Do all religions have a god or gods?
How many religions belive in the God of christianity.
Am I right in thinking Allah of the Muslims is the same God the Christians believe in?
2006-09-09 07:56:42 · 30 answers · asked by David T 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, there has to be a god if it is a religion. If there is no god, then it is a philosophy. All religions have a supernatural life with supernatural characters in them. Philosophies do not have to have this component, but if something is to call itself a religion, then it must have this. Only Christianity worships a Christian god (which is nothing more than a version of god, called Christianity). Christianity has many sects and denominations, which fight and belittle each other. The Muslim biography version of god must be somewhat different from the Christian biography of god, because the two religions have different rituals that god requires, and their stories on god differ. In Christianity, Jesus is the prophet of all prophets, in Islam, Mohammad is. Both insist that their version is the ONLY version authorized by god. That's a recipe for bloodshed right there. Current and past history prove this.
The so-called proofs of god are like UFO proofs; they are always blurry, never definitive, questionable, and subject to interpretation. So god is everywhere, he can move mountains, but he just can't speak for himself, he has to rely on others. God is terribly shy and so shy that he needs a good therapist it does seem.
The tale told to all is that you must go by blind faith and if you don't accept god here, you will be punished by him in the afterlife: well that god would be a punishing god & one who insists I be scared of him. Thats a punishing god, a mean god, and followers of mean gods are mean.
I left religion & theism 8 yrs. ago. Letting go of being scared of an Invisible Bad Guy has helped my anxiety tremendously. I know put trust in science and listen to it as it evolves and changes, as more truths are being discovered and old ones modified appropriately. Einstein said, "Question, question, question."
2006-09-09 08:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by Bronweyn 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
First of all, all relgion is man made. The bible calls it the 'doctrines and commandments of men'.
That being the case, the answer to the first part of the question is 'no.' Religions do not need a god to worship. Idolatry worships many things. Men, idols, statues, drgus, alcohol, etc.
And yes, Allah is the same God as that of both the Jews and Christians. The quran was actually written from the first five books of the hebrew bible which also make up the books of the Old Testament.
2006-09-09 09:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by ManoGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus was talking about god, he was talking about the god of the jews. Allah and Jehovah are the same god. Mohammed refers to Muslims and Jews as 'people of the book'.
He didn't believe that every book in the old testiment was divinely inspired, but the ones he condoned are the important ones. So yes the god of the muslims is the same god as the god of christianity and the same god of the jews.
To answer your other question 'do religions have to have a god?' I would say the answer depends on how you define religion.
2006-09-09 08:13:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
For being a religion it has to have a god (even if it is real or not)...otherwise is not a religion, is something else, a cult or whatever...
And you are wrong Allah is not the same God of christians...i though that for a time, but they are not the same...you can realize that through the description shown in the Bible, and the one in the Quran.
They are very different...God (the christian one) is love, peace, joy, etc. Allah is a god of war, discrimination, hate, etc... i'm not making this up...you can read it if you want.
2006-09-09 07:58:51 · answer #4 · answered by fireangel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, a religion does not have to have a god or gods. Most do, I think. However, Buddhism does not have gods. You can believe in any god or gods you wish, or none at all, and still be a Buddhist. Also, Taoism - in the sense of Chinese folk religions - doesn't really have gods. Also, shinto is a form of ancestor worship. So while those eastern religions believe in supernatural things like magic and ghosts, they don't necessarily require worshiping gods.
Allah is the same God of the Christian Bible. At least, that's what Muslims believe.
2006-09-09 08:07:10 · answer #5 · answered by dark_phoenix 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Allah is the same god, that is true, Allah is arabic for God.
3 Religions: Islam, Christianity, and Islam.
Buddhism does not have a god.
2006-09-09 08:06:13 · answer #6 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No body has seen God. And God dosent want to show himself. God and Allah dosent proclaim themselves to be what they are. People can only feel God sometimes but that can be their psychology.
Every religion is like a corporate they have their own brand name that is God/ Allah. Like Pepsi and Cola can taste some what same but they are from different company.
So if he is same then he should come and clarify to the people that they are same so all the innocent killings stop.
May be they are all from different different highly evolved planets trying to rule the world.
2006-09-09 08:10:48 · answer #7 · answered by dragon77 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Three major religions believe in the deity that Christians do: Cristianity, Islam and Judaism. Allah and Yahweh are the same deity, yes.
Buddhism is a major world religion which has no deity. By both substantive and functional definititons, religions do not require a deity.
St.Jon A - Atheism is not a religion, it is a lack thereof.
2006-09-09 08:13:48 · answer #8 · answered by quierounvaquero 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any thing, person or object that people worship is considered a god. Allah is the muslim moon god. Christians have a different God.
2006-09-09 08:00:29 · answer #9 · answered by Who am I? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's traditional for religions to have God(s). It goes with the whole explaining life/creation thing.
As to how many religions beleive in the Christian God, well, let them argue it out.
2006-09-09 07:59:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋