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Posted by Steve on 11/13/07 14:39
"abdo911" <jipksaman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> WAMY Series: On Islam No.9.Introduction
> God's Attributes
> The Oneness of God
> The Believer's Attitude
> Introduction
IDIOT, this is a software development usenet group!
> It is a known fact that every language has one or more terms that are
> used in reference to God and sometimes to lesser deities. This is not
> the case with Allah. Allah is the personal name of the One true God.
one true god, eh? out of @ 2,500 gods...and allah is 'the one'. hmmmm. and
your proof would be?
> Nothing else can be called Allah.
i knew a familiy from mexico. not only did the parents name one of their
kids jesus, they named another mantrada, and another allah. another funny
family, the hoggs, named two daughters ima and ura.
>The term has no plural or gender.
> This shows its uniqueness when compared with the word "god," which can
> be made plural, as in "gods," or made feminine, as in "goddess."
well, that would have been forethough on the *man* doing the naming.
however, allah is the *same* god as 'god'...the same 'one' the torah speaks
of. you know, the one that jews, christians, and muslims follow - the
pentatuk. :)
>It is
> interesting to notice that Allah is the personal name of God in
> Aramaic, the language of Jesus and a sister language of Arabic.The One
> true God is a reflection of the unique concept that Islam associates
> with God. To a Muslim, Allah is the Almighty Creator and Sustainer of
> the universe, Who is similar to nothing, and nothing is comparable to
> Him. The Prophet Muhammad was asked by his contemporaries about Allah;
> the answer came directly from God Himself in the form of a short
> chapter of the Qur'an, which is considered to be the essence of the
> unity or the motto of monotheism. This is chapter 112, which reads:"
really? is that the same 'directly from god himself' that helped him write
the 'satanic' verses? i'd just say that means that either god or satan can
equally dupe anyone. that, or that during muhammad's exile, he wanted to be
returned to his homeland and wrote less fanatically until his countrymen
said, 'ok, you're not such a kook after all...you can come back now'. then,
after returning and increasing his number of followers thus gaining a much
more secure stance in politics (to popular to exile anymore), suddenly said,
'gee, during exile i was being inspired by satan...so, everything i wrote at
that time shall no longer be spoken of'. awefully convenient if you ask me.
anyway, i find it funny that you keep refering to allah in masculine terms.
that point too, seems more a convention of language than anything else.
hint, it's the reason we have and use pronouns.
> In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say (O
> Muhammad), He is God, the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not
> begotten, nor has been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone".
let me see if i can properly recite the muslim pledge...
fuck allah, there is no god yet man has created many and all. all gods are
equal, yet, equally meaningless and a tool used of men for every purpose
from war, for peace, for law, for crime, for pillage, for giving. i
recognize the nature of god as being the nature of man because it is man
that keeps god alive through his own inventiveness. there is no god but man.
is that about right? no? well, sorry, anything less rational requires faith.
faith is the abatement of reason. i'll not be party to such a folly.
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