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Then God and Alah and Buddha and other heavenly figures adored by various religions could be one and the same. So why are we fighting.

2006-07-21 12:55:21 · 17 answers · asked by Don S 5 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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2006-07-21 12:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I applaud your attempt to create an interfaith dialogue, but I think that a few points need to be clarified. Let me humbly and briefly try to untangle and understand this a bit.

Allah is another name for God. Many deny this, saying that the God of the Muslims is really Satan or something like that. But Jews, Christians and Muslims all worship the same God - the God of Abraham. They may describe him and understand him in sublty different ways, but He is who He is: "I Am."

Some Christians claim that Jesus and God are the same; some conceive of them being two-thirds of the Trinity; some say Jesus is "God made man." But many others who are not Christian and who do not recognize him to be the Messiah do realize that he is an important religious prophet (as well as philosopher and many other influential roles).

For example, Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet. (There are many prophets of Islam, including several from Judaism and Christianity, but Muhammad is the most highly regarded.) However, they do not believe that He was divine; He was a mortal, as was Muhammad and all of the other prophets. (And there are many other differences between how Christians understand Jesus Christ and how Muslims understand Him.)

While Buddha is highly revered by Buddhists, he is not considered a deity. Buddha was a mortal who achieved enlightenement. He is not God (or Allah). He is not a "heavenly figure." He is not worshipped in the ways that Jews and Christians and Muslims worship God. In fact, some argue that Buddhism is atheistic because it generally rejects the notion of some separate creator God.

And I am not even comfortable saying that the reverence of Buddha might be similar to the reverence of Jesus, although both held compassion as the core of their teachings, because many people worship Jesus.

However, Thich Nhat Hanh, an expatriated Vietnamese Buddhist monk, has written some very interesting studies comparing the teachings and beliefs of the Buddha to those of Jesus. A couple of his books that I would recommend are "Living Buddha, Living Christ" and "Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers."

In the end, I think that your question regarding why so much dissention and fighting exists between the various religions is an important one - and is ages old. I wish that I had the answer, but unfortunately I do not. I think that a key to the solution, however, is that we need to recognize the similarities and honor the differences between religions (or even within a particular religion) and come to understand them (and this does not mean that we must accept them), as you seem to encourage us to do here.

Namaste.

2006-07-21 13:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Well, the issue is that most of the religions conflict with each other. Muslims don't think Christians are right. Jesus claimed to be the only way to the Father (God). (John 14:6) It's pretty improbable that all of the various religions that claim to be right are really the same thing. A house divided against itself cannot stand. As a Christian, I believe Islam, Buddhism, etc. are false and evil lies spread to mislead people from serving the one true God.

2006-07-21 13:02:43 · answer #3 · answered by mr. tolbert 1 · 0 0

Well, I don't know about the fighting part, but the Father of Christ and Alah are not the same person. Alah is not a name of God, but it is an Islamic rendering of it. The Father of Christ is a God of Love.

2006-07-21 13:02:04 · answer #4 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0 0

Jesus is the Christian God. The second person of the Blessed Trinity.

2006-07-21 12:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Because we all believe we are right. Religious beliefs are very important to most people.

But, yes, I agree they are very close. I think Jewish God, Christian God, and Muslim God is indeed the same God. Not so sure about Buddha, but he did have teachings that ring true to me as a Christian, such as life is suffering.

FYI, it's spelled Allah, you could accidently offend Muslims by spelling His name wrong.

2006-07-21 12:58:58 · answer #6 · answered by Kats 5 · 0 0

Almost.

Actually, there is only one God.
Jesus, Mohammad ( please excuse my spelling), Buddha, and other forms taken on by God for that "religions" purpose is just that. Forms.

Each religions teachings have only one God.
And a jealous God at that.
Since each religion has only one God, and their God wants them to place NO OTHER GOD before it, then they should not place the mans form in the same context of them also being God.
the spirit of God may be in them, but they ARE NOT GOD.

2006-07-21 13:08:30 · answer #7 · answered by Honesty is the best policy 2 · 0 0

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2016-10-15 01:38:26 · answer #8 · answered by weatherford 4 · 0 0

it can't be the same for Christ said that many will come to deceive and act against christian for they know not God. Jesus claims to come from God and is God. He claims that he is the only way, so there is no way that all of us could be right.

2006-07-21 13:00:22 · answer #9 · answered by lucky 4 · 0 0

Allah is the God of all the creatures, all the prophets were sent by Allah to guide people to the right path and to worship him alone without a partner.

2006-07-21 13:07:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Jesus Christ is Jehovah God in a visible body. However, I don't fight over it, actually Jesus Christ doesn't even need my help being an all-powerful God and all.

http://www.mechanicsburgnewchurch.org

2006-07-21 12:57:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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