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This 5 page paper discusses the similarities and differences between Judaism and Christianity in relation to belief in: God; Jesus; the Trinity; evil; free will; original sin; afterlife, Heaven and Hell. Christianity is based on the belief that Jesus is the Son of God and that He came to earth to redeem man. The beliefs in God, Jesus, and the Trinity are the foundations of the Christian faith. Jesus and the Trinity are definitely not concepts that are believed in the Jewish faith. There are similarities in terms of belief in God and in good and evil. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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understand God in a similar manner to -- as omnipotent and unique, as tempering judgment with mercy. Using Exodus 23:23 as the basis, Jews believe that God can be seen
and known only through His works, through His kindness and mercy. Man cannot possibly see God in person during his lifetime, at least. Therefore, God can be known and understood
through the recorded acts as found in the Old Testament and in the Torah, the five books of Moses (Faigin, 2002). These views are expressed often in the Torah (Faigin,
2002). Faigin asserts that according to Jewish tradition, God is so unique that humans are severely limited in their ability to understand or have any true conception of Him (2002).
Part of the problem is that man is able to use only human-like attributes when referring to or describing God and these descriptions are so simplistic they cannot come close
to describing what God is really like (Faigin, 2002). A significant difference is the Christian belief in the Trinity. In Judaism, God is as an absolute and simple unity with
no divisions; Christians, by contrast, believe God is a Holy Trinity comprised of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost/Spirit (Faigin, 2002). This difference is
directly related to belief in Jesus. Judaism does not accept Jesus Christ as the Son of God. Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah prophesized and promised by God throughout
the Old Testament. Jews, on the other hand, believe the Messiah is not a god and he has yet to arrive. Strictly speaking, and according to some Jewish scholars, the
Messiah may have lived or is alive at this time but he has not revealed himself. It is this belief that sets Jews distinctly far apart from other religions, most
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