Dear Oliver

Submitted by mo (United Kingdom), Jan 4, 2008 at 05:27

I only meant to say that Allah is tha name used to denote the God in Arabic language and Muslim believe he is the eternal one God who cannot be imitated, no imange of it could be made. With that meaning muslims use the English word God or Greek word Theos, eventhough pagans have used those words to deonote their dieties and idols.

Likewise Yehweh or the unpronouncible word with 4 letters denote the word for God in Hebrew. We do not believe that Hebews had a different god. You can't find the English word God in original Hebrew or Greek Bible. Would that mean that the English speaking Christians worship a different diety called "God".

Likewise you cannot see the word "Eissah Massih* in your Bible, that is worshipped by 15 million Arabic speaking Christians as son of God (Allah), and saviour of mankind. Does that means they worship a differed Messiah (massih) than your Christ, and that they should be saved into worshipping your Jesus Christ in English.

You need to understand that there are so many languages in the world other than English, and they all have different words for God. It all depends on what meaning a person gives to a particular word. i.e. definition.

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