Reply #153: Most definitely NOT the same god [View All]

The Christian god is a trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Observant Jews and Muslims will get VERY annoyed if you suggest that the deity they worship is anything other than a single, monolithic being.

Likewise, observant Jews and Christians will get very annoyed if you suggest that their deity sent Muhammad to teach a new religion which made their own beliefs outdated and probably wrong. Remember, the special status Islam gives to "people of the Book" is not one of "they are right, if only marginally;" it is one of "converting everyone else to the One True God is more important, the Jews and Christians can wait for now."

So while Judaism, Christianity and Islam have common roots, it is fundamentally wrong to say that they worship the same god.