To Believers only: Which God makes more sense?

Question

The Christian God, which is a trinity and only created humanity as the intelligent life in the universe

Or

The Islamic God, which is only one God and not a trinity who not only created humanity but possibly created other alien civilizations as well.

I didn't say God created alien worlds. I said he could have POSSIBLY created alien worlds.

Answer 1

The Allah of Islam is not the God of Christianity.

See:
http://www.letusreason.org/Islam6.htm

Answer 2

Hmmm... I'm a Christian, but I'll try to answer objectively about the one-sentence summaries you give.

I would have to say the first, simply because of the alien/intelligent life thing. Think about it this way: God would be able to build the ideal life form, best suited for life in this universe. Why would He then build other designs, if He could just build the best? Why would He make other, *inferior* races? They would war, hate, and destroy each other. It makes much more sense to build one, ideal race.

EDIT: Umm... no offense (actually, yes offense, now that I think about it!), wedjb, the Koran is the murkiest book I have ever tried to read. Its verses are so convoluted they can be interpreted to mean anything you want. I'd much rather follow a book that clearly states what it means, and has no contradictory passages; the Bible.

Example: the subject of how Muslims should treat unbelievers, or 'people of the book' (Jews, Christians). I researched the subject because of the recent rise of Islamic terrorism. The Koran is so contradictory on this! It can't make up its mind about whether Muslims should love us or hate us! Massacre us or be friendly to us! No thanks, I'll take Christianity, which teaches that we should love our enemies.

Answer 3

My believe is the 2nd.He doesn't only 'created humanity but possibly created other civilizations as well' but also created everything in this world,covering everything..the seen and the unseen.In Islam,we believe He doesn't only created human and aliens,but undoubtedly ALL THINGS THAT EXISTS.If He only creates human then all other things that ever exist were created by who?Or they were formed accidentally of the scientific elements?But even it's so..from where do they come from INITIALLY?For me,there is only one God..and also,yes,He created human as the best creation in the world..we got a wise mind to think..which is true,and which is not..and we wouldn't know the truth till we find it out : ) As for the other creations,only He knows...if there is another question why,think about this:it's just like this case where He creates devil,it is to see how human stands,with the truth or the opposite...but we as human,should sometimes learn to defeat our stubborn mind that tells us not to believe the things that apparently are clear and obvious in front of our eyes.Okay...I got that!

Answer 4

I don't think the God of the Bible is confined to have only created Man. We're not told of any other created sentients so I don't tend to believe there are any, but I've got no problem with it if there are. Whether God being a Trinity makes sense or not (and I agree it doesn't really) doesn't really matter since it's so. I would imagine that He knows a lot about Himself and He taught that He was, so, well, there you go. I'm a white male, born in America of parents born in America, 40 years of age. Nobody would question me about this (though I don't look any part of 40). So when God tells us about Himself, why do we question it?

Answer 5

hmmm I fall in the middle. I believe inGod but not in the trinity and that he created all humanity but I don't believe in aliens. I guess if there were aliens though then the same God who created us created them too.

I can just imagine it: a group of God's who get together and divide up the whole universe and all of space and each God does what he likes within that space. So, you get us. And some aliens! And something else that we don't even know exists!

Answer 6

What makes more sense to you? That the creator of the universe would be perfectly comprehensible by our human minds or that there might be some things about such a being that we might not be able to understand (such as the tri-personal nature of the one Trinitarian God)?

In Christianity there is still only one God who exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

And nowhere in the bible does it say that God specifically did not create life on other planets...

Answer 7

I am a believer, but not in the Trinity--The trinity comes from the Nicene Creed, which was argued, debated and came to an agreement to give everyone something to make everyone happy; end result: it makes no sense!.

The true nature of the Godhead, in my belief, is God the Eternal Father, his Son, Jesus Christ --who is the Savior of the World and the Holy Ghost. They are each individuals.

Answer 8

Not all Christians believe in the triune. Mormonism teaches correctly according to the Bible that God, Christ and the Holy Ghost are separate beings. Through Christ , God created the Heavens and the Earth and there are countless other worlds like ours.

Answer 9

I'm a moslem and I think it's not fair if I answer the Islamic God is more make sense.

So I would say, God in Judaism and Unitarian Christianity is much more make sense than the trinity.

Answer 10

Considering that the Islamic God and his prophet shows up on the scene 630 years after Christ and 4600 years after Adam with no prior record whatsoever of islam and then Muhammad says "we're the only true religion of God and we have always been and Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses,David, and Jesus were all moslems", I think I would take the christian God. We have records in the old testament and new of all 7 of those characters and all of them failed to mention that they were moslems. So how do we know they were moslems......Muhammad says so 630 years after Christ and 4600 years after Adam. I'm going to start my own religion, starting today. It's called upsman-ism. Upsman-ism is the only true religion of God. Upsman-ism has always been the only true religion of God. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, Jesus and even Muhammad were upsman-ists. How are you supposed to know that for sure? Because I say so, that's how.
I think I'll pick the christian God.

Answer 11

Well, I tend to think of one God. Jesus is his kid (just like all the rest of us are his kids), and some nebulous thing called the divine spirit which may be more like inspiration and hope and peace coming at just the right time. (Like a whisper in your ear from God.)

And this particular God, if s/he/it made everything, went out and did the whole package - suns, dark matter, worm holes, planets, moons, sentient beings, non-sentient beings, water, stuff like that.

Perhaps my God kind of fits in between your 2 definitions. That's the best I can figure.