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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Islam and Christianity literally have the same God

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes correct - the air conditioning god!

[–] stepan@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it's closer on say Islam and Judaism. Christianity has the whole trinity thing

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Still the same god. Christians just believe he took a vacation in a human body, and then tortured himself to redeem people for the mistake he made them make. (How can they freely choose to not eat the apple before they eat the apple?)

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What does that even mean though

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Islam is based on Christianity, quran talk about the same prophet in bible. They worship the same god, but expressed it in different way, they also went to war because of it, and abrahamic religion does not like any deviation from the "true" one, so they fight. Nowadays all the sect from christian just tolerated each other(openly, not sure what they do behind the curtain), while the islam one still went to war with each other.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social -4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You can tell by their actions that Christians do not really believe that they worship the same God as Islam.

If Christians really believed it was the same God, they'd switch religions to the one with the most up-to-date information from God and become Muslim. If Christians didn't believe this was the way to choose how to worship, then they'd be Jewish, not Christian.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"up to date information" buddy its all make believe, calm down

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

You don't think it's important to understand people's beliefs?

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whether they should convert doesn't have much to do with if the God is the same one though. Even within Christianity there are multiple denomination. And that's without mentioning wacky offsprings like LDS.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those denominations you mentioned, apart from LDS, work from the same source material. They think they worship the same God, and any differences are just how other denominations misinterpret the scriptures or tradition somehow.

You calling LDS a "wacky offering" is directly in-line with my comment and not your objection. Mormons believe they worship the same God as other Christians, but do other Christians really believe they worship the same God as Mormons? You know, the God who sent an angel to give a new testament to Joseph Smith?

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

well i guess this gets into the quite philosophical question of what "the same" actually means ¯\(ツ)

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

To me, some common ways to distinguish beings is by who they are and by what they've done or experienced. A person who believes God could microwave a burrito so hot that even he couldn't eat it worships a different God from a person who believes the opposite.

A person who believes God, by whatever means, gave revelations to Mohammed worships a different God than a person who believes God did not give revelations to Mohammed.

A Christian who believes God gave revelations to Mohammed is an unthinkable contradiction to me. As is a Christian who doesn't believe one way or the other. Only a Christian who believes God did not give revelations to Mohammed makes sense to be a Christian. That distinguishes the Christian God as a different being from the God of Islam from a Christian's perspective.

Of course, to a Muslim, this is entirely a moot point. They can easily claim to worship the same God as Christians, the same way that Christians can claim to worship the same God as the Jewish religion.

On a related note, although I wouldn't want to try to prove it, I personally think that no two believers actually worship the same god, which is sort of an ignostic sort of belief.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Matter of believing different prophets. Anyone can claim to bring the word of god. Who you believe or don’t determines if you’re Jewish, Christian or Muslim.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So, if you believe that Bobby Henderson is a prophet, then the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the same God as the Christian God?

[–] square@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does he claim his teachings are a new revelation from the god of Abraham?

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If he does, then would Christians agree that their God is the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

[–] square@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm not agreeing with the other guy, or that I don't, I'm just saying your comment doesn't follow from his unless the FSM guy claims to be a new prophet of the same God.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When I saw your comment, I realized that I hadn't explicitly connected all the dots and that I could have made the point much clearer, and as a result, I was glad that you asked the question. Although I admit I didn't check the usernames, and I was surprised that you made a comment that so pointedly cleared up the thing I was trying to say.