What’s the difference between judaism and christianity?

12345: What’s the difference between judaism and christianity?
I know the super basic things like Hanukkah and that they have bar-mitzvahs and stuff but could somebody go a little bit further? I’m Catholic, so I know what most christians believe but is it very similar to Judaism? Just wondering.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Mickey
jews believe that jesus was not our saviour and that the saviour has not came to earth yet.

Answer by Susan
Christians say God has a son
Jews say that “son” is a false prophet

We in Islam say
He is a great prophet of God

Answer by Tas
Christians follow the bible and Jewish people follow the teachings of the torah.

Answer by Moin Khan
Jews do not eat pigs (pork).
Jews do not consider Jesus as God or son of God.
Jews do not worship cross.

Answer by moortoo
christians use a version of the original Jewish owners manual that was edited to suit the interests of the catholic church

Answer by Shanese
One of the core differences between being a Christian and a Jew is that Christians accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah, and Jews do not. Jews believe that the Messiah hasn’t come yet, but will one day. One of the reasons that some Christians think that Christianity is similar to Judaism is because the first 5 sections of the bible are also included in the Torah (Jewish Bible) and therefor, the things written in those sections are indeed a part of Judaism. Christians and Jews believe in the same God, but the their name for God is Adonai. There are so many other differences that I could go into, but to name all of them would mean writing a novel, lol. Search the net to find out more

Answer by nice
Judaism says Jesus is not God. Christianity believes in having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ who is the God the Son.

Answer by passionate
True Christians believe that Jesus is god while Jews do not

Answer by Aravah
answer: actually Christian beliefs are very different than Jewish beliefs.

JUDAISM/ISLAM
– says that no human can ever die for the sins of others
CHRISTIANITY
– says that Jesus died for the sins of mankind

JUDAISM
– says that all humans are born pure, and innocent
CHRISTIANITY
– some say that all humans are born with ‘original sin’.

JUDAISM
– says that G-d would never allow/enable a ‘virgin birth’
CHRISTIANITY/ISLAM
– says that Mary gave birth, though a virgin

JUDAISM
– says that no man gets a ‘second coming’
CHRISTIANITY/ISLAM
– says that Jesus will have a ‘second coming’

JUDAISM/ISLAM
– says that every human should speak directly to G-d
CHRISTIANITY
– Jesus claims in the ‘new testament’ that the ‘only way’ to G-d is via him

JUDAISM/ISLAM
– says G-d is one, indivisible, cannot be separated into three aspects/incarnations
CHRISTIANITY
– some sects speaks of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

JUDAISM
– says that we are ALL equally G-d’s children
CHRISTIANITY
– says that Jesus was ‘god’s son’ above all others
ISLAM
– prophets are perfect and have never sinned

JUDAISM
– has no concept of ‘hell’
CHRISTIANITY
– *some* Christians believe non-believers go to ‘hell’
ISLAM
– most Jews and Christians and all non-Jews/non-Christians go to hell

JUDAISM
– has no ‘devil’, the Jewish ‘Satan’ is just an ordinary angel, under G-d’s control
CHRISTIANITY/ISLAM
– describes ‘Satan’ as a devil and ‘fallen’ angel

JUDAISM
– the ‘messiah’ will be a normal, mortal man who must fulfill all the Jewish messianic prophecies in one normal, mortal lifetime
CHRISTIANITY
– Jesus was the ‘messiah’ and will fulfill the prophecies when he ‘returns’
ISLAM
– believes Jesus was special but not a son of G-d and less a prophet than Mohammad

JUDAISM
– says that the righteous of ALL faiths will reach ‘gan eden’ or ‘garden of eden’.
CHRISTIANITY
– some Christians insist that only those who ‘know Christ’ can reach heaven
ISLAM
– some Jews and Christians will reach Paradise, Muslims reach paradise and have it better than Jews and Christians

JUDAISM
– forbids Jews from trying to convert anyone to Judaism
CHRISTIANITY
– believes in actively ‘witnessing’ and encouraging people to convert to Christianity
ISLAM
– all must convert to Islam or pay a fine to remain Christian or Jewish and live as 2nd class citizens (all others must convert or die)

JUDAISM
– The Torah remains unchanged
CHRISTIANITY
– differences from the original Torah
ISLAM
-claims the Torah and Christian bible were corrupted (with no proof)

JUDAISM/ISLAM
– no concept of original sin
CHRISTIANITY
– some sects of Christianity believe in “original sin” to justify the need for a savior. Others believe that humankind cannot keep from sinning and requires a savior to cleanse them.

Thanks Paperback for the majority of this with some tweaking by Qua Patet Orbis and Myself.

Answer by Alisha
Christianity (Catholicism) was an offshoot of Judaism that occurred a couple thousand years ago. The first Christians were considered Jewish heretics. Christians took the Torah and put it at the beginning of their Bible (Genesis-Deuteronomy), and added a bunch of their own writings since they believe that Jesus was the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy.