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Shallow:
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You're right. The Old Testament connects all three religions. Adam and Eve were created and had kids populating the earth. Guys like Abraham and Moses were descendants, thus creating Judaism.The Jewish prophets followed. The Jews belive in these people as messengers of God, and that one day another messenger will come and save them. Jesus came a millenia (form Moses's time) or two later and reffered to the old teachings. He also reformed many of the views of the old teachings. Jesus claimed to be the Messaiah and the direct son of God, claiming divinty. The Jews accepted him only as a another prophet and denounced his claim as a divine being. 600 years later Muhammed was born and claimed to be the next prophet, and the last one. Neither Christians (because they had Jesus) nor Jews (because he can't be the last one) accepted him in any way as a prophet, and labeled him more of a tyrant that made up a connection with God to enlist troops. The Arabs on the other hand believed whole heartedly in his claims and follow his teachings to this day.
Whether any of this is true is up in the air, but that's how the story goes.
tommyilromano:
I must say you summed that up beautifully!
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You're right. The Old Testament connects all three religions. Adam and Eve were created and had kids populating the earth. Guys like Abraham and Moses were descendants, thus creating Judaism.The Jewish prophets followed. The Jews belive in these people as messengers of God, and that one day another messenger will come and save them. Jesus came a millenia (form Moses's time) or two later and reffered to the old teachings. He also reformed many of the views of the old teachings. Jesus claimed to be the Messaiah and the direct son of God, claiming divinty. The Jews accepted him only as a another prophet and denounced his claim as a divine being. 600 years later Muhammed was born and claimed to be the next prophet, and the last one. Neither Christians (because they had Jesus) nor Jews (because he can't be the last one) accepted him in any way as a prophet, and labeled him more of a tyrant that made up a connection with God to enlist troops. The Arabs on the other hand believed whole heartedly in his claims and follow his teachings to this day.
Whether any of this is true is up in the air, but that's how the story goes.
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