I definately have to disagree with you on that one. The God of Abraham will always be the God of Abraham. They all originated from the same source. The source just doesn't automatically change to another God. These religions only became seperate because people had different ideas on worshipping the God of Abraham, along with other disagreements.
As I've already mentioned, the religions that worship their respective gods define his expectations. They make clear what has been mandated by their god in order to recieve salvation. They make explict what miracles he has performed and it is the religions that define the actions of their god that brought about the world as we know it.
As you can see, a religion which illustrates an entirely different being is exclusively inseparable from itself. Its god cannot be separated and compared to another god of a separate religion.
I do understand your point and agree with it to some degree, but the gods are different. The ways that they are worshipped are different. The way that this "same god" dictates life to the followers of the religion is different. The religions are different.
The only thing that really differs in their beliefs are the way the worship their God, and whether or not they believe Jesus Christ was God's son, or just a messanger of God.
That is a
significant difference, even if it was the only one (it's not).
Christianity
revolves around Jesus Christ. It is totally contingent on the belief that Christ is the savior of all human kind and, through him, eternal salvation is acessable.
I doubt it's much older than Judaism.
It doesn't matter in the
least that Judaism is even
close to being as old as Hinduism. My point (as I hope you were able to recognize) was that Hinduism is an ancient, widely accepted religion which contradicts MM's generalization of religions.
Don't make irrelevant points.
Also, I hope that your
doubt is a
belief. If Hinduism is older than Judiasm, it totally nullifies and disproves Christianity
and Judiasm. While it may have not had the same name long before the time of Jesus, it was the same religion.