Currently Christianity is the one monotheistic religion with the most converts, Islamic is the fastest growing, and Judaism is the second most popular religion in the United States, behind Christianity. These three monotheistic religions were all established in different eras, but they have many similarities and differences. The similarities and differences between the religions are their holy books and the sacred city, where they originated. There is also conflict amongst these three religions that is still going on today.
To begin with, Christians, Jews , and Muslims all have holy books, but they contain different contents. Each religion also has a different place that they go to to read these books and worship their God. Christians, go to a church and read the bible, Muslims go to a mosque and read the koran, and Jews go to synagogues and read the Torah. Each holy book of these religions says something different about their God, but they all potentially believe in the same God. They all believe there is one God and he takes care of everybody that believes in him. Christians believe their God is called God, Muslims believe their God is called Allah, and Jews believe he is called Yahweh. One may think that each religion has their own individual, separate god, but that is not true. In reality, they are all worshipping the same God, the god of Abraham, but each religion has a different view of him. Christians believe Jesus was the son of God and was sent to free everyone’s sins by dying for them, but Muslims believe Jesus is strictly just a prophet while Jews go along with the facts that Jesus is not a prophet, nor a teacher. He has absolutely no role in Judaism. At the end of the day, they are all worshipping the same God, but they each believe that their idea of God is more logical than the other religions.
The most compelling and obvious similarity between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam is where they all originated. Each religion was formed and started in the Middle East. They also all have the same holy city, which is Jerusalem. Each monotheistic religion believes that the Messiah will return to the region they originated from, so all the Messiahs would be in the Middle East. But there will be a different Messiah sent for each religion. Other obvious similarities between the three religions are the fact that they all only believe in one God, they all share the Old Testament, and they all come from Abraham and his sons Ishmael and Isaac. Lastly, all three faiths worship the god of Adam, Abraham, and Moses- Creator. These three religions are the only monotheistic religions in the world.
All things considered, there are many logical reasons as to why these religions would have conflicts amongst them. To begin with, Judaism and Christianity are the most diverse, Islam falls in between the two. Christians believe in heaven and hell, the devil, the concept of ‘sin’, and the concept of damnation. These teachings directly oppose the teachings of Judaism, hence why there is a conflict between Jews and Christians. Because of the fact that Christians believe in all of that stuff and Jews simply do not. Whereas Muslims believe that there is heaven, hell, and the devil, but none of the other things Christians believe. Muslim is in between Christianity and Judaism, seeing as how Muslims believe in some of the same teachings as Christians, but also ignore the other ideas like jews do. Not only are there problems with the three monotheistic religions, but also within some of them. For example, Muslim has two different sects, Shiite and Sunni, they both follow and believe in the same god but they have different views on other matters, like who can or cannot be a caliph. Obviously, this brings about conflict because the different sects believe in different views which drive them apart.
To conclude, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are very diverse religions, although they do have a great deal of similarities between them. The three main similarities between them are the belief in one god, where they originated, and they each have a holy book and holy place. There are various differences, but the main one is how they each view Jesus. With all of this evidence, it is obvious that there are currently many conflicts amongst these religions, even within them. These religions are all very popular around the world and have their own views of the world that everyone should respect, no matter what religion they are.