Hi! Thanks for the interesting question.
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Let us tackle your question one by one. The matter of interest to you
would be on pages 14 and 15. An enumeration of the similarities
between Islam Judaism and Christianity which are found in this article
are shown as follows:
One Life and Eternal Judgment
Judgment Day
Eternal Hell/Heaven
One God
God's Message Revealed Through Prophet
Non-mystical (God chooses Prophet)
Congregational (Society is Essential)
Scripture has Ultimate Authority
Human Suffering - Disobedience of God's Will
Worshipping - Sabbath Day
Universe was Created By God
In terms of views and other religious beliefs, this chart which was
republished from the ABC News website provides us with the differences
and further similarities between the religions we have mentioned.
“Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Similarities and Differences”
http://www.buildingwithbooks.org/resources/isp/islam/similarity.html
In terms of war and conflict, the BBC news website gives us an
understanding about the philosophy of each religion when faced with
the specter of war.
Christianity:
“Christianity is no longer (if it ever was) wholly against war. Some
say that modern Christianity has a 'presumption against war', but
others say that it has a 'presumption against injustice' - and the
bias against war comes from the injustice that war can do.”
”This view says that the aim of Christianity is to promote a world in
which peace and justice flourish everywhere: War may sometimes be the
tool needed to do this, and waging war may sometimes be a lesser evil
(a lesser injustice) than allowing injustice to persist or tolerating
the victimisation of innocent people.”
“The Ethics of War: Christianity”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/war/christian.shtml
Judaism:
“Judaism does not regard violence and war to promote justice as always
wrong. It accepts that certain kinds of war will be ethically
justified, and that it is sometimes morally acceptable to kill
people.”
“The Ethics of War: Judaism”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/war/judaism.shtml
Islam:
“Islam allows war in self-defense (Qur'an 22:39), to defend Islam
(rather than to spread it), to protect those who have been removed
from their homes by force because they are Muslims (Qur'an 22:40), and
to protect the innocent who are being oppressed (Qur'an 4:75).”
“The Ethics of War: Islam”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/war/islam.shtml
All in all in principle, we can see that such religions use war only
for self-defense and not necessary so as to assert their religious
beliefs. But the conflicts in history show us that the glaring
difference in their beliefs has led to one conflict after another. One
perfect example of this is the fight for the Holy Land.
“The battle over Israel — long known as Palestine — dates back
centuries. Jews, Arabs and Christians all consider parts of it sacred.
Jews were dispelled from Palestine by the Romans 2,000 years ago, but
never gave up their claim to it.”
“Through the 1970s, the Palestinians formed "Black September" to carry
out revenge assassinations and hijackings. Israelis formed "Wrath of
God" to assassinate Palestinian leaders. Egypt and Syria launched
battles to regain lost territory but were rebuffed, in part because of
a massive airlift of U.S. arms to Israel.”
“The Region”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/crisis/theregion/palisraeli.html
In a nutshell we can see that nothing in their religions and even in
the differences therein justifies the wars and suffering it inflicts
to innocent citizens. In the end it became a matter of culture, pride
and ideology.
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Clarification of Answer by
easterangel-ga
on
10 Dec 2002 23:04 PST
Hello again. I would like to ask some questions first for your
clarification. Please be patient with me on this one.
When we talk of people in the context of being Christians, Muslims and
Jews, there will always be religious undertones in reference to their
culture, world views and political issues. Furthermore; some of these
religions have different sects we have to contend with. For example in
Christianity there are Catholics, Protestants, Born Again Christians
which may have different beliefs and concerns as well.
In my previous asnwer about issues which concerns US Muslims, we
targeted a subsegment of the muslim population which makes the
discussion a little bit more focused. The reason for this is that due
to geographic and cultural reasons, such citizens of different
religious sects could already have slightly differing beliefs but a
great disparity in concerns.
"Issues of concern for United States muslims?"
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=118490
Would a similar treatment for Christians and Jews be the answer for
the clarification request so that it would be more focused?
Just let me know and i will immediately look for the answers. Thanks
for your patience.
Best Regards,
Easterangel-ga
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