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Originally posted by Krishach:
Didn't I tell you I didn't like where the thread was going in the first one? 
What I don't understand is how can you definitely tell me that there is a God when someone else believes in say, Allah for example. Are they both the same God? Does his god not exist because he is a totally different religion from yours? Do both exist? Do neither exist? I'm curious about peoples thoughts on this.
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The God of Christianity, Judaism and Islam is the same God. The pathways are different.
The differences all centre around belief in who Jesus is/was, not who the creator God is.
To Christians Jesus is God. God on this earth who died to enable relationship with God, and life, eternal life with him hereafter.
Islam acknowledges Jesus, but not as God or Gods son, but as one of their greatest prophets.
Jews are still waiting for their prophecied messiah, and thus don't believe Jesus was who he said he was.
However, there are many "Messianic Jews" who believe Jesus IS the messiah, and so whom worship as Christians, sharing their beliefs. There are three or four in our Church in NYC, and I knew a couple in Australia.
But essentially we all share the belief in the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
Pantheists do not share this concept though, and this was discussed in the last thread.
[ 04-28-2002, 09:42 AM: Message edited by: Yorick ]