I say they have DIFFERENT attributes. You're reading in something from past and irrelevant conversations. I have no axe to grind here, what I was saying was not discriminatory to any side, although you seem to be on the attack for some reason.
The OP asked if the deities weren't the same. I said no. You backed that up with a glaring difference. Your point is well made - The messiah makes all the difference to "God". More than that... the Islamic god 'Allah' differs greatly from the Abrahamic source. Mormons, Jehovas Witnesses, etc etc are all 'Abrahamic source' faiths but the god that they worship is also very different.
Some comparisons:
http://so4j.com/islam-vs-christianity-co...charts.php
The basics:
Christian God: One God revealed in three Persons (a Tri-unity or Trinity), Father, Son (Jesus Christ) and Holy Spirit. Each member of the Trinity having the same essence (essential being), but each Member having different roles.
a. God approachable by man through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
b. A God of judgment on sin, but love toward sinners, proven by His coming to earth to die for sinful men. God first loves man.
c. A God that is a Father who cares for His children.
Islamic God: One God (Qur’an 2:163), Allah. Muhammad rejected the truth of the Trinity as blasphemous (Qur’an 5:73; 4:171). Muhammad taught that Allah was the only God, but originally Allah was one of the 360 idol-gods worshipped by the various Arab tribes.
a. God unapproachable by sinful man. He has only communicated with mankind through a progression of angels and prophets.
b. A God of wrath and judgment, who hates sinners (Qur'an 2:190). Man must first love Allah for Allah to love him (Qur'an 3:31)
c. A God that cannot be called "father" for that would mean Allah would have had a wife and children, and therefore would not be God (Qur'an 19:88-92).
At a very basic level, the 'god' all of these faith's must have some similarity. A smidgeon of knowledge is all a person needs to see the vast differences after that.
The OP asked if the deities weren't the same. I said no. You backed that up with a glaring difference. Your point is well made - The messiah makes all the difference to "God". More than that... the Islamic god 'Allah' differs greatly from the Abrahamic source. Mormons, Jehovas Witnesses, etc etc are all 'Abrahamic source' faiths but the god that they worship is also very different.
Some comparisons:
http://so4j.com/islam-vs-christianity-co...charts.php
The basics:
Christian God: One God revealed in three Persons (a Tri-unity or Trinity), Father, Son (Jesus Christ) and Holy Spirit. Each member of the Trinity having the same essence (essential being), but each Member having different roles.
a. God approachable by man through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
b. A God of judgment on sin, but love toward sinners, proven by His coming to earth to die for sinful men. God first loves man.
c. A God that is a Father who cares for His children.
Islamic God: One God (Qur’an 2:163), Allah. Muhammad rejected the truth of the Trinity as blasphemous (Qur’an 5:73; 4:171). Muhammad taught that Allah was the only God, but originally Allah was one of the 360 idol-gods worshipped by the various Arab tribes.
a. God unapproachable by sinful man. He has only communicated with mankind through a progression of angels and prophets.
b. A God of wrath and judgment, who hates sinners (Qur'an 2:190). Man must first love Allah for Allah to love him (Qur'an 3:31)
c. A God that cannot be called "father" for that would mean Allah would have had a wife and children, and therefore would not be God (Qur'an 19:88-92).
At a very basic level, the 'god' all of these faith's must have some similarity. A smidgeon of knowledge is all a person needs to see the vast differences after that.
