• Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      30·
      2 years ago

      If you didn’t know, they’re the same thing.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        335·
        2 years ago

        I know but I think it is important to emphasize. God as an abstract concept is not as bad as God as the personal total micromanaging god of Islam.

        • Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
          381·
          2 years ago

          Neither is an abstract concept. They are the same exact deity from the same story and the same origin.

          • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
            219·
            2 years ago

            No they aren’t. There is a lot of difference between an Enlightenment era diest god, a local tribal god, and a triomni god.

            What do you care anyhow? It isn’t like Islam is monotheistic. They have Satan and dijins.

            • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
              15·
              2 years ago

              You’re talking about God (such as the god of Islam and Catholicism, which is the same god) and gods, as in the concept of a god, which encompasses sun gods, Aztec gods, etc etc.

              Usually I find how you capitalise matters here. God with a capital is a name, and talking about the “God” most people talk about.

              A god, on the other hand, well you get the idea.

              Anyway in this case we’re talking about the god of Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, etc. This god is the same god, and in English we would call that god “God”. Allah is that god’s name in another language. But it’s the same deity.

              • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
                112·
                2 years ago

                It really isn’t. The Christian god is the threefold Trinity which is not at all like Allah.

                • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  71·
                  2 years ago

                  Islam’s Allah is a fanfic of the Christian Trinity, though reduces it back to a single entity and demotes Jesus to prophet. The Christian Trinity is a fanfic of the Jewish god Yahweh.

                  The members of the three groups disagree about what is canon, but they refer to the same entity.

                  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    17·
                    2 years ago

                    They really don’t. I don’t know what the motivation behind this reasoning is but there just isn’t a basis for it.