My view of Judaism and Christianity (and Islam)

Submitted by Prashant (India), Sep 30, 2022 at 13:48

Robert, I am by no means a scholar. I keep working hypotheses with me and modify them as needed. Here is my working hypotheses of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam:

1. Judaism: Great contribution to the human spiritual thought. Invented or codified or defined Monotheism. Rule of law.

2. Christianity: Great addition to Judaism. Brought in the concepts of love, service, and humility. Humanized God by accepting Jesus as the Son of God. Thus, relaxed the above "strict" monotheism in "acceptable" ways. Only negative: excessive obsession with converting others to Christianity even by deception if needed.

3. Islam: Cannot speak the whole truth for fear of being murdered by Muslims or called a bigot by the liberals. But Islam brought in the following new things: 1) Introduced the "concepts of the lasts". Last prophet, last book etc. 2) Introduced and formalized the use of brutality to spread/protect the religion 3) Hate for polytheists 4) Stubborn monotheism (vs the original strict monotheism. 5). Completely amalgamated the church and estate without thinking much ahead. 6) introduced instruments that will guarantee automatic growth of the Muslim religion.

I can elaborate upon each of the above 6 points. But I am a bit scared.

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