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By: Mriana

Mriana — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:32:20 +0000

I use to think they were the same, but upon closer inspection, they are not quite the same. Common origin is about all they do have in common.

I think Stephen said it best with his explanation.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:16:34 +0000

I just wanted to point out that God of Christians is the same as Allah for the Muslims

Not under any meaningful usage of the word “same”. The central tenet of Christianity is that God’s son came to earth in human form. The central tenet of Islam is that Allah is one alone, and the Koran explicitly denies that he has a son. That the two share a common origin is not in doubt, but they are certainly not the same.

By: RevoLutheran

RevoLutheran — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:50:54 +0000

I just wanted to point out that God of Christians is the same as Allah for the Muslims (and also Yahweh for the Jews, but that was acknowledged in the post). In fact, Christians in arab countries such as Palestine actually use the name Allah when referring to God.

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all worship “the God of Abraham” — the same diety. I acknowledge that many Jews, Christians, and Muslims might miss this point, but do some research on it if you want…Yahweh = God = Yahweh.

That’s all — just wanted to clarify.

By: vjack

vjack — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:34:15 +0000

Actually, there are several atheists doing this. See http://www.asktheatheists.com/

By: Mriana

Mriana — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:52:22 +0000

You’re welcome. Hopefully this goes well for him and others learn something from his page.

By: brian t

brian t — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:29:47 +0000

A similar question was posed on AskTheAtheist.com recently, phrased as "do you respect Islam more than Christianity?". If there was a consensus, it's along the lines of "Christianity is what we know best". I'd not be much good in a debate against an Islamic scholar...