Ron Grossi: God is not a man

[Obaid R.]

Non-Offensive, Professional Sounding Name


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
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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
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[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