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"I said nothing about Greek. My information about “Al-lah” translating from Arabic to English as “the god” comes from an Iranian woman. When she speaks in English of the muslim deity, she says “the god”. Example: “I will see you tomorrow, if the god wills it”. I believe what she says, I am certain she knows more about that subject than I do." In Greek "Ο" means "the" "θεος" means "God", thus "the God", the same as in Arabic. The perceived problem is with the English translation, not the Arabic original. Someone reading the NT or the Septuagint in the original Greek would read, literally translated into English, "the God" (or "the god", capitals having no meaning in koine Greek). "That’s an odd, condescending comment." Condescending, yes; odd, in light of your comment, no.
39 posted on 12/23/2014 12:43:53 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: Kolokotronis
Sorry!

"I said nothing about Greek. My information about “Al-lah” translating from Arabic to English as “the god” comes from an Iranian woman. When she speaks in English of the muslim deity, she says “the god”. Example: “I will see you tomorrow, if the god wills it”. I believe what she says, I am certain she knows more about that subject than I do."

In Greek "Ο" means "the" "θεος" means "God", thus "the God", the same as in Arabic. The perceived problem is with the English translation, not the Arabic original. Someone reading the NT or the Septuagint in the original Greek would read, literally translated into English, "the God" (or "the god", capitals having no meaning in koine Greek).

"That’s an odd, condescending comment."

Condescending, yes; odd, in light of your comment, no.

40 posted on 12/23/2014 12:47:20 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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The Bible is clear that ‘God is Love’, and he can’t be both Hate and Love, so I know that my God is the God of Israel, because his word says so. They are his chosen people, and no one is going to change that.

Muslims hate Israel, Jesus was Jewish. All Christians are ‘grafted in’ with Jesus as their elder brother, so therefore, I don’t know who they call ‘Allah’, but it is not the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Even though Ishmael was the son of Abraham by Hagar, but not the child of promise. Isaac was Abraham’s son by Sarah, as promised by God....the ancestor of Jesus.

Key verses in NT I John 2: 22, 23

22)”Who is the liar? It is the man that denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist-he denies the Father and the Son.”
23)”No one who denies the Son has the Father, Whoever acknowledges the Father has the Son also.”

WE CANNOT SEPERATE the Father and The Son, because it is 2/3 of the Godhead...FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST!


41 posted on 12/23/2014 12:58:51 PM PST by Kackikat ('If it talks like a traitor, acts like a traitor, then by God it's a traitor.')
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