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First of all, there was no "diatribe", even when you can claim there was one. Unless of course you consider the contents of the Bible from which I quote as such. Seeing that you claimed that there was no truth in my post, I was hoping to read proof in support of your claim. To my disappointment, there was none. Just a reference to the word "Allah" made, alas, in haste. I wish that you'd considered your words before you rushed to post. I say that for the following reason: did you know that there are around 26 million Christian Arabs living in the world today? Did you know that their Arabic Bibles (together with their Arab Jews brethren) have the word "Allah" exactly where the word "God" appears in your English Bible? Furthermore, did you know that in Malta, made up of a population of staunch Catholics, people use the word "Allah" for God in their own language? Perhaps you'd be interested in reading "Who is Allah?"[1] and "The Word ALLAH in the Arabic Bible"[2] both essays by Abu Iman 'Abd ar-Rahman Robert Squires. And in case you don't believe either of us, then visit these links from bible.gospelcom.net showing you how the word "Allah" does appear in the Arabic Bible where the word "God" appears in the English one. FROM THE ARABIC BIBLE ===================== Genesis 1: 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=GEN+1:1&language=arabic&version=IBS&showfn=on&showxref=on Genesis 1: 8: And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=GEN+1:8&language=arabic&version=IBS&showfn=on&showxref=on Mark 10: 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=MARK+10:18&language=arabic&version=IBS&showfn=on&showxref=on John 3: 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=JOHN+3:16&language=arabic&version=IBS&showfn=on&showxref=on Luke 3: 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=LUKE+3:38&language=arabic&version=IBS&showfn=on&showxref=on Mark 1: 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=MARK+1:14&language=arabic&version=IBS&showfn=on&showxref=on Mark 3: 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and sister, and mother. http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=MARK+3:35&language=arabic&version=IBS&showfn=on&showxref=on RESOURCES ========= [1] Squires, Robert, "Who is Allah?" April 30, 2005: http://www.wol.net.pk/truth/6who.htm [2] Squires, Robert, "The Word ALLAH in the Arabic Bible" April 30, 2005: http://www.wol.net.pk/truth/6aib.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
