The G word and the J word

I Asked an otherwise very intelligent person here in Texas, where one specific religion predominates all others, if he can differentiate between the G word and the J word, and, with a straight face, he told me; No.

Obviously, it's possible to make the distinction between the G word and the J word, even for a Christian. But, to recognize a distinction violates certain tenants of the accepted faith. This is the essence of the Arian Controversy. The council of Nicea came up with the concept of the tirune god; the three in one. They couldn't use the number two because the number two, by its nature implies duality, binary distinction. The Trinity throws in an otherwise unrevered and largely unexplained "Holy Ghost" into the hierarchy, but the point is to establish co equal divinity of J along side G.

Evangelical preachers use the G word interchangeably for the J word. Do you believe in God? they challenge ominously. But, the only acceptable answer assumes that by G they mean the divinity of the G-man Jesus. If one were to answer the pollster, Yes, I believe in God, I believe in Vishnu, or Krishna, or Buddha, or heaven forbid, Allah, that is exactly not what the inditeful American meant by the question. Do you believe in God, when asked of candidates means do you believe in the J word. The distinction between the G word and the J word does not exist.

Can you grasp the distinction between the G word and the J word? Or does this admission give too much credence to other people who believe in things that you don't accept? Belief in J may permit conceding that other misguided people incorrectly recognize and worship ignorant and wrong superstitions. Belief in J does not permit, however, consideration of the possibility that there may be some difference between the J word and the G word.

All believers in any religion must accept that the system under which they operate is correct.