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To: Strategerist; Lurking Libertarian
Allah simply means "God" in Arabic.

Correction: Allah simply means "God" "god" in Arabic. Maybe it will be good for Arab Christians to start using a different word for God. And I don't believe for one minute that Arab-speaking Jews use the term Allah, they have a beautiful selection of Hebrew names for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!

23 posted on 01/11/2013 3:00:57 PM PST by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: Former Fetus

I thought arabic speaking Jews and Christians were using the term before Islam. Why should they be the ones to change?

Freegards


25 posted on 01/11/2013 3:07:19 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: Former Fetus
And I don't believe for one minute that Arab-speaking Jews use the term Allah, they have a beautiful selection of Hebrew names for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!

When they speak Hebrew, sure. But when they speak in Arabic, they say "Allah," just as English-speaking Jews use the word "God." (Incidentally, the Hebrew word for "God," elohim, is from the same Semitic root as "Allah" (a-l-h).

I was once at a Passover Seder with some Jews of Middle Eastern descent, and they sang some of the Passover songs in Arabic, and used the word "Allah."

26 posted on 01/11/2013 3:18:23 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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