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Is Islam actually closest to the faith of Abraham proper of the three Abrahamic religions?

Acintya_Ash

Bhakta
I'm not being nasty, I'm just exasperated at your audacity.
It's ironic that Theists are called the delusional ones who spin the truth.

Look, The fact is, Christianity is Monotheism whether you like it or not.
You can have your opinion, Of course, But your opinion is not fact.
God can manifest in any form he wishes, because he is Omnipotent so you're right Christianity is Monotheism.
Jesus said that He was in the father, and the father in him. Because it is the same Deity.
The father manifested as Jesus via the Spirit, there aren't 'two deities'.
This reminds me of a quote from Bhagavad Gita
Bg 12.8 — Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt.
 
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1robin

Christian/Baptist
The Bible talks about the faith that Abraham allegedly held in some detail. It says Abraham rejected all the gods of his native country (Sumer) to follow a one god who he believed was calling him. In the Bible we are told he had faith in God and only saw himself as his humble devotee. We're never told he believed he was God's son, semi-divine, or anything found especially in Christianity.

Couldn't an argument be made from what the Bible says that Islam is actually closest to the faith of Abraham- that is pure monotheism? No ideas like God being a father figure, etc.

1. Islam is not even close to the history of the Abrahamic faith. When it can't even get the historical events correct how can it be claimed to get the theological events right?
2. The Quran plagiarized virtually word for word pagan and heretic sources like the Gospel of Mary, the Gospel of Thomas, the Protovelum of James, the apocalypse of Peter, Hellenic medical texts that are medically wrong, Heretical Talmudic texts, etc.... Some of these are entire stories virtually lifted from other texts (which are well known to be wrong to begin with) and inserted into the Quran.
3. Christ, the father, and the Holy Spirit all being God is not a core NT doctrine but even if it was and even if the NT spelled it out emphatically that is no less monotheistic that one entity called God. We believe in one being called God that is composed of three persons. It is a little more sophisticated that one being called God but it is no less monotheistic.

I can go on all day like this but let me stop here for time's sake.
 
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