[reasonisfaith]

I’m no scholar on the moslem religion. But it seems the moslem god is not known as one who goes out of his way to show love or to seek reconciliation with man. The inherent nature of the moslem god, as defined by his actions, is very different from that of the God of Abraham.

Christ’s purpose is to reconcile us with God. To repair the damage started by Adam and continued by us all.

Think of it this way: God needed to fix the problem from within. He had to become man, in order to show that man, at least in a single example, could resist all sin and in the final moment take on all sin (on the cross) in a final victory over it.

Christ’s incarnation, when he came to establish the New Covenant in which Old Testament rules were replaced by those of the New Testament, was in the form of a lamb, symbolically speaking. And his purpose was to represent us to God the Father. So of course Christ seems more gentle to us and more “toned down” as you put it.

Please don’t forget—it would be highly unreasonable to expect that we could understand the entirety of God’s plan, including the totality of the nature of the Trinity. But I can’t understand why a person wouldn’t want to know as much as possible about him.

[kosta50]

Think of it this way: God needed to fix the problem from within. He had to become man, in order to show that man

God had to become man? This sure sounds like this God is subject to Higher Ncesseity.

[eastforker]

I’m no scholar on the Muslim religion. But it seems the Muslim god is not known as one who goes out of his way to show love or to seek reconciliation with man.............................................................................I take it you are familiar with Isaac and Ishmael. Abraham was the father of both. Ishmael, his first was mothered by an Arab, Sara's mistress and Isaac by Sarah 14 years later.According to the bible Isaac was the intended sacrifice and to the Muslims it was Ishmael. No matter, Abraham was the Father of both religions.