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We know that there are several major religions of the world that state that there is but one God. It is a significant philosophical question whether or not these religions are all concerned with the same Supreme Being. For example: Do Christians and Jews worship the same God. Or Do they differ. What about the God of Muslims or the God of the Sikhs?

We must remember to focus on the attributes of God rather than on matters of doctrine regarding which are true scriptures and who are the messengers of God.

Choose two of the sources listed below one Christian and and one for the other monotheistic websites that describe attributes of God.

Decide, and state whether you believe that the two faiths worship the same God.

State one or two reasons for your decision.

Cite the two sources that you used.

Christianity:

http://www.gotothebible.com/HTML/Sermons/TorreyChristianConception.html

Judaism:

http://www.jewfaq.org/g-d.htm

Islam:

http://www.sultan.org/articles/god.html

Sikh:

http://www.worldsikhcouncil.org/educmat/SikhConceptOfGod.pdf

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