Oh, it's the same God. Thanks, NYT!

After running this good piece in the city section, the Times apparently got some complaints about the headline. It responded by running a thoughtful pair of online-only commentaries by religion scholars from different perspectives; the ombudsman also devoted part of his column to it. The Times ran a simple correction, and it's a gem:

A headline last Sunday about a Muslim man and an Orthodox Jewish woman who are partners in two Dunkin’ Donuts stores described their religions incorrectly. The two faiths worship the same God — not different ones.

That's why we need a paper of record--to present two sides of an age-old and ultimately unresolvable debate not as point and counterpoint but as simple fact and simple correction.

(What's more, the headline said different RELIGIONS, not different GODS, and the correction says that "the two faiths worship the same God"... Separate from the question of whether Jehovah and Allah are one and the same, is the Times now in the business of defining the difference between a religion and a faith?) CORRECTION: I was mistakenly looking at the corrected headline, which changed "Gods" to "Religions." So disregard this paragraph.

(Tip via Get Religion.)