Thursday, August 16, 2007

Catholic Bishop Decides that Christians Should Call God "Allah"

Here's an interesting article in which a Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands declares that people of all faiths should call God "Allah." Not surprisingly, Muslims support the view, arguing that the name we use for God isn't really important. Okay. If they really believe that, I suggest we all refer to God as "Jesus." If that doesn't work, how about "Triune God"?

Amazingly, some people are still convinced that, the more the West gives in to Islam, the happier and safer everyone will be. But this is patent nonsense. Muslims aren't striving to get people to use the same name for God. They're striving for complete domination. Every inch we give them only brings them one step closer to their goal.

9 comments:

strings said...

Great Site, will be back when I have more time.

Sunil said...

The link in the article (from foxnews.com) says,

>> "It reinforces the fact that Muslims, Christians and Jews all worship the same God," Hooper told FOXNews.com.

This is probably the greatest theological blunder in the history of religion/philosophy/theology. Muhammad’s actions/teachings/prescriptions violate almost every single law revealed in Jesus (and what is worse, it is all white-washed as good). That Muslims, Christians and Jews refer to the same God was a common view a few centuries ago - not any longer.

>> "I don't think the name is as important as the belief in God and following God's moral principles.

The issue is not so much with the 'name'. Rather the issue is with what is God's true nature, what are God’s true commands/moral laws, what is the true basis of God's judgment, what is the true nature of God's relationship with humanity, what is the true nature of salvation etc. In all these, Muhammad's proclamations fall short of the standards set by Jesus/NT.

Unknown said...

Christians must never call God Allah, Since Allah's name can be traced to the sin of Lucifer.

Check out www.prophecycodebook.com and learn how?

Unknown said...

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD "ALLAH" AND NO ONE. ALLAH IS THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHNG. ALLAH HAD NOT CREATED BY ANYONE..

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD "ALLAH" AND NO ONE. ALLAH IS THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHNG. ALLAH HAD NOT CREATED BY ANYONE..

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD "ALLAH" AND NO ONE. ALLAH IS THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHNG. ALLAH HAD NOT CREATED BY ANYONE..

Unknown said...

AND MOHAMMAD(SAW) IS THE LAST AND FINAL MESSENGER FOR ALL HUMANITY

Unknown said...

WE BELIEVE IN HAZRAT ISA WHICH CHRISTIANS SAY AS JESUS. BUT AS A MESSENGER OF ALLAH. AND AS MUCH WE BELIEVE AS A CHRISTIANS NOT BELIEVE AS MUCH. BUT ONLY AS MESSENGER OF ALLAH.

terriergal said...

I know this is an old article but I was trying to find more on the name for God, since John Piper posted his latest bombshell
https://twitter.com/#!/JohnPiper/status/159953341177282560

Allah and Adonai are known through Christ? HUH?? Both of them?

CD2000 said...

Arab Christians use the word Allah (الله) during the celebration of the Holy Mass. الله is just a literal translation of the word "god" (or God), no more than that...

The Bishop is just expressing his own "personal opinion" but this will not affect the whole Church.

Thanks for posting. God bless.

Unknown said...

@Catholic Defender, True.