In this time of "politically correct" it seems that there is a general good feel attitude about religion. "You're OK, I'm OK" pretty well expresses it. Folks say it doesn't matter how you serve God, because we are all His children. I submit for your consideration this: the God of the Bible is not the same as Allah. Discussion anyone?

RickJ

I don't think it's a valid question.

I, as a Catholic Christian, have no problem using an Arabic name for God, that is, Allah.

But...I do NOT agree with Islam's description/explanation of what God has revealed to man.

ordinaryguy

The name of God a person uses depends on which holy book they accept as divinely inspired scripture. The idea that there is and necessarily must be one and ONLY ONE true scripture, and one and ONLY ONE correct interpretation of that scripture is the source of countless religious wars, feuds, fights and arguments. I hope this isn't the start of another one.

Fr_Chuck

God, or Jesus or any other English name is just merely that, an English name, The translations go into 1000's of various langauges.

So in disussion of the use of the word ..... for God,there are many.

What makes the difference is if you are refering to the God of the bible, or the god of the Quran or the god in other beleifs.

Now as far as if the Christian God is the Muslim God that is a highly debated issue. Many beleive it is, since it has alot of reference to Christianity. One has to remember that although it was a schrismatic sect of Christianity in the area where the Quran was writte, there were groups of Christians there, and the faith they practiced is expressed directly in the Quran, the teachings of Mary and the virgin birth but also the belief that Jesus did not really die and that Jesus was not really god.

So for many Chrsitian scholars it is simple, that this is the same god, since many of the writings of the Quran were taken directly from Christianity.

Now then if you believe that the writings were actually inspired by a god, then one can not accept that they are the same as the Christian God since thier teachings are against the teachings and beleifs of the Christian faith.
Many of that idea follow the god in the Quran to a moon god, but I am not up completely on that teachings since I am a follower of the first beleif that the writer of the Quran used many parts of the local christian teachings as a base for the writings,

letmetellu

To rishy39, The people that say you are a child of God are just doing what there God told them to do, so when you tell them to worship on their own that is what they are doing which includes trying to show you the ways of God, hoping you will accept it and become a believer. If they did not do this they would not be fulfilling their promise to God.

Fr_Chuck

Actually yes the entire idea that everyone is a "son of god" is not bibical for Christinaity, since those that don't accept Christ and follow him are not sons of God

Romans 8:14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God

Gallations 3:25 to 27 26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

magprob

Muhammed is a dead, self proclaimed prophet, Jesus is a living Savior. I guess the god of Islam couldn't pull that one off. You know, the risen from the dead thing. I think that makes the two different, very different! If you do not think Jesus arose from the dead, then you need to become a follower of Islam, since they don't think he did either.
"They slew him not nor crucified, but it appeared so unto them." (Surah 4:157) Quran

31pumpkin

I don't think Allah is the same as God. Allah may mean god in Arabic but it's not the same God. I think a lot of Muslims probably don't know much about their religion to question a great deal about Mohammed. I think these Muslims were just born into their religion & believe if their parents tell them that Allah is the same as the Biblical God, they just believe that too.
Could Allah's name have come from......?www.biblebelievers.org.au/moongod.htm

kiwimac

Nope,

The name's of the Arab moon-gods were; Wadd, `Amm, Sin, Il Mukah & Aksum. Allah is a contraction of the Southern Semitic Al-ilah which simply means "The God." I refer you to the following site

Ray McIntyre
Priest
Anglican Church International

Starman

Until just recently I thought that Moslems did direct their worship to the God described in the Hebrew Scriptures. But then I came across the Islamic claim that the Hebrew scriptures were tampered with and that the Koran is the correct guide.

BTW
I bet that if these same people who smugly say all religions are OK and that God doesn't care what we believe and how we worship were having their still-beating-hearts ripped out of their chests by religiously fanatical Aztec priests they wouldn't be singing that "all-religions-are-OK" jingle.