Palpably Palatable Papal

A Cup Of Tea said:
But both Christianity and Islam have always stated that they followed the One God that created everything and all people
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I don't think they thought that way during the crusades...

Most mainstream Muslims would generally agree they worship the same God that Christians — or Jews —worship. ... Christians, however, believe in a triune God: God the father, God the son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit. And many evangelicals will say that means Muslims and Jews do notworship the same god as Christians.Dec 20, 2015
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/20/460480698/do-christians-and-muslims-worship-the-same-god
 
wil said:
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I don't think they thought that way during the crusades...
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Note the 'there are exceptions' part at the end there. At the same time, "they" might have but "they" were not fighting for religious reasons.
 
wil said:
It reminds me of the Muslims that tell me we are all Muslim, everyone has always been Muslim we just don't know it yet.
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Yep. Same thing. If you're a monotheist, then there's no other logical conclusion.

wil said:
... without all that wine n bread n going to church or bible reading...
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Ah, that's something else altogether.
 
I find it all rather circular reasoning. No matter which god is 'your' god, everyone else's god is in actuality channeling your god. So JC is the ultimate funnel that christians believe every other religion flows through. And other religions believe their god/prophet/whatever is the funnel that christians are actually using even though they think it is Christ.

It seems but another version of 'the only real god is MY god'.
 
OR they think they have different names for the same thing. The Veil is often brought up at this point. What we often call a religion is often part of the Veil but what is truly divine is behind the Veil.

EDIT: Wait, why circular? I understand theocentric but how does it confirm itself?
 
Really?

You have A, B and C, who are all monotheists.

Therefore A will think B and C are either:
Worshipping a false God;
Worshipping a fantasy;
Worshipping an only-partly-discerned God, but nevertheless God. Or, to put it another way, the Deity is 'veiled' in the case of B & C.

Again, St Paul to the Athenians, 17:23
 
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