[Lchris]

This is a silly argument in a way, as Jews, Christians and Moslems all worship the same God. I'm sure many will argue this, but think about it, it's just different interpretations of the Old Testament God. There's at least as much variance within Christianity (consider Catholics, Mormons, Quakers, Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists, though many of these sects would argue the others aren't real Christians!) as between Islam and Christianity in general. Personally, I think the Buddhists and Taoists have a better outlook.

[RaceBannon]

OH NO!!!!!

That is wrong, they do NOT believe in the same God, by any stretch!!

[agrace]

This is a silly argument in a way, as Jews, Christians and Moslems all worship the same God. I'm sure many will argue this, but think about it, it's just different interpretations of the Old Testament God. There's at least as much variance within Christianity (consider Catholics, Mormons, Quakers, Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists, though many of these sects would argue the others aren't real Christians!) as between Islam and Christianity in general. Personally, I think the Buddhists and Taoists have a better outlook.

The reason I was refuting his post has nothing to do with Allah or Islam - I was hoping to show the distortions you can usually find in compilations like his - they are wholly intended to refute the validity of the Bible and begged to be answered. :) I certainly don't know everything but some of them, whew, big stretches.

Anyway, with regard to what you said - seems like apples and oranges to me. The sects within Christianity that you cited all interpret the SAME scriptures differently, just as different sects within Islam interpret the Koran differently.

However, the Koran and the Bible are separate literary works and SAY totally contradictory things about God. Big difference.

The first example is about man's perspective. The second example is about God's perspective. It is acceptable to believe that man would interpret God's words in different ways, but unacceptable to believe that God would GIVE man different messages, and the Bible and the Koran are very different messages.