Do Christians And Muslims Worship The Same God.

[gordiescotland1]

Hi There I saw a post on facebook that said Muslims and Christians do not worship the same God. And I copied it on to my wall. Anyway one of my really pc friends said that is not true and it is hate crime to say that and if it is not removed she will phone the police. But surely that is true. Muslims worship Allah where as Christians worship God?

[Khandro]

Jomifl;// Thomas Sowell's views are irrelevant as they are not an argument,//

There seems to be plenty of good straightforward argument to support what De Souza has said on multiculturalism, there.

//If you understood what atheism is you wouldn't regard it as a belief.//

One atheist on this thread has defined what he sees as the Christian view of God and says he doesn't believe in it, which is his 'belief', and seems to me to be an understandable stance.
Are you pretending that 2,000 years of your culture, the teachings, the architecture, art, music and literature simply do not exist for you?
When you say you 'lack belief', what do you test this 'lack' within yourself against? Do you feel you are speaking from a position which exists in a bubble of neutrality and nothingness?

[naomi24]

Khandro, //Are you pretending that 2,000 years of your culture, the teachings, the architecture, art, music and literature simply do not exist for you? //

No one has suggested that the culture within which we abide doesn’t exist for us. That’s silly.

//One atheist on this thread has defined what he sees as the Christian view of God and says he doesn't believe in it, which is his 'belief'//

No, it’s not a ‘belief’. ‘Belief’ in a supernatural entity for which there is no evidence requires immense imagination. Atheists don’t seek ‘divine’ intervention into their lives, they are content to take responsibility for themselves, they accept that death is inevitable, and therefore they have no reason whatsoever to crave the existence of such a being or to imagine that one such exists. They do not ‘need’ an imaginary friend to enable them to conduct their lives. Hence with nothing perceptible to believe, belief within an atheist is non-existent. Atheism is not a ‘belief’ – it is absence of belief. Why do you persist in attempting to complicate what is the only honest deduction that it’s possible for a rational thinker to reach? There is simply no argument. An atheist has looked - and discovered nothing to believe in.

[jomifl]

Naomi, I think we are wasting our time with Khandro, he is either really incapable of understanding what atheism is or he is playing silly games by trying to muddle the issue in order to avoid losing face.

[jomifl]

Khandro, why do you persist in wheeling out 'big names' to support your case, all you need is your own reasoning, which presumably you do not have.

[jomifl]

/There seems to be plenty of good straightforward argument to support what De Souza has said on multiculturalism, there./

Since when were we discussing multicultralism?

[Khandro]

//Since when were we discussing multicultralism?//
On this thread we are not! - crossed threads, sorry.