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Let's Call God Allah
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Posted on 03/14/2011 6:50:14 PM PDT by Beave Meister

FOX and Friends discusses the suggestion by a Dutch bishop that Christians start calling God 'Allah'.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allah; catholics; christians; dutch; god; islam; jews; liberals; muslims; religion
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To: Beave Meister

When Pigs Fly Out My Butthole!


81 posted on 03/14/2011 8:49:22 PM PDT by astratt7 (obama,muslim,politics)
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To: Beave Meister
Here in Portland's AM radio show this was discussed. The typical republican vs democrat. The liberal democrat also a Jewish Lawyer says it's a good idea. He says: "I have no problem praying to Allah 5 times a day if it will bring peace. They cannot know if I'm being sincere in my heart when I pray. If I fake it and there's peace, what's the problem?"
82 posted on 03/14/2011 9:04:37 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Beave Meister

Can Pope Benedict XVI say “excommunication?”


83 posted on 03/14/2011 9:14:32 PM PDT by patriot preacher
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To: Beave Meister

I’ve got a better idea - let’s call Mohammad a pedophile instead. Then, at least, we’d be more honest.


84 posted on 03/14/2011 9:19:03 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier preparing to deploy to Afghanistan)
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To: Beave Meister

Let’s not.

Let’s call this Dutch “bishop” an idiot for even suggesting a thing.


85 posted on 03/14/2011 9:39:49 PM PDT by Rainier_is_here
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To: OldBullrider

NO whistle here - I call my “biological dad” by his first name , always have, does that make me a heathen ?


86 posted on 03/14/2011 10:05:42 PM PDT by SamsFriend
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To: DManA

Jesus is GOD!


87 posted on 03/15/2011 1:47:03 AM PDT by factmart
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To: Sherman Logan

Are you a student of Chinese?


88 posted on 03/15/2011 2:06:47 AM PDT by John Leland 1789 (Grateful.)
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To: Beave Meister

I for one will NEVER kiss the ring of the moose limb minor god of the “religion of peace”.
F-ing poser.


89 posted on 03/15/2011 3:17:30 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO))
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To: John Leland 1789

Nope. Not sure why whether I am or not is particularly relevant.

Are you?


90 posted on 03/15/2011 6:20:49 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Keith in Iowa

Nice try, but no. Allah is Not God, he is a moon diety, worshipped at a rock in Mecca. Nope sorry.


91 posted on 03/15/2011 6:27:48 AM PDT by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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To: Beave Meister

Let’s call Allah an anti-Christ. I’d like to see that discussion on Fox.


92 posted on 03/15/2011 6:34:36 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: Sherman Logan

I am a life-long student of the language, and for those who are, and who use it in their Christian ministries, the difference between using Shen and ShangDi is of great interest and it does matter to know the difference when working with the Chinese in their homeland.

Regardless of the article(s) you cited, ShangDi is not only ancient and pre-Christian, referring to Monotheism in general, it is also in current usage, and even non-Christians in China know that the current usage is referring specifically to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of Christianity. There is no other current usage of it.


93 posted on 03/16/2011 10:00:06 PM PDT by John Leland 1789 (Grateful.)
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To: John Leland 1789

I defer to your infinitely greater knowledge of the modern language. (Not hard, since mine is zero.)

I only commented because I’d run across the term ShangDi (or variants) before in reading Chinese history. It was in use long before Christianity came to China, and probably long before Christ.

It is also interesting that the term in (earlier) Chinese had pretty much the same meaning as Allah in pre-Islamic Arabic, referring to a distant, not particularly involved with humanity Supreme God whose existence by no means ruled out the existence of other gods who played a much greater role in the everyday life of the people. I believe this POV is known as henotheism.


94 posted on 03/17/2011 5:42:38 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: tsowellfan
"I have no problem praying to Allah 5 times a day if it will bring peace. They cannot know if I'm being sincere in my heart when I pray. If I fake it and there's peace, what's the problem?"

A truly amazing statement, given all the Jewish martyrs over the centuries who remained faithful to their God in the face of death.

95 posted on 03/17/2011 5:54:44 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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