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Christianity Christians, Jews and Muslims all believe in the same God

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 ThePrincesTale posted over a year ago
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Although some central doctrines differ between these three faiths, they have the shared identity of being an "Abrahamic religion"- that is, have a common origin in Abraham and believe that God revealed Himself to him. Their development has been remarkably intertwined and their scriptures quite similar, leading some to believe that adherents within these three religions worship the same God.

This theory is also supported by the faiths' common conception of God as an eternal, omnipotent, omniscient being who created the universe. In all three, he has the properties of holiness, justice, omni-benevolence and omnipresence. He is also transcendent, meaning that he is outside space and outside time and therefore not subject to anything within his creation, but at the same time a personal God, involved, listening to prayer and reacting to the actions of his creatures.

Of course, there are also problems with this view in that Judaism and Islam rejects the Trinitarian view of God that is fundamental to Christianity. Jesus is worshipped only as a prophet by Muslims and rejected outright by Jews. On this basis, some reject the theory of a shared God.

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loveofdelena picked I agree:
they do, they each see him in a different light to others.
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HikaruNotKaoru picked I disagree:
Christians and Jews believe in the same God, but Jews don't believe that Jesus was the Son. Muslims don't. They believe in Allah, who is not the true God. They also don't believe in the Trinity. So, no.
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"Allah" just means "God" in Arabic... And Jews don't believe in the Trinity either. In fact, the basic theological tenets of Christianity and Islam are more similar than those of Christianity and Judaism. Muslims believe that Jesus was God's messenger, they believe that he proclaimed the Gospel, they believed that Mary was the most holy woman in history and gave birth to Jesus as a virgin, they believe that Jesus was raised into Heaven by God. They venerate Jesus. In Judaism, he is nothing more than a false prophet. I don't understand your reasoning.
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sunnyfields picked I disagree:
Nope. Christians believe in Jesus the Son to save them from their sins, while Jews and Muslims don't.
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