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To: Sherman Logan; Fantasywriter; WXRGina

No.
Allah was a pagan moon deity worshipped in Mecca pre-Mohammed.
It does NOT mean “God”.
The root of Allah is Al-ilah which means “the god” and is NOT a “proper” direct name of reference like Elohim.
Matter of fact, said moon deity has three daughters, acknowledged by Islam to exist, and they are named: Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manat.
There was some buzz awhile back in Islam about whether or not they should worship the daughters of Allah.
[The “moon rock” at Mecca has three pebbles that fell off of it, hence the three daughters.]


101 posted on 11/19/2014 9:51:38 AM PST by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

Sorry, but you’re just wrong.

I assume you will consider the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1917 to not be overly corrupted with modern multiculturalism.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01316a.htm

For that matter, here’s what it has to say about Elohim, which is from the same root as Allah.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05393a.htm

El, Eloah and Elohim are used in the Hebrew Bible as the common names for God, while he is also given the proper name of Yahweh, Jehovah or YHWH.

The common names for God were also used, BTW, for pagan gods, just as in English.

I am perfectly willing to concede that Muslims misapply the name of God to whatever entity, if any, they are actually worshipping. But you don’t get to make up your own etymology for words simply because they serve a convenient political or polemic purpose.

Here’s an interesting essay on the comparative etymology of Elohim and Allah.


102 posted on 11/19/2014 10:34:12 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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