God's name

[humblemuslim]

Five men from the east come to a village in the west.

They asks for provisions from the village.

The village will accommodate the request if they can answer one question.

The consequence for giving the wrong answer is death.

The village asks the men, what is God's name?

How should they respond, they think among themselves.

The men have heard God called many names and are afraid to choose one.

The village becomes impatient and demands they answer or leave immediately.

Each man can respond independent of the others.

The first man responds, "The Creator".

The village responds, "That is what God is, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The second man more nervous now responds, "The Almighty!".

The village responds, "This is one of God's attributes, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The third man now trembling with fear responds "Love".

The village responds, "This is something God supports, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The fourth man runs away afraid he too will be put to slaughter.

The final man looks up at them and says in a gentle and serious voice, "Lord Brekyirihunuade Kwaku Ananse Anansi Asase Ya Bia Nyame Ayaba Da Gbadu Gleti Gu Lisa Loko Mawu Azeban Tabaldak Gitche Manitou Tia Kokopelli Aholi Angwusnasomtaka Shamash Merodach Ishtar Nebo Nergal Ptah Ejo Geb Horus He Xiangu Cao Guojiu Han Zhongli Krishna Shiva Vishnu Yama Apollo Juno Jupiter Neptune Venus Ceres Yahweh Allah God Acolnahuaccatl Chantico Toci Xochipilli Yacatechuhiti Coatilcue [...].

The villagers were stunned and asked "How did you know?"

The man responded "These are all the names by which men have called God. Not a single name is better than the other."

 

[JudaicChristian]

Five men from the east come to a village in the west.

They asks for provisions from the village.

The village will accommodate the request if they can answer one question.

The consequence for giving the wrong answer is death.

The village asks the men, what is God's name?

How should they respond, they think among themselves.

The men have heard God called many names and are afraid to choose one.

The village becomes impatient and demands they answer or leave immediately.

Each man can respond independent of the others.

The first man responds, "The Creator".

The village responds, "That is what God is, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The second man more nervous now responds, "The Almighty!".

The village responds, "This is one of God's attributes, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The third man now trembling with fear responds "Love".

The village responds, "This is something God supports, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The fourth man runs away afraid he too will be put to slaughter.

The final man looks up at them and says in a gentle and serious voice, "Lord Brekyirihunuade Kwaku Ananse Anansi Asase Ya Bia Nyame Ayaba Da Gbadu Gleti Gu Lisa Loko Mawu Azeban Tabaldak Gitche Manitou Tia Kokopelli Aholi Angwusnasomtaka Shamash Merodach Ishtar Nebo Nergal Ptah Ejo Geb Horus He Xiangu Cao Guojiu Han Zhongli Krishna Shiva Vishnu Yama Apollo Juno Jupiter Neptune Venus Ceres Yahweh Allah God Acolnahuaccatl Chantico Toci Xochipilli Yacatechuhiti Coatilcue [...].

The villagers were stunned and asked "How did you know?"

The man responded "These are all the names by which men have called God. Not a single name is better than the other."

If that was true, then there would be no Pagan or false gods.

 

[Völuspá]

"Our ideas about god are not god." Names for god are human inventions. God is entirely something else.

Thanks for posting this. I agree that no name is better than the other.

 

[JudaicChristian]

"Our ideas about god are not god." Names for god are human inventions. God is entirely something else.

Thanks for posting this. I agree that no name is better than the other.

Our God who has many name titles said what His personal name is.
"I am" is a profound statement of being and not His name. Pay particular attention to the parts in red. Here is what scripture says:
Yahwah reveals His name to Moses
Exodus 3:13-15.
13 And Moses said to Elohiym, “Suppose I go to the siblings of the Israelites and say to them, 'The Elohiym of your forefathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?” (Elohiym means, “God of The Living.”) It can also be translated as “god-s of the living” or “god-s of life;” for those who have life immortal.
14 And Elohiym said to Moses, “The Living that Lives. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'The Living has sent me to you.” (HaYah) in the ancient Semitic language means: The Living, or The Life.)
15 And Elohiym also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, 'Yahwah, the Elohiym of your forefathers; the Elohiym of Abraham, the Elohiym of Isaac and the Elohiym of Jacob has sent me to you.' That’s my name forever, the name by which I’m to be remembered, from generation to generation.”

 

[WingsOfEagles07]

Five men from the east come to a village in the west.

They asks for provisions from the village.

The village will accommodate the request if they can answer one question.

The consequence for giving the wrong answer is death.

The village asks the men, what is God's name?

How should they respond, they think among themselves.

The men have heard God called many names and are afraid to choose one.

The village becomes impatient and demands they answer or leave immediately.

Each man can respond independent of the others.

The first man responds, "The Creator".

The village responds, "That is what God is, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The second man more nervous now responds, "The Almighty!".

The village responds, "This is one of God's attributes, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The third man now trembling with fear responds "Love".

The village responds, "This is something God supports, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The fourth man runs away afraid he too will be put to slaughter.

The final man looks up at them and says in a gentle and serious voice, "Lord Brekyirihunuade Kwaku Ananse Anansi Asase Ya Bia Nyame Ayaba Da Gbadu Gleti Gu Lisa Loko Mawu Azeban Tabaldak Gitche Manitou Tia Kokopelli Aholi Angwusnasomtaka Shamash Merodach Ishtar Nebo Nergal Ptah Ejo Geb Horus He Xiangu Cao Guojiu Han Zhongli Krishna Shiva Vishnu Yama Apollo Juno Jupiter Neptune Venus Ceres Yahweh Allah God Acolnahuaccatl Chantico Toci Xochipilli Yacatechuhiti Coatilcue [...].

The villagers were stunned and asked "How did you know?"

The man responded "These are all the names by which men have called God. Not a single name is better than the other."

Yes there is a name better than all the other ones. JESUS CHRIST.
All the other god(s) cannot supply the people around the world with some kind of document stating the Origins of the universe and Life and Death. What kind of god(s) would you believe in that cannot even account for some kind of reasoning as to why things are. Some of these religion(s) and god(s) can already be excluded by their unlogical philosophical interpretations of belief. For example; The sun god and moon god could not have created us humans. Therefore these god(s) are excluded from those who have logical reasoning skills and can put two and two together. Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.. Put two and two together and they can be excluded.

 

[Rasta]

Yes there is a name better than all the other ones. JESUS CHRIST.
All the other god(s) cannot supply the people around the world with some kind of document stating the Origins of the universe and Life and Death. What kind of god(s) would you believe in that cannot even account for some kind of reasoning as to why things are. Some of these religion(s) and god(s) can already be excluded by their unlogical philosophical interpretations of belief. For example; The sun god and moon god could not have created us humans. Therefore these god(s) are excluded from those who have logical reasoning skills and can put two and two together. Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.. Put two and two together and they can be excluded.

No, names are just human inventions. Just because you claim to be "logical" doesn't mean you are.

 

[Gardenia]

No, names are just human inventions. Just because you claim to be "logical" doesn't mean you are.

 

[Völuspá]

The sun god and moon god could not have created us humans. Therefore these god(s) are excluded from those who have logical reasoning skills and can put two and two together.

I don't necessarily think you're understanding the nature of sun and moon god veneration.. But the sun does sustain us, which can be considered creation here on earth. Anyway, since creation myths aren't literally true, I wouldn't find any more satisfying answers in Christianity as to how it all came to be.

 

[Beckyy25]

Five men from the east come to a village in the west.

They asks for provisions from the village.

The village will accommodate the request if they can answer one question.

The consequence for giving the wrong answer is death.

The village asks the men, what is God's name?

How should they respond, they think among themselves.

The men have heard God called many names and are afraid to choose one.

The village becomes impatient and demands they answer or leave immediately.

Each man can respond independent of the others.

The first man responds, "The Creator".

The village responds, "That is what God is, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The second man more nervous now responds, "The Almighty!".

The village responds, "This is one of God's attributes, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The third man now trembling with fear responds "Love".

The village responds, "This is something God supports, not God's name!", and so they killed him.

The fourth man runs away afraid he too will be put to slaughter.

The final man looks up at them and says in a gentle and serious voice, "Lord Brekyirihunuade Kwaku Ananse Anansi Asase Ya Bia Nyame Ayaba Da Gbadu Gleti Gu Lisa Loko Mawu Azeban Tabaldak Gitche Manitou Tia Kokopelli Aholi Angwusnasomtaka Shamash Merodach Ishtar Nebo Nergal Ptah Ejo Geb Horus He Xiangu Cao Guojiu Han Zhongli Krishna Shiva Vishnu Yama Apollo Juno Jupiter Neptune Venus Ceres Yahweh Allah God Acolnahuaccatl Chantico Toci Xochipilli Yacatechuhiti Coatilcue [...].

The villagers were stunned and asked "How did you know?"

The man responded "These are all the names by which men have called God. Not a single name is better than the other."

I don't know where you have this from. I was going to ask you if you believe this statement to be true (the one I highlighted in red), but I guess you do, otherwise you wouldn't have posted it here.

So, assuming you do agree with this statement, that would mean that you also believe that all people of all religions do in fact believe in one God only, but they just call Him differently?! I wonder how would this be possible considering that there is such a huge difference in each religion's teachings about God. Just take Islam vs. Christianity. I mean, it is crystal clear that Yahweh is not Allah! The Allah presented in the Qur'an is not the Yahweh presented in the Bible. So this whole little story you posted above, is nothing but a desperate try (by the one who wrote it) to say that "no matter what god(s) you believe in, as long as you do believe in something supernatural, then you'll be saved". IMO that is again one of Satan's strategies to make everything look nice, to make people say to themselves: "Don't worry about anything, just live your life, believe in 'something' and it'll be OK." What a nonsense!

You really should know better that we don't have all the same God. Why do you think Muslims insist that God may be called by his Arabic name 'Allah'? Because this name is not better than the others?

I think the name someone does use to call his 'god' is indeed very important, because it shows who this god is!

 

[Rasta]

I mean, it is crystal clear that Yahweh is not Allah!

Psst. Zip up your pants, your bias is showing.

What a nonsense!

I agree. What a nonsense indeed.

 

[Gardenia]

Not the OP, but as someone who actually does believe this..

I wonder how would this be possible considering that there is such a huge difference in each religion's teachings about God.

There are a few ways people with this view explain this. Many (but not all) do not think that any one religion was specifically revealed by God.. that they are all created by man in order to commune with the Divine. Since humans are all different, no one religion can meet the spiritual needs of every single human.
Some may see Deity as very vast, and as such somewhat unknowable as a whole by humans as we are now. We reach out to aspects to better know the whole.. Are you familiar with the Hindu (I believe) story of the blind men who come across an elephant? In short, each man grabs a different part of the elephant, the leg, the trunk, and the tail.. each describes the elephant as the part they know, but each is only truly describing a part of the whole.. Not a perfect metaphor, but should give you an idea as to where people with such beliefs are coming from.

"no matter what god(s) you believe in, as long as you do believe in something supernatural, then you'll be saved".

I don't think you need to believe in anything to be saved. I don't really think there's actually anything which we need to be "saved" from. I do not think atheists will be punished for their lack of belief.

Why do you think Muslims insist that God may be called by his Arabic name 'Allah'? Because this name is not better than the others?

Allah is not the name, it is the title. It simply means God in another language. Christians who speak Arabic refer to God as Allah..

 

[Völuspá]

You really should know better that we don't have all the same God.

I don't know that the message is that we all have the same god, but at least that no one religion's ideas about god, including names, are more true than the other. How can we all purport to know everything about god? Our descriptions are always going to contain some reflection of ourselves, depending on our cultural and religious backgrounds.

 

[Beckyy25]

Psst. Zip up your pants, your bias is showing.



I agree. What a nonsense indeed.

Intelligent people keep silent when they have nothing useful to say.

 

[Supreme]

Allah is not the name, it is the title. It simply means God in another language. Christians who speak Arabic refer to God as Allah..

Exactly. Also, Muslims insits on the name 'Allah' not because they believe it to be a better name, but because they believe Islam is the language of God. Seeing as most Muslims can't speak Arabic, 'Allah' is on of the few words they know, so they use it a lot. See?

 

[Beckyy25]

Exactly. Also, Muslims insits on the name 'Allah' not because they believe it to be a better name, but because they believe Islam is the language of God. Seeing as most Muslims can't speak Arabic, 'Allah' is on of the few words they know, so they use it a lot. See?

Let me correct you: Islam is not the language of Allah, but Islam is the Religion of Allah, that is what Muslims believe and what is written down in the Qur'an.

The real problem is not with the word 'Allah', but with the concept behind this word, we are not talking about the mere Arabic word Allah here. They worship the Allah described in the Qur'an! The description of Allah in the Qur'an does not match with the description of Yahweh in the Bible. They can't be one and the same. And here is the difference.

 

[Rasta]

Intelligent people keep silent when they have nothing useful to say.

Ah, perhaps you didn't comprehend the point I was making?

 

[Rasta]

Let me correct you: Islam is not the language of Allah

How do you know this? Are you pretending your opinion is knowledge?

but Islam is the Religion of Allah, that is what Muslims believe and what is written down in the Qur'an.

Do you know what Allah means?

The real problem is not with the word 'Allah', but with the concept behind this word, we are not talking about the mere Arabic word Allah here. They worship the Allah described in the Qur'an! The description of Allah in the Qur'an does not match with the description of Yahweh in the Bible.

Sure they do. God in the Old Testament is a lot closer to the description of god in the Quran than it is to the god of the New Testament.

 

[Beckyy25]

Ah, perhaps you didn't comprehend the point I was making?

You wanted to say something else than what you've said? Then please explain to me what point you were making there. I did not find any useful info in what you wrote.

 

[Rasta]

You wanted to say something else than what you've said? Then please explain to me what point you were making there. I did not find any useful info in what you wrote.

Yeah, truth is not usefull for thoes who seek to deny it in order to promote their own opinion as "absolute authority".

 

[Beckyy25]

How do you know this?

The wording was not correct. Allah says in the Qur'an that Islam is his religion, not that Islam is his language. The word language was wrong, instead it should read religion.

Are you pretending your opinion is knowledge?

Did I say that?

Do you know what Allah means?

Sure I do, do you?

Sure they do. God in the Old Testament is a lot closer to the description of god in the Quran than it is to the god of the New Testament.

Have you ever read the Bible and the Qur'an? If no, then no wonder you are talking like this. If yes, then you're really ignorant.