God and Allah - different or the same?

Question

Is there something that can unify us all here?

Answer 1

What if there is only one God. What if there are just a lot of different interpretations out there, and God just revealed himself differently to different folks, on purpose. What if all this hatred and argument is entirely man-made for the simple reason that our interpretations don't match up? What if everything just snowballed - one wrong turn early on, and we end up in the mess we're in today?

It takes different things to satisfy the cavity in each one of us, and different religions give those different things to people. Think of those little old ladies who waddle off to mass every day - they are getting what they need from their form of worship. It's not what would do it for me, but its right for them. Some people need ritual, some people need dancing in the aisles - some people need to force their beliefs down everyone else's throats. That's good and bad - for obvious reasons.

Oh, um, yes, I do believe that Allah and God are one in the same. The mess isn't His fault, its ours.

Answer 2

There is. As an atheist, I would have a lot easier time dealing with religion if everyone believed that all gods are one in the same, and different religions merely represent different interpretations of a universal loving spirit. That would decrease the amount of holy wars. On the other hand, more people thinking like good ole' "whynotaskdon" would certainly cause more of them - and by the way Don, I've been accruing quite a number of reasons why I'd be loathe to ask you much of anything, the least of which being your predictable and narrow-mindedly dangerous responses.

Answer 3

The same. Islam is a continuation of the teachings of Judaism and Christianity. Allah is just God in Arabic. When Jews and Christians living in Arab lands pray, they use the word Allah to refer to God. Note the linguistic proximity of the word "Elohim", the first word in the Torah used for God, and "Allah."

It used to unify everyone. That is, Christians and Jews living in Muslims lands from the birth of Islam to the fall of the Ottoman Empire were mostly treated with respect. Muslims are supposed to consider Jews and Christians as "People of the Book" and deserving of protection. Certainly, Jews fared much better in the Muslim ruled lands than in Christian dominated Europe.

Reading all three books, there is more to unite the faiths than divide. It's only when politics gets in the mix that things get bad.

Answer 4

if God means:
1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of mankind.
if God means all that above, so he is Allah.

Answer 5

Same. We are all from one Creator.

It's like a plant. The parts all branch off from the stem. They go different ways, but all come from the same root.

If more people could see past the smaller differences and realize the basis of MOST religions is the same - to do good and to treat the world with respect - we wouldn't be in this mess.

Peace begins at home. Gotta remember that too.

Answer 6

Allah is the same old jealous, petty, capricious, mass-murdering psychopathic Abrahamic diety of desert monotheism that is described in the Old Testament... Yahweh... Jehovah... whatever.

Christians seem to think that around 2,000 years ago, this diety developed some kind of Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), in which he manifested a hippie-like personality (Jesus... spent some time on earth... now can be eaten in the form of a cracker), and some Casper the Ghost-like character with pedophilic tendencies (suspected of having impregnated a 12 or 13 year-old virgin... and being honored for it).

The Moslems, however, do not share that belief; they see him as his same-old psychopathic self, essentially unchanged since his old-testament days... except that he seems to have updated his reward system about 1,500 years ago, when he started handing over virgins (in heaven) to be defiled by insane zealots, as a show of gratitude for them having carried out mass-murder and killing themselves in his name. (I think that's what happens to Catholic nuns, after they die. Where else would they find enough virgins?)

Sweet.

I find him very interesting to note that most Christians... including Christian preachers... haven't got the slightest clue about the historical roots of their own religion, let alone any other religion.

Answer 7

yeah. Allah literally means 'the God' in arabic. He sent the same revelation 2 jesus, moses, noah, adam, and all the other prophets. but their holy books got twisted by satan over time. no offense 2 anyone.

Answer 8

I am a christian and all people that are athiests won't be after youve read The Bible and, no your dead wrong God is real Allah is satans way of making stupid people kill other and themselves he is a false god there will be much much more to come read The Bible(Revalation) and Matthew 24

Answer 9

Very likely the same.

Unity? Well, I doubt we'll see that here. But we could get a lot closer without fundamentalist interpretation and personal translations.

Answer 10

it really depends on who you think god is for 1 , Allah is different than my god because my god has 3 parts to him and they are all extremely important to me