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Blue_In_AK

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15. As a point of fact,

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 12:27 AM

Dec 2015

the Aramaic word for God is Elah or Alah (variously spelled) which would mean that Jesus himself (if he existed) would have spoken of God as Allah. Jews, Christians and Muslims all revere the same Old Testament prophets, and while Muslims don't believe Jesus is the Messiah, they do consider him a great prophet.

And why shouldn't they all believe in the same god, since the origin of each is the Mideast desert.

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Professor suspended for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God [View all] n2doc Dec 2015 OP

I'm not sure how you can prove two imaginary entities are one and the same frizzled Dec 2015 #1

I'm not sure she offered an academic proof, merely a premise. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #8

Talk about missing the point CBGLuthier Dec 2015 #16

she's not missing the point Skittles Dec 2015 #19

I thought all of the Abrahamic religions did...? etherealtruth Dec 2015 #2

That's what I thought, too -- biblical scholars long ago came to that Nay Dec 2015 #5

It has long been a Catholic teaching but OriginalGeek Dec 2015 #12

Same or different, it is all make believe FrodosPet Dec 2015 #3

"people of the book" eShirl Dec 2015 #4

"Allah" is the Arabic word for "God" KamaAina Dec 2015 #6

Evangelicals get real upset when this fact is pointed out to them. blogslut Dec 2015 #7

It's a "fact"? Really. Igel Dec 2015 #11

Ugh blogslut Dec 2015 #14

People who choose to work for or send their children to religious schools kiva Dec 2015 #9

Wheaton College............ KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #10

Who cares what happens to this delusional asshole. AngryAmish Dec 2015 #13

WTF? I mean really WTF? CBGLuthier Dec 2015 #17

As a point of fact, Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #15

Well technically she's right... they both worship an imaginary being.... truebrit71 Dec 2015 #18

Why does it not surprise me that ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #20