Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are known as the monotheistic, Abrahamic religions. Followers of Islam are known as Muslims and followers of Judaism are known as Jews. All three faiths use different texts; the Muslims use the Quran, the Christians have the Holy Bible and the Jews rely on a modified version of the Christian Old Testament. Quranists use the Quran, while other Muslims may accept certain supplementary texts as the truth.
Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is one of the three Abrahamic religions. All three belief systems are based on the history of the same family, that of the prophet Abraham. What follows explains the basis of the three religions based on the story of Abraham as found in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is not an attempt to convert anyone to a particular faith and is meant to be purely descriptive.
God created the Earth as a home for Man. He created Man as a source of companionship. Eternity can get boring and lonely if you don't have anyone to talk to. The purpose of humanity is to love, praise and worship the Lord. Adam and Eve were to be the mother and father of all humanity. God gave them the run of the garden of Eden and dominion over the animals. Their one and only restriction was to not eat from the Tree of Knowledge.
Satan, a former archangel of God, had other ideas. He was insanely jealous of the new pair. One day, he caught Eve unawares in the Garden. Posing as a snake, or serpent, he lied to her and told her that it was okay to eat the forbidden fruit. So she did, and she shared it with Adam.
Because the first couple had disobeyed God's one and only rule, he banished them from Eden. They, and all but a tiny handful of their descendants, descended into greater depths of sin. Devastated by the disappointing outcome of His creation, God sent a flood to destroy the earth and everything in it, apart from Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives. He also spared the animals, making sure that two of everything survived the deluge.
Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives, survived the ordeal of the flood and carried on repopulating the planet. It wasn't long, however, before their descendants fell into sin and moral decay. God found a man named Abraham who lived according to God's principles. He made a promise to Abraham that he would father a great nation. After years went by without giving birth, Sarah, Abraham's wife, allowed her maid, Hagar, to have a child by Abraham. The boy's name was Ishmael, and the family lived in harmony for many years.
Then Sarah had a son of her own by Abraham. They called him Isaac. By now, Ishmael was a young teenager. She had no use for him and had him and his mother cast out of their home. God sent an angel to tell Hagar not to worry, that Ishmael would go on to become the father of a great nation. This was the Arab nation.
And that is the story of the three Abrahamic religions. All share a common ancestor, a common heritage and the same story. All three worship the same deity. One day, one way or another, they will live in harmony with one another.
Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is one of the three Abrahamic religions. All three belief systems are based on the history of the same family, that of the prophet Abraham. What follows explains the basis of the three religions based on the story of Abraham as found in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is not an attempt to convert anyone to a particular faith and is meant to be purely descriptive.
God created the Earth as a home for Man. He created Man as a source of companionship. Eternity can get boring and lonely if you don't have anyone to talk to. The purpose of humanity is to love, praise and worship the Lord. Adam and Eve were to be the mother and father of all humanity. God gave them the run of the garden of Eden and dominion over the animals. Their one and only restriction was to not eat from the Tree of Knowledge.
Satan, a former archangel of God, had other ideas. He was insanely jealous of the new pair. One day, he caught Eve unawares in the Garden. Posing as a snake, or serpent, he lied to her and told her that it was okay to eat the forbidden fruit. So she did, and she shared it with Adam.
Because the first couple had disobeyed God's one and only rule, he banished them from Eden. They, and all but a tiny handful of their descendants, descended into greater depths of sin. Devastated by the disappointing outcome of His creation, God sent a flood to destroy the earth and everything in it, apart from Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives. He also spared the animals, making sure that two of everything survived the deluge.
Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives, survived the ordeal of the flood and carried on repopulating the planet. It wasn't long, however, before their descendants fell into sin and moral decay. God found a man named Abraham who lived according to God's principles. He made a promise to Abraham that he would father a great nation. After years went by without giving birth, Sarah, Abraham's wife, allowed her maid, Hagar, to have a child by Abraham. The boy's name was Ishmael, and the family lived in harmony for many years.
Then Sarah had a son of her own by Abraham. They called him Isaac. By now, Ishmael was a young teenager. She had no use for him and had him and his mother cast out of their home. God sent an angel to tell Hagar not to worry, that Ishmael would go on to become the father of a great nation. This was the Arab nation.
And that is the story of the three Abrahamic religions. All share a common ancestor, a common heritage and the same story. All three worship the same deity. One day, one way or another, they will live in harmony with one another.
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