Both worship the God of Abraham, although they are in dispute as to his true name. Gd of Abraham is not same as moon rock god named AllahBoth the President and the Pope have a different opinion.
-Eric
Oh give it a rest. You seem to be some sort of apologetic fixture popping up like a jack-in-the-box whenever islamics are mentioned.
The Pope was befuddled into kissing the Koran, and the islam-apologists have been going hogwild ever since. Bush is doing a great job of saying "good doggie" while reaching for a suitable weapon. What joy when the boom comes down ;).
>>Gd of Abraham is not same as moon rock god named Allah
> Both the President and the Pope have a different opinion
Here's an interesting "what if:" let's say it's the year 1,000 AD, and Christian missionaries have failed to convert the Norse peoples from their pagan faith. However, born amongst the Vikings is a dyanmic leader who leads a warlike reformation of the faith, doing away with all the lesser gods and turning the faith into a monotheistic belief system, with Odin as the Allfather (as Odin was known, anyway). In the process of this reformation, the reforming leader picks up some of the bits and pieces of the neighboring Christian faith (a few tales from the Old Testament, perhaps, exchanging Odin for Yahweh, blending perhaps the Deluge with Ginnungagigap and Armageddon with Ragnarok), thus linking the two religions.
A thousand years pass, and the Norse Odinist monotheism survives, in conflict with Christianity.
Now... since the two Gods share many attributes and some backstory, would it be accurate to say that Odin = Jehovah, even though the historical source of ODin is quite different from Jehovah?