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Originally Posted by DuffMan
Not really, it's the concept I disbelieve in, I guess I'm not as detail oriented as yourself.
If you're telling me every religion worships the same God, you might as well tell me we are all blood related because a brother and sister had sex and started the whole human race.
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Chill Cosby already said this, but to re-iterate: not all religions worship the same god(s),
the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the exact same supernatural entity. It's referred to as the
"God of Abraham" because all three of those religions trace their origins back to the prophet
Abraham.
Here's a very quick and dirty explanation of the three major Western monotheistic religions:
Judaism came first. Their holy book, the Torah, consists of the first five books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) of what Christians know as the Old Testament of the Bible. They believe in a monotheistic God (referred to as "Yahweh" in Hebrew), and important figures in Jewish mythology are characters you probably recognize from Bible stories like Jacob, Isiah, Moses, etc.
Christianity came second. Christians are essentially Jews who believe that Jesus Christ (himself a Jew) is the son of God and that he died on the cross for the salvation of mankind. Jesus is considered an important prophet in Judaism, but they do not believe he is the messiah. The Christian holy book, the Bible, includes the five books of the Torah in addition to the New Testament which mostly deals with the life and teachings of Jesus. The God of both the Jewish and Christian faiths is one and the same.
Islam came third. The prophet Mohammad is the most influential and important figure to Muslims, but the God of Islam (referred to as "Allah" in Arabic) is also the exact same being as the god worshiped by Christians and Jews. The holy book of Islam, the Quran, also includes many of the same characters from the Torah and the Bible such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Solomon, Jesus, etc.
So when you make comments implying that you think Christians and Muslims have different gods, you're making factually incorrect statements. All three Western monotheistic religions have the same god; where they differ in in details about the teachings of certain prophets and whether Jesus is the messiah or not.