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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex
Same God. Different style of worship. They even share some of the same books, as I stated previously. Facts don't change.
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If they were the same god, the different styles of worship would describe denominations. They are different religions, at least according to those who practice them.
At this point it's a semantic argument, I think. I understand the three share holy books, some dogmas, and a lot of history (both verified and dogmatic). But they are different gods in my book, by my definition of what makes a thing "different" from another thing. To a Christian, worship of the Muslim god is idolatry, and if it goes without a belief in Christ as the savior (a god) it's a path to hell. To a Muslim, belief in Christ as a god is idolatry, and denial of Mohammed as
the prophet is some sort of sin. A Jew would also consider worship of Christ as idolatry.*
* These are, of course, the "by-the-book" dogmatic views, as I understand them. I get that some Christians don't believe in hell, some Jews eat shellfish, and some Muslims have probably never even heard of Gabriel.