What are the main Belief Systems? - Christianity and Judaism

Christianity and Judaism are two belief systems that are closely related to each other due to the fact that both are Abrahamic religions. Most of all because Christianity has a Jewish origin and background. Not long after its appearance as a Jewish sect around the first century, Christianity became a separate religion convened by apostles. The main difference and consequently the reason for Christianity compared to Judaism is that of Jesus Christ's role. Christians believe that Jesus is God's son and messenger as well as the world's savior while in Judaism, Jesus is merely seen as the false Messiah and a false prophet. In Judaism, people believe in Unity, that is one substance and one entity, while Christians believe in the Holy Trinity, one substance but conveyed by three entities. Although there are these significant differences, both religions believe in the same ultimate reality that of Jehovah, or the God of Abraham. Actually the Christian's old testament is composed by the Jewish bible, but the new testament is insignificant to Jews and the root of Christianity's separation from Judaism. There are quite substantial differences, this division of opinion led to the creation of Christianity from Judaism, and since then the two have grown significantly and separately but still have a relatively close relationship.

About 2 billion people are Christians and only about 14 million people are Jewish that is of course of the world's population. Due to circumstances Christianity is now the largest religion while Judaism is the 12th largest. Christianity has grown and spread much more than Judaism and has become a true world power, people with faith are subject to the religion. This is one of the reasons why religion has been the cause of so many wars and conflict including the crusades, religious revolutions and conflicts or wars. We will discuss this later on in the blog.

In this blogspot I have only highlighted the main differences between Christianity and Judaism, not explained them thoroughly. If you want more details on specifically Christianity please click here and you will be guided from Christianity's principles to its history and much more.
If you would prefer to learn more about Judaism instead please click here and you will be sent to a crash course on Judaism.