Both Christianity and Islam stem from Judaism.

They are successive continuations of the same

religion. As such all three share many similarities. I would say Islam is closer in it's beliefs to
Judaism but there are still many similarities with Christianity. Most of the differences revolve
around the view of Jesus and whether or not he had divinity.

For comparison sake I will compare all three of these monotheistic religions. All three believe
that God created the universe and that Adam and Eve were the first humans he created. All
three believe that Eve sinned first by eating the apple from the forbidden tree and then Adam
did. Christians believe that this is the original sin and in many cases blame women in
general. This they believe is why women have pain in childbirth and why we suffer on this
earth. Judaism and Islam both reject the idea of Original sin. While Christians generally say
that we are born with a tendency towards sin, Muslims and Jews view us as being born free of
sin. We have equal ability to be either good or evil. It is our choices in life which make us one or
the other.

All three faiths claim to believe in one god. For Judaism and Islam this is a strict Monotheism
whereas Christianity has differing views. Many Christians are closer to what is called monolatry
in which there are multiple expressions of one supreme being (the holy trinity for example with
The Father(transcendent God in heaven), The Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit/Ghost(the
essence that is in creation)). A few Christians actual view Jesus as a divine being but not exactly
God. This would be sort of a soft Polytheism, Ditheism if they view him as equal to God, or
Henotheism if he is lesser than God(or more than). While the bible specifies Monotheism in the
old testament, Christians looking to the new testament and Jesus often are not following a strict
Monotheism though they proclaim to be Monotheists and perceive themselves as such.

All three believe in Angels and Demons, Islam believes also in Djinn which are like humans and
have free will making some good and some evil. Judaism views only human as having free will
and Christianity attributes free will to angels as well. This is a major point of difference in the
three religions. Judaism does not believe in fallen angels or disobedient djinn because only
humans are seen as having the free will to disobey God. Christianity, again, has varying beliefs
about this. Some believe that the Devil/Satan was a fallen angel and that since angels have free
will Lucifer/Satan decided to rebel against God and some angels followed him. Thus they
became demons. Other Christians view Satan as a reference to a Baylonian King and others
view satan as a figurative adversary, human sin and temptation. Muslims view both Humans
and Djin as having free will. Satan or as Muslims refer to him Shaitan was not an angel who fell
but a djinn. Since Djinn have free will they can be good or evil. Shaitan is a title meaning
cursed. His name in the Qur'an was Iblees. Iblees once resided in heaven alongside the angels
but he refused to bow down to Adam when God presented him to the rest of his creations in
heaven. The angels do not have free will so they do everything God tells them to do. the Djinn
however choose for themselves. Iblees being jealous of Adam and viewing him as a lesser being
refused to bow down. He thus disobeyed God and promised to lead people astray to show God
how unworthy we are of him. Thus he became "cursed" and takes on the title of Shaitan. As you
can see the concepts of the three religions vary quite a bit here.

All three have similar books. The Torah is essentially the Old Testament of the Bible and the
New Testament is the part which Christians largely follow viewing it as abrogating the old
testament. The New Testament deals almost exclusively with Jesus and in many ways attempts
1. ) to explain why Jesus is the Messiah despite not meeting the conditions laid forth in the
Torah for the Messiah. The Qur'an does not include the Torah or Bible in it, instead it makes
references to stories in them and prophets. All three view the start as being Adam and the
covenant was enacted with Abraham/Ibrahim. Thus they all share the same prophets and
similar stories although Islamic accounts sometimes vary slightly from the Christian/Jewish
texts. The differences really revolve around Jesus here. In Judaism because Jesus did not meet
the requirements set forth in the Torah/OT for being the Messiah, he was seen as nothing more
than a false prophet. Christians viewed him as the messiah and largely considered his supposed
resurrection as a sign of divinity and his dying on the cross as an atonement for our
sins. Muslims view Jesus as a great prophet who will fulfill the role of Messiah in his second
coming. Both Christians and Muslims believe Jesus will return and fight the anti-Christ/Dejal
(although some Christians believe this battle already took place (I never got that one so I can't
explain the ideology behind it). Muslims believe that Jesus didn't die on the cross. they believe
that God made another person look like him and then Jesus was ascended to heaven whole and
alive. When he returned after his supposed death he wasn't resurrected but rather was simply
saying goodbye as a still alive human being before ascending to heaven. He will then return
alive and live out the rest of his days here on earth before the day of judgment.

Judaism and Islam follow similar dietary restrictions such as no alcohol and no pork. Judaisms
restrictions for Kosher exceed what is required by Islam though. In Islamic Halal food it is
almost exclusively in how an animal was killed and whether a prayer in God's name was said
over the meat. While this is one aspect of Kosher foods, Kosher actually extends to not mixing
certain types of foods and some Jews even maintain two sets of utensils and some even two
refrigerators in order to keep things from mixing. Most Christians see these restrictions as
being abrogated by Jesus dying on the cross.

All three believe in a heaven although some Jews say there is no afterlife. Christians and
Muslims both believe in hell in which the wicked will burn forever. Jews have varying beliefs in
which some believe in hell others believe in no afterlife and some believe in
reincarnation. Muslims also believe in a purgatory of sorts in which believers who did not
repent enough or do enough good may end up in hell for a short time until their sins are purified
from their souls after which they will be allowed to enter heaven. Some Christians believe in a
similar type of existence which they call purgatory although for many that is a place where one is
neither in heaven nor in hell and cannot leave to go to one place or another.

All three religions believe that salvation comes from belief in God and most believe one must
also do good deeds. Some Christian groups say that good deeds are unnecessary because Jesus
died for our sins so all we have to do is believe in him. Muslims believe that in addition to belief
and good deeds that one must believe in the 5 pillars of Islam and the 6 pillars of Belief. Some
Christians also believe that sacraments are necessary.

Each of the three accepts any predecessor to be true and views it as a continuation but all view
any successors as false. There are many similarities between all three religions and many
similarities between just Christianity and Islam. More than could probably be accurately
represented here in Quora. It would take an entire book to really delve into it.
2. )Buddhism is so different from other religions that some people question
whether it is a religion at all. For example, the central focus of most religions is
one or many. But Buddhism is non-theistic. The Buddha taught that believing in
gods was not useful for those seeking to realize enlightenment.

Most religions are defined by their beliefs. But in Buddhism, merely believing in
doctrines is beside the point. The Buddha said that doctrines should not be
accepted just because they are in scripture or taught by priests.

Instead of teaching doctrines to be memorized and believed, the Buddha taught

how to realize truth for yourself. The focus of Buddhism is on practice rather than
belief. The major outline of Buddhist practice is the Eightfold Path.

3. ) Conservative Judaism
Reform Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
The Jewish attitude to nature is based on the belief that the universe is the work of the Creator.

Love of God includes love of all His creations: the inanimate, plants, animals and humans. Nature

in all its beauty is created for us, and our connection to nature restores us to our original state of

happiness and joy.

The Bible informs us that the earth is given to man ‘to use and protect’. But the ‘dominion’

mentioned in the Bible is not the dominion of a tyrant. God’s mercy extends to all He has created,

as is written, ‘the earth is founded upon mercy’.