Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: piytar
> Allah is not equivalent to any of the above. It refers to an entirely different entity.

With regard to the use of "Allah" in Islam as the proper name of the god of Islam, I agree it's a different entity.

But please see my comment #17 above. "Allah" is not an incorrect name for our Christian God, since in many languages it is exactly analogous to us calling our deity "God" (rather than, say, "Yahweh"). It's just language usage, and the name "Allah" predates Islam by a thousand years. It's historically bogus for Islam to confiscate the term and force-apply it only to the god of Mohammed.

18 posted on 01/05/2014 10:18:10 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies ]


To: dayglored

Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation.


21 posted on 01/06/2014 8:12:19 AM PST by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson