Judaism and Christianity

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Judaism vs. Christianity
Judaism and Christianity come out as two major aspects of religious diversity in the contemporary society. Christianity and Judaism tend to have similar origins, but diverse practices, beliefs, and teachings. The purpose of this research essay is to compare and contrast the basic beliefs of Judaism and Christianity. In the course of achieving this purpose, the essay will focus on the primary focus of each religion, perception of the afterlife, basic rules of the two religions, and major resemblances, as well as differences between Judaism and Christianity.
Firstly, the basic belief of Christianity is that Jesus is the Son of God as evident in the second person of the Trinity of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In addition, Christians tend to believe that the life of Jesus on earth, his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension into heaven are essential in demonstrating God’s love for humanity, as well as forgiveness of the human sins. On the other hand, Judaism focuses on teaching the Jews to believe in one God, thus the need to direct all prayers towards Him rather than the aspect of Trinity in agreement with the perceptions of the Christians. Judaism views Jesus as wonderful teacher and storyteller, but just a human rather than being the son of God. Also, the Jews do not perceive Jesus as a prophet. Christianity teaches that Jesus saves souls while Judaism believes that only God has the powers to sa…