Board Thread:Board Room/@comment-6191837-20130227200639/@comment-6191693-20130309231845

@ Ino:

1. I was not being mean-spirited and this is not an opinion on which we disagree. It is a fact that all three of the main Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) worship the same God. I would also like to point out that ignorance, contrary to popular belief, is not synonymous with stupidity and being ignorant about a particular issue is not such a bad thing. I, for one, am completely ignorant when it comes to botany, anything medical, or boats. The problem arises when one is faced with a challenge to his beliefs previously held in ignorance and refuses to adjust his worldview (historical examples: the sun and the universe revolve around the earth, which is flat). That is stupidity.

2. Who are you to judge?

3. For the record, Yahoo Answers is less authoritative and reliable than Wikipedia.

a) Merely different interpretations. Many Christians believe you can't get to Heaven if you haven't been baptised, which is why many denominations baptise shortly after birth; others say that a baptism has to be a decision made later in life and that a child is innocent and does not need to be baptised to be admitted to Heaven. Catholics believe you need to confess your sins with a priest; most Protestants don't. Catholics believe that when you take Communion, once it's been blessed by a priest, it is Christ's body and blood, as far as God is concerned; most Protestants believe it's simply a symbolic gesture. Some denominations believe that homosexuality is a mortal sin, while others don't, and the same goes for tattoos, piercings, working on the Sabbath, etc. According to your logic, many of these Christians are not "real Christians."

b) The Jews don't believe God has a son, so, according to you, they must not worship the same God as us. Jesus would have disagreed with you.

c) See above. Plus, the Jews also believe that praising Christ as the Lord is blasphemy. Still worship the same God, though.

d) That is a very ignorant statement because it depends on who you talk to. Many Christians believe that God does not love sinners. Many Muslims believe in a merciful God. Note: you use "Allah" here. I would like to point out that "Allah" is merely Arabic for "God" and is only used by mainstream meadia, especially Faux News, as an Othering tactic (read: propaganda).

e) So what? Many Christians don't believe in most of the miracles in the Bible and read them metaphorically or as parables, not as literal facts.

f) Now you're contradicting what you said in point "d," but I'll address it, anyway. Please point out the verse in which God says "no sinners" will enter the Kingdom of Heaven because I thought that the only one who was without sin was Jesus Christ. And if you think you are one of the "perfect" ones, I would also like to ask you what the Bible says about humility. I would also like to point out that the Jews do not believe in Hell, so, according to their faith, everyone gets to go to Heaven; sinners in Heaven are just considered to be not as close to God. Still believe in the same God, though.

g) Pray tell so I can refute them. Islam and Christianity are only two different faiths who worship the same God, no matter how much Bill O'Reilly and Pat Robertson try to convince you otherwise. Anyone who believes them is the unfortunate victim of racist propaganda.

@ the Trinity: No, it is not (see point "b")