# Do all monotheistic religions worship the same God?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 6, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169 "2010-12-06T18:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169/121 "2014-05-21T20:51:50Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> _Correcting the subjunctive_

I don’t care what anyone else might say, you’re ok in my book.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169/122 "2014-05-21T20:56:26Z")

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You don’t care what anyone else _would_ say.

Regards,  
Shodan

😉

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169/123 "2014-05-21T20:59:18Z")

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And would the same God enforce a universal grammar?

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169/124 "2014-05-21T21:01:22Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> And would the same God enforce a universal grammar?

Of course not. [Cite.](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+11)

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169/125 "2014-05-21T23:17:52Z")

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> [@Opes](#):
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> For the record, this is incorrect. Sikhism stands on its own … yet highlights resonant views among other beliefs.

You can’t really call Sikhism strictly non-Abrahamic; it was formed in reaction to Islam.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169/126 "2014-05-22T01:31:20Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> And would have responded with another episode of the Dio Show were he still with us.
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> Regards,  
> Shodan

The first season was good, but the endless reruns kind of killed it for me.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-monotheistic-religions-worship-the-same-god/563169/127 "2014-05-22T03:27:36Z")

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Everyone lay off Dio. The older posters don’t want to hear it and the newer ones don’t know him.

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