Allah

[wildwood]

Is the islam allah and the christian god one and the same divinity?

[RATTER15]

Yes, with just a different slant on it.

[seadogg]

and that slant makes all the difference I guess.

[boxtops]

Yes, and the same as the Yahweh of the Jews. All Abrahamic faiths - just that the religions have different holy books - but otherwise, same deity. I like Ratter's description.

[DTCwordfan]

and throw in the Jewish too, the third divine leg, Yahweh instead of Allah or God.

Moses came down the mountain and said, "I have good news and bad news. The good news is that he, God, Allah, Yahweh, has reduced the number of commandments to ten. The bad news, adultery is till there."

The Muslims most disappointed of course.

[Graham-W]

The Maltese Roman Catholics and some other Roman Catholics refer to God as Allah.
Allah means "The One God".

[naomi24]

Yes, they are one and the same, the difference being that Christians divide the one God into three (Father (God), Jesus (son), and the Holy Ghost) although collectively they still amount to one God.

Make sense? No, it doesn't really, does it. :o)

[Ankou]

god is just the english translation/word of all those terms, allah, elohim, ilah, etc so yes all the same .... but different.

[douglas9401]

Of course it's the same. That's why it's creations all get along so well.

[naomi24]

Strictly speaking, I believe the word Elohim (the name the Hebrews gave their god) is a plural meaning gods. Spooky!

[keyplus90]

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1050596.html

[naomi24]

^^ ?

[Lonnie]

Hi naomi, of course, your right, Elohim is Plural, one explanation could be a 'family of Gods', among others, thats my favourite, but then again, did not God say 'Thou Shalt Worship no other Gods before me?', There again there is the possibility of other Gods being around at the same time.

In answer to the original question, the general concensus by all three of the main Monothesic Religions is that yes, they all worship the same God,. but just look at the Differences in the name, and forms of Worship, and one wonders.

[naomi24]

Hi Lonnie, I hope all is well with you. I do like to think so. :o)

In my opinion, the word Elohim was used for a very good reason - but that's another story. :o)

[keyplus90]

Lonnie - That is exactly my point in the link I gave. All three major religions worship same God but few have added other bits into that God although few others from within do not agree with those fabrications. As for your point about name and form of worship, my quotes are from within the Bible (OT and NT) and there are clear mentions in OT and NT that how Moses, Aaron and Jesus (pbut) worshipped. Now my question is that why Jews and Christians are not worshipping the way their Prophets did?

[naomi24]

Keyplus, if that's a question you would like people here to answer, why not post it separately?

[Lonnie]

Hang on a bit keyplus, Islam is younger than both Judaism and Christianity, so how come you are not worshipping in the way either of those do?, assuming from the way your posting, you think everyone should be worshipping your way.

Aplogies wildwood, this is now digressing from your question, but I felt Keyplus deserved an answer.

[keyplus90]

Lonnie – Again you were unable to understand what I said. OK, this is how Moses, Jesus and other prophets prayed to God,

Genesis 17:3; Numbers 20:6
Joshua 5:14; Mathew 26:39

Read all of the above references and let me know who are the people today worshipping or praying like that? And let me know who are the people acting upon the teachings (or actions) of the Prophets you are talking about.

[jomifl]

A tricky one wildwood, but since none of them exist they must all be the same as they are equal to nothing. On the other hand if they don't exist they are not equal to anything so cannot be the same.

[birdie1971]

Keyplus -

You asked, “... let me know who are the people today worshipping or praying like that?...”. I thought your post was a little obtuse so I've quoted the Biblical passages from the King James version so that we can all follow what you're saying:


Genesis 17:3 - “And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying...”

Numbers 20:6 - “And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.”

Joshua 5:14 - “And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?”

Matthew 26:39 - “And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”


So your question would be: Why do Christians not place their heads on the floor whilst praying? It's an interesting question and as such, why don't you start a new thread on this very subject?

[beso]

Maybe "falliing on their face" is just a banal little joke God plays by tripping them over.

You would have to think it hurts falling on their face so often.