"I've spent time in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Muslim and other countries,

"and I can tell you they don't worship the same god Christians do..."



Adapted from This Rock magazine, May / June 2010 edition.

Father Vincent Serpa answers this one!


Question:


"I've spent time in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and other Muslim countries, and I can tell you they don't worship the same god Christians do.

"They believe the Trinity is made up of God, a human Jesus, and Mary, his mother.

"How can they worship the same god?"


Father Vincent Serpa's answer:


"Granted, Muslims do not believe in the Trinity as we do.

"Nor do Jews.

"Yet we all believe in a Supreme Being who created and governs the universe.

"When St. Paul learned that the Greeks worshiped an unknown god (Acts 17:23), he identified that god as our God.

"Muslims worship the one God to the degree that they know him -- which in our view, is a very limited knowledge."

-- Fr. Vincent Serpa --