What is your next favorite Religion after your own one?

[Katzpur]

While Christians and Muslims may see themselves as a continuation or perfection of Judaism, we do not. Your religions are just that: your religions. They are separate from us and have no more bearing on us than Buddhism or Hinduism.

I'm curious then, if you believe the term "Abrahamic God" to have a place within either Christianity or Islam?

 

[Tarheeler]

I'm curious then, if you believe the term "Abrahamic God" to have a place within either Christianity or Islam?

I don't think there such a thing as an "Abrahamic God"; there is God, and each religion has its own way of understanding and connecting to it.

As far as terms go, I think "Abrahamic God" is about as useful as the "Judeo-Christian tradition" politicians keep going on about; the term implies that there is some shared idea about what God is and how we interact with Him, and that just isn't the reality today.

 

[Katzpur]

I don't think there such a thing as an "Abrahamic God"; there is God, and each religion has its own way of understanding and connecting to it.

As far as terms go, I think "Abrahamic God" is about as useful as the "Judeo-Christian tradition" politicians keep going on about; the term implies that there is some shared idea about what God is and how we interact with Him, and that just isn't the reality today.

Hmmm. I disagree, but thanks for the response.

One more question, though. Assuming you believe that God answers prayers, if you pray to the God Jews worship and I pray to the God Christians worship, and both our prayers are clearly answered, who answered whose prayer -- if there is, in fact, really just one God?

 

[Tarheeler]

Hmmm. I disagree, but thanks for the response.

One more question, though. Assuming you believe that God answers prayers, if you pray to the God Jews worship and I pray to the God Christians worship, and both our prayers are clearly answered, who answered whose prayer -- if there is, in fact, really just one God?

Since I believe that there is only one God, and we all (Jew, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Shinto, etc) pray to Him, then God did.

I don't think God gets nearly as hung up on labels as we do.

 

[Flankerl]

Its incredibly selfish to believe that Hashem singles anyone out and answers his call over all the other milliards of people, who probably have it worse than you.

 

[Muffled]

No more so than Buddhism's concept of enlightenment or the avatars found in Hinduism.

While Christians and Muslims may see themselves as a continuation or perfection of Judaism, we do not. Your religions are just that: your religions. They are separate from us and have no more bearing on us than Buddhism or Hinduism.

And that's why I can't pick one option from the list provided. Each religion has its own understanding of God and its own way to connect with the Divine. I'm a Jew, and none are going to be as effective for me a Judaism (otherwise I'd be a member of it).
But I can find things I respect in them all.

Even the ones where the adherents try nonstop to convert me.

I beleive that is called ignoring what you don't want to hear. I totally avoid MSN News because I don't want to hear their liberal rubbish. However I can't avoid the fact that people think that way. I believe it is a little different with God. What He thinks is more important than my opinion of it.

 

[Muffled]

I don't think there such a thing as an "Abrahamic God"; there is God, and each religion has its own way of understanding and connecting to it.

As far as terms go, I think "Abrahamic God" is about as useful as the "Judeo-Christian tradition" politicians keep going on about; the term implies that there is some shared idea about what God is and how we interact with Him, and that just isn't the reality today.

I believe there is a great deal of variety in Jewish thought these days. One person I knew was saved out of Wicca and became a Baptist. Another liked to do Tarot card reading and therefore was a Rosicrucian.

 

[Muffled]

Its incredibly selfish to believe that Hashem singles anyone out and answers his call over all the other milliards of people, who probably have it worse than you.

I believe the Church leader James had this to say: Jas 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

 

[Tarheeler]

I beleive that is called ignoring what you don't want to hear.

No more so than ignoring the fact the Jesus didn't meet the requirements of the messiah, I suppose. I'd say we can all find something that we don't want to hear, but the question is whether or not it is relevant to us.

And the fact is that the Christian idea of Jesus is no more relevant to Judaism than the five pillars of Islam are to Wicca.