Axia College Material
Appendix H
Monotheistic Religion Elements Matrix
| |Judaism |Christianity |Islam |
|Countries of origin |Israel |Eastern Europe |SAUDI ARABI |
| | |ISRAEL |ISRAEL |
| | |ITALY | |
|HISTORICAL FIGURES AND |JESUS |JESUS |MUHAMMAD |
|EVENTS |MOSES |MOSES |JESUS |
| |KING DAVID |NOAH | |
| | |JOHN THE BAPTIST |570 BIRTH OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD |
| |12TH-13TH CENTURY BC—MOSES LEADS THE ISRAELITES OUT OF |MARK, MATTHEW, LUKE, AND JOHN THE DISCIPLE |610 REVELATION OF THE QUR’AN TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD |
| |EGYPT |PAUL |622 THE HIJRAH FROM MECCA TO MEDINA |
| | | |630 MUHAMMAD RETURNS TO MECCA |
| |961—KING SOLOMON BUILDS THE FIRST TEMPLE |4BCE—30CE LIFE OF JESUS |632 MUHAMMAD DIES |
| | |480—542 LIFE OF ST BENEDICT |650 WRITTEN TEXT OF THE QUR’AN |
| |1940—1950 THE HOLOCAUST |1095—1300 THE CRUSADES |1187 SALAH-AL-DIN RECAPTURES JERUSALEM FROM CRUSADERS |
| | |1517 MARTIN LUTHER POSTS THE 95 THESES |1453 TURKS CONQUER CONSTANTINOPLE, RENAMING IT ISTANBUL|
| | |1534 CHURCH OF ENGLAND SEPARATES FROM ROME |2001 MUSLIM TERRORISTS FLY AIRCRAFT INTO US BUILDINGS |
| | | |2003 U.S. ATTACKS IRAQ IN “WAR ON TERRORISM” |
| | |1859 THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES WRITTEN BY CHARLES DARWIN | |
| | |CHALLENGES CREATIONISM BY GOD | |
| | |2002 BOSTON’S ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP RESIGNS IN A | |
| | |SCANDAL REVOLVING AROUND SEXUAL ABUSE BY PRIESTS | |
|CENTRAL BELIEFS |OBEDIENCE TO GOD IS EXPECTED |TEACHINGS OF JESUS |SELF-SACRIFICE |
| |GOD GRANTS SPECIAL FAVORS AND IS ALSO BOUND BY HIS OWN |FORGIVENESS |CHARITY |
| |ETHICAL AGREEMENTS TO THE PEOPLE |INNER/OUTER PEACE |STEADFAST BELIEF THAT ALLAH WILL PROVIDE |
| | |SALVATION | |
|NATURE OF GOD |ONE GOD (YAHWEH) |ONE GOD (JEHOVAH) |ONE GOD (ALLAH) |
|TEXTS |TANAKH |THE HOLY BIBLE (KING JAMES VERSION) |THE HOLY QUR’AN |
| |THE TORAH | | |
|RITUAL AND PRACTICE |PRAYER |PRAYER |PRAYER EVERY DAY 5 TIMES TO THE EAST |
| |HANUKKAH |BELIEF THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD |PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA |
| |BAT/BAR MITZVAHS |HOLY SPIRIT |SATAN IS EVIL |
| |CIRCUMCISION |SATAN IS EVIL |RAMADAN |
| |SATAN IS EVIL | | |
|ETHICS AND MORALITY |STRONG FOLLOWING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS(LAWS FROM GOD)|LITERAL, ALLEGORICAL, MORAL (TEACHING ETHICAL |PROBLEMS WITH THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE’S WAY OF LIFE |
| |STRONG BELIEF IN ONE GOD |PRINCIPLES), | |
| | |AND HEAVENLY (DIVINELY INSPIRED AND MYSTICAL, PERHAPS |VERY HUMBLE SUBSERVIENT PEOPLE |
| | |UNINTELLIGIBLE TO ORDINARY | |
| | |THINKING) |KNOWN TO HAVE EXTREME RADICALS WITH STRONG BELIEF OF |
| | | |THE JIHAD(HOLY WAR) AND MANIFEST IT PHYSICALLY |
| | |BELIEF IN MIRACLES BY GOD AND JESUS | | 