Are Jewish, Christian, and Muslims God(s) all different? Are all they all the same God?

Answer 1

They worship the same GOD. But their concepts of that one GOD and the way they approach HIM are different. For instance, Muslims and Jews worship that one GOD as one but whereas the Christians worship that one GOD in trinity. And so the story goes on...........

Answer 2

As far as I understand, the Jewish version (YHWH) and the Christian version (GOD) are the same Being. To the Jews of the Old Testament, God was "I AM WHO AM" (Exodus 3:14). In the New Testament, Jesus (whom Christians believe to be the Messiah, the Son of God, and the only source of salvation) called God "ABBA FATHER" (Mark 14:36). Jesus was of Jewish descent, so the two different versions are believed by some to be the same entity, with the Muslim version (ALLAH), being different. However, I know some people who were Catholic Christians and claimed that all three versions are the same entity. What it really comes down to is faith. Hope this helps clear your understanding some.

Answer 3

As there is only One God, each of the religions can not be worshipping a different God. Rather each has a different revelation or understanding who God is.

It is like the story of the blind men who wanted to see an elephant. Each touched a different part of the elephant and came away with a different picture of what one was. The ear felt like a fan to one. The feet appears as tree trunks to another. The trunk as a great serpent, or the tail as a rope to others. Each had part of the truth.

As a Christian, I believe that the most complete picture of God found in the New Testament. There God appeared in human form so that all of him could be "seen, felt, touched , heard and experienced" all at once, as the apostle John put it.

It offers the most "complete" image of what the "elephant" is actually like.

Answer 4

The God of Christians and Jews are the same. The god of Muslims is a different god. Muslims say that their god is a great deceiver.

Answer 5

We all have the same God

The foundation of Islamic teaching begins with God, whom Muslims call 'Allah'. The name Allah comes from the Arabic language and literally means the one and only God, as opposed to any old god with a small 'g'.

The Qur'an itself declares that Allah is the same God that spoke to the Jews and Christians. Therefore, when Muslims speak about God, they have in mind that it is the God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. Even Arab Christians, who speak the Arabic language, say 'Allah' when they talk about God. (the Spanish word for God is Dios, yet nobody makes the claim that it is a different God!)

The Qur'an states in this way:

"Tell (the Jews and Christians), 'We believe in the revelation which has come down to us {the Qur'an} and in that which came down to you {the Torah and Gospel}; Our God and your God is one; and it's to Him we surrender" (Qur'an 29:46)

Muslims prefer to use the name 'Allah' no matter what language is being spoken. This is because the proper name for the supreme deity cannot be made plural or altered in any way grammatically in Arabic

Answer 6

Yes.

The God of the Jewish faith (denoted as Jehovah from now on), the God of the Christian faith (denoted as the Godhead) and the God of Islam (denoted as Allah) are all supposed to be the same divine being. They are all the God of Moses and of the Law. They are all omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. They are all the creator of the universe and of man. But from here, differences start to arise.

Jehovah is a strict deity, requiring adherence to external laws and requiring sacrifices. There is little in the way of redemption. He is a vengeful and powerful being. He commanded the deaths of thousands, and punished thousands more. Yet He still offers refuge and comfort to the nation of Israel, the Jewish people.

I will admit my lack of similar familiarity with the Qoran as with the Torah, Talmud and Christian Bible, but from what I have studied and been taught, Allah is a very carnal being. He is violent and offers gifts that are the desires of the flesh. He demands the murder of any Jew or Christian (in some passages and gives them leniency in others). While some of his teachings promote peace and understanding, many promote violence, hatred and intolerance.

The Godhead is fundamentally different than the other two, since he is a triune spirit, three beings existing as one being. The Godhead, though just and exacting like Jehovah, has intermediaries in Christ and the Holy Spirit which give a different meaning to righteousness. His defining characteristic is love.

Also, the methods of salvation and the various afterlives are different.

Jehovah requires that blood atonement be made for sin, and that failure to do so takes the soul to Sheol (or the grave) after death, and that obedience takes it to Paradise. I haven't done extensive research on what Jehovah's heaven and hell look like, except for their shared qualities with the Godhead's. Sheol is a dark place, and seperate from Jehovah, while Paradise is a bright place in the presence of Jehovah.

Allah requires strict adherence to the five pillars to get to heaven, or death during a Jihad. Allah's hell is a place of desert-like torment: no water, no food, intense heat, desperation. Allah's paradise is a place of hedonistic luxury: fine drink and fruits, cool weather, and (the oft discussed) "ever-flowering" virgins for the martyrs.

The Godhead put in place a system of atonement with the death and resurrection of Christ, that any who confess that he is God and that there is no other way to be saved and live a life that proves that are considered righteous and fit for heaven. Hell is a dark place, with sulfur and brimstone, a lake of fire, and eternal torment. Heaven is a shining place, with streets of gold and precious metals, where souls are in the eternal presence of the Godhead.

There are many other differences, but I think the point is illustrated. They are a God from the same origin, but they are described to have very difference characteristics.

Answer 7

If it is one and the same, the he's fickle at the very least or schizophrenic at the other end.

If, as each religion claims, God is eternal and unchanging, then it is impossible for the god of the Jews, the god of the Christians and the god of the Muslims the same god.

Answer 8

Of course not, otherwise you wouldn't have 3 religions but just 1. Having said that, I don't believe that either of those 3 religions are from God because it doesn't make sense for an omnipotent God to create a religion. All religions are created by man for the sole purpose of serving man.

Answer 9

Christians and Jews have the same God .It is that the Jews refuse to recognize the complexity of YHVH. The Muslims have a different god.His name is El Allah and was originally the Arabic MoonGod.Mohammed just incorporated him.

Answer 10

While there are many world religions, there are only three that call for worship of one God: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. All of the other major religions, from Hinduism to Buddhism to Shintoism, don't really deal with the issues of salvation as we understand it, of heaven and hell. For instance, Buddhism is really more of a philosophy than a religion, primarily concerned with reaching "enlightenment". While Hinduism worships seemingly infinite Gods, and looks at life as a kind of wheel, where we return, time and time again to "try and get it right". If we reach the summit of perfection, we become a "Brahma bull". Conversely, if a man fails to live as he ought, he can expect humiliation in the next life, perhaps returning as a woman (one doubts there are many feminist converts to Hinduism). This "try and try again" idea of life doesn't fit very well with St. Paul's letter to the Hebrews (ch. 9, v. 27): "It is appointed for man to die once and then face THE judgment". Sorry Shirley MacLaine.

As for Judaism, we as Christians believe in the same God and the same revelation they do, plus the New Testament. As the Holy Father once pointed out, Christians are all "spiritual Semites" (spiritually united with the Jews and the faith of Abraham). Basically, Christians are what you could call "Messianic Jews", that is, we are "adopted" Jews who believe Jesus was the long awaited Jewish Messiah…the Savior. We have been grafted into the family tree. Of course, our faith has grown considerably from there as well. While we have significant theological differences with traditional Judaism (primarily revolving around Christ), our understanding of morality is of the same basic cloth.

We should never forget our roots. We should never forget that Jesus was a Jew (who attended synagogue), as were his mother and adoptive father, all the apostles and even the first pope (Peter). Almost all of the first "believers" were Jews, and they all attended synagogue as well. While it is true that some Jews called for His execution (particularly those threatened by Jesus as a potential leader who threatened their hold on power) , the Catechism reminds us that every human who has ever lived bears responsibility for his crucifixion. We are all responsible.

As Christians, we believe that, in rejecting Jesus, most of the Jews rejected their own Messiah, as prophecy foretold (Isaiah 53:3-4, Hosea 11:4). As the apostle Paul points out in Romans 11, this is part of a mystery, wherein God used their lack of faith-response in order to bring the Gentiles (non-Jews) into His family. While there continue to be Jews who come to accept Jesus as the Jewish Messiah throughout history, we prayerfully hope for the day when the Jews will most fully come to accept Jesus and be "grafted back into the tree" (which St. Paul also writes about in Romans 11).

So that leaves us with Islam, the only other major monotheistic religion that deals with final salvation, heaven and hell. While we ought to greatly respect many aspects of Islam (believing in one God, a strong code of shared morality etc), I am very uncomfortable with those who have, with good intentions no doubt, tried to suggest that Islam is practically equivalent to Christianity, and that it is a very peaceful religion; certainly in the sense that Christianity understands "peace", at least. (Here, however, it is important to emphasize an important distinction between the religion of Islam and individual Muslims who may well reject what may be termed the more ancient expression of their faith.) There are some fundamental, irreconcilable differences and problems between Christianity and Islam, as the Church has pointed out since it became aware of this new religion of Muhammad (the 600's A.D.)