Each religion is characterised by its own rare and beautiful traditions and practises, and it is important for all of us to acknowledge these practises. Surprisingly, even though these religions were founded in different places in the world and during different eras, yet most of these religions have a lot in common, when it comes to beliefs and morals.
Christianity began in the first century after Jesus died and was resurrected, and despite the persecution of early Christians, the religion spread quickly through the Roman Empire. Christianity originated with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who proclaimed the imminent kingdom of God and was crucified c. AD 30–33 in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea.
Over time, Christianity went through political and religious conflicts, and it split into two branches: Catholicism and various Protestant churches. Even though both branches follow the same book which is the Bible and pray for the same God; they still managed to practice different traditions and behaviours.
Holy Family Parish Catholic Church.
Tyler Mello is a 21 year old Catholic member at Holy Family Parish in London. He was born and raised in a Catholic family and has been practising all its traditions all his life. “It is like a broken telephone. Throughout history people may have perceived what actually happened differently, and then somebody says something and it gets misheard and it expands.” Tyler Mello said. Tyler resembles branches of christianity to “broken telephone”, and that is due to the different perspectives that were passed on to generations over the years and have built these walls between those branches.
In January 1521, Martin Luther was officially excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after he showed that he is against the Catholic Church’s corruption, which shows that the community does not accept rebels or objections which caused the church to split up and create their own traditions and rules.
Islam and Judaism share a lot in common such as the fact that they are both Abrahamic religions as well as sharing practices such as fasting and almsgiving. One of the main conflicts that are on-going between Muslims and Jews is the conflict of the land of Palestine. Around 1400 years ago, Muslims have constructed Al-Aqsa Mosque on the temple mount which is the holiest mount in Judaism. That brought the two groups to conflict on who truly owns the land. Therefore, Conflicts between Muslims and Jews were geographic, political issues motivated by religious causes.
Stunning gold and blue tiles of Al Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem Temple Mount
The common issues found within all these religions are that they do not accept objections against their rules, which has caused ongoing wars all around the world caused by religious conflicts and have turned into political wars.
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