Carbon Dioxide
Sistine Chapel
digital age clicked in and homeless population skyrocketed
Only 2 people that question the bible genius engineers and somebody
like me that has an auditory disability and non of it makes any sense.
grams of CO2 per passanger
most flights based on country
CO2 population across the united states
australia & new zealand have highest homeless populations
book of eli from the new testament book of Samuel
Controversial Bible Verses
National fertility rates
