Roman Catholic Bishop Wants Everyone to Call God 'Allah'

muslim1 wrote:

I agree that it is preferable to use the word "Allah" instead of God.

Why do Muslims use the word "Allah" instead of the word "God": http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2651856

Call it what you will...it's still primitive superstition.

Bobo...that's a fine name for a chimera.

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It would be better if there was one name for the imaginary being, (I vote for using Elaine, it has a certain lyric to it, doesn't it?) The problem is there is not just one imaginary being, Christians don't have one, they have three and can't decide on whether to call one of the them either the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost.

The real problem is the believers don't know how many imaginary beings there are. Could be one, could be ten thousand, nobody knows, everybody guesses, some people get killed for guessing wrong or doubting the guesser's guesses.

Here's an idea. Decide that there aren't any imaginary beings to be named and then start acting your life as if the imaginary beings have no power over you or your fellow human beings. Guess what? They don't because they only do if you permit them to do so.[/u] That's some group of all powerful beings, huh? They only have power over your life if you allow them to have the power.

Wow, try to create a superhero with that kind of power and you won't sell any comic books, but the churchs are doing fine peddling such stuff!

Joe(It takes about a week, but your head clears. Really something.)Nation

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Muskens is a good man, but I think this idea of his was just silly.

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Joe Nation wrote:

It would be better if there was one name for the imaginary being, (I vote for using Elaine, it has a certain lyric to it, doesn't it?) The problem is there is not just one imaginary being, Christians don't have one, they have three and can't decide on whether to call one of the them either the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost.

The real problem is the believers don't know how many imaginary beings there are. Could be one, could be ten thousand, nobody knows, everybody guesses, some people get killed for guessing wrong or doubting the guesser's guesses.

Here's an idea. Decide that there aren't any imaginary beings to be named and then start acting your life as if the imaginary beings have no power over you or your fellow human beings. Guess what? They don't because they only do if you permit them to do so.[/u] That's some group of all powerful beings, huh? They only have power over your life if you allow them to have the power.

Wow, try to create a superhero with that kind of power and you won't sell any comic books, but the churchs are doing fine peddling such stuff!

Joe(It takes about a week, but your head clears. Really something.)Nation

a. Careful...whether the one is three, or the three are one, used to get you killed by other christians.

b. Does this mean I have to surrender my hopes about that leprechaun......and the tooth fairy won't come any more?

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D wrote:

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a. Careful...whether the one is three, or the three are one, used to get you killed by other christians.

b. Does this mean I have to surrender my hopes about that leprechaun......and the tooth fairy won't come any more?

a. I know. but I kind of like the way certain folks puff up as they try to explain the absurdity of the Triune God. I am also amused when followers of Christ profess shock at the excesses of today's various radical Islamic sects when for three hundred years they themselves (or their ancestors, I guess) rent Europe from stem to stern over such issues as whether or not grace existed in the soul or the heart, was Mary a virgin her whole life and how tall (or small) angels were.

b. Life could be a be duller, I agree. I no longer have a fear of dragons, all the angels on the head of my pin have flown and my unicorn has taken work at the local donut shop picking the hot ones out of the deepfry. As for you, look through your garden for leprechauns, but keep an eye out your window at midnight for signs of the be-an-si. (banshee).

Just to let you know, I think there are folds in the fabric of Nature that we do not fully comprehend, or it could be the nature of our brains to find voices in the murmurings of tree leaves.

Joe(shhhh, they say, sleep....dream...know.)Nation

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Joe Nation wrote:

D wrote:

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a. Careful...whether the one is three, or the three are one, used to get you killed by other christians.

b. Does this mean I have to surrender my hopes about that leprechaun......and the tooth fairy won't come any more?

a. I know. but I kind of like the way certain folks puff up as they try to explain the absurdity of the Triune God. I am also amused when followers of Christ profess shock at the excesses of today's various radical Islamic sects when for three hundred years they themselves (or their ancestors, I guess) rent Europe from stem to stern over such issues as whether or not grace existed in the soul or the heart, was Mary a virgin her whole life and how tall (or small) angels were.

b. Life could be a be duller, I agree. I no longer have a fear of dragons, all the angels on the head of my pin have flown and my unicorn has taken work at the local donut shop picking the hot ones out of the deepfry. As for you, look through your garden for leprechauns, but keep an eye out your window at midnight for signs of the be-an-si. (banshee).

Just to let you know, I think there are folds in the fabric of Nature that we do not fully comprehend, or it could be the nature of our brains to find voices in the murmurings of tree leaves.

Joe(shhhh, they say, sleep....dream...know.)Nation

Too true...also those early christians would have killed you depending upon whether you said "rent Europe from stem to stern" or "from stern to stem".

Who can forget the Big-Endian Heresy?

In the end, all these gods and allahs are but manifestations of oneself; and one's values, fears and phobias.

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I think I figured out why I want to use Elaine to name them all.

Think Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate in the church choir beating on the glass.

Joe(I'm being followed by gremlins)Nation

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Joe Nation wrote:

I think I figured out why I want to use Elaine to name them all.

Think Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate in the church choir beating on the glass.

Joe(I'm being followed by gremlins)Nation

You know, I was kind of thinking of opening a thread on just that kind of associative stuff....but decided it was too hard.

Still, I love noting, or backtracking, those kinds of drifts and journeys of thought, don't you?

Lol! You might have ended up with Wilma by that process....

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Or Stella.

Joe(we are drifting back in time)Nation

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Joe Nation wrote:

Or Stella.

Joe(we are drifting back in time)Nation

Stella's good.......

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May the Force be with you.

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This is the same idea as my "abolish Allah" thread, just in the opposite direction. (Me: Translate all Arabic uses of "Allah" as "God." This guy: Everyone use "Allah." Underlying message of both: It's the same god. Using a different name fosters a false sense of difference.)

Obviously the religions are different but many people seem not to realize the shared history and the many commonalities.

I don't think either proposal would actually work, but I share the guy's frustration and hope the discussion that results from his proposal is useful.

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What nimh wrote:

Muskens is a good man, but I think this idea of his was just silly.

:wink:

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Obviously the religions are different but many people seem not to realize the shared history and the many commonalities.

Interesting that the Sunnis and Shiites are blowing up each others children over their "shared history and commonality".

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There was a lot of blowing up in Ireland too.

I'm not saying that recognizing that which is alike will in and of itself create peace and harmony. I'm not that naive. I'm just saying that a false dichotomy is set up by calling the Christian god "God" and the Muslim god "Allah." They're both the same god who spoke to Moses -- just that different religions think that the same god spoke to other people subsequently, too. (Jews don't think much of the idea that their God spoke to Jesus, but both religions call the god who spoke to Moses "God.")

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sozobe

Sorry, but I don't go for that "same God" concept. It's a an intellectual adjunct of that other elusive ideal "brotherly love". The name of the mythical supremo does matter to acolytes. Its part of the "word magic" involved in ritual incantation...particular versions of it are even proscribed or delimited (by Jews for example). The "imsh-allah psychology" permeates the social fabric of Arab society to the extent of reifying despotism and chauvinism.

Humans, like other primates are tribal, and their social cohesion is significantly mediated by idiolectical aspects of language use. The other primates seem to get by without language or such "gods" as that language might evoke,

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get you killed by other christians.
I think the majority of folks who claim to be Christians have difficulty remembering that Jesus told Peter to put his sword away and he then promptly healed the servants ear. Christianity and nationalism (a tenet of Baal worship) don't mix.

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Roman Catholic Bishop Wants Everyone to Call God 'Allah'
YHWH to LORD to Allah. What a record!

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Re: get you killed by other christians.

hankarin wrote:

I think the majority of folks who claim to be Christians have difficulty remembering that Jesus told Peter to put his sword away and he then promptly healed the servants ear. Christianity and nationalism (a tenet of Baal worship) don't mix.

Whereas no one told Muslims to put their swords, bombs or aircraft full of innocents away. Muslims are allowed to kill anyone whom they believe has insulted either Allah or his Prophet with impunity.

Soldiers of Christ have on occasion been ashamed or been shamed by the Church, but there is no shame in committing any act, including murder, as long as the individual Muslim, with or without a fatwa, considers the act to be in defense of Islam.

Hence the silence as the killings goes on.

Joe(Hear those Islamic voices shouting "Shame, shame! Stop!"? No. I didn't think so.)Nation

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