# Religous Icons / Symbols **URL:** \ **Category:** talk\ **Created:** [August 3, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/religous-icons-symbols/27479 "2003-08-03T00:55:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DariusMonsef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@DariusMonsef](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DariusMonsef)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/religous-icons-symbols/27479/1 "2003-08-03T00:55:37Z")
If you know the answers to any of these please let me know. I’m trying to figure out who the religous symbols are for each religion, and what they might looked like. For Example: Christianity: Jesus. There are plenty of pictures of what he might have looked like. Judaism: David? Islam: Muhammad? Allah? Hinduism: Shiva? Buddhism: Buddha? Any info and pics is very much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/religous-icons-symbols/27479/2 "2003-08-03T04:59:17Z")
Just look at the people of the region. Jesus looked the same as the people who live in Israel now. Muhammad looked the same as the people in Israel. So on and so on. Plus, Allah is the islamic God. I don’t think anybody truly knows what God looks like. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/religous-icons-symbols/27479/3 "2003-08-03T05:05:33Z")
‘Allah’ merely is the Arabic word for god, so yes, nobody knows what he looks like. 🙂 ---
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Since we are on Allah, at the mo, Why do people draw big diffrences when refering to god and allah. God is Allah, and Allah is God right? I mean its just diffrent languages. I mean, since I am Russian I am not going to start calling God, Bog. Especialy when i speak english. ---
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When you say Allah, you’re talking about Islam. When you say God, you’re talking about Christianity. Same as having different names for people on earth. Just easier to integrate between who you are talking about. ---
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> \*Originally posted by RussianBeer \* > **Since we are on Allah, at the mo, > Why do people draw big diffrences when refering to god and allah. God is Allah, and Allah is God right?** > Well, we don’t, but non-muslems tend to confuse Allah and God. They’re the same meaning in different languages 🙂 ---
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Is it correct that there is no visual representation for what Allah would look like. Do muslim people have pictures of what Muhammad would look like? I suppose I should be asking my dad this one… ---
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> \*Originally posted by EthanM \* > **Is it correct that there is no visual representation for what Allah would look like.** > Yes. > **Do muslim people have pictures of what Muhammad would look like?** > No. 🙂 ---
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> When you say Allah, you’re talking about Islam. When you say God, you’re talking about Christianity. Same as having different names for people on earth. Just easier to integrate between who you are talking about. I’m a muslim and rarely ever say Allah while speaking English. Also, God is not a word exclusively for Christianity. What about every other religion with a God? > Do muslim people have pictures of what Muhammad would look like? We believe it is wrong to try and draw the face of prophets. 🙂 ---
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Budha is not a god, just a enlightened man, and he typicaly is portrayed such here is a non typical graphical image [http://www.guruji.it/galleria/ritrattihindu/budha.jpg](http://www.guruji.it/galleria/ritrattihindu/budha.jpg) and here is the famous statue of Budha [![](http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/home.home.dir/images/japan/uma%20and%20budha.jpg) ](http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/home.home.dir/images/japan/uma%20and%20budha.jpg) ---
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For Hinduism theres like 3 gods or whatever they are called for them. There is Shiva that is the destroyer. There is also the god that repairs. I’m not entirely sure what the other god is, I seem to have forgotten. But like with the other religions I highly doubt that they have any visual representations of them because they are gods. ---
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nah… the Hindu don’t have any “sin of idolotry”. There are tons of statues of each of those gods in various incarnations. Just do a quick google search of “images” using any of those god’s names and you’ll find something on them. ---
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oh… well that was my attempt at being smart at least… ---
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The Jews don’t beleive in making someone an idol or symbol, rather an example. So there isn’t one, there is tons that can be learned from.