Posted on 12/22/2006 11:41:01 AM PST by MichaelTheeArchAngel
Originator of evil religion.
It is blasphemous to even suggest that Allah is equivalent to the God as interpreted by Christian and Jew. What a waste of time and energy to even try.
Just to let you know Arabic-speaking Christians refer to God as Allah. I know because I'm Melkite Catholic.
I've wondered why Muhammad didn't choose HUBAL the chief deity of the Kaaba to be his deity?
Can someone please explain to me how the God of Abraham can be one and the same as Allah, the God of Mohammad? Nowhere in the old testament do I read the God of Abraham telling a human being to kill anyone. Didn't He say thou shalt not kill? Only God is the giver of life and only He can take it. Having read the Koran there are just too many contradictions to make a reasonable connection to the one true God. Anyone care to enlighten me?
An interesting read, although appealing to the wisdom of man and nothing dispalying the Spirit and His Omnipotence.
A better apologetic, IMHO, is not to debate which God is the only true God, but simply place faith in Him by His standards and let Him show the believer who He is on His agenda.
One glaring weakness in any false doctrine or appeal to a false god is the inability for that god to regenerate the human spirit on the basis of faith in Him. One might become demon influenced or possessed, but the soul is discernible from the spirit and the consequences are manifest in the heart of the believer.
If a person who seeks God is sincere, then all he has to do is place faith in Him and he will be guided appropriately b ythe plan Gid has predestined for that believer's life. I will save the faithful a lot of time and confusion and pass along that Scripture which reports of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is a safe place to begin, but still it must be done through faith in Him. all other approaches will merely scar the thinking processes, but are still not more powerful than the Holy Spirit.
Very informative...thanks.
I know. What I meant to say is that the Christian's understanding of God is different from what Muslims have of Allah. The Christian God is not the same as the Allah of Mecca and they were never thought to be alike.
A Muslim will tell you that Allah is not a Trinity so how can it be same deity as the Christian God? You either believe in a Trinity or you don't, but one of the concepts is in error.
Both Christians and Muslims are deluding themselves if they claim that they believe in the same god. Besides, if they really did, Christians would not be persecuted by Muslims as they have been for 13 centuries.
I know this from personal experience; I am a Christian who was born and lived in Muslim countries because my father was in the oil business.
I know that you use "Allah" and the word for "God", but what word do you use for the name of God: "YHWH" or "Jehovah" which is translated in our Bibles into the word "Lord"?
The pagan Arabs worshipped the Moon-god Allah by praying toward Mecca several times a day; making a pilgrimage to Mecca; running around the temple of the Moon-god called the Kabah; kissing the black stone; killing an animal in sacrifice to the Moon-god; throwing stones at the devil; fasting for the month which begins and ends with the crescent moon; giving alms to the poor, etc.
The Muslim's claim that Allah is the God of the Bible and that Islam arose from the religion of the prophets and apostles is refuted by solid, overwhelming archeological evidence. Islam is nothing more than a revival of the ancient Moon-god cult. It has taken the symbols, the rites, the ceremonies, and even the name of its god from the ancient pagan religion of the Moon-god. As such, it is sheer idolatry and must be rejected by all those who follow the Torah and Gospel. moongod.htm
We speak Arabic, and we refer to God as Allsh when we pray in Arabic.
I know, but we apply the word Allah to the Christian understanding of God. Having read certain Gnostic texts, I see a strong degree of correlation between Islam and Gnosticism.
For example, the Qu'ran borrows from the Gnostic apocrphya regarding certain elements of Jesus early life, not to mention what they say about Mary.
Also, like the Gnostic gospels, the Qur'an is a listing of sayings by Muhammad rather than a narrative.
He's a fake.
Interesting, thanks
Attention: Political activist in Iraq who wrote to me. The message that you sent me has disappeared from my e-mail; please send again. Also, feel free to copy the post "Allah," to translate into Aramaic and Farsi.
I do not say what YHWH means, because that would be fulfilling a prophecy.
Interesting posting!
One sentence in it is a little easy to misunderstand, however:
"So that's why Surah 5:116 mentioned Mary as a god."
That surah mentions Mary only as "NOT God," i.e. Jesus disavows any claim of divinity for himself and his mother.
>>After reminding him of these favors, Allah will say: "O Isa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Marry), Did you ever say to the people, "worship me and my mother as gods beside Allah?" He will answer: "Glory to You! How could I say what I had no right to say? If I had ever said so, you would have certainly known it. You know what is in my heart, but I know not what is in Yours; for You have full knowledge of all the unseen. (Surah 5:116, Al-Maida, F. Malik Translation)<<
Hope you don't mind my nit-picking!
Regards
Thank you for your post, Ill have to correct that.
You said my: assertion simply isn't borne out by other usages. What you're wanting us to believe is that this is the correct translation here when it isn't translated like that anywhere else. One way to gain an understanding of a word or phrase is to study their uses and usages. Unique English translations are red flags.******This info that I am referring to, comes from the NIV exustive concordence; and that is all I have to say about the matter. Go ahead and have the last word.
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