Posted on 12/29/2008 10:43:47 AM PST by TaraP
“Take just even the quickest of looks at the characteristics ascribed to allah and the God of Abraham and tell me what you find similar about them other than the muslim claim that they are one & the same?”
Its a name, dogger; an Arabic word which in English is “God”. If you want to get into the theology of the Mohammedan concept of God vs. that of Jews, or Reformed Christians or Orthodox Christians, that’s quite another matter. For example, from what I have read here on FR from some professing to be Reformed Christians, God looks to be a wrathful monster whose rage at humanity could only be slaked by the bloody butchering of His innocent Son and really not slaked so much because most of humanity was created by this God for torment here and later eternal damnation. As an Orthodox Christian, I could say that I don’t worship that God but the truth of the matter is that I do worship God, or Allah, or le Dieu. What I do not accept is Reformed theology about God.
I didn’t say that at all. I said that the word allah means God. A lot of people believe in god but not everyone believes in the true GOD (the God of Abraham).
why are you trying to pick a fight over the translated meaning of a word?
Not trying to pick a fight at all.
The distinction between “allah” and the God of Abraham is an important one. They are not one and the same.
Just like “Baal” and “Elohim” might be translated similarly but mean very different things.
Good thing for us, the real Church is the Kingdom of G-d and not only of this temporal place. But, won't be nice for the citizens of Rome - the next Ground Zero?
;~)
Won’t be nice for ANY non-Muslims. These people are fiends from hell out to destroy civilization. The only thing htye want from us, like the aliens in “Independance Day,” is for us to die.
The sooner we recognize that and take appropriate steps against them, the better.
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