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3 major world religions
Do you recognize these symbols?
Have you ever seen this bumper sticker?
These are the 3 main religions…
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Did you know…. they all started….
with the SAME STORY?
Do you remember the “old stories”?
God creating the world in 7 days?
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden?
Noah and the Ark?
Abraham and Sarah?
The HISTORY of the 3 RELIGIONS
…. begins with Abraham and Sarah
According to these religions….
God told a man named Abraham to leave the city of Ur and go to a new land. Abraham didn’t know where he was going, but God was going to show him. God told him that he and his wife Sarah would have children and that their descendents would make a new nation.
BUT…
Abraham and Sarah were old and Abraham didn’t believe that Sarah could have children so he got another wife, named Hagar. Hagar DID have a baby boy and named him Ishmael. Later, Sarah had a baby boy, too, and his name was Isaac. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF 2 NATIONS AND 2 RELIGIONS!
Sarah’s son and Hagar’s son!
Sarah Hagar
Isaac
Jews
JUDAISM
Arabs
Ishmael
ISLAM
The bottom line…
The Arab people came from Ishmael and eventually the majority of them converted to Islam through Mohammed.
The Jewish people came from Isaac and held the same beliefs (Judaism) or converted to Christianity.
Timeline
Today…
Each religion LOOKS very different!
Which is this?
Yes….Islam.
The building: a mosque
Islam…
The book: the Qur’an (or Koran)
Islam…
The leader: imam
Islam…
Believes in the same God as Judaism and Christianity, but they call him, “Allah”
Believes Jesus was the “perfect” man, but not God
Believe that the words of a prophet called Mohammed are holy.
Islam…
The belief… “The 5 Pillars of Islam” 1. the profession – “There is no God but
Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.”
2. prayer – 5 times a day, facing Mecca 3. fasting – during Ramadan 4. zakat – giving to the poor 5. make the Hajj- journey to Mecca
Which is this?
Yes….Christianity.
The building: a church
Christianity
The book: the Bible
Christianity
The leader: pastor, priest
Christian people/ Christianity
Believe in the same God as Judaism
BUT, they believe Jesus was God’s son
…. AND that he is the Savior (Messiah)
Which is this?
Yes…. Judaism
The building: a synagogue
Judaism
The book: the Torah
Judaism…
The leader: a rabbai
JUDAISM
Believes in God, and his holy name is, “Yahweh”.
Believes Jesus was a prophet
Believes a Savior or “Messiah” is still coming one day.
Today
The largest religion is Christianity.
Islam is the 2nd largest, but it continues to grow and get bigger.
There are far fewer people now who believe in Judaism.
The 3 major world religions..How did they start/ originate?
How are they similar?
How are they different?
What would you like to learn more about?
