No, I'm just growing.

You--or they--have your work cut out for you. How would you resolve the following mutually exclusive claims:

"Verily I am Allah: there is no god but I:
so serve thou me (only) and establish regular
prayer for celebrating My praise."

Sûrah Tâ Hâ (20:14)

And God spoke all these words:
"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
"You shall have no other gods before me."
Exodus 20:1-3

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 14:6

It's not mutually exclusive. One God, multiple names. Yahweh, Jehovah, Allah.

Sorry, negative on that one.

Perhaps you should do more historical research. Are you aware that Islam accepts both Moses and Jesus as important prophets of equal value to Muhammed?

tis true.

BF is square on the money.
We of the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic faiths all worship the same God.

It is through the Prophets and the divinity of Christ where the differences are clearer.

But we (Christian - Judaism - Islam) are all Abrahamic religions.

BF, Christians believe Jesus is God incarnate, not a "Prophet."

This is true.
Yet, there is also a SUPREME God who is the same SUPREME God that is spoken of in Islam and Judaism.

So, Christ is God, just not the Supreme God?

The Holy Trinity is unique to Christianity.
God, The Father.
Jesus Christ, Son of God and yet God himself.
and the Holy Spirit.

They are 3 seperate things, and yet all the same being.

That same SUPREME being is the SAME God as Islam and Judaism.

So, Christ was lying?

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 14:6

No. Christ was not lying. As a Christian, you and I believe in the divinity of Christ.

However, the concept of The Father is a Supreme Being. The SAME Supreme Being that ALL of the Abrahamic Religions share.

Tell me, how do you reconcile the OT stating Thou Shalt Have No Other God Before Me (Yahweh) with Christ is God?

So are you saying then that Christians and Jews don't share the same One God because the Jews don't believe Christ was the Messiah or God?

Assuming Christ is the son of God (being Jewish I can't really state that he is), Christ would be the son of the same God Jews pray too.

Muslims believe that Jews followed Issac, the son of Abraham, while Ismael, the other son of Abraham through a handmaiden Hagar, gave rise ultimately to Mohammed and Islam.

This is why for centuries Jews and Muslims (mainly Arab Muslims) were actually very close, believing themselves to be cousins.

I believe, if you read the OT closely, it foreshadows the coming of Christ as the Redeemer.

And Christ IS God.

God gave us himself in man-form to save us.

I'm going to jinx it, I know I am...but are we all actually having a civilized academic conversation on religion?

And you're entitled to that belief, as a Christian.
Just as Straw is entitled to his beliefs as a member of the Jewish faith.

The question is, do you believe that the Hebrew God is the same God in Christianity. Keep in mind the OT when answering.

First, are they the same or are they different?

Second, Christianity goes back before the time of Abraham. It is not an "Abrahamic" religion.

Third, even if Judaism--through Isaac--and Islam--through Ishmael--share a common ancestor, that does not make them the same. My siblings and I have the same mother and father, but that does not make us the same; similar, yes, but not identical or interchangeable.

Yes, we know you believe that, but every religion believes it is the right one and the only way to divinity.

Accepting other religions does not mean you have to disavow your own.

So if Christ IS God, from the old testament, how is he not the same God worshiped by Jews and Muslims? It all goes back to the same one God, the God of Abraham.

But you honor the SAME mother and father, right? Noone is saying that Judaism, Islam, and Christianity are the SAME religion here, just that they share common ancestry and a common bond in the same God.

Just as Catholics, Baptists, etc. all worship the same God. There's a bit more of a divide, when you go further to Judaism and Islam, but it is the same One God.

First, the original God is the same God for all three religions. Path to God is radically different for all three religions.

Second, sorry but you are wrong regarding Christianity pre-dating Abraham. Abraham is considered the father of Monotheism and since Judaism is definitely older than Christianity, BF is correct. All three Monotheistic religions started from the same root.

Third, BF is not saying the three religions are the same. They just share the same roots, with vastly different approaches brnaching off those same roots.

Mind showing any proof whatsoever of that? I think you're way off base here.