Although this verse gives me peace, it also serves to confuse me. If we are specifically told not to murder, then why are Christians still doing it? Why are Jews still doing it? Why do Muslim’s follow the Qur’an and The Bible if they both contradict each other? Especially on this topic. This is only one thing that has served to confuse me. Another is, why are these three religions, which come from one source, so different? Why do the contradict each other? Why is there so much hatred between them if they all have one ancestor who is the same? How did three entirely different religions come into existence from one person? This person being Abraham. In the book, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler, the answer to these questions are what the author searches for. In this book, the author tries to find Abraham by following his life. He ends up finding different versions of Abraham, which confused him and to be honest, it confused me too. How can there be so many different versions of one person? I get that people can have different perspectives of someone, but this was different. It wasn’t just perspective that came into play. “Well, if people wanted to
Although this verse gives me peace, it also serves to confuse me. If we are specifically told not to murder, then why are Christians still doing it? Why are Jews still doing it? Why do Muslim’s follow the Qur’an and The Bible if they both contradict each other? Especially on this topic. This is only one thing that has served to confuse me. Another is, why are these three religions, which come from one source, so different? Why do the contradict each other? Why is there so much hatred between them if they all have one ancestor who is the same? How did three entirely different religions come into existence from one person? This person being Abraham. In the book, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler, the answer to these questions are what the author searches for. In this book, the author tries to find Abraham by following his life. He ends up finding different versions of Abraham, which confused him and to be honest, it confused me too. How can there be so many different versions of one person? I get that people can have different perspectives of someone, but this was different. It wasn’t just perspective that came into play. “Well, if people wanted to