Why do some people say that the Jewish, Christian and Muslim God is the same?

Question

I understand that chronologically, we had the Jewish one then the Christian one then the Muslim one.
But they can't be the same since each one apparently wants to be the only one worshipped ( hence the others are "fake").
So why do some people say they are the same? Do you believe they are?

Answer 1

Never heard anyone say that before.

Answer 2

The Jews worship God the father but don't believe in Jesus as the son. The Christians worship the same God as the Jews but believe that Jesus was the son of God so they worship him too. Muslims worship Allah which is not the same God that the Jews and Christians worship. Don't know why some say they are the same just misinformed I guess.

In the Jewish faith and the Christian faith God does have a name. God said his name is I Am he said this to Moses.

Answer 3

The reason people say they're the same is because of religious supercession, which is to say Christianity is a revision of Judaism, and Islam a revision of both. From this perspective, the logic is that it's not god who has changed but merely the worship of god (scriptures, interpretation, etc.). By contrast, the atheist perspective is that there are as many gods as there are believers. The logic would go that since god is merely a concept created in the mind of the believer, and since each believer is unique, each concept of god will therefore be unique, if only in subtle ways.

Answer 4

There is only one God. He is the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirt. Jewish, Christian and Muslims believe in the same God, but Jew don't believe that Jesus Christ the son of God was born then died and rose again as the Christians do, and the Muslims believe false teachings.

Answer 5

Actually, they are the same God, as the leaders of each religion have agreed. All three religions share many of the same tales and holy men (such as Abraham, which is why these are known as the "Abrahamic religions"). Both Christians and Jews read the Old Testament.
The name changes, but they refer to the same deity - the Jews prefer to leave their god nameless, but claim that God, when asked by Moses, revealed his name as Yahweh ("I am."); the Christians use the name Jehovah; and the Muslims use the name Allah.
It is men in each religion who insist that their God is the only acceptable version. But the historians and wise men among each faith know that it is the same God.

Don't confuse the actions of MEN with the will of GOD.

Answer 6

The Jews became divided into two groups, but both groups shared the old testament, they just didn't agree with one another and went their separate ways. Later a Jew appeared who seemed to fullfill a cherished prophecy about the Messiah. So some of the Jews of both groups became Christians and Christians inherited the old testament from them. Then Mohammed came along and one of the groups of Jews became Muslims and that's how we got where we are today.

The god of all three groups is the god of the old testament. They only say the others are wrong because they want to believe that they alone are right.

None of them may be right, they may all be wrong.

Arguing over who is right and who is wrong cannot change the identity of god, so they all do worship the same god, it's just that their perceptions and choices about what to believe about god, or themselves or other people is all screwed up.

And we are all descended from that confused, contradictory history. So we are all screwed up too...

No one has a faith that is incontrovertible although many people choose to believe that their faith alone is the only one with all the right answers. We choose to believe that because we feel insecure and our faith provides us with a sense of security.

Only the security we receive by choosing our faith is illusory and so we remain insecure at heart. To sublimate our fears and anxieties and insecurity we turn the inner pain and torment outward and direct it at people who do not share our beliefs because we are having trouble accepting our own beliefs and anyone who challenges our beliefs only makes the situation harder for us to tolerate. So we develop intolerance of all other groups who do not share our specific beliefs in order to reinforce our weakened sense of security. Fundamentalist groups are the most extreme and hateful because they are the most insecure.

Kinda sad really, since in my opinion we are here to become the most loving, nurturing, compassionate people we can possibly learn how to be and instead we wind up hating ourselves and each other over our beliefs.

We have absolutely nothing we can point to and say incontrovertibly "this is real, this is the truth", so there is no way to prove anyone's opinions about anything. So why is it worth fighting over?

It's worth fighting over because we are insecure and fighting over it helps to keep us ardently convinced of our beliefs and our beliefs give us the only sense of security we know.

You would think by now we could find a better way to feel secure and comfortable about who we are and what we believe and what our purpose in life might be.

Cheers!

Answer 7

They are the same God, and are accepted as such by the three religions. The dispute tends to be over the methods of worship and the importance of the various Prophets in the continuance of the Teachings. For example, in general Judaism is the basis...Christians believe all of Judaism plus the teachings of Jesus...Muslims believe the teachings of Judaism and Christianity plus the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed. While this is a GROSSLY GENERAL staement, and not true in all cases, it should give you an idea of what the arguments tend to be about. In fact, this separation is carried even further within each of the three religions. In judaism there are Orthodox, and non-Orthodox branches, in Christianity there are Catholics, Protestants and Gnostics, in Islam there are Sufis, Shiites and Sunnis....

Answer 8

First the God of the Jews is the same as the God of Christians. But it gets a little deeper than that. Second, we can dismiss the Allah of Islam for it, like all other religions ouside of Christianity, is a false religion. It is Satanic.

But back to this God issue. The Bible clearly states that "the only way to the Father is through the Son." Therefore, the only way to God is through his Son Jesus Christ.

Jesus says, in Matthew, "you're either with me or against me." Meaning you're either Christian or you're Satanic.

You either give your life to Christ or you surrender to the way of the world and to Satan. Where do you stand?

Answer 9

According to the Old Testament, God spoke through a series of Prophets, most significantly Abraham and Moses. According to the New Testament, Jesus said, "If you had known Moses you would have known Me." He clearly regarded the God of the Jews to be the same as the God speaking through Him. In the Qur'an, Muhammad affirms that God spoke through Abraham, Moses, and Jesus (among other Biblical prophets), and thus He clearly regareded the Judeo-Christian God as the same God speaking through Him. For good measure, Baha'u'llah (founder of the Baha'i Faith, of which I am a member) regarded all of those Prophets before Him as Messengers of the same God who He said was speaking through Him.

The differences between these religions are twofold: first, as they were revealed in different times and places, the needs and capacities of the people differed, and thus God tailored His teachings to them in order to best provide for their spiritual development. But second, people have interpreted the teachings given by these Prophets in varying ways, and have introduced differences and distinctions that did not originally exist. So although the followers of these religions might today think they all are based on "different Gods", in fact there is only one God who is the ultimate Author of all faiths.

Answer 10

I believe the Jews and Christians share the same God, which is different than the Muslims.

Answer 11

People of all of these faiths worship the same God that Abraham worshipped, although we have slightly different understandings about His qualities.

My personal opinion is that God will listen to the prayers of any of His children who are looking for good influence in their lives. Then, as we follow the information He gives us, He gives us more and more truth, knowledge, and light.