(06-10-2019, 08:30 PM)nili Wrote:(06-10-2019, 08:22 PM)Jude86 Wrote: ... Do you speak for all Jews when you say that you believe that we worship a different God, or are you speaking for yourself?
Can I assume that you're not referring to me? I would maintain that Christians have every intention to refer to the same God as that worshipped by Judaism and Islam.
No, sorry, I should have included the person to whom I was referring, my apologies.
And as to your comment . . . I mean, I guess I just took it for granted that we both believed int he same God regardless of the differences of opinion that existed among the way we attempt to approach Him in our thoughts. Maybe it's just the Jewish people whom I've met in person have just been . . . attempting to be polite to me when I've gotten into a theological discussion about God, but this is the first time I've ever encountered this idea that we Christians worship a different God. I've been part of school clubs that acknowledged that Christians Muslims and Jews worshipped the same God and never once did the Jewish block leave and say, "Actually, you guys worship a different god than us, so we're gonna leave."
All I mean to say with this is that it's just such a formative idea with me (that we worship the same God)--and the Jewish people whom I knew personally never told me otherwise, only confirming what I thought--that this is just . . . kinda off the wall to me.
And I'm sorry, but I'm still kinda reeling from this idea.
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I will be very frank at this point: It feels like a door has been slammed shut in my face and I suddenly feel very distant.