People who follow Christianity are called Christians and Judaism are called Jews. There are 14 millions of Jews living in Israel‚ Europe‚ USA and 2 billions of Christians are living in the Europe‚ North and South America‚ and rapidly growing in Africa. Christianity is the first largest religious group while Judaism is the 12th largest group in the world. The clergies for Christianity are called priests‚ ministers‚ pastors and bishops and the clergy for Judaism is called rabbis. Christians’ house
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Judaism differs from Christianity when coming to the Person of jesus Christ‚ the Christianity teaches that jesus christ is the fulfillment of the old testament prophecies while the Judaism takes jesus as a good teacher and a prophet of god not a messiah (gotquestion.org). They do not believe that he is the messiah because the word “Messiah” is an English rendering of the Hebrew word “Mashiach”‚ which means “Anointed” and a person initiated into God’s service by being anointed with oil (Rabbi Shraga
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Within the scheme of religion‚ Judaism and Christianity interconnect within each other. Before the Christian religion was even in existence‚ the Jewish people had many wonders for themselves that caused Christianity to come about. The Jewish people believed that God would somehow and at sometime act on their behalf. Many searched in law and some of them searched in scripture. From this‚ various Jewish groups formed‚ all believing that the Messiah would come in a specific way. First came the Sadducees
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In the last few weeks‚ we have been discussing Judaism and Christianity. Many people including myself have lumped Judaism and Christianity as one religion on many occasions due to their very similar set of beliefs. We just say “Oh‚ the only difference is that one is in the old testament and the other focuses on the new testament!’. But‚ we did not seem to (and most likely didn’t care to) know about the differences in these two religions. To help me and others understand the similarities and also
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Angela Hylton English 101 Prof. Gail McCrady March 20‚ 2014 Christianity Vs. Judaism At the most basic levels Christians are anyone who professes that Jesus of Nazareth is the “Christ” (the “Messiah or the Anointed one”) of God. This might sound simple‚ yet what does It mean? And what else do Christians believe about “Jesus” and “God.” Christianity is the Number one religion worldwide with 2.1 participants. It is approximately one third of the Worlds population. (and about god.com)
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honorable power that controls the nature and the universe. These led people to believe in religions. There were many religions people believed in the history. Two of these are christianity and buddhism. They have different and similar features in them. We can compare and contrast them in different categories. Buddhism and Christianity are two of the world’s greatest and most influential religions. The Christian religion‚ like all other religions has its strengths and weaknesses in our modern society. Perhaps
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have some characteristics in common. The following will compare and contrast Christianity and Sikhism. The first portion will compare the two religions and the following portion will detail the differences. In each of these two religions‚ God is the focal point. In Christianity there is only one God and the same is said for Sikhism. The two believe in an all-powerful‚ all-seeing‚ and all-present God. The followers of both Christianity and Sikhism are also called to worship God and keep
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Between Judaism and Christianity‚ there are many differences. The distinctions chiefly rotate around the figure of Christ‚ and the fulfillment of prophecy in scripture‚ of which the figure of Christ is a central character. This point of contention is at the center of disagreements‚ but conflict spirals from this theological difference and will continue to do so. As Christianity started as a splinter cell of Judaism‚ they share many of the same histories and origins of faith. There is enough of a
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Religion is a great topic to develop and more when you compare and contrast them. Everyone has different views based on their belief. In this essay Im going to compare two basic religions that are still use in today’s society after so many years of development. These religions are buddhism and christianity. Considered to be the two great distinctive religions of the world‚ both Buddhism & Christianity today covers a large section of the world population with numerous similarities and differences
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Founded between the years of 500 and 400 B.C.E.‚ Judaism is a religion that is rich in history and still practiced today. In contrast‚ Christianity was “founded” upon the arrival of Christ‚ which was ca. 6 B.C.E. (Robinson & Rodrigues‚ 2014). In regard to religions that share the most significant similarities‚ Judaism and Christianity share the most significant similarities when compared to other religions. Yet‚ while they share several foundational similarities‚ they are radically different. Some
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