by Quintino Johnson

Created on: July 15, 2008   Last Updated: July 16, 2008

Is it possible for religions, for example, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to peacefully coexist?

Is it possible for religions, for example, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to peacefully coexist with each other and enrich each other's lives? Maybe Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are too polarizing, maybe it is more feasible with religions such as Buddhism and Taoism. Well, it is possible, in the essence of theoretically capable of being done, of happening, although difficult and unlikely in practice. Ironically, each claims to have an exclusive relationship with God that atheist believe to be the same God. The question of coexistence requires the examination of each of the three great religious practices, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

ISLAM

Islam originated with the teachings of Muhammad in the 7th-century. The word Islam means "submission", or the total surrender of oneself to God. Muslim doctrine teaches that God revealed the Quran to Muhammad as he was chosen as God's final prophet. Muslims do not regard Muhammad as the founder of the religion, but as the restorer of the original faith of Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. The belief is that Judaism and Christianity distorted the messages of the prophets and corrupted the text of the religious doctrine that belongs to Judaism and Christianity.

According to the Quran, all Muslims have to believe in God, his revelations, his angels his messengers, and the "Day of Judgment". Muslims believe that God revealed his final message to humanity through the Islamic prophet Muhammad using the angel Gabriel. In Islam, prophets are men selected by God to be his messengers. Islamic practice teaches that prophets are human and not divine, though some are able to perform miracles to prove their claim. Islamic prophets are considered the closest to perfection of all humans, and are uniquely the recipients of divine revelation either directly from God or through God's angels. Islamic theology teaches submission to the will of the one God, and believe that all messengers taught the message of Islam.

Islam's fundamental theological concept is the belief that there is only one God. The Arabic term for God is Allah. In traditional Islamic theology, God is beyond all comprehension; Muslims are not expected to visualize God but to worship and adore him as a protector. Muslims faith states that Jesus was a prophet, however the notion of the Christian Trinity is rejected. In Islamic society, Jesus is just a man and not the son of God; God

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