Mulling over Bob Ackley to Mullah Lodabullah 10 Jan 2008

 ML> George W Bush makes it quite clear in this transcript that the
 ML> "Almighty God" he believes in is the same one that Muslims,
 ML> Christians, or any other religion pray to. Sounds like a "New Age"
 ML> belief system to me.

 BA> Actually it's logic (not that I would ascribe any ability in that
 BA> regard to Bush minor).  All monotheistic religions *must* be
 BA> worshipping the same god, otherwise there'd have to be more than 
 BA> one of them - and if that were true it would knock their
 BA> basic beliefs out from under them.  Of course, each of them
 BA> contends that their particular deity/belief system is the one true
 BA> deity/system; but that's a matter of faith, not logic.

Well, if it is simply logic, then it matters little if one chooses the
god of Islam, or the God of the Bible (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).

You can assert as fact that monotheistic religions *must* be worshipping
the same god ... I accept that the biblical God, who sent his only
begotten son to die for our sins (John 3:16), is quite different from the 
god of Islam, who does not have a son (Sura 18:4-6 etc).

The two belief systems are on a collision course - choose either, or
neither, but choose wisely. Logic may not suffice in making the correct
choice.

Mullah L

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