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Islam
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Judaism
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Christianity
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Cesidianism |
| type of theism |
strict monotheism
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strict monotheism
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Trinitarian monotheism
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merodepantheistic
God — a neologism meaning "part-of-all God doctrine" |
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ultimate reality
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one God
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one God
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one God
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God and his good children |
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names of God
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Allah (Arabic for God)
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Yahweh, Elohim
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Yahweh, the Holy Trinity
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"He who is, was, and shall be"; even Yeshua
Hanotzri will have a new name, and God is no different in this respect |
| other spiritual beings |
angels, demons, jinn
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angels and demons
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angels and demons
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God and his good children are all material and spiritual beings |
| revered humans |
prophets, imams (especially in Shia)
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prophets
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saints, church fathers
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saints and prophets; God is a "equal
opportunity employer" of prophets |
| identity of Jesus |
true prophet of God, whose message has been
corrupted
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false prophet
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Son of God, God incarnate, savior of the
world
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Lord of the Earth and father of Mankind; who
has lived
before as Adam and Buddha; and who shall live again as Messiah |
| birth of Jesus |
virgin birth
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normal birth
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virgin birth
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virgin birth |
| death of Jesus |
did not die, but ascended into heaven during
crucifixion
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death by crucifixion
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death by crucifixion
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death by crucifixion |
| resurrection of Jesus |
denied
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denied
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affirmed
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affirmed |
| second coming of Jesus |
affirmed
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denied
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affirmed
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affirmed; however, it won't be his second, or even his third coming |
| divine revelation |
through Muhammad, recorded
in Qur'an |
through Prophets, recorded in Bible
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through Prophets and Jesus (as God Himself),
recorded in Bible
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through many, not necessarily Christian,
prophets |
| view of sacred text |
inspired, literal word of God, inerrant in
original languages
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views vary
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inspired, some believe inerrant in original
languages
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thought to be good for instruction, but not necessarily inspired and inerrant; there is no excessive dependence on scripture as a source of religious authority, since Cesidians have at least 7 sources of authority: sacred texts, tradition, reason (and science), prophets, personal experience, orthodox syncretism, and mathematics; there is no dependence on the Bible as the only sacred text either |
| human nature |
equal ability to do good or evil
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two equal impulses, one good and one bad
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"original sin" inherited from Adam — tendency
towards evil
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the original sinners were not Adam and Eve,
but their children |
| means of salvation |
correct belief, good deeds,
Five Pillars |
belief in God, good deeds
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correct belief, faith, good deeds, sacraments
(some Protestants emphasize faith alone)
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salvation is a right (rite); salvation more
dependent on attitude than on correct belief or good deeds (situation);
salvation is more about how
you think and feel, than what
you think and feel |
| God's role in salvation |
predestination
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divine revelation and forgiveness
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predestination, various forms of grace
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salvation comes through Yeshua and Yeshua alone |
| good afterlife |
eternal paradise
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views vary: either heaven or no afterlife
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eternal heaven
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reincarnation as a means of spiritual evolution |
| bad afterlife |
eternal hell
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views vary: either eternal Gehenna,
reincarnation, or no afterlife
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eternal hell, temporary purgatory
(Catholicism)
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Judgment Day is part of the spiritual evolution process |
| view of fellow Abrahamic religions |
Jews and Christians are respected as "People
of the Book," but they have wrong beliefs and only partial revelation.
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Islam and Christianity are false
interpretations and extensions of Judaism.
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Judaism is a true religion, but with
incomplete revelation. Islam is a false religion.
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Abrahamic religions are more than Islam,
Judaism, and Christianity; not only are people of non-Abrahamic
religions such as Sabians/Mandaeans included in the list of those who shall experience salvation (Sura 2:62), but Abrahamic religions of recent founding also exist such as the Bahá'í Faith (which is not mentioned in Sura 2:62) |