Craig Thompson Quotes

I do believe that Muslims and Christians and Jews pray to the same God. And yet they understand who God is in significantly different ways.

Christianity and Judaism are united above all in their common affirmation and implementation of the moral teaching of the Hebrew Bible, or 'Old Testament,' and the traditions of interpretation of that teaching.

The acknowledgement of the Judeo Christian God is not religion.

Christianity began as a religion of the poor and dispossessed - farmers, fishermen, Bedouin shepherds. There's a great lure to that kind of simplicity and rigor - the discipline, the call to action.

Judaism and Christianity in themselves are distinctly separate entities, to be sure; but when considering their influence on Western thought, we must bear in mind that Christianity alone, or almost alone, transmitted the Jewish share, simply by what it contained of it in its own, original constitution.

God says in the Quran that there is only one true religion, God's religion. It's the same theme that God revealed to all of the prophets, even before Muhammad.

The core of all religions is a belief in a supreme personal god.

We must, however, note that what are usually called the high religions made their appearance within about twenty-five hundred years - most of them within fifteen hundred years.

Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you know almost nothing about him.

Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past.

Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities.

I was always a God guy.

I find myself very drawn to the experience of church. I love to be in a surrounding that's so welcoming. People come shake your hand. That's not always the case in most synagogues I've been in. I also find more of an emphasis on how to live and grow as a person. And I have to say, I'm very inspired by Jesus.

I think of religion as man's attempt to reach God, and you can't do that.

Islam believes in many prophets, and Al Quran is nothing but a confirmation of the old Scriptures.

I did my holy communion, and it was amazing how quickly the stories of the Bible and God and Jesus got under my skin.

It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things.

Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels.

All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.

Some people think that all the equipment you need to discuss religion is a mouth.

A long-running argument exists over whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. In my view, they certainly do.

Muhammad is the Prophet of all people. He superseded all previous religions. If Jesus were alive when Muhammad was sent, he would have followed him. All people must be Muslims.

Looking at Islam in its original sense, it is very much like the Abrahamic tradition.

The Christian God encourages freedom, love, forgiveness, prosperity and health. The Muslim god appears to value the opposite. The personalities of each god are evident in the cultures, civilizations and dispositions of the peoples that serve them.

Religion can thrive only in a personal universe.