Orthodox would be the most religious, Conservatism being mid-dle of the road, and Reform being the least practiced. Josh grew up into the Orthodox beliefs because of his grandparents. Josh's grand-parents, his father's mother and father, were Orthodox. His mother's, mother and father were Conservative. Eventually his mother and fa-ther switched over to the Conservative beliefs. The Orthodox beliefs would show the in the center and the women on the outside. They viewed women as caretakers. There are three temples in the city of Toledo. B'NAI Israel, which is the conservative temple. Josh attends this temple. JCC, Jewish Community Center, which is the Reformer temple. And, Metz Chary, the Orthodox temple. The Hebrews be-lieved that God was their special protector and was everything, the most powerful, and present everywhere. Like the other two religions, Judaism also has a holy book called the Torah. The Torah is a sacred recording of laws and events in Jewish history. The Jews believe that God gave them the Ten Commandments through Moses, which he was called the Lawgiver. According to the Jewish tradition, God made a covenant, or agreement with Abraham, the founder of Judaism. One similarity between the Christianity and Judaism is that they both fast at a certain designated times of the year. Not only does Judaism had similarities between the two religions, the other two religions - Christi-anity and Islam were strongly influenced by Judaism. Christianity has the largest world's cultural, religious and political development. As same as Judaism and Islam, Christianity is also monotheistic. The Catholic Church during the Middle Ages played an all-encompassing role over the lives of the people and the government. As the Dark Ages came to a close the ideas of the Renaissance started to take hold, and the church's power gradually began to dwindle. The monar-chies of Europe also began to grow replacing the church's power.
