I’m not upset, I just disagree with Ron that in the Boy Scout Oath, “Duty to God” is truly duty to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. If it were duty to any god (deity), as Ron believes, then the BSA should change God to a lowercase “g”.
As far as Allah being a deity, that’s your interpretation, proof is in the Arabic Bible which has closer roots to Aramaic than any Latin interpretation. The Moslems I know say they pray to the God of Abraham and I’ll have to take their word, it appears you are citing scripture that has no bearing on that.
Why would G-d have decreed that the Ishmaelites were going to be trouble?
God was very favorable towards Ishmael, that’s established all over Genesis. There’s so little known about his life that most everything written about him is conjecture. I’m not here to defend Islam or the Quran nor would I defend Judaism for that matter. But by your interpretations of scripture, LDS is equally a cult as is Islam.
I have, however, found your perspective very interesting and look forward to further investigation. Thank you for the time you spent writing me, no apologies necessary.
What I mean to say is that when tthe BSA says "Duty to God", they mean that a Scout or Scouter needs to meet their duty to whatever specific religion or religious ideals they believe in. This includes Judeo/Christian religions, non-Judeo/Christian ones, and even non-theistic ones (such as Buddhism). In fact, a Scout or Scouter need not belong to any specific religion, as long as they profess some kind of religious belief.
Now, you may believe that in the English language, "God" (capitalized) refers specifically to the God of Abraham. In such a case, "Duty to God" probably should be changed. I'm not going to argue the case; that's better taken up with National. However, making a change of this nature is what led to the American Heritage Girls being formed, as a group of people apparently wanted an exclusively Judeo-Christian version of the GSUSA.