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Originally Posted by Brandon  I think it is really interesting how 3 of the world's largest relegions trace all the way back to one man. I also think it is interesting how each relegion views that time period differently. In reading Genesis of the Old Testament (which both Christians and Jews believe to be true) Abraham had a two sons: Ishmael and Isaac. All of Israel is decendant from Isaac while all of Islam is decedant from Ishmael. However, one very interesting place where the Bible is different from the Koran is that in Genesis, God commands Abraham to sacrifice Isaac (eventhough God eventually spares Isaac's life). In the Koran, it is Ishmael that God commands Abraham to sacrifice.
I don't really have much of a point here. Obviously each side will claim that the other side got the story wrong or changed it somewhere in history to better suit themselves, I just find this piece of history intriguing. Whichever version of the story is true, Israel and Islam were once brothers. |
I wonder why the big three religions are descendant from one man.
I think monotheism is one of the easiest philosophies to embrace. It is like an intermediate step between believing in many gods and believing in science instead of a god. Science tries to seek a mathematic explanation for fundamental the nature of the universe, where monotheism asserts that the fundamental nature of the universe is some unexplainable thing called "god".
Anyway, monotheism is easy to believe, so I'll bet anyone who thought it was a good idea and had also heard of Abraham decided to make their religion the same as Abraham, which is why Abrahamic religions dominate the world today.