On the Relationships and Incompatibilities of the Abrahamic Traditions: A Short Treatise

On the Relationships and Incompatibilities of the Abrahamic Traditions: A Short Treatise

I am in no way partial to the first of the present-day world’s 3 major monotheisms, nor do I advocate further violence between the proponents of the respective faiths. Nonetheless, I am appalled by the misguided aim of contempt, hatred, and disdain that used to be directed at the votaries of the Jewish faith. Christians invented a salacious accusation of deicide and voluntary self-sabotage against the Jews – barking that they (the few who would have been most likely to have met and evaluated Jesus) were evil and ignorant tribesmen who not only rejected their messiah, but the God-man and saviour of souls himself – the eccentric rabbi of Nazareth. The Catholic Church has long since abandoned and glibly apologized for said accusation, just prior to its decision to return to infallibility; yet the adherents don’t seem to have the same courage and recognition to do so. Even assuming the many self-contradictory, immoral and nonsensical narrations that comprise the 73 books of the Roman Catholic Bible to be true, the Jewish Sanhedrin were the first to encounter the Nazarene, examine him and his anti-Mosaic burblings, and conclude that he was bogus. Jewish scholars are also the most familiar with the dictations of the older Hebrew scriptures, and as such can easily detect dishonest Christological interpolations and corruptions, which try to substantiate Christian prophecies in the anglicized gospels. 

Having said enough about the Jews, let us turn to the most incoherent and final of the Abrahamic plagiarisms, Islam. Unlike the Jews who simply denounce Jesus and the ensuing doctrines, Muslims accept his existence and messiahship. Yet they deny his ministry as per the biblical accounts, repudiate his divinity, reject his crucifixion and any implications thenceforth, and reduce his role in theology to that of a turgid and inarticulate messenger. This to me seems to be a much more evident depredation and evisceration of Christian philosophy, and probably more deserving of righteous condemnation. This is accompanied by blatant injunctions against the blasphemous Christian teachings repeatedly cited throughout the Quran. 

In addition to textual embarrassment and obliteration, many recent Islamic reverts are former Christians. The reasoning for Christianity’s lack of familiarity in this regard is baffling, but may be simply due to unlettered apathy; ironically the cheap quality with which the authenticity of Muhammad’s prophethood is so frantically advanced. Fear is also possible – the militant and oppressive regime of Islamic Sharia is prominent in the Middle East, whereas Jewish spiritual aggression pales in comparison. Easier and safer to beat a wounded horse than to tackle a festering lion, I suppose. However, this ignorance and complacency are not only unjust due to undeserved maltreatment of an old tribe, but to negligence of despotism and medieval totalitarianism occurring overseas – a glimpse into a reincarnation of the Dark Ages.