lesson 1: intro into monotheistic faith

Question 1

monotheistic

Answer 1

worship one god

Question 2

polytheistic

Answer 2

worship multiple gods

Question 3

how do their understanding of god differ

Answer 3

Their understandings of god differ slightly, and these differences are most obvious in the teachings and practises of their tradition

Question 4

who is abraham

Answer 4

Abraham is an important figure in all three of these religions. This is why Christianity, Judaism, and Islam referred to as Abrahamic religions according to the bible. Abraham and his son Ishmael are said to be the founding fathers of the Arabic people in which Islam stemmed out of Abraham and his other son Isaac who he had with his wife. Sarah is said to be the founding fathers of the Jewish nation. Jesus who Christians claim to be God in human form was born out of the Jewish nation

Question 5

what is the difference between muslim and jews, and the christians

Answer 5

Muslims and Jews believe that God is one singular. Christians on the other hand believe God is one but in the compounding sense of the term. They believe that God is one made up of multiple entities like in the case of God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit each of them having different roles. Pointing to one God another similarity is a belief in the supernatural guidance of history as well as God being very active throughout human history in his interactions with human beings. an example of this is God inspiring new prophets to share messages with people, god giving people visions, god sending angles
all these three religions stress moral responsibility and accountability of human beings and that there will actually be a Judgement day where everyone will either be given an eternal reward or a punishment

Question 6

how were the covenants made

Answer 6

For Christianity, the covenant was made through Jesus
For Judaism, the covenant was made through Moses
For Islams, the covenant was made through the prophet Muhammad

Answer 7

Christianity accepts God’s covenant made to the Jews but generally believe it was superseded with the coming of Jesus. The New Testament talks about the covenant with Jesus, whereas the old testament refers to the covenant made with Moses. Islam is believed to supersede all those others and invite Jews and Christians to believe as they do. All three religions partake in a form of pilgrimage. Peace is a central concept in all these religions. This is reflected historically in their use of similar greetings, all meaning ‘peace be upon you’. They also share belief in common specific names for god. Some names for God are said to be too holy to speak, so many versions of the Bible will replace those names with general words like Lord.

Question 8

Christianity

Answer 8

• Christians call their god, God or Christ
• Christians adopted the Tanakh for their Bible, but it’s called the Old Testament
• Roman Catholics journey to Santiago de Compostela
  Pax vobiscum

Question 9

islamic

Answer 9

• Islams call their god, Allah
• A man named Muhammad taught a new religion to the people of Arabia
• Muslims believe that God spoke to his through an angel, therefore making him a prophet
• The messages he received were the basis for Islam and were collected in the holy book of Islam, called the Qur’an
• The Qur’an also tells similar stories like the crucifixion of Jesus, however it is told differently
• Muslims believe that scriptures of the Jews and Christians were corrupted, and the Quran has the most accurate
• Meccah is the famous destination from Muslims and doing a pilgrimage to Meccah is called Hajj, which is one of the pillars of Islam
• As-salamu Alaykum
• Muslims have a list of 99 other names for God and each of them describe a characteristic of God
• The one-hundredth name is said to be unspeakable