When Jesus came, things took a turn. The religious fundamentalist leaders, said "nonono he's not God, he's evil." They're jews today. The people who recognized Jesus as God become a man, said "oh wow, God actually came down and suffered and died for us because he loved us and wanted to get into heaven. read more
For Muslims, an angel gave a book to a descendant of Abraham's son Ishmael, who came out of an adulterous relationship and was said to be a donkey of a man, who's hand will be against everyone. There's your 3 major religions of today. read more
not in the many years to follow, but at the actual time. or did the split not happen suddenly, but over a long time. read more