Wrong use of Allah

Submitted by Nick Mason (Finland), May 8, 2015 at 08:50

Interesting reading, I have no authority to comment on the time of translation of the bible to Arabic, or the pagan tradition in Arabia. However I am convinced that the name of Allah comes from the Arabian pagans, who worshipped numerous pagan gods, one of them being the Al-ilah, the moon god. There came the Islamic Allah and all its connotations and traditions linked to the moon. And the name Allah is understood exclusively to be the Islamic Allah, and not a common denomination for all religions as god. Therefore the Christian Bible should never use 'allah' in reference to Christian God, the Father. Especially this comes true when referring to Christ, in the current Bible translation it reads - Ibn-e-Allah - which the worst possible disgrace to Jesus the Christ, name referring to the pagan moon-god. How is this possible, I cannot imagine.

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