Why are so many Christians unwilling to accept that Muslims worship the same God as they do???

Question

I'm not Muslim, but I have friends both Christian and Muslim. My Muslim friends always say its the same God they pray too as Christians, but my Christian friends go crazy when I mention this. If they both believe in one God of the universe, then why is it so upsetting to Christians that their God is acknowledged by Muslims too??

Answer 1

who cares, they're both wrong

Answer 2

Muslims and Christians do not. Christianity has the trinity; The Father, The Son (Yeshua), The Holy Spirit. Christians believe that Yeshua is the way to God, the father. Muslims believe that good deeds can possibly get you to heaven and close to God. There is a huge difference in prayer styles and beliefs. Yes, we pray to God, but there is a difference. The God that the Muslims believe, changed the bible and falsified facts (now the Quran). The bible is by the one, true God and creator of the Universe. The God of Christianity is not the same as the Muslim God nor is the bible and Quran close.

Answer 3

There are several reasons for this, but the main, number one, reason that Christians do not believe that Muslims worship God, is that Muslims deny the divinity of Jesus Christ. Jesus, the Son of God, is the central figure in the Christian faith. To deny Jesus is to deny God.

Answer 4

Allah and Yahweh are two separate. Allah is the Moon god of Arabia. Yahweh is the One True God. The Arabic people were born from the line of Ishmael and the Jewish nation came from the line of Isaac, both brothers with different mothers. Ishmael moved with his mother(who was Abraham's maid servant) to Egypt, which is were idolatry was the worship, with RA, Osiris, and all those other gods.

Yahweh forbid the Israelities to marry women from other cultures, because the two cultures should not mix and God knew that the Israelities would fall into idolatry and start worshipping other gods, sure enough that process happened over and over, Solomon even fell into this.

Isaac worshipped Yahweh(God), while Ishmael fell into idolatry and worshipped Allah, the gods that his mother worshipped.

Answer 5

Muslims also lie. They have a doctrine called 'al takkeya' which means that they are encouraged to intentionally lie as long as it benefits Islam or a Muslim.
If you study the Bible and the Koran, or if you study the history of both religions you will easily see that there is a major difference between them, and totally different deities. The God of the bible is the same as the Hebrew God of the Old Testament. The Muslim god is a pagan idol. This is obvious if you check it.

Answer 6

There are at least three different questions being asked here, I think:
1) Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?
2) Are Islam and Christianity equally valid paths to salvation?
3) Why do Christians act the way they do?

Addressing these points one at a time:

Q: Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God?
A: While Muslim and Christian belief and practices differ significantly, it is true that both Muslims and Christians recognize the God of Abraham, with Muslims tracing their spiritual lineage through Ishmael while Christians, like Jews, trace their spiritual lineage through Isaac. All of these religions also recognize the importance of Moses, David, Elijah and Elisha among others. Muslims also recognize Jesus as an important prophet, though not considering him to be "in very nature God" as Christians do. (Peace be upon all of them.)

Q: Are Islam and Christianity equally valid paths to salvation?
A: There is a very important theological distinction between Islam and Christianity, just as there is between mainline Christianity and Judaism, Mormonism, and various Christian sects. The distinction that Christians draw is that other religions are "religious systems", in which righteousness before God is obtained or earned through careful observance of certain good practices, whereas Christianity recognizes a fundamental incompatibility between human fallenness and God's righteousness. To the Christian, good works are important but they cannot achieve true righteousness before God because of their intermixture with "sin" (cases in which we fail to practice full obedience before God): the addition of good only "dilutes" the sin but does not remove it. That Christ is part of the Godhead is important because it places him in a position as judge, with the power to pardon sin (aka Mercy), which he would not have if he were merely human. Christ's Mercy is not the same as simply overlooking sin or pretending it didn't happen-- to do so would compromise God's purity. That Christ sacrificed himself is important because it satisfies God's mercy without compromising God's purity-- when the master forgives a debt, by definition he does so by bearing the loss or the cost himself.

Q: Why do Christians act the way they do?
A: Christians who forcibly refute any kinship with other religions would probably say that they are standing up for the truth of their faith and bearing witness for Christ. Unfortunately, they *way* they do so is often colored more by human fallenness than by Christlike love and self-sacrifice. What Christ taught is that we should love both our enemies and our friends, and he consistently practiced what he preached: everyone he met was a non-Christian, many were not even Jews, yet he welcomed and showed love to them all. Paul does the same thing in Athens (Acts 17) when he starts off by looking for common ground when speaking to those of a different religion.

Fast forwarding to modern-day America: where the fruits of the Holy Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, Christians too often manifest enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, and divisions instead. There are two reasons for this: first, some people who call themselves Christians have missed the whole point of what Christ taught, and are not really Christ-followers at all. Second, even true Christians are imperfect humans. In either case, American Christians who refuse to acknowledge any common ground with Muslims are probably acting more out of the prevailing political climate of the day than out of anything to do with their faith.

Answer 7

Because it is NOT the same God. Islam used to be a polytheistic religion before Muhammad had his revelation. After Muhammad had his epiphany he chose one of the mutiple Islamic gods to be the one God of his new Islam; he chose Allah the Moon God of Arabia, which is why the Islamic flag has a moon on it to this day. God, Jehovah, is not the same as Allah. Allah is a false God as far as Christians are concerned.

Answer 8

Because Allah is not the God of the bible. If Allah were the God of the bible he would have a son, Jesus Christ, who died on the cross, rose again, and is the only way to salvation.

You have to follow this. Islam denies that Jesus was the son of God, denies that Jesus died on a cross for our sins, and denies that only Jesus saves.

Since the bible plainly teaches that if you do not have the Son, you do not have the Father, the god of Islam is not the God of the bible. He doesn't even exist, since there is only one God.

Answer 9

Muslims believe Jesus Christ as just a powerful prophet.
Christians believe Jesus Christ as Son of God, God in flesh, Savior, ect.; therefore, they both have different revelation or ending or time.

Answer 10

You do comprehend which you're putting forth your man or woman very own religious perception as actuality, whilst on an identical time complaining approximately different persons doing the suitable comparable element, sure? became this post meant to be ironic? Sarcastic? And to respond to your unique question, why on earth could somebody settle for their faith became not suitable? in case you comprehend a faith is erroneous, you pass away. for that reason, that's not your faith!

Answer 11

If that were indeed true, Muslims would believe in the Trinity & would realize that Jesus is more than a prophet & the world would be a much more peaceful place.