Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
I've read MANY threads on this forum where people refer to Allah as the God of the Muslim's as if this is a proper name of some "false god" and that is just not true, so I would really like to set the record straight and educate those who are unaware of the fact that "Allah" is the ARABIC WORD ~for~ GOD.
Just as "Dios" is the SPANISH word for GOD.
And "Dieu" is the FRENCH word for GOD.
"Allah" is the ARABIC word for GOD.
It is not the "proper name" of a particular Islamic God connected only to Muslims. Even Arabic CHRISTIANS use the word "Allah" to refer to GOD. The Aramaic BIBLE uses the word "Allah" for GOD, as it is the Arabic word ~for~ God.
I would just like to ask that we please keep that in mind when making statements about Muslims and "false gods" so that we don't insult our Arabic brothers and sisters in CHRIST because of our lack of knowledge on this subject.
Many thanks!!
angelmom
That is correct. As these guys eventually found out later.I have Muslim friends... and I'm not Islmamaphobic.... but there are many scriptures in the Quran that are NOT PEACEFUL!.
You cannot wear a religion mask before the judgment of God and escape the convictions of your sin!
Yes, I read somewhere years back that archaoelogists had discovered etchings in a cave - that allah was shown with other moon gods? Something to that effect.actually if you refresh the reading of Arabic history you will find that allah mean moonstone.. it was one of the 365 idols that they worshiped...Mohamid took name of the moonstone idol for the name of his god...
Well, that hasn't stopped them from growing as fast if not faster than CHRIST-ianity.Yes, I read somewhere years back that archaoelogists had discovered etchings in a cave - that allah was shown with other moon gods? Something to that effect.
Either way, The Muslim Allah isn't our YHWY.
A Catholic or Christian can NEVER worship Allah!!![]()
We can NEVER refer to GOD as ALLA
Alla points to a specific RELIGION . . . ISLAM
(I slam) and NOT to Catholicism or related beliefs . . .
You know, I am truly sorry to hear that. I always thought you Catholics worshipped God the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
His Beatitude Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad is Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Syrians. Ignace Pierre VIII is the leader of the Syrian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church that is in full communion with Catholic Church's Holy See at the Vatican and uses the Antiochene liturgy.When His Beatitude celebrates Mass in his native Arabic, he addresses our Triune Lord with the Arabic for "(The) God."
I am truly sorry to see you declaring yourself out of communion with the Pope and the Catholic Church.
Hi. The Pope is in competition with Muhammad though.I am truly sorry to see you declaring yourself out of communion with the Pope and the Catholic Church.
I've always argued that Atheists are proving they know who the TRUE God is by all the many religions they don't bother attacking.Well, that hasn't stopped them from growing as fast if not faster than CHRIST-ianity.
I believe the atheists should be going after that religion instead of us in the General Apologetics board.![]()
http://www.christianforums.com/t5201074-general-revelation.html
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54570
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. A group of reformists from Muslim societies who have become accustomed to death threats upped the ante yesterday with a declaration they hope will spark a popular movement across the Islamic world to "fight back" against fundamentalist interpreters of the faith.
Secularists such as Ibn Warraq, Nonie Darwish and Irshad Manji helped formulate the "St. Petersburg Declaration," which seeks to do no less than eliminate traditional understandings and practices of Islam that conflict with universally accepted human rights.
Hi Nadine. Have you debated against the atheists on the General Apologetics board to convince them of that.I've always argued that Atheists are proving they know who the TRUE God is by all the many religions they don't bother attacking.
With that said, there's one reason Islam is so large; IT'S FORCED RELIGION. Of course you're going to have it grow with population when the death penalty awaits any who leave it.
Yes there are many who convert to it, but it's mostly by threat in other countries.
Hi. The Pope is in competition with Muhammad though.![]()
Hi Polycarp. Then why not go dialogue with the Muslims instead of debating the theology of ALLAH and our LORD on this board. PeaceWell, only in the sense that the Pope claims to speak prophetically in his teaching role. (And they both had/have a great deal of respect for our Lord's mother, too.)
Nadiine, MikeJ, or anyone else who cares to essay it, I'd be very interested in seeing an objective* source for the Allah=moonbatmoon god allegation, if you can unearth one.
* I mean absolutely no insult to any member, and especially to the two named. Like many other members here, I find it very difficult to assess the objectivity of a source that agrees with me. And I don't propose to hold others to a sterner standard than myself. But as I noted several pages back, the only sources I've seen for that allegation are ones that were clearly from other material presented ones that were prepared to lie in God's service in order to combat Islam. In the interests of stating truth in support of the God of Truth, in whom there is no falsehood, I'd dearly love to see that proven out from a reliable source.
I just remembered there was a rather lenghthy thread on that over here if you are interested.Well, only in the sense that the Pope claims to speak prophetically in his teaching role. (And they both had/have a great deal of respect for our Lord's mother, too.)
Nadiine, MikeJ, or anyone else who cares to essay it, I'd be very interested in seeing an objective* source for the Allah=moonbatmoon god allegation, if you can unearth one.
Nadiine, MikeJ, or anyone else who cares to essay it, I'd be very interested in seeing an objective* source for the Allah=moon god allegation, if you can unearth one.
I did what I would do when curious about any religion. I asked a follower
I asked a Muslim and he told me that the God OF Abraham IS Allah, the same we refer to as God (or some say JEHOVA) So YES The same Gos, three faiths (Judaism Christianity and Islam)
I learned a lot talking to him about the Islamic faith....more than I ever learned listeningto Christians talk about the Islamic faith. And why wouldn't I ?
Throughout history, there have been many groups of people, many different faiths who have wanted to try to exlude others from God, to try to say that they and they alone "own" God. It is a problem that many Muslims are dealing with now, as they have many groups who claim to be "God's only true followers" I told him we have that problem in America too, it is a group called "the church of Christ" who try to tell anyone who is not a part of their group that unless they join their group, then they will never see heaven.
Sad
It seems though that the influence of uneducated people in America has further widened a gap and lead to more hatred between followers everywhere. The fact is, the GOd can be traced back to Abraham so YES it is the same God, just a different interpretation. Read your Koran and see for yourself.
And we do NOT need any more hatred.
Preach it Sistah!!!!!I would strongly recommend that you put down your Koran and start reading your Bible. That is where the truth is found.
You've made some rather nasty and unfounded generalizations about Christians there. I for one am not uneducated about Islam, nor am I someone who hates Muslims. One of my close friends is a Muslim. I have no hatred for her, I can promise you that. But I do hate the religion that she is so devout to because if she leaves this earth still believing its lies, she will never see heaven.
Any religion that does not recognize Christ as Lord is not united with Christianity, no matter how you paint it.
I did what I would do when curious about any religion. I asked a follower
I asked a Muslim and he told me that the God OF Abraham IS Allah, the same we refer to as God (or some say JEHOVA) So YES The same Gos, three faiths (Judaism Christianity and Islam)