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To: Campion
Whatever the origin of the word, the fact is that it has been used to mean "God" for centuries by Arabic-speaking Christians.

That does not make it right. Simply because Islam has leeched into their vocabulary, does not preclude them being corrected.

14 posted on 04/27/2009 12:21:44 PM PDT by rjsimmon (1-20-2013)
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To: rjsimmon
The word you use for "God," that being, of course, "God," is the descendant of the word used by Germanic pagans to refer to their deities.

By the way, the usual Hebrew word for God, "Elohim," is cognate to the Arabic "Ilah". Everyone agrees that "Allah" is a contraction of "Al Ilah".

In other words, "Allah" is a lot closer to the Hebrew word used in the Scriptures than "God" is.

15 posted on 04/27/2009 2:33:51 PM PDT by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed Imposter")
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